Fr. Ernesto Orci Pastor eorci@saintlawrence.org 1-408-296-3000 Ext. 438

Fr. Anthony Tan Nguyen Parochial Vicar anguyen@saintlawrence.org 1-408-296-3000 Ext. 440

PARISH OFFICE 1-408-296-3000 Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - Noon parish@saintlawrence.org

Giuliana Barragan Office Manager gbarragan@saintlawrence.org Ext. 431

Vickie Wallace Office Assistant vwallace@saintlawrence.org Ext. 432 CATECHETICAL OFFICE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF RELIGION M. Eleanor de Paz - Catechetical Director edepaz@saintlawrence.org Ext. 433

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY M. Eleanor de Paz middleschoolym@saintlawrence.org Ext. 433 HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY highschoolym@saintlawrence.org Ext. 433 HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION Elgin Presa - Coordinator Katrina Antonio - Coordinator highschoolconfirmation@saintlawrence.org YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY youngadult@saintlawrence.org ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL (Pre-K - 8th Grade) 1-408-296-2260 Martin M Procaccio - Principal mprocaccio@saintlawrence.org CHILDREN’S CENTER 1-408-296-8077 Teen Center & Extended Day Care Sue Herbelin - Director

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Pancake Breakfast Sponsored by

The Knights of Columbus

Sunday, August 13, 2017

After the 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM Masses

in the Parish Hall

MENU: 3 Pancakes - 2 Sausages - Scrambled eggs - Coffee - Tea - Milk

Just $ 5.00 Children under 4 FREE

Your pancake breakfast donation helps us support the following charities: Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish Boy Scout Programs and Parents Helping Parents Orphan Homes in Germany, Israel, India and Mexico

Thank you very much!

Holy Day of Obligation

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Masses

at 8:30 AM and 7: 00 PM

1971 ST. LAWRENCE DRIVE SANTA CLARA, CA 95051 TEL. NO. 408-296-3000 FAX NO. 408-296-3100 E-Mail Address: parish@saintlawrence.org Website: www.saintlawrence.org

Celebrating Our Catholic Faith through Worship, Education, and Service

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August 13, 2017 Pastoral Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa

August 20, 2017 Fund for Church Loan Payments and Maintenance

August 27, 2017 Education Center

Thank you for your generosity!

Notes: Stewardship is defined as the total collections from the regular weekly masses - Saturday 5:00 pm vigil, Sunday (8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm and 6:00 pm). Special Masses (i.e. Christmas and Easter) are also included and will be reflected in the chart during those specific weeks. Second collections and stipends are excluded from this data. The ”Goal" numbers reflect the approved Parish budget for the 2016/2017 fiscal year.

St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish accepts donations electronically using your computer, tablet or smart phone. Parishioner Benefits Set up your own contributions Your donation is automatic and safe Electronic giving is efficient, practical and easy

Please prayerfully consider Online Giving. Visit our Parish website at www.saintlawrence.org

for more information or to sign up.

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MASS T IMES Sunday 8:00 AM 10:00 AM (Children’s Liturgy of the Word) 12 Noon 1:30 PM (Mass in Spanish) 6:00 PM (Youth Mass) American Sign Language (ASL) Mass 6:30 PM (In the Parish Hall) 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month

Saturday 8:30 AM 5:00 PM (Sunday Vigil)

Monday – Friday 8:30 AM

Reconciliation Saturday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM or by appointment

Eucharistic Adoration Thursday 9:00 AM Solemn Benediction 8:30 PM

Devotions Rosary (English) ● Monday to Saturday After the 8:30 AM Mass Rosario en Español ● Martes 6:30 PM en Capilla Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help ● Tuesday 8:15 AM

Chapel Open Daily from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Eucharist ic Adorat ion

Every Thursday Adoration starts at 9:00 AM

and ends with Solemn Benediction at 8:30 PM in the Chapel

WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF COMMITTED ADORERS. If you would like to commit to a one hour of weekly Adoration,

please contact : The Parish office at (408) 296-3000 Forms are also available in the Church.

