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Mass Schedule/ Horario de Misas
Mon-Fri/Lun-Vier 6:30 a.m. Saturday/Sábado 8 a.m., 5 p.m. Sundays/Domingo: English 7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11 a.m. Español 12:45 p.m. Burmese 2:30 p.m.
School of Religion K-8
Catecismo K-8 Wednesdays/Miercoles 7 p.m.
(September—April)
RCIA Classes (Adults) Tuesdays 6:30 p.m., Sept—Easter
Adoration
Tuesdays, 7 am–7 pm
Marriages/Matrimonios Please notify the pastor
8-10 months prior to wedding. Favor de notificar a la parroquia
8-10 meses antes.
Baptisms/Bautismos By appointment only Por cita solamente.
Confessions/Confesiones
3:30 p.m. Saturdays, 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays or by appointment
Español– Martes a las 5:30 p.m. Sabados a las 3:30 p.m.
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1086 North 94th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66112 913-299-3370 www.stpatrickkck.org
Pastor Father Mark Mertes
Vicar/Vicario Burmese Ministry Father Shawn Tunink Father Michael Van Lian www.ShawnTheBaptist.org
Sacramental Assistance Deacon/Diácono Father John Reynolds Dave Cresswell
From Fr. Mark Mertes, Pastor: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a
son, And they shall call him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.” (Matthew 18.23 and Isaiah 7.14)
At the moment of our baptism we were incorpo-rated into Christ so that we might become living signs of His love. That’s what the sacraments are all about, helping to make visible God’s mysteri-ous and hidden Love. Today we hear how in a perfect way Mary became a living sign of God’s love. Her YES and the Holy Spirit’s power allowed Jesus to be conceived and grow within her womb. In her bringing to birth Jesus Christ, Mary made the invisible love of God visible. She now inter-cedes for us so we too can bring Christ to birth in our lives. At our Christmas gatherings and mass-es and parties let us recognize: Christ born in our ability to forgive a family
member Christ shining in the smiles of our elderly Christ present in those who are troubled this
winter season Christ revealed in our generous sharing of our
time, talent and treasure. May we all be sacraments,
living signs of God’s Christmas love!
He aquí que la virgen concebirá y dará a luz a un hijo, a quien pondrán el nombre de Emma-nuel, que quiere decir “Dios con nosotros.”
(Mateo 18.23 e Isaías 7.14) En el momento de nuestro bautismo fuimos incor-porados a Cristo para que pudiéramos convertir-nos en signos vivos de su amor. De eso se tratan los sacramentos, ayudar a hacer visible el Amor misterioso y oculto de Dios. Hoy escuchamos có-mo, de una manera perfecta, María se convirtió en un signo vivo del amor de Dios. Su SÍ y el poder del Espíritu Santo permitieron que Jesús fuera concebido y creciera dentro de su vientre. Al dar a luz a Jesucristo, María hizo que el amor invisible de Dios fuese visible. Ella ahora intercede por no-sotros para que nosotros también podamos dar a luz a Cristo en nuestras vidas. En nuestras reunio-nes navideñas, misas y fiestas, reconozcamos: Cristo nació en nuestra capacidad de perdo-
nar a un miembro de la familia Cristo brillando en las sonrisas de nuestros
ancianos Cristo presente en aquellos que tienen proble-
mas en esta temporada de invierno Cristo revelado al compartir generosamente
nuestro talento, tesoro y tiempo. ¡Que todos seamos sacramentos,
signos vivos del amor navideño de Dios!
Scripture Readings for Week of December 23-29
Mon/Lun: Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24; Luke 1:57-66 Tue/Mar: Isaiah 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 Wed/Mie: Isaiah 62:11-12; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:15-20 Thur/Jue: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Matthew 10:17-22 Fri/Vie: 1 John 1:1-4; John 20:1a, 2-8 Sat/Sab: 1 John 1:5-2:2; Matthew 2:13-18 Sun/Dom: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
2020 Kansas March for Life & IGNITE Pro-Life Youth Rally
Join us in Topeka for a Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children and to acknowledge the 47th year of the Roe vs Wade Supreme Court decision. January 22, 2020 at Topeka Performing Arts Center. 9 a.m. IGNITE Pro-Life Youth Rally; 11 a.m. Mass with Kansas Bishops and Priests; 12:30 pm March to Capitol for the Kansans for Life Rally Presented by Pro-Life Office, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. For information, visit archkck.org/prolife. Event is free and open to all! Please register groups at www.archkck.org/ignite.
