I welcome you to read and share my account of the rich history of the St. Lawrence Parish. We are celebrating 150 years of existence as a part of the Milwaukee and now Green Bay Diocese. This booklet will include a history of the parish and the improvements by a number of pastors to the cemetery landscaping and to the various buildings. I recognize the three sons of the parish who became priests. Through the humble beginning by poor Czech immigrants and their continued efforts to improve their home parish, a magnificent church building was constructed over a hundred years ago. We are proud that it has become a State and National Historic site. I did not find any articles that showed any celebrations that witnessed and took part in when they celebrated in 1939. 1964, 1989 and the 2014 celebration of this year. These celebrations are closely tied to our Patron Saint Lawrence whose feast day is celebrated on August 10. They were on the Sunday that is closest to that feast day. These celebrations were greatly attended by people who had ties to relatives in this areas. Because of the deaths of the settlers and first and second generations of these families, this feast day is not celebrated publically any more. I am proud to say that we honor our Patron Saint Lawrence and I hope that this booklet brings back memories of the rich tradition of the church's existence on his feast day.

Giving status of the Catholic Church as of January 1, 2005.

"The future of humanity passes by way of the family." -Pope John Paul IIFamiliaris consortio is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation written by Pope John Paul II and promulgated on 22 November 1981. This edition has been grammatically edited and formatted to improve readability of the original translation.This document describes the position of the Catholic Church on the meaning and role of marriage and the family, and outlines challenges towards realizing that ideal. It refers to marriage as "one of the most precious and most urgent tasks of Christian couples in our time."Familiaris consortio restates the Church's opposition to artificial birth control, stated previously in Humanae vitae, and briefly mentions the opposition of the Church to abortion. It also discusses the responsibility and expectations of the family regarding the education of children. It continues with a description of the expectations of the family relative to the larger society, including service to the poor.This document is for all young men and women preparing for marriage, for all fathers and mothers trying to raise a Christian family, for clergy guiding their flock in understanding the sacrament of matrimony, and for all people endeavoring "to save and foster the values and requirements of the family."