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 Trini Martinez - Director

February 25, 2018|Second Sunday of LentSAINT LAWRENCE THE MARTYR CATHOLIC PARISH AND EDUCATION CENTER

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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Please note,

this week’s Stewardship Data will be published

in next week’s bulletin. Thank you!

March 11, 2018 Catholic Relief Services,

formerly known as Bishops' Overseas Relief

March 18, 2018 Education Center

March 25, 2018 Fund for Church Loan

Payments and Maintenance

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.

There are several ways you can make your gift or pledge. Please bring your completed pledge as you come to Church and place your envelope in the offertory basket at Mass. PLEASE DO NOT MAIL THEM TO THE DIOCESE.

You may also leave them at the Parish Office. Your support of the Annual Diocesan Appeal is very much appreciated and your gift will make a

difference in our Parish and in our Diocese!

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2018 2018 ADA

Diocesan Assessment $ 114,053

2018 Parish Fundraising Goal: Replenish funds to support Youth, Young Adult and Adult Faith Formation

Reducing the loan balance on the Church building

$ 75,000

2018 TOTAL JOINT GOAL $ 189,053

Week 4

$ 79,375

—

$ 79,375

70%

—

42%

175 Total Pledges

To give way to “THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU” initiative of the Diocese of San Jose,

the Thursday Eucharistic Adoration will be moved to the Wednesdays of Lent: February 28, March 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2018

8:30 AM – Mass Followed by the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (Church). Whole Day Eucharistic Adoration (Small Chapel) 6:00 PM – “The Light is on for You” The Blessed Sacrament is moved to the main altar around 5:45 PM 7:45 PM – Benediction (Church) Thank You!

Para llevar a cabo la iniciativa de la Diócesis de San José

“LA LUZ ESTÁ ENCENDIDA PARA TI!”, la Adoración Eucarística de los jueves,

será cambiada a los Miércoles durante la Cuaresma:

Febrero 28, Marzo 7, 14, 21 y 28, 2018 La Exposición del Santísimo Sacramento en Iglesia a las 8:30 AM Seguida por Adoración Eucarística todo el día en la Capilla. 6:00 PM - “LA LUZ ESTÁ ENCENDIDA PARA TI!” El Santísimo Sacramento se translada al altar principal alrededor de las 5:45 PM 7:45 PM - Bendiciones (Iglesia) Gracias!

On Wednesdays from 6-8PM, visit Saint Lawrence

the Martyr Parish and experience the freedom,

healing, mercy and light of our Lord Jesus Christ

in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

We encourage you to invite another to the sacrament, especially those who have not been to the sacrament

for some time. Do not worry if it has been a long time

since your last confession. The priest will help you.

To find guides to confession and times of confession

at other parishes visit www.dsj.org/light

PLEASE NOTE, THE ADA CHART FOR WEEK 5 WILL BE PUBLISHED IN NEXT WEEK’S BULLETIN.

THANK YOU!

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Social Concerns Dinner at the Sunnyvale Cold Weather Shelter

The Social Concerns committee is hosting a dinner for the homeless at the new Sunnyvale Cold Weather Shelter on March 10th. The shelter is run by HomeFirst and serves 125 adults and families. HomeFirst assists more than

4,000 adults, veterans, families with children, and youth each year in Santa Clara County. You can check out their operations at www.homefirstscc.org.

Sign-ups will be taken after all Masses this and next weekend (Feb 24-25, Mar 3-4). Volunteers are needed to donate menu items for the meal, collect and serve the food and make reminder phone calls. Monetary donations are also appreciated. All food items must be delivered to the St. Lawrence Community Center kitchen between 2-4pm on Saturday, March 10th. Thank you!

Parish Office Volunteer Opportunity

The Parish Office is in great need of one or two Saturday volunteers. Time commitment 3 hours once a month (9 AM - Noon) We also need help during the week Monday-Friday. The most needed time is from 2 PM to 5 PM. If you are interested in volunteering, please give us a call at (408) 296-3000 or stop by during opening hours. Your help is very much appreciated!

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Every Friday of Lent, evening

at 6:00 PM in English (Followed by Soup Supper)

7:00 PM Viacrucis en Español Soup Supper Coordinators, Dave & Roseann Zimbauer (408) 246-5310

Last week’s Soup Supper was sponsored by the Filipino Catholic Community. We thank Mr. Romel Antonio for sharing these captured moments. The proceeds benefit our own St. Vincent de Paul Society outreach. Hope to see you there as we journey through Lent together.

Each year, the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Lent is the Transfiguration of Jesus. Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the Synoptic Gospel writers) all record this event following Jesus’ first Passion prediction. In fact, the details from each account of the Transfiguration are remarkably consistent.

One of the more notable features of the Transfiguration is the presence of God’s voice in the narrative. God speaks directly only twice in the storyline of the New Testament Gospels: at Jesus’ baptism and at Jesus’ Transfiguration. Both times, God identifies Jesus as his “beloved Son.” At Jesus’ baptism, God adds “With you I am well pleased.” At the Transfiguration, God then says, “Listen to him.”

