Coffee & Donuts - Join us after the 10am Mass today for Coffee and Donuts in the Social Hall downstairs.
Vespers & Benediction - Tonight there will be Vespers & Benediction from 5:30pm—6:30pm.
Next Sunday - Revamped Promotion Ceremony for Servers - Next Sunday shortly after the 10am Mass the Knights of the Altar will receive their promotions. This year’s ceremony will have more pomp than in years past and will include all of the servers processing and recessing down the main aisle accompanied by organ. They will receive their promotions from one of the priests at the altar steps. The beautiful ceremony is only about 10 minutes long. All are welcome to attend.
Chant Camp—This Summer, Registration Now Open - This summer we will host a chant camp led by Patrick Torsell July 30 - August 3. Its purpose is to teach children (ages 7—18) with unchanged voices to chant. Each day will also include sports and games. All registration information is available on our website, or you can sign up next Sunday at a table outside following Mass. Direct any questions to Patrick Torsell at Music@MaterDeiPA.com
Youth Group — Regatta Night! - Our next Youth Group event will be on Saturday, May 19, 6pm - 9pm. Join us for our annual Regatta Night. The Youth Group is open to people ages 13 - 18. For more information contact youthgroup@materdeipa.com
St. Jude Devotion This Wednesday
2nd Collection - Seminary Burse - There is a second collection today for the Seminary Burse in support of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska.
Modest Dress - As we enter the warmer months of the year, it is a good time for a reminder on modest attire. While at the church, please dress modestly. For both men and women:
These are the rules for dressing at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Please follow them when at St. Lawrence. Remember that we dress at church not for our own comfort, but to present ourselves to Our Lord. Finally: Please do not correct anyone on their attire. If you do not approve of someone’s attire, speak to a priest about it and he will approach the person if necessary.
Pilgrimage to Washington, DC - Join FSSP Seminarians on the Fr. Buckley Pilgrimage to Washington DC as they do penance for their sins, and the sins of the Nation. A group from Mater Dei will leave Wednesday, May 30 and return late on Saturday, June 2. A registration form is online or in the back of church. The deadline for registration is May 20. Email Fr. Franco if you have any questions: fr.franco@materdeipa.com
True Patience in Suffering The Voice of Christ What are you saying, My child? Think of My suffering and that of the saints, and cease complaining. You have not yet resisted to the shedding of blood. What you suffer is very little compared with the great things they suffered who were so strongly tempted, so severely troubled, so tried and tormented in many ways. Well may you remember, therefore, the very painful woes of others, that you may bear your own little ones the more easily. And if they do not seem so small to you, examine if perhaps your impatience is not the cause of their apparent greatness; and whether they are great or small, try to bear them all patiently. The better you dispose yourself to suffer, the more wisely you act and the greater is the reward promised you. Thus you will suffer more easily if your mind and habits are diligently trained to it. Imitation of Christ, Book III