Calling all Marriage Encounter Couples . . . Worldwide Marriage Encounter is offering an after-noon of enrichment, for any couple that has expe-rienced a Marriage Encounter Weekend, on Satur-day, January 18, 2020 from 1 - 4:15 pm at the Pre-cious Blood Center, 2130 Saint Gaspar Way, Lib-erty, Missouri. Entitled “Lighting the Way Together - Castles to Lighthouses”, the afternoon will rein-vigorate your communication and rekindle the love in your relationship. Mass will be celebrated at 4:30 pm with free willing offering to defray program costs. For details or to RSVP email Rich & Wendy Lorenz, [email protected] by January 10.
Winter Weather Cancellations When St. Patrick School is canceled due to winter weather, all parish activities are also canceled, in-cluding daily Mass and Adoration. If school is open but weather conditions worsen throughout the day, parish groups and classes will decide whether to cancel. Please use caution before heading to the parish during dangerous weather! Training for NEW and CURRENT Ushers and Greeters – Thursday, January 9 at 7 pm in Church
MASS INTENTIONS and EVENTS INTENCIONES Y EVENTOS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22—Fourth Sunday of Advent 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: James and Mary Jo Carr † 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: In Thanksgiving 12:45 p.m. (Spanish) Mass Int: Healing of the Sick 2:30 p.m. (Burmese) Mass: People of the Parish 6:30 p.m. Christmas Choir Practice Sing-along—Church MONDAY, DECEMBER 23—St. John of Kanty 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Thomas Ahart † 7:00 p.m. Parish Reconciliation Service—Church 7:00 p.m. Green Club TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24—Vigil of Christmas 5:00 p.m. Mass Int: Uriel and Esther Alvarado † 10:00 p.m. Mass Int: Jim and Mary Jo Carr † WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25—The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas); Holy Day of Obligation 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: Eugene Scherer † 10:00 a.m. Mass Int: Al Rodina † THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26—St. Stephen 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Loretta Hentzen † FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27—St. John 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Mary Shriver † SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28—The Holy Innocents 7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: End to Abortion 3:30 p.m. Confessions 5:00 p.m. Mass Int: Brian McGraw † SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29—The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: Michael Mantel † 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: Leo and Barbara McNellis † 12:45 p.m. (Spanish) Mass Int: Healing of the Sick 2:30 p.m. (Burmese) Mass Int: People of the Parish
Ministers to the Homebound December 29: Gail O’Connor, Diane Linder, Donna Kelsey
Advent Parish Reconciliation Service December 23, 7 pm, St. Patrick: Several priests will be available to hear individual confessions.
Adoration will not be held on Tuesday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 31.
Christmas is a Holy Day of Obligation.
Christmas Eve Masses: 5 and 10 pm in English in Church. Burmese Mass will be offered at 10:30 pm in Parish Center. Spanish Mass day and time to be announced. Christmas Day Masses: 8 and 10 am in English
May the peace and joy of the Christ Child be with you and your family!
New Christmas Choir Forming! Come join the first annual Christmas Choir at St Patrick! A new group is forming to sing at 5 pm Christmas Eve Mass and 10 am Christmas Day Mass. Open to all ages, no previous musical expe-rience necessary. We’ll have a practice sing-along on Sunday, December 22 at 6:30 pm in Church. If you love to sing Christmas Carols, help celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus. Merry Christmas! Cindy Bounds, Director of Music, 913-909-6483 or [email protected].
Thank You from Catholic Education Foundation (cef)!
Thanks to your incredible generosity, the Catholic Education Foundation presented a check for more than $2.44 million in scholarship funding to Arch-bishop Naumann and Dr. Vincent Cascone, Super-intendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Kan-sas City in Kansas. The check represents the total scholarships that Catholic Education Foundation will fund this year, allowing over 1,400 students with significant financial need to attend Catholic elementary and high schools in the Archdiocese. On behalf of students who will benefit from the scholarships, thank you for making Catholic educa-tion available to all who seek it, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. Catholic Education Founda-tion scholarships info is at www.cefks.org. School of Religion will be on Christmas Break
December 25 and January 1 Classes resume on Wednesday, January 8. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year!