Thank you!

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Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

Until October 30, 2017 From 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Donation $4/session

No session on Monday, September 4, 2017 (Labor Day)

The pool will be open from 1:00 – 3:30 PM Monday – Friday.

The pool is only open for St. Lawrence children and parishioners.

All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. $3.00 per swimmer.

Please pay at the Summer Camp before going to the pool area.

Please Pray For . . . Our Parishioners, Friends, and Family

Married Couples: Would you like to relive the excitement,

romance and passion from your honeymoon? Rekindle that spark

on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend.

The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is November 10-12, 2017 in San Jose.

For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org

or contact Ken & Claranne at: applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.

Have you ever thought about becoming a Sister?

Single Catholic women ages 18 - 40 are invited to a Religious Vocation Discernment Retreat with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul September 15-17, 2017 in Los Altos Hills, California (Bay Area). If you would like to know more about attending this prayerful and reflective discernment retreat, contact

Sister Lisa Laguna, D.C. at 650/949-8890, 213-210-9903, or email us atSrllaguna@doc1633.org.

Learn more about the Daughters of Charity on Facebook at: Daughters of Charity Vocations U.S., follow us at Twitter.com/DofCharity or read about us on www.DaughtersOfCharity.com.

Register for the retreat at www.Daughters-Of-Charity.com/retreats/.

To honor our Faithful Altar Servers,

the Serra Club of Santa Clara is providing

a Swim Party Picnic for them and their families.

Sunday, August 27, 2017 Pavilion area

Gate Open 12:30 PM Swim 1:00 - 3:00 PM Picnic 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Hot dogs, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Dessert

plus Hot Nachos Anytime, Lemonade, Ice Tea, Water

Sign-up to schedule a visit from the Pilgrim Virgin of Our Lady of Fatima

in your home.

A statue of the Pilgrim Virgin of Our Lady of Fatima travels from home to home and remains in the home for one week subject to extension upon request for additional one week. Please contact: The Legion of Mary, Vickie Raniel at 408-209-0050

Sara Adan Vince Adan Erika Barragan Razon-Barragan Jose Carballo Cheryl Ann Coutcher Ray Coutcher Matt Hardin Hubert Jansen Ann Lizotte

Luli Maldonado Alvina Martinez Mackena Naki

Pat Naki Emily Grace Navarra

Chet O’Donnell Ernie Ortiz

Erma Schriver Patricia Serrille

Lina Velasco

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August 13 to 20, 2017 Cycle A

for the

There are no dues and no meetings, only your prayers are required. Send your names of loved ones to be remembered to Mary Ann Miller c/o The Saint Lawrence Parish Office. She will add these names to our special album and a prayer card will be given to you.

Please pray each day that all of our loved ones will return to God.

Has someone you know and love lost the faith?

On the last Sunday of each month a Mass is offered for them.

Please join our Saint Monica Sodality.

“Let us be led by the Virgin Mary on the path that leads to the holy mountain that is Christ,

where God and man meet.” Pope Francis @Pontifex

“Dejemos que la Virgen María nos guíe por el sendero que conduce a la santa montaña

que es Cristo, donde se encuentran Dios y el hombre.”

Papa Francisco @Pontifex_es

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After several Sundays of the Second Reading coming from Romans 8 (it would have been five Sundays, but the Feast of the Transfiguration fell on a Sunday this year), today we move on to a passage from chapter 9. Some Biblical Scholars find the theme of Israel and the church as expressed in Romans 9--11 to be the heart of Romans. The implication of Paul's exposition of justification by faith rather than by means of law is that the divine plan of salvation works itself out on a broad theological plan to include the whole of humanity. Romans presents a plan of salvation stretching from Adam through Abraham and Moses to Christ (Rom 4; 5) and on to the future revelation at Christ's parousia (Romans 8:18-25). Its outlook is universal. In Romans 9-11, Paul focuses on how the truth about justification by faith in Christ Jesus relates to the promises God made to his Chosen People, the Israelites. Paul’s heart is torn apart and he experiences enormous grief because those Israelites who refuse to accept the Gospel are cut off from the salvific life it offers. Notice that the reference Paul makes is to the “Israelites,” not to the “Jews.” In using this term of address, he is honoring the heritage of the Chosen People and avoiding the political referent. Christians believe that salvation has come through the Chosen People. This salvation is rooted in the seven privileges accorded to them that he lists. The climax of this list is “the Christ, who is over all” who comes from them. The degree of Paul’s sorrow is founded on his belief that Christ is the fulfillment of the promises given to Israel. Paul’s sorrow for them is so intense that he himself would rather suffer for their sakes in imitation of Christ’s suffering so that they might experience life.

