THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
St. Lawrence Parish
1520 East Delavan Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14215
stlawrencebuffalo@gmail.com
PASTORAL STAFF
Fr. Joe Rogliano………………………………………………………...Pastor
Dcn. Paul Weisenburger……………………….Permanent Deacon
Luke Dyer…………………………………....Food Pantry Coordinator
Joe Strusienski...………..……………………………...….Maintenance
Debbie Obstarczyk…………...………………….....Parish Secretary
LITURGY AT ST. LAWRENCE
Saturday, July 15 Vigil: The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:30 p.m. Christine Daniels—Son, Kevin & Family
Sunday, July 16—The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Noon Dorothy Paluck—Daughter, Mary Paluck Misssert
Wednesday, July 19
5:30 p.m. Special intentions from our Father’s Day Spiritual
Bouquet
Saturday, July 22 Vigil: The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:30 p.m. The Mandi Sisters—Theresa Materise
Sunday, July 23—The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Noon Rev. Anne Paris—Friends
SANCTUARY LAMP
Sanctuary Candle is lit +
For Dorothy Paluck
From Daughter, Mary
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
Please pray for Bruce Austin, Joseph Bi-
niaszewski, Roseann Barthelemy, Larry Bartos,
Twila Berst, Bob DeRoss, Baby Luca Matthew
Dicenzo, Diane Dryja, Mike Ellis, Pat Farrell, Joe
Giancarlo, Linda Hammer, Carol LaBelle, Judy Maurino, Mag-
gie Stevenson, Nancy Vogt, and all of our parishioners and
their families during this challenging time. Please contact the
rectory, 892-2471, to have a person placed on the List.
July tickets are now available. Don’t forget you have to be In
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 16, 2023 It to Win It! Thank you for supporting our church.
Sunday: Is 55:10-11/Rom 8:18-23/Mt 13:1-23
Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22/Mt 10:34—11:1
Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15/Mt 11:20-24
Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12/Mt 11:25-27
Thursday: Ex 3:13-20/Mt 11:28-30
Friday: Ex 11:10—12:14/Mt 12:1-8
Saturday: 2 Cor 5:14-17/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
St. Lawrence Pray
for Us
JULY 16, 2023
MASS SCHEDULE
MASSES ARE ALSO ONLINE
Watch on our YouTube channel StLawrenceBuffalo
Saturday: 4:30
Sunday: Noon
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
PHONES
Rectory………………………………………716-892-2471
Fax………………..……………………………716-892-1315
Faith Formation…….……………………716-892-2471
Parish Hall………………………………….716-896-9796
Franciscan Guest House (FGH)……716-893-8853
Children’s Clinic……………………716-308-6302
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
Wednesday & Thursday 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
MASS ATTENDANCE
Saturday 7/1 4:30 p.m.—40
Sunday 7/2 Noon —38
JULY WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP
Regular Sunday Collection.........................................$2,528.00
Utilities....…...……………………...…….......................$78.00
Savings..……..………………………...……..…….….$286.00
Roof………………………….……...............................$382.00
Total month to date...…………………..………....$ 3,274 00.
We are grateful for the prayers and financial support of our
parishioners and friends of St. Lawrence Church.
NEW LAWN MOWER
We recently had to purchase a new lawn mower
at a cost of $304.00. If you would like to make
a donation to defray this cost, you may put it in
the collection and label it for the lawn mower.
We would appreciate any help you can give us.
IN IT TO WIN IT!
FEAST DAY
We will be celebrating the Feast of St. Law-
rence following the noon Mass on Sunday, Au-
gust 6th. Make plans to join in the fun! Basket
Raffle, 50/50, fun games for kiddies and adults
and much more! VOLUNTEERS are
needed. More information to come!
We are looking for donations of baskets for a
basket raffle. If you are looking for inspiration for your bas-
ket check out the ideas posted on the bulletin board at the back
of the church.