Cursillo Winter Retreat Open to All Adults
Dr. Ralph Martin will speak on Living as a Catholic in Challenging Times at the Cursillo winter retreat on Saturday, February 1 at Savior Pastoral Center. The event will highlight the New Evangelization and the Link of Holiness to Evangelization. This retreat fits in nicely with our Archdiocesan call from the Convocation to bring others closer to the Sac-raments so they can benefit from a deeper rela-tionship with Christ and the Church. His talks will identify the reasons why our evangelization is more important now than ever before. The Retreat will run from 8 am–3 pm and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Cost is $45 per person. Res-ervations required. Attendees can pay with cash or check at the door. Reservations can be made on line at www.CursilloKCKS.com or by calling Jean Snyder at 913-217-7269. Any adults are welcome to attend. Dr. Martin will also have his books and literature available for purchase at the event.
FORMED and Christmas Thanks to our parish subscription, you can enjoy beautiful Christmas programs on your computer or phone! Download FORMED app to your phone or visit FORMED.org, click “I belong to a parish” then put in parish name or zip code. Follow in-structions to access our subscription, then enjoy ebooks, movies, studies and more!
Please pray for the sick: Trechelle Janae Al-len, Karla Alvarado, Robert Alvarado, Patricia Amayo, Vincent Andrejaska, Velma Andrisevic, Pamela Angell, Phyllis Angell, Al Arendt, Michael Arendt, John Behen, Mary Bell, Donna Bileck, William Bileck, John & Mary Bishop, Mary Ann Bliven, Ann Meara Bolden, Margie Bopp, Douglas Braman, Victor Braman, Peggy Brooks, Cindy Bruell, Edward Burgess, Charlotte Burns, Mary Bush, Hannah Buttaccio, Bob Butters, Jim Carney, Amelia Castro, Antonio Cecena Jr, Owen Cigich, Brad-ley Clarrey, Dianne Compton, Charles Connor, Dee Cox, Vernon and Sheila Cox, John Crawford, Frances Creten-Jones, Terri Crumpton, Thurston Crumpton, Dennie Davis, Karen Davis, Kim Davis, Roxann De-brecht, Billie Dillman, Kathy Dorst, Linda Doss, Terry and Thresa Ehrhart, Mackenna Ernst, Dick Fields, Do-ris Fields, Susan Finley, Brian Garvey, Chuck Gengler, Joe Glavin, David Gochenor, Rosalie Goebel, Cora Grant, Jamie Grohusky, Bertha Hachinsky, Kathy Hackathorn, Brian Hahn, Judy Hanna, Joseph Heppler, Blia Her, Margaret Hernandez, Fred Herrera, John Hill, Bob Holek, Pat Hosetler, Kathleen Huerter, Isabella Hurst, Cheryl Huffstutter, Shirley Imhoff, Dorothy Isa-bell, Susie Jadric, Jay Johnson, Mary Jones, Mary Ju-dy, Jack & Judy Kennedy, Mary Elaine Kohler, John Lanaman, Joyce Leiker, Robert Lidtke, Jack Loun, Debbie Martin, Martha McCarty, Laraun McNeely, Eliz-abeth Melchior, Lori Messick, Chad Messinger, Willetta Minters, Ashley Mizell, Jacob Moore, Lisa Moore, Al-bert Nelson, Blanche Nelson, Linda Nick, Tom O’Con-nor, Alexander Perez, Judy Pope, Jennifer Pulikkan, Jenny Reynolds, Cathy Ritter, Barbara Roberts, Rich-ard Roethler, Marianne Rolfs, Carol Scheibe, Delbert Scheid, James Schmalz, Mary Lou Schmalz, Joyce Schneider, Betty Segura, Dennis & Stephanie Seufer-ling, Linda Shalz, Norma Showalter, Paul Simpson, Joann Sirridge, Jack Sixta, Tom Sixta, Rhonda Smart, Mike Smith, Mary Ann Stokes, Patricia Anne Ston-eking, Leo Storm, Jim Story, Margaret Struzzo, Joe Tayler, Rachel Taylor, Eleanor Thomas, Richard Thomas, Terry Trent, Ann Vogts, Deacon Charlie Voss, Glenn Waltsak, Loretta Warczakoski, Charley Weaver, Loretta Weber, Bob Williams, Tamara Williams, Joe Wingerter, Shirley Zager
Please email [email protected] or call Theresa Smith, 913-299-3370,
to add or remove a name from the prayer list. Only family members may add names
because of privacy. To receive the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, please call 913-299-3370.
