Saint Lawrence Catholic Church 319 Grayson Highway Lawrenceville, GA Phone: (770) Fax: (770)

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1 Saint Lawrence Catholic Church 319 Grayson Highway Lawrenceville, GA Phone: (770) Fax: (770) Pastoral Staff Deacon Terry Millinger Deacon José Ortiz Deacon Bob Riddett Sr. Louise Sommer, CSJ Pastoral Associate Outreach Kelly Schreckenberger Pastoral Associate Evangelization Cristina Corbin Pastoral Associate Hispanic Ministries Faith Formation Staff Diane Maguire Director Vickie LaClair Administrative Secretary Gloria Kennerty Coordinator Christian Initiation Beth Hodgson Coordinator Elementary Students Michele McPheely Coordinator Youth Ministries Music and Liturgy Staff John Brandt Director Kathi McKenna Assistant Director Administrative Staff Deacon Terry Millinger Director of Operations Alma Martinez Administrative Secretary Janet Volion Coordinator of Finance & HR Tarcy Hernandez Coordinator Safe Environment Amy Titshaw Coordinator Maintenance Barbara Baez Coordinator Nursery Wendy Guillory Coordinator Preschool Counseling Services Sylvia Elaine Smith, MS, LPC, NCC En español: Dunia Lobo, MA, LPC

2 ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH second Sunday of advent PAGE 1 Sacraments SATURDAY VIGIL EUCHARIST 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (Spanish). SUNDAY EUCHARIST 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 3:00 p.m. (Spanish), and 5:00 p.m. (Youth). A nursery is available during all Masses. WEEKDAY EUCHARIST Monday-Saturday at 9:00 a.m. and Friday at 7:00 p.m. (Spanish; September-May) EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Every Friday 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION Christian Initiation of Adults follows the restored rites of the ancient Catechumenate. Christian Initiation of Children Age seven and older takes place in a community of young inquirers who prepare for Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist during the Octave of Easter. THE BAPTISM OF INFANTS Is celebrated on the first Saturday of the month (English) and last Saturday of the month (Spanish), except during Lent. SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING Saturdays during 9:00 a.m. Mass and upon request. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Couples contemplating marriage should contact a deacon or priest at least six months before their desired wedding date. SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS Those interested in ministry as a priest, deacon, sister or brother should contact a parish priest. At the very heart of parish life: Christ Renews His Parish and Small Christian Communities Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP) retreats are held twice a year for men and women. For more information, contact Deacon Terry Millinger at x308. myparish App At St. Lawrence we are actively pursuing new opportunities to foster a stronger parish life and better engage the New Evangelization. As a part of these efforts we are happy to announce that St. Lawrence Catholic Church now has it's own app for Apple and Android phones. Our new app will allow us to send you useful and important messages throughout the week regarding our parish life and events, and allow you to reply to messages or RSVP for events. Below you will find just a few of the app features that you can access. In the coming weeks we will focus on one Feature-of-the Week. Please note that once you download and open the app you will then create an account to access some of the app features, including the Group icon. There will be no need for parishioners with smart phones to remember to silence their phones before Mass. The app will send you a reminder to silence your phone 20 minutes before the Mass you select. Many more great features will be a help to all of us, such as, daily Mass readings, Catholic news, prayers and prayer reminders, quick access to online tithing, group messaging, Confession reminders, and our weekly bulletin. So, be sure to download the app after Mass today by visiting myparishapp.com or searching for myparish on your phone's app store, or by texting App to and stay connected with us all week long.

