St. Lawrence Parish

Welcome

Our Door is Open, Our Table is Set — There is a Place for You Here!

Thank you for visiting the website of St. Lawrence Parish. We invite you to join us at Mass!

If you are interested in joining the Parish, please contact the Parish Office at 262-644-5701, Ext. 2 or click on the "Join Us" tab.

News and Events

No confessions at St. Lawrence on April 20

Our Eucharistic Offering: The Work of Human Hands

Sunday, May 5, 7:00-8:30 p.m., in the St. Peter Church Hall.

Click here for details. Sign-up in the church entrance, if interested in attending.

Annual Mass of Atonement

The annual Mass of Atonement will be held on April 29, 2024 at 6 p.m. at Holy Apostles Parish (16000 W National Avenue, New Berlin, WI 53151). This Mass is one of the ways that the current leadership of the Archdiocese publicly atones for the clergy abuse crisis and scandal. We invite you to join us in support of the survivors, family members, and communities that have spoken or unspoken stories of survival and pain. If you are unable to attend, we would ask that you please remember all those that suffer from the wounds of abuse in your prayers for peace, healing, and justice. Please visit www.archmil.org for more information.

What do I do at Mass if I cannot receive Holy Communion?

We might not be in a state to receive Communion for various reasons-for example, not being in a state of grace, not being Catholic, or not having observed the one-hour fast before Communion. In those circumstances, we still can make a spiritual communion, a prayer expressing our desire to receive Jesus in Holy Communion. Here is a traditional Act of Spiritual Communion that was written by St. Alphonsus Liguori:

My Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to possess you within my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as being already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

Also, some priests might invite people who cannot receive Holy Communion to come forward in the communion line to receive a blessing.

For more information on the Eucharistic Revival: https://www.resurrectionallenton.org/eucharistic-revival

Leave a Legacy

Please remember St. Lawrence Parish in your estate planning. For a brochure click here or contact the Parish Office at (262) 644-5701, ext. 2 for information on how you can remember our Parish through the St. Lawrence Congregation Endowment Fund.

Quilts of Valor

We are compiling a list of service members or living veterans who served. If there is someone from our parish, either yourself or nominate someone, please click here for a Request Form as we would like to start presenting A Quilt of Valor® (QOV). It is awarded to a Service Member or Veteran who has served our country with bravery, honor and dedication. The Quilt says unequivocally, “Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation.” St. Luke Sew Blessed Quilters of Slinger is grateful to have a group of women from surrounding churches that faithfully sew and make these beautiful quilts for our veterans. If there is anyone interested in joining them, you are more than welcome; please contact Donna Gross 262-707-5730. And if anyone is interested in helping the St. Luke Blessed Quilters defray costs for the Quilts of Valor for fabrics and supplies please place in the box marked Quilts of Valor.