Hope for You and Your Loved Ones After Death By Suicide
Fully Alive is a new integrated mind-body-soul wellness program that will begin with a two week session on after suicide support using the book, After Suicide: There is hope for you and them by Fr. Chris Alar, MIC. Evening will begin with Mass, followed by small group discussion facilitated by Catholic counselors and end with prayer. Program will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shaw-nee on January 14 and 21 from 7-8:30 p.m. Adults and teens, accompanied by parent, are welcome. Please RSVP with number attending to Tom Ra-cunas, Special Needs Ministry, by calling 913-647-3054 or emailing [email protected]. It is not necessary to give your name when you respond.
Totus Tuus Missionaries Needed Totus Tuus is now accepting applications for Sum-mer 2020 Missionaries. To make Totus Tuus a success, awesome faith-filled missionaries are needed…both men and women! JOB DESCRIP-TION: The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is seeking 8 missionaries for the Totus Tuus 2020 team. Missionaries will travel to parishes in the Archdiocese, spending a week at each and run-ning programs for elementary aged children dur-ing the day and teens during the evening. Mission-aries share in Christian community with the par-ishes they are visiting, participating in events and staying with host families. Throughout their time with the community, they seek to give witness to their love for Christ and his Church and share their enthusiasm. Team also strives to create an au-thentic Christian community with each other: pray-ing, working, sharing, and spending many hours together to provide mutual support. Position is a temporary two-month commitment (May 25-August 7, 2020). This includes one week of train-ing and a one week break for the 4th of July. This is a great summer job experience for anyone who wants to work in ministry, education or with chil-dren in any setting. Applicants must be 18 or old-er, have an authentic, dynamic Catholic faith and be actively living the teachings of the Catholic Church. One year of college/work is preferred, but willing to consider mature high school graduates. No major or area of study required. To apply, ap-plicants need to complete TT Missionary Applica-tion which can be found on the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas website or at the following link: https://forms.gle/DFWmWHY1rGkTq3fn7. If you know of anyone who would make a great mis-sionary, please encourage them to apply. For more info, visit https://www.archkck.org/ministries--offices/ecat-youth/youth16-totustuus.
December 1 Year to Date/Hasta hoy
Budget/Presupuesto
Total Weekend Collection
Weekday Receipts by mail or electron-ic giving/Recibido en fin de semana
Total Collection Through 12/06/19 Collecta Total hasta el 12/06/19
UNDER Budget
Reporting Suspected Abuse Archdiocese remains committed to investigating any allegation of abuse of a minor made against any mem-ber of the clergy or any church employee or volunteer—no matter the age of incident or current age of the vic-tim. Individuals are encouraged to call confidential re-port line at 913-647-3051 or archkck.org/reportabuse to make a report to Jan Saylor, archdiocesan report inves-tigator, and to call law enforcement directly. If a child or vulnerable adult is in immediate danger, call 911.
Training is required before volunteering with chil-dren at the parish or school.
To volunteer with children in the parish or school, you must first attend a Virtus “Protecting God’s Children” session and pass a background check. Trainings can be found at www.virtusonline.org. Your account must remain current with assigned articles. Contact Betty Ann Battson, Virtus Coordinator, 299-3728 or [email protected].
Will be updated next week!
Please be generous to Christmas Collection for Catholic Charities
Last year, Catholic Charities of North-east Kansas provided MORE THAN 1/2 MILLION services to our neigh-bors in need through more than 20 programs—dispensing hope and op-portunity across a 21 county service area. Thank you! FEED THE HUN-GRY - 259,934 times food assistance was provided to families in our com-munity. CLOTHE THE NAKED - 171,603 times personal hygiene items and clothing were distributed. SHEL-TER THE HOMELESS - 2,908 times housing assistance was provided to families in danger of, or currently ex-periencing, homelessness. WEL-COME THE STRANGER - 204 refu-gees were welcomed and provided ongoing support. CARE FOR DYING - 394 patients received compassion-ate end-of-life care from Catholic Community Hospice. VISIT THE LONELY - 3000+ phone calls and vis-its made through the Friendly Visitors program to ensure the welfare of area seniors. COMFORT THOSE IN NEED - 14,510 case management meetings to assess the comprehen-sive needs of our neighbors in need. INSTRUCT & COUNSEL THE UNIN-FORMED - 81 predatory loans were eliminated through the Kansas Loan Pool Program (KLPP)
Several members of our parish Grief Support Group collected food and household items for a family in need for Thanksgiving. Service to others truly aids in healing. God bless all
who are grieving yet still love and serve others so greatly!
Ministerios SI usted desea inscribirse o informamrase sobre los ministerios de Lector, Ministro Extraordinario de la Comunion, Hospitalidad, limpieza de los viernes, Coro, o Monaguillo, por favor de mandar un correo electronico a [email protected]. Su parroquia los necesita.