St. Paul to the Romans – Chapter 9 (taken from Commentary On Today’s Second Reading) Liturgy Corner

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CATHOLIC CEMETERIES OF THE DIOCESE

OF SAN JOSE

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Office for the Protection of Children

and Vulnerable Adults Diocese of San Jose Anthony Gonzalez

Phone: 1-408-983-0113

Fax: 1-408-983-0147 Emergency line: 1-408-983-0141

E-mail: protection@dsj.org

Office of Financial Services

If you suspect financial mismanagement

or misconduct in your parish, school,

or in the Diocese of San Jose,

please contact: EthicsPoint

dsj.ethicspoint.com or hotline 888-325-7863

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

22555 Cristo Rey Drive Los Altos, CA 94024

(650) 428-3730

Calvary Cemetery 2655 Madden Avenue San Jose, CA 95116

(408) 258-2940

ESCUELA DE AGRADECIMIENTO

Por periodo vacacional, No habrá clase del 14 de Julio al 25 de Agosto

Iniciamos nuevamente el 1º. de Septiembre ¡Te Esperamos!

PALABRA QUE DA VIDA En esta semana el Evangelio de san Mateo, nos narra cuando Jesucristo se aparece andando sobre el agua y los apóstoles piensan que es un fantasma, a lo que el Señor les dice: “No teman. Soy yo”

Cuántas veces aparece Jesús en nuestras vidas y al no saber reconocerlo, por ejemplo en una enfermedad, problema o la muerte de alguien, creemos que es un fantasma, y al llenarnos de miedo, no sabemos qué hacer y queremos huir. Pero ante esto, el Señor nos dice: ¡No tengáis miedo! ¡Soy Yo!

¡Si creemos, el problema se puede convertir en una oportunidad; en un don para nosotros; en una enseñanza; en crecimiento espiritual o en un testimonio para los demás, que puede tocar a otras personas! Primera Lección: Cuando tú sólo ves el problema, el Señor te dice: eso no es verdad. “Soy yo, no tengas miedo” Y cuando Pedro le dice: ¡Si eres tú mándame ir hacia a ti, andando sobre el agua! Y se echa al agua y después de dar algunos pasos empezó a tener miedo y se empezó a hundir. Andar sobre el agua, es andar sobre algo que no es firme para poner los pies. Es decir, andar en situaciones inestables en que no hay equilibrio, en que no sabemos qué va a pasar mañana, y si empezamos a tener miedo y nos ponemos nerviosos, a tal grado que perdemos la concentración y la capacidad de afrontar la situación con el máximo de nuestra inteligencia, actuamos torpemente. Pero si aprendemos a confiar, andar sobre el agua, significa aprender a estar con paz a pesar de que las circunstancias no sean propicias. ¿Cómo se puede conseguir esto, si el mundo se derriba y me hundo? El Señor te dice: ¡Tú puedes andar en el agua! ¡Dame la mano! ¡Hombre de poca fe! ¿Por qué dudas? Segunda lección: El Señor quiere ayudarnos a andar sobre el agua, a que cuando todo se viene abajo no te hundas; mantengas la paz, mantengas el máximo de posibilidades para salir adelante con Él. Hoy es el momento para decirle: ¡Señor me fio de Ti! ¡Sagrado Corazón de Jesús en ti confío! No sé qué va a ser de mí, pero me fio de ti. Pbro. Santiago Martin. FM Respon._MARC.