Come Celebrate the FEAST OF ST. LAWRENCE

Mass at St. Lawrence Church at 7:00am Friday, August 10, 2018

The feast day of our patron Saint, St. Lawrence, is Friday August 10th. There is a Novena printed and placed in the back of both the St. Lawrence and St. Boniface Parishes for each family to participate. The Novena begins Wednesday August 1st to the 9th, nine days ending with the Mass at 7:00AM on Friday August 10th at St. Lawrence Church. 

Lawrence - Deacon and Martyr (D.258?) and the first of the seven deacons who served the Roman Church. The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that there is a feast day given to him. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and lasting impression on the early church and celebration of his feast day spread rapidly. 

He was a Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II. Four days after this pope was put to death, Lawrence was arrested and the governor of the city ordered Lawrence to turn over the treasures of the Church, he gathered the poor and the sick. Showing them to the governor, he said, "These are the real treasures of the Church." The governor was angry and had Lawrence put to death. 

The incident that has come down from the early centuries shows how well Lawrence had put on the mind and heart of Christ. The special love he had for the weak, the helpless, and those whom others reject, and the dignity he saw in each person made him an excellent deacon. The deacons in the Church, are there to serve others, especially the poor. 

Please take time to participate in the Novena to St. Lawrence