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Page 2                                            ST. LAWRENCE MARTYR PARISH                      MARCH 15/16, 2008

SATURDAY               4:00-4:45PM               - RECONCILIATION                                  

SATURDAY               4:00-4:45PM               - RECONCILIATION
5:00PM                           - Mass for the members of St. Lawrence 
6:30PM                       - Mass
CHURCH IMPROVEMENT COLLECTION (taken at all masses)
PALM SUNDAY           8:30AM                           +Mass for the Unborn req by the Knights of Columbus
                                    9:30-11:00AM                        - RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES (Pre K-Gr 3)                                                                               10:00AM                     -Mass for the Third Order      
11:15AM                     - RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES (Gr 4-Gr 8)           
11:30AM                           - Mass for Roxie Parmele & Earl Fox req by Addie Firlie
MONDAY                  9:00AM                       - Mass
TUESDAY                  9:00AM                       - Mass for the Poor Box contributors
10:30AM                     - TLC – Lunch (Golden Corral)
                                    7:00PM                       - SISTER PARISH meeting                                       
WEDNESDAY                        9:00AM                       - Mass
HOLY THURSDAY                           NO 9:00AM MASS       
6:30AM                       - MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER (followed by Perpetual           
                                       Adoration until Midnight) (Please enter Sacristy door after 9PM)           
GOOD FRIDAY         12:00 (Noon)               - 7 LAST WORDS
HOLY LAND SHRINES COLLECTION
3:00PM                       - STATIONS OF THE CROSS
BURNING CEREMONY (CEMETERY- After Stations of the Cross)
                                    6:30PM                       - MASS OF THE PRESANTIFIED GIFTS

HOLY SATURDAY   9:00AM                      - EASTER EGG HUNT/BREAKFAST

                                                9:15AM                       - BLESSING OF THE FOOD
                                    8:00PM                       - EASTER VIGIL                                        
EASTER SUNDAY    8:30AM                       +Mass for Joseph Keegin req by Ed & Mary Elaine Allen (CHURCH)
10:00AM                     - Mass for the Third Order (PARISH CENTER)
11:30AM                     - Mass for the Third Order (CHURCH)

On Good Friday, our parish will take up the annual Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land.  Your financial contribution helps to support the struggling Christian community and to protect Christianity’s holiest places.  Please be generous.

On Good Friday, MAR 21, after the Stations of the Cross (3PM) there will be a burning ceremony at the cemetery.  Bring your letters addressed to any deceased friend or relative or any note with your thoughts.  This may be a good way to express your feelings.

Deacon John will be offering a blessing of the Paschal food for those who wish to partake on Holy Saturday, March 22, 2008 in the church at 9:15AM. 

EASTER EGG HUNT/BREAKFAST
   SATURDAY/MARCH 22, 2008
                    Time:  Hunt – 9-9:15AM
Be on time – It goes fast!
                        Breakfast:  9:30AM
                        Cost:  $4.00 per person
                    Children under 3 – FREE

Breakfast Menu:  Eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon and hash browns

Operation Rice Bowl connects you through prayer and action with the poor and vulnerable overseas and in the United States. Please remember to fill your rice bowls!  There are envelopes in the back of the church for anyone who would like to use an envelope instead of a rice bowl. 
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
NEWS
On the last Thursday of the month the Knights of Columbus are in the church to say the rosary for the unborn and our troops in harms way.  The KofC will be in the Church to say the rosary on Thursday, MAR 27, 2008 at 7PM.  All parishioners are welcome to participate.

Fr. Bernard Harding Council, #12180, of the Knights of Columbus, which started here at St. Lawrence in 1998, celebrates its 10th anniversary on March 19.  The Knights appreciate the support of the priests and parishioners in all their activities.  They also ask your prayers and support in the coming years!

Thank you to all who supported the Knights of Columbus on Friday Nights in Lent by purchasing the Pizza/Crab Cake Dinners.  The Knights of Columbus will donate ALL of the net proceeds to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

ONE HOUR VOLUNTEER
St. Lawrence Ground Crew is looking for volunteers to help cut grass or take care of the flowers/shrubs.  The evening crew cuts on Wednesday evenings (6PM) or Thursday evenings (6PM).  The day crew cuts on Wednesday morning (8AM) or Thursday mornings (8AM).  When there are many volunteers for mowing you will not be obligated every week.  The green thumbers (plants & shrubs) can work anytime.  Any volunteer, 16 yrs of age or older can volunteer.  Please contact Charles Levay at 410-551-8632. 
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You are invited to Preparation Rites on Holy Saturday on MAR 22 from 10-11:30AM at St. Bernadette Church, 801 Stevenson Rd., Severn, MD, with Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Eastern Vicar. Registration by March 15.  Call the Rectory Office, if you are interested in attending.

A day long conference for those who are separated, widowed, divorced or remarried will be held on SAT/APR 19 at Loyola College Graduate Center in Columbia, MD.  Cost:  $40 early Bird by APR 9- $45 at door.  Contact: Myra Fecteau at 410-724-0073.

NEWS FROM THE
DIRECTOR OF
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
March 16, 2008
9:30-11:00AM – Pre K – Gr 3
11:15AM-12:45PM – Gr 4-Gr 8
March 30, 2008
9:30-11:00AM – Pre K – Gr 3
11:15AM-12:45PM – Gr 4-Gr 8
In compliance with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, St. Lawrence Martyr Catholic Church requires the following for ALL who volunteer at St. Lawrence in ANY capacity:
All volunteers must:

1. Complete Application for Volunteer Services
2. Receive/review the Code of Conduct for Church Personnel

Volunteers that have substantial contact with children must:

1. Complete Application for Volunteer Service
2. Receive/review the Statement of Policy for the Protection of Children and Youth
3. Receive/review the Code of Conduct for Church Personnel
4. Provide 3 references (must include any previous Archdiocesan employment or Service)
5. Must be processed through Volunteer Select Criminal History Screening by St. Lawrence
6. Receive training and view STAND video

Call Valerie Magnuson at 410-799-7790 with questions or to receive the materials for Volunteer service.

CHURCH SUPPORT
  March 8/9, 2008
ENVELOPES   (175 ENV)            `                             $5065.50
LOOSE                                                                              258.14  
TOTAL                                                                            $5333.64
POOR BOX                                                                    $203.15
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COL (32 ENV)        $749.50

On FRI/MAR 21 (Good Friday) at 8AM, join us in the Stations with Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien leading the procession from St. Alphonsus Church to Planned Parenthood at 330 N. Howard St. where we will pray the Sorrowful Mysteries  and return to St. Alphonsus. Call 410-547-5537.