ST. LAWRENCE
THIS WEEK IN OUR
FAMILY OF PARISHES
Monday 7/17: 10-11:30AM Food Pantry STL
7 PM Bi-Lingual Rosary (Spanish/English) via
Zoom Click the Family Calendar Links BT
Wednesday 7/19: 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM Food Pantry BT 12:30
PM BINGO STL Doors open 11 AM
Thursday 7/20:10 AM–11:30 AM Food Pantry STL
6:20 PM Bible Study via Zoom from CB (Contact CB for
Zoom link
8:00PM Bingo doors open at 6:30 PM BT
Friday 7/21:10AM Food Pantry STL
Our regular weekday Mass schedule:
BT Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 11 AM
STL Wednesday 5:30 PM
Our weekend Mass schedule:
BT Saturdays 4:30PM & Sundays 10AM
CB Saturdays 4PM and Sundays 9AM (Spanish) &11AM
Last Sunday of the month: Bi-Lingual 10AM
SMdP Sundays 8AM and 9:30AM
STL Saturdays 4:30PM and Sundays Noon
BT—Blessed Trinity, CB—Columba Brigid, SMdP—St.
Martin de Porres, STL—St. Lawrence SLVMI -St. Law-
rence Vineyard Ministries Inc FP – Family Promise
Save the Dates:
Chicken barbeque to benefit Ladies Auxiliary of Knights of
St. Peter Claver SMdP August 5
Feast of St. Lawrence featuring chicken barbeque STL Au-
gust 6 following noon Mass
Mentor Meeting 6:30 PM BT August 10
Meet the Neighbors 5:30 PM BT August 12
Family Picnic sponsored by Holy Name Society SMdP Au-
gust 20
Family Camping (sponsored by CB) September 8-10
Coming Soon:
*All children of the parish from age 3 to grade 12 are now
welcome to register for religious education and youth
events! Please complete the front of the form complete-
ly. Registrations are due by August 1. Children enrolled
in both Catholic and public schools need to complete the
forms. Please ask Dcn. Jerry, Lanette Jenning, Pat Dyer, or
Debbie Obstarczyk if you have any questions.
GARDENERS
Take a look at all the work our volunteers
have done to improve the gardens and
grounds of our church. If you would like to
do a little gardening or have an idea of something that would
beautify our church call Dina Ziegler @716-440-0209.
SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM
The summer lunch program is available for all children Mon-
day through Friday from 11 am to 1 pm in the vestibule of St
Lawrence Church from July 6 through August 18, 2023.
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Dear Family
Greetings to all of you!
Well, the Saturday rotation is now complete. Your priests will
attempt Sunday rotation next month. It’ll be a challenge – but
we will give it a go!
The Pillar groups continue to meet faithfully. I can’t tell you
how much I appreciate their efforts.
My hope is that we can execute our family plan early in Octo-
ber.
In Christ’s love,
Father Joe
PILLARS UPDATE
Spirituality Pillar Update - The Spirituality Pillar
has had several discussions about our parishes' cur-
rent prayer and spiritual opportunities. They are
currently looking at ways to make those events bet-
ter known across the family.
Stewardship Pillar Update - The Stewardship Pillar has had
several meetings to discuss the current fundraising in our par-
ishes. They are looking at ways to create a couple of bigger
fundraisers to be shared.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTER TRAINING
We are trying to set up Eucharistic Minister
Training and need a few more participants. Now
that we have the Precious Blood available in all
of our parishes again, it is a good opportunity to
have a few more people trained. We have five
registrations from our four parishes. If you are
interested in becoming a Eucharistic Minister, please contact
Pat Dyer at 716-256-2598 or patriciadyernp@gmail.com
UPON THIS ROCK
In the last installment from UPON THIS ROCK we received
$104.65. This was deposited into our account in February.
This money went directly to our Roof Fund. Thank you to all
who made contributions to UPON THIS ROCK!
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Drawing up your summer bucket list?
Add volunteering to the mix! Our Catho-
lic Charities Immigration & Refugee
Assistance Program has many opportuni-
ties for volunteers, including: English language tutoring, drivers
and transportation guides, organizing donations, and more!
Check out these and other volunteer opportunities with Catholic
Charities at www.ccwny.org/volunteer.