3 ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH DECEMBER 4, 2016 PAGE 2 Stewardship We must be good stewards of God s gifts to us, receiving them gratefully and cultivating them with care, lest we be the ones about whom John the Baptist speaks today, cautioning us, Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. MASS INTENTIONS DEC 4 SUN: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00 a.m. Mass: Napoleon Manaois Jr. 10:00 a.m. Mass: Le Hein 12:00 p.m. Mass: All People of the Parish 3:00 p.m. Mass: Carmen de Herrera 5:00 p.m. Mass: Glenn Alan Feldman Recent Collections In-Pew Offertory November $23, Electronic Giving November $17, Total Offertory November $41, Human Development Collection... $6, In-Pew Offertory November $24, Electronic Giving November $11, Total Offertory November $36, Parish Debt Reduction... $6, Next Week s Second Collection is for the Retirement Fund for Religious. Your generous contribution helps to care and support for the retirement needs of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure that younger members of religious orders can continue the good works of their elders! Archbishop Appeal Only 4 Weeks Left! We quickly reached our goal in pledges for this year s Archbishop s Annual Appeal (AAA) back in February, and that represented tremendous generosity and commitment! Now the challenge is to fulfill those pledges in the remaining 4 weeks of As of this week, $90,000 in AAA pledges from St. Lawrence parishioners still remain to be paid. Remember that all funds donated to the Annual Appeal above our parish goal will return to us for the further reduction of our parish construction debt and other critical improvements. Please do your best to fulfill your Annual Appeal pledge before the end of the year. If you have any questions or concerns about this year s AAA, please contact our bookkeeper, Janet Volion at x304. Please Pray for Our Sick: Ernest Anthony, Jason Barnard, Nancy Barnard, Antonia Braz, Margaret Cofield, Angela Donovan, Clark Early, Sofia Gomez, Kevin Grant, Maria de la Luz Herrera, Cliff Kelley, Micki Landri, Dolores Long, Brenda Martinez, Tim McNamara, Anastacia Mejia, Lucy Perez, Art Riedlinger, Cora Riedlinger, Gary Root, Mafalda Rosales, Fran Scott, Bill Shrope, Demetrio Taza, Philomena Tawiah, Hortensia Vargas, Lorraine Wilmette, and Cynthia Ziegler along with their families and caregivers. Please Remember In Your Prayers John Robert Tekely, the father of Marianne Legere of St. Lawrence, who recently passed away. May he rest in peace. Sun, Dec 4 Mon, Dec 5 Tue, Dec 6 Wed, Dec 7 Th, Dec 8 Fri, Dec 9 Sat, Dec 10 DEC 5 MON: ADVENT WEEKDAY 9:00 a.m. Mass: Fr. Clement Ogunluis DEC 6 TUE: ST NICHOLAS, BISHOP 9:00 a.m. Mass: Sonia Illikatil DEC 7 WED: ST. AMBROSE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH 9:00 a.m Mass: Angelo & Marjorie 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass (Spanish): Olga Ortiz DEC 8 THU: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 9:00 a.m. Mass: Anne Anschuetz 12:15 p.m. Mass: All People of the Parish 5:00 p.m. Mass: All Souls 7:00 p.m. Mass: Fidelma Ordaz DEC 9 FRI: ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN 9:00 a.m. Mass: Wellington & Benedicta Nanna 9:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7:00 p.m. Mass (Sp): Antonio Perez DEC 10 SAT: ADVENT WEEKDAY 9:00 a.m. Mass: Jose & Alba Guerrero 3:30 p.m. Confessions 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass: Ed Phillips 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass (Spanish): Pedro Pachuca DEC 11 SUN: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 8:00 a.m. Mass: Ed Sullivan 10:00 a.m. Mass: All People of the Parish 12:00 p.m. Mass: Lorraine Dedeaux 3:00 p.m. Mass: The Moyao Family 5:00 p.m. Mass: Tyler M. Dupuis This Week at a Glance 9:00 am Cursillo Donuts 9:00 am Adult Bible Study 11:00 am Alpha & Omega (sp) 11:00 am Quilts of Valor 4:30 pm Youth Ministry 9:30 am Woman to Woman 9:45 am Senior Exercise 6:30 pm Clase de Bautismo (sp) 7:00 pm Haitian Support Meeting 5:30 pm Children s Choir 6:00 pm High School Gospel 6:30 pm Young Families of Faith Socia 7:00 pm Men s Quest 9:45 am Senior Exercise 7:00 pm Charismatic Prayer 7:00 pm YAM 5:00 pm Simons/Morris Wedding 7:00 pm Altar Servers (sp) 2:00 pm White/Anel Wedding

