Coffee & Donuts - We will have coffee and donuts in the downstairs Social Hall after the 10am Masses today.  Please join us!  

St. Jude Devotion - This Wednesday’s Saint Jude schedule:

• 6:00pm - Holy Hour with Benediction
• 7:00pm - Low Mass with Hymns
• Following Mass - Prayers & Litany to St. Jude & veneration of St. Jude relic.

 Mother’s Day Novena of Masses - The Mother’s Day cards are now available for the Mother’s Day Novena of Masses which will be offered May 13th – May 21st.  Please fill and place your cards into the collection basket by May 6th.

Youth Group - April Meeting - Join us on April 21 from 6pm - 9pm for outdoor games and a bonfire.  Fr Eichman will give a talk and we will close with a Rosary.  The Youth Group is open to young people ages 13-18.  For more information and to RSVP contact us at YouthGroup@MaterDeiPA.com

 New Parking Procedure - Do not park in the spaces directly beside or behind the gray building on the corner of Front  St. and State St. (407 Front Street).  The hours of operation for the new lessee’s includes evenings and weekends.  The other parking spaces formerly used do remain available as before.  Contact the office with any questions.

Bishop Gainer Visit - 100th Anniversary of St Lawrence - On Tuesday, April 24, at 7pm Bishop Gainer will offer a Pontifical High Mass celebrating the 100th anniversary of the dedication of St. Lawrence Church in April of 1918.  A reception will follow.

 Easter Duty - Every Catholic has the obligation to receive Communion at least once per year during Eastertide which continues through Trinity Sunday.  In addition, every Catholic is required to go to Confession at least once per year.

Pro-Life Rosary - After the 9am Mass this Saturday, April 21, we will pray a Rosary and the Litany to the Sacred Heart at Saint Lawrence for the protection of the unborn.  This is done every third Saturday of the month.

Save the Dates:

• Sunday, May 6: May Crowning between Masses

• Sunday, May 13: 1st Communions at 10am Mass

• Friday, June 15, 2018: High School Graduation Mass, 6:30pm

• July 30—August 3: Children’s Chant Camp

100th Anniversary of St. Lawrence Church - Special Upcoming Schedules 

Sunday, April 22

11:15—12:15pm……………..………Grilled Hamburgers / Bratwurst*

11:45—12:30pm……………………..………………...Organ Recital**

12:45—1:15pm…………..………..……Sung Vespers w/ Benediction^

 *Hot lunch will be in place of coffee/donuts.  Hamburgers & Bratwursts will be grilled in the courtyard and brought downstairs to the Social Hall.  If you would like to help by bringing a dish please contact forbecks@comcast.net

 **Patrick Torsell will play a variety of beautiful organ pieces.  Feel free to come and go during this organ exhibition.

 ^Handouts will be available for all to follow along.

 Tuesday, April 24

6:45pm……………...……...…….…...Prelude Sung by Choristers

7:00pm….………...Pontifical Solemn High Mass, Bishop Gainer*

Following Mass………………………....Reception in Social Hall

*Guest clergy from the FSSP, including the District Superior, and the Diocese will be assisting at the Mass as well as seminarians from both Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary and Mount St. Mary’s.