Within the immediate narrative context of the Transfiguration, this divine command to “listen to him” is seen in Jesus’ command to the disciples not to tell others of his Transfiguration until after he rose from the dead. Within the larger narrative context of Mark’s entire Gospel, the command to “listen to him” is understood as the totality of the Good News of the Kingdom of God that Jesus came to proclaim.

The appearance of Elijah and Moses at Jesus’ Transfiguration is another stable element present in all three versions of this story. Many scholars today agree that Moses symbolically represents the Law and Elijah symbolically represents the Prophets. For first-century Jews, the Law and the Prophets embodied the Old Testament. The presence of Moses and Elijah shows Jesus deeply rooted in the sacred Scriptures that shaped his life and his understanding of God and Israel. It calls all of us to enter more intentionally in our own sacred Scriptures heard throughout the season of Lent.

Transfiguration (taken from Commentary On Today’s Gospel)

Liturgy Corner by: Deborah Ferry Saint Lawrence Elementary and Middle School Returns to Walden West

by: Kelly Flores

Science Camp has been a staple of Saint Lawrence Elementary and Middle School for decades. The week is spent at Walden West Camp and is filled with community building, hands-on learning and social teaching practices. This year, the 6th Grade students prepared for their camp since the start of school in August! They promoted and ran fundraisers such as selling ice cream, and running non-uniform days, to raise the amount needed for the entire class to attend. They prepared in their classrooms with lessons on environmental awareness, God’s Creation and more! The week of February 5th finally arrived, and the students rode off in the School bus with their bags packed and hearts eager for the experience. According to Middle School Science Teacher Mrs. Varnau “Sixth graders spent the week at Walden West Science Camp, learning about how everything is interconnected in an outdoor school environment. With Epic Journeys like starting with a view of Santa Clara Valley on top of a mountain and ending by looking for tiny invertebrates in a creek, students experienced life with the ecology in mind”. Their adventure was also filled with the surprise of letters from home and from Teachers, which arrived during their week stay to encourage their learning and comfort them. It is safe to say Science camp was a huge success again this year for the students at Saint Lawrence Elementary and Middle School, and will definitely be a highlight they remember!

Communal Sacrament of Reconciliation With Bilingual Priests

March 22, 2018 Thursday

7:00 PM; In the Church

Servicio Comunal Bilingüe con Confesiones Individuales

En Español e Inglés

22 de Marzo, 2018; Jueves

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February 25 to March 4, 2018 YEAR B

for the

The Luck of St. Lawrence is back! Tickets are now available at the Parish Office

YEAR! Deadline: Tickets must be returned to the Parish Office on March 3, 2018 before 12 Noon for the drawing on March 4, 2018.

Now on its The name of the winner of the February 24, 2018 drawing will be published in next week’s bulletin

The next drawing will be on March 4, 2018 for a $ 300 prize

Remember that each ticket you buy now gives you 4 chances to win. Please return your sold ticket stubs with payment to the Parish Office since the sooner you turn in your sold tickets, the more chances you have to win the prizes money.

You can be

the next Lucky

Winner!

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 3:30 PM (In the Church) 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 Wednesdays of Lent 9:00 AM Solemn Benediction 7:45PM

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

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“Jesús se llevó a Pedro, a Santiago y a Juan, subió con ellos solos a una montaña alta, y se transfiguró delante de ellos, sus vestidos se volvieron de un blanco deslumbrador, … Entonces Pedro tomó la palabra y le dijo a Jesús: Maestro, ¡qué bien se está aquí! Vamos a hacer tres chozas”. (Mc 9, 2-5)

El episodio de la Transfiguración es una prueba más del amor de Cristo a sus discípulos. El objetivo era prepararlos para la crisis que se avecinaba, la crisis de la Cruz. Para ello, Jesús quiso llenarles de argumentos –la visión de Moisés y de Elías adorando a Cristo- y de sensaciones –el clima de éxtasis, que lleva a Pedro a desear quedarse así para siempre-. El Señor deseaba preparar a sus más íntimos amigos para que, cuando le vieran humillado, calumniado, crucificado, sin poder alguno, no dudaran de Él. Después de los milagros que le habían visto hacer y de haber escuchado de su boca el maravilloso mensaje evangélico, la Transfiguración debía consistir en el sello final y definitivo que asegurara la fe de los apóstoles contra toda prueba, contra toda duda. Sin embargo, en el momento de la Cruz, lo negaron y huyeron. En este segundo domingo de la Cuaresma, el Evangelio quiere transmitirnos un mensaje de fidelidad. ¿Cuándo hay que ser fieles? La fidelidad es una virtud que hay que emplear cuando no hay motivos aparentes para hacerlo. Tenemos que atesorar los buenos momentos en nuestra memoria, cuando no dudamos ni de la existencia ni del amor de Dios, para hacer uso de ellos en los momentos en que la vida nos esta dando duro, en los momentos en que estamos crucificados. Debemos preguntarnos, cuando tenemos problemas y éstos nos llevan a dudar del amor de Dios, si en realidad el Señor no nos habrá dado ya pruebas más que suficientes para estar seguros de su amor. Y cuando las cosas van bien, debemos ser conscientes de ellas y atesorarlas en la memoria para recordarlas cuando lleguen las horas difíciles, las horas de la fidelidad. Propósito: Atesoremos los buenos momentos en el campo de nuestra Memoria, para cuando nos está yendo mal, no huyamos y podamos mantener la fe en el amor de Dios. Pbro. Santiago Martin