4 ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH Second Sunday of Advent PAGE 3 Adult Faith Formation All Adult Faith Formation classes will resume in January. More information to come soon! Youth Ministry Decision Point (The Bible) only 2nd year Confirmation students need to attend. We will look at how the Word of God is practical and powerful, providing direction and inspiration for our lives. Hope, Love and Thanksgiving will be the focus of tonight s Edge night. We will have a special guest speaker from the Lawrenceville Co-op don t miss it! High School Gospel Study is open to all high school students. Please feel free to come and check out our Wednesday night group. We meet in St. Augustine from 6:15-7:30p.m. where we enjoy fellowship, prayer, scripture study, and pizza of course! :) See you this Wednesday Dec. 7! Catholic Heart Work Camp 2017 Register now!!! We will be going to Charleston, SC July Teens in grades 8-12th are welcome to join for a week you will always remember! For more information and registration go to / Is God calling you ro minister to our young people? We d love to have you! There are many different ways to get involved. Please pray about this opportunity our teens need you! Questions? Want to get involved? Contact Michele McPheely, Youth Minister at mmcpheely@saintlaw.org. Penance Services Father John and Father Fausto are assisting in the penance services of neighboring parishes, missions and schools this Advent. If you missed our service last week, you are welcome to join them at another parish. This week s services: Monday, December 5 Mary Our Queen, Norcross, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 Prince of Peace, Flowery Branch, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 7 Christ Our Hope, Lithonia, 7:00 p.m. The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation, is this Thursday, December 8. Come celebrate God s special love for the Virgin of Nazareth, who was prepared from her own conception to be the vessel of the Incarnation. Holyday Masses are Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (Spanish) and Thursday at 9:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 11 6:30 p.m. Marian Concert (Hispanic Choirs) 7:00 p.m. Bilingual Rosary Youth Ministry Life Teen & Edge The Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe All are Welcome! 7:30 p.m. Food Sales (Tamales, hot chocolate, bread) (Court yard) Monday, December 12 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Serenade (Mañanitas) 8:30 a.m. Breakfast At 7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass Following Mass: Float Procession to the GYM Offertory of incense Typical folklore dance Food sales The Advent Angel Tree, coordinated by our parish St. Vincent de Paul Ministry, has returned to the narthex. Angels with gift requests will fill the tree giving us the opportunity to bring the love of Christ to parish families as well as families in our community who are struggling during the Christmas season. Please help by taking an angel and returning the wrapped gift, placing it under the tree by noon Sunday, December 18. Thank you for your generosity!

5 ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH DECEMBER 4, 2016 PAGE 4 Young Families of Faith, designed around families with young children (0-5th grade) to build a fun environment where families and friends can come together to enjoy a hot meal, good conversation, and have nursery availability for some adult fellowship time. Our next potluck dinner will be Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m. in Cogswell Hall. Please bring a dish to share. For more information and/or to RSVP contact Julie Donlin at Julie.donlin@hotmail.com. Red Cross Blood Drive this Thursday, December 8, 2:00-6:00 p.m. Call Sister Louise for an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome. Look for the Bloodmobile in the church parking lot. Give the gift of life! Pancake Breakfast with St. Nicholas! Next Sunday, December 11, the Knights of Columbus will host a breakfast in the gym from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Dine-in or take-out. Received half a price if you bring an unwrapped toy and/or a new or slightly used jacket. Come take a picture with St. Nick. All are welcome! Widows Social Group will meet for a potluck lunch on Tuesday, December 13 at 12:30 p.m. in Johnson Hall. For information contact Lynne Gormley at or Susan Plunkett at Around the Parish Senior Adult Ministry will meet for lunch on Wednesday, December 21. Call Sister Louise for reservations at Festival of the Nativities is December 17 & 18 in Cogswell Hall. Remember how inspiring it was last year? Become a part of our Festival this year! Registration Forms are available on the St. Lawrence website, in the hall literature rack and will be available after all masses this weekend (in the Narthex Hall). Be sure to save the date to attend. Contact Robin Ramsey or Betsy Podriznik Prayer Shawl Ministry will not be meeting in the month of December. To request a shawl please contact Miriam Schaefer at Care for Creation: Think about giving a gift that helps artisans earn a living wage by buying Fair Trade gifts. Catholic Relief Services sponsors a catalog of these items at crsfairtrade.org. Or give a gift of a donation to help others less fortunate. At Catholic Relief Services website, crs.org, you can donate $25 to provide 12 health exams, or $160 for tools to dig a well, and many other worthwhile projects. Around the Archdiocese YOUR NAME HERE Engraved Brick purchase your engraved brick pavers in the parish courtyard today. The donation of $100 ensures that your name, your company name or the name of a friend or loved one will be permanently placed in the ambulatory surrounding the courtyard at the very center of our parish life, near the Columbarium and just steps from the church itself. Order forms are available in the literature rack in the main hallway and at the Welcome Window. Freezer Pans Ministry is a service project you can do in your own home. Prepare a meal, place it in the container, date it, include the recipe and cooking instructions. Bring it to the kitchen in Cogswell Hall. We use these for our sick, new moms and funerals. Pans are available in Cogswell Hall. For more information call Sister Louise at Parish Office Volunteers Needed! English- speaking and bi-lingual helpers are needed at the Welcome Window during office hours to assist the staff. Please call Alma Martinez at x300 to inquire. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School will be hosting three Open Houses this year. We invite you to join us for one of the following dates: Monday, December 5, 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. or Wednesday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Let your child grow with us! To RSVP or request more information, please contact Meaghan Schroeder at or mschroeder@ihmschool.org. Catholic Charities Atlanta is in urgent need of winter hats, gloves, scarves, socks and lap blankets. Georgia winters are very cold, but these items can make all the difference for our clients in need. If you would like to provide help and create hope by donating new or gently used items, please contact Margaret Prickett at mprickett@catholiccharitiesatlanta.org. Pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes, Join Father Joel Grissom, SM from Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church for a very special pilgrimage on June 11-20, Next year is the 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Fatima, and this tour will be in Fatima on the date of the second Apparition! Travel sites of interest include Fatima (Portugal), Aljustrel, Santarem, Burgos (Spain), Lourdes (France), Carcassone, and Barcelona (Spain). For more information, please visit

