Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 14, 2010

“Blessed are you who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.”

Luke 6:21

Preparing for Sunday Mass

Attention Parishioners:

Will you be celebrating your 50th wedding anniversary in 2010?  If so, please let us know by calling Audrey at (813) 875-4040 extension 202.  We will be honoring parishioners celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday October 24, 2010 at the 11:00am Mass.  Please register now.

From the Pastor

Question for the Week: Who inspires you to “leave everything” and follow Jesus?

Mission: Begin prayerfully considering your plan to follow Jesus during the season of Lent.

Dear Friends:

We welcome Fr. Denis Maher who will be serving in our parish through March 2.  Fr. Denis was born in Tipperary Ireland and ordained in 1964, also in Ireland. He has worked in the Diocese of Shrewsbury in the North West of England near Manchester and has been a pastor in the same diocese for the past 31 years. Fr. Denis has spent many brief holiday periods helping out in various parishes throughout the United States, an experience that he has found to be very helpful in his ministry in the UK.  Please welcome Fr. Denis and extend to him the great hospitality of our parish.

The Annual Pastoral Appeal provides each of us the opportunity to touch, with charity, the lives of families struggling through pain and suffering, women facing an unplanned pregnancy, young men studying for priesthood, care for the elderly, students seeking a Catholic school education and persons of all ages pursuing a deeper understanding of the Catholic faith.  The APA brochure that you have received in your homes details the ministries supported by your Annual Pastoral Appeal gift. 

For those of you who have previously supported the Annual Pastoral Appeal, I extend my heartfelt gratitude.  While you have not seen the joy felt by those hundreds of thousands of people helped through your Annual Pastoral gift, I want to assure you that your gift has transformed their lives.   

Our parish will be conducting our Annual Pastoral Appeal Commitment Weekend on February 13 & 14, 2010.  I pray that we may all answer God’s call to demonstrate our charity to His beloved people. 

Next weekend we will celebrate World Marriage Weekend to honor the husband and wife as head of the family, the basic unit of society.  This weekend salutes the beauty of their faithfulness, sacrifice and joy in daily married life.  We will honor one special married couple before each of our weekend Masses. 

Fr. Michael X. Bennett will conduct our Parish Lenten Mission beginning with his preaching of the mission at all weekend Masses February 20 - 21, 2010.  The mission will begin on Monday, February 22, 2010 with sessions and the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 8:30am Mass Monday - Wednesday.  There will be a mission talk at 7:00pm each evening, Monday - Wednesday, and then concluding Thursday, February 25, 2010 with a mission talk and Mass at 7:00pm. 

Respectfully yours in Christ,

Fr. Tom Morgan

Parish Calendars

2010 Annual Pastoral Appeal

Each year our parish and every parish in our Diocese is responsible for a portion of the financial obligation it takes to meet the ministry, programs and services of our Catholic Church.  Together, we are able to reach so many more in need than our parish could reach alone.  By now you should have received at your home, a personal invitation form Bishop Lynch to participate in the 2010 Annual Pastoral Appeal, "Go in peace to love and serve the Lord."  PLease take the time to look through the brochure at the the many many ministries of our Diocese, the many people that are served through joining or resources and the wonderful generosity that has been shared.  It is our hope that everyone will give a gift this year.

St Lawrence 2010 APA Goal: $309,430.

St. Lawrence will begin a six-week program designed to reach-out and invite non-practicing/inactive Catholics to return “Home to the Catholic Church” and resume active practice of their faith.  The program began on January 14 and will continue on Thursdays at 7:00pm until February 18, 2010.  All sessions will be held in the St. Thomas room of Higgins Hall.  If you know of any inactive Catholics that would like to return “Home to the Catholic Church,” please invite them to these sessions or have them call Kathy Lambert at (813) 875-4040 x 206 for additional information.

Click above for information regarding our

"Spiritual Adoption Program"

Month 4

"Human life must be respected and protected
absolutely from the moment of conception"

Catechism of the Catholic Church #2270

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