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PALABRA QUE DA VIDA Please Pray For . . . Our Parishioners, Friends,

and Family

Vince Adan Jaime Barragan Razon-Barragan Paul Bazigian Enrique de la Cerda Cheryl Ann Coutcher Suzanna Fossom Clara Gray Matt Hardin Connor Higgins Hubert Jansen Ann Lizotte Luli Maldonado Alvina Martinez Patricia Martinez Mackena Naki Pat Naki

Emily Grace Navarra Chet O’Donnell

Ernie Ortiz Ana Perez

Moses Pirotta Rebeca Rayo

Fatima Reis Joel Rivera

Virginia Sanchez Erma Schriver Judy Steward

Soledad Valadez David Vega

Lina Velasco Soyong Williams

Join the Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish Choirs and proclaim God’s Word

through singing!

“I will sing to the LORD all my life.” Psalms 104: 33

Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish is inviting anyone interested in being part of any of the Mass Choirs

to share their voice with the Community to please contact either a choir member

who will be happy to speak to them or call the Parish Office at 408-296-3000

with their information and which choir they are interested in and someone from the particular choir

will contact them.

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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. 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.

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

40 Days for Life Lenten Campaign is now underway! We are praying every day until Palm Sunday, March 25th, 2018. It is a peaceful pro-life effort of volunteer Prayer Warriors and Sidewalk Counselors, committed to protecting women and their unborn children. Please come pray with us, even one hour of your prayers and presence makes a difference.

Upcoming events:

Mid-Campaign Pro-Life Procession Saturday, March 10th, 10:00 am . We will gather outside on the steps of St Leo’s Church, 88 Race Street, San Jose, 95126, and peacefully process with song and prayer along the Alameda, finishing in front of the Planned Parenthood, 1691 The Alameda (corner of Taylor), San Jose 95126.

Continuing Prayers : “San Jose West” 8:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. Join us in prayer on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood, 1691 The Alameda (corner of Taylor) San Jose 95126 . Schedule yourself and a friend here online. 40 Days - San Jose Link

Continuing Prayers : “San Jose East” 8:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. Join us in prayer on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood, 3131 Alum Rock Ave (corner of White Road), San Jose 95127 . Schedule yourself and a friend here online. 40 Days - San Jose Link

Final Prayers- Candlelight Vigil and Rosary : “San Jose West” On the final evening of the 40 Days for Life Campaign, we will pray a rosary by candlelight. Saturday, March 24th, 7:30 pm, on the Eve of Palm Sunday. Please join us on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood, 1691 The Alameda (corner of Taylor) San Jose 95126 .

For more information please contact Christine Ibanez at (408) 248-2008

or Rilene Simpson at (408) 800-5498.

SOLACE – SOUL + GRIEF Monthly Drop-in Grief Support Group

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 7 pm – 9 pm

O’Connor Hospital Chapel – near main entrance - 2105 Forest Ave., San Jose Facilitator: Candee Lucas, M.A.

Pastoral Ministries Each month we will use a different scripture as a seed for our sharing, discussion and support. We hope to create a sacred space for you to share your grieving. No RSVP necessary. Free. Sponsored by Catholic Cemeteries 650-428-3730 or www.ccdsj.org

Advance Directives Saturday, March 3, 2018

10 am – 12 pm St. Joseph of Cupertino Parish – Community Center -

10110 N. DeAnza Blvd. Cupertino Presenter: Cindy Safe

Learn about this essential document which every person 18 years of age and older should have. It names the person(s) to speak and carry out medical wishes if you are unable to do so. Cindy Safe discusses important considerations and case studies and guides you step by step through a sample form. Free. For more info: call Catholic Cemeteries 650-428-3730 or cemeteryinfo@dsj.org

Upcoming free Catholic Cemeteries’ Workshops

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE

Please call ahead for Pre-Needs or At-Need Arrangements

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

Prepare for Easter in a special way this year. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend will help you enjoy life with a new closeness to each other and God.

The Next Marriage Encounter Weekend is May 18-20, 2018 in San Jose.

For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at applications@sanjosewwme.org

or 408-782-1413.

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Sunday, March 11, 2018 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