6 PARROQUIA SAN LORENZO Segundo Domingo de Adviento PAGINA 5 CELEBRACION EN HONOR A NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUADALUPE Diciembre 11 y 12 del 2016 Domingo 11 de Diciembre 6:30 p.m. Concierto de Gala Mariano (Coros Hispanos) 7:00 p.m. Rosario Bilingüe Ministerio de Jóvenes Life Teen & Edge 7:30 p.m. Ventas (Pan dulce, tamales, Chocolate y ) en el Patio Parroquial Lunes 12 de Diciembre 7:00 a.m. Rosario Mariano 7:30 a.m. Mañanitas 8:30 a.m. Desayuno MISA SOLEMNE A LAS 7:00 p.m. Procesión al GYM Ofertorio de Incienso (Ofertorio Azteca) Bailes Típicos Venta de Comida *Venta de tiquetes Después de las misas de fin de semana y Durante la festividad. Anuncios Adviento 2016: Señor que en esta primera semana de adviento en donde estamos preparándonos para celebrar una año más de tu venida al mundo, permítenos abrirnos a tu voz y estar más cerca de ti. Solemnidad de la Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen María: El Miércoles 7 de Diciembre a las 7:00 p.m. tendremos la celebración; litúrgica en español. Recuerden que es una misa de precepto. Y el Jueves 8 de Diciembre las liturgias serán solo en ingles en los horarios de 9:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 5:00 p. m 7:00 p.m. Misa de Viernes: Tendremos la misa regular el viernes el 9 de Diciembre a las 7:00 p.m. Bautizos: Las clases pre-bautismales serán el Martes 6 de Diciembre y los bautizos serán el Sábado 17 de Diciembre a las 11:30 a.m. Es muy importante que los Padrinos reúnan los requisitos para poder Bautizar, para que de esta manera puedan evitar inconvenientes a la hora de planear el bautizo de sus hijos. Programa de RICA para Adultos y niños: Entramos ya en una hermosa etapa para esta formación catequética los ritos de despedida durante las misas de fin de semana. Les pedimos tengan presentes en sus oraciones los niños y adultos que se están preparando para recibir los sacramentos de iniciación durante la pascua. FESTIVAL DE LOS PESEBRES: Sera el 17 y 18 de Diciembre. En el salón parroquial (Cogswell Hall) esta es un invitación a todos los que deseen participar,. Los formularios de inscripción están disponibles en el sitio web en el estante de literatura y estarán disponibles después de las Misas de fin de semana. Contacto Robin Ramsey o Betsy Podriznik Nos aseguraremos de proteger muy bien sus pesebres.

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