Welcome to St. Lawrence Parish

Fr. Mark T. Watkins, Pastor
Sr. Helen Julia Hahn, S.C., Pastoral Minister
Mrs. Alma Lee Joesting, Principal

PASTOR'S CORNER

The Family Rosary Rally I encourage all of you to attend the Rosary Rally being held at the Elder High School football stadium (the Pit) today at 1:30pm.  This is a beautiful profession of our faith and our love for Our Blessed Mother, Patroness of our United States.    Major Award Raffle Tickets:  Congratulations to Cathy Birkenhauer, the winner of the first $100 Early Bird drawing held on Mother’s Day.  The next Early Bird drawing will be on Father’s Day, June 16.  So, please keep up the good work of buying and selling tickets.  The Major Award is the largest source of income for the festival.  Its success is vital.  Thank you!    Festival News!!! We are looking forward to a great summer festival this year!  We will have live bands each night.  Friday, July 5, “Bluefish”, Saturday, July 6, “Rusty Griswold’s”, and Sunday, July 7, “Saffire Express.”  Chicken dinners will be served on Saturday and Sunday, from 5pm – 7pm. Cost is $6.  Desserts and drinks are extra.  Also, we will have lots of other delicious food and good beer.  If you didn’t receive any chances, please call the rectory at 921-0328.  This is a major part of our festival’s success.  I think the festival is really going to be a great time this year.  So, I hope you’ll plan now to come.    Booth Sponsorships greatly help to defray the cost of the booths, the stage, and the entertainment.  Please consider supporting your festival with a booth sponsorship.  Perhaps your business could purchase a sponsorship.    The Festival Committee has been working diligently, but there is much to be done for the next two months.  Please consider volunteering to work at a booth.  You may want to chair a booth.  A chairperson will keep track of his/her workers and the moneybox.  If you can donate your time to work at a booth or chair a booth call Theresa Murphy at 921-0266 or visit www.stlawrenceparish.org, click on Festival, then Volunteer.

Parish/School Announcements

• Rosary Rally:  Please join us on Sunday, May 19, 2013 to celebrate the 8th annual Rosary Rally held at Elder High School’s football stadium (the Pit).  The celebration starts with a procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament as the center of our devotion.  The recitation of the Holy Rosary, together with worship songs and prayers, make this gathering a memorable event.  Bishop Binzer will preside over this event and we hope to have many fellow priests join him in reverence of the Blessed Sacrament and the recitation of the Holy Rosary.  In case of bad weather, we will move indoors to the basketball gymnasium.  If you have any questions contact Roger Glandorf at 251-7729 or Guy Langenbrunner at 922-0335

• Cross the Bridge for Life Thousands of tri-state residents will gather at the World Peace Bell, 421 Monmouth St., Newport, KY, on Sunday, June 2, 2013 for the 8th annual Cross the Bridge for Life.  Festivities begin at 1:30pm.  Music, face painting, balloon artists and more!  The walk goes across the Purple People Bridge to Cincinnati and will begin after a brief program at 3pm, ending back at the bell with a picnic by JTM Food Group.  Additional food will be available for purchase from several vendors.  This event is presented by a coalition of 20 area pro-life organizations.  For more information visit www.CrossTheBridgeForLife.com or call 728-7870. 

• Feast of Corpus Christi Celebration:  Pope Francis has asked that churches around the world celebrate a Holy Hour for the Feast of Corpus Christi.  Here at St. Lawrence we will have a Holy Hour immediately following the 11:00am Mass on Sunday, June 2, 2013.  Also, St. Teresa and St. William Churches will have their 16th annual Corpus Christi Celebration.  Their celebration will begin with a Prayer Service. on June 2, 2013 at 2:00pm at St. Teresa’s followed by a procession (approximately 1 mile) down the side streets to St. William.  The Blessed Sacrament will be carried in the procession.  A bus will be last in the procession to transport those who have a difficult time walking.  The service will close with Benediction and a reception at St. William.  A shuttle bus will go from St. William to St. Teresa beginning at 1:00pm.  Please call 921-9200 ext 101 with any questions.

• ST. LAWRENCE SUMMER FESTIVAL Plans are underway for this year’s Summer Festival.  The St. Lawrence festival dates are July 5, 6, and 7, 2013.  Mark your calendar for the big event!  The teachers are collecting the 700 items needed to stock the Variety Booth.  Handcrafted items are great, as well: afghans, plush animals, toys, figurines, small household items, etc.  Be creative!  Items can be dropped off at the rectory or call 921-0328 to make arrangements for pick ups.

• The "Baskets for All Occasions" Booth is in need of your help.  The booth consists of baskets filled with items categorized by themes.  Examples of baskets for this booth are:  sports, jewelry, household items, games, corn hole sets, school supplies, gardening, weekend packages, tickets to sporting events, dinner gift cards, gas cards, or any number of other great items.  Please send donations to the rectory to the attention of the “Basket Booth.”

• Wanted:  A Pirate (volunteer) with carpentry skills to help build games for Never-Land (Kiddie Land) for the 2013 summer festival.  Anyone wishing to help and/or supply building materials and old Christmas lights please contact Matthew Brannon at 746-9820 or Cathy Lageman at 702-0898.

Bulletin Announcements

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PLEASE NOTIFY THE RECTORY when a family member is hospitalized or homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion and/or the Sacrament of Penance. 

PLEASE CONSIDER INCLUDING ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH IN YOUR WILL.

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Click the link below to see some interesting (and beautiful) images of St. Lawrence Church, they were recently taken by Ron Rack, as part of his "Prayer Places" project.  He has the images posted on his website http://rackphoto.com/pp/prayerplaces/st-lawrence/  They were mentioned on the "Sonrise Morning Show" with a link on their Facebook page also.

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St. Lawrence Parish
3680 Warsaw Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45205
(513) 921-0328
rectory@stlawrenceparish.org