Limpieza de la Iglesia
Atencion! Cambiaremos los sabados de limpieza para el viernes 1 del Mes de 7-8:30p.m. debido a las ceremonias de los sabados. Por favor ayudenos a mantener limpia nuestra Iglesia.
Si le gustaría hacer una cita con el Padre Mark por favor de llamar al 913/299-3370 en la oficina parroquial. También, si necesitan ayuda en espa-ñol por favor de llamar al 913/299-3370 o visitar la oficina los miércoles de 3pm a 6pm con Jessy.
Congratulations to Grand Knight Craig Taylor and St. Patrick Knights of Columbus Council 6781
for achieving the Father McGivney and Columbian Awards which recognize excellence in member-ship growth and charitable outreach through its
many programs! Pictured above are District Depu-ty Joe Globoke and Grand Knight Craig Taylor.
Thank you to all vendors and supporters
of our annual Craft Fair!
See you next year!
CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Patrick Church #742600 1086 N. 94th Street Kansas City, KS 66112 TELEPHONE (913) 299-3370 CONTACT PERSON Theresa Smith SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2003 Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Windows XP Professional PRINTER HP Deskjet 950C SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION December 22, 2019 TRANSMISSION TIME Tuesday 11:15 am E-MAIL ADDRESS [email protected] NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 9 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Parish Staff/Personal
Pastor Father Mark Mertes
Parochial Vicar: Father Shawn Tunink www.ShawnTheBaptist.org
Sacramental Assistance Father John Reynolds
Parish/Chin Burmese Ministry Father Michael Van Lian
Deacon/Diácono David Cresswell [email protected]
Secretaries/Secretaria—Debbie Losensky (M-W), Rachel Davis (Thurs-Fri)
Church Office Email/Correo electrónico parroquial [email protected]
Business Manager/Administrador Parroquial Patty Dickinson: [email protected]
Maintenance Director/Director de Mantenimiento Sig Hanson
School Principal/Directora Escolar—Tim Conrad [email protected]
Director of Religious Education; Virtus Coordinator/Directora de Educacion Religiosa y Virtus
Betty Ann Battson: [email protected]
Director of Music Ministries/Directora de Musica Cynthia Bounds: [email protected]
Director of Adult Faith Formation; RCIA; Wedding Coordinator; Annulment Advocate; Spiritual Mentor
Theresa Smith: [email protected]
Contact Information/Contacto
Parish Office/Oficinas parroquiales 299-3370 Office Hours/Horas de Oficina: Mondays-
Thursdays, 8 am—4:30 pm; Fridays, 8—Noon Ayuda en espaṅol con Jessy solo los miercoles de 3-6 pm
Office Fax/Fax de las Oficinas 788-2644 School/Escuela 299-8131 School Fax/Fax de la Escuela 299-2845 Early Education Center/Preescholar 299-3051 Religious Ed/Ed. Religiosa(K-8) 299-3728 Parish Center Reservations 299-3370 Parish Center Kitchen/Cocina 299-2286
Parish Ministries/Ministerios
Pastoral Council / Consejo Parroquial:
Jeff Fewell, Joe Globoke, Jean Langkop, Janae Melvin, Glenn Miller, Gail O’Connor, Scott Rodina,
Theresa Smith, Ronny Williams
Altar Society President/ Presidente Sociedad del Altar
Mickie Miller
CYO Directors Luke Folscroft
Finance Council / Consejo Financiero:
Moe Kancel, Eugenia Winkelbauer, Caroline Brown, Joe Globoke, Diane Linder
Green Club
Fritz Vertz (913-515-0621)
Knights of Columbus/Caballeros de Colon Craig Taylor (913-909-0258)
Prolife Coordinator/Coordinador Pro-vida
Kim Wetzel-Williams
PTO Chairperson Jane Wilson, [email protected]
Shamrock Club
John Kluck and Regina Seuferling
Social Concerns/Consejo de asuntos sociales Carroll and Katie Macke
Vocations Ministry/Comite de Vocaciones
Glenn Miller
Parish Mission Statement/Misión
St. Patrick Parish is called to love and serve the Lord, to grow in knowledge,
virtue and holiness and to spread the Gospel.
La parroquia de San Patricio esta llamada a amar y servir al Señor, a crecer en conocimien-to, virtud y santidad y a compartir el evangelio.
Core Values: Christ-Centered, Evangelization, Formation for All Ages, Family (Individual Fami-
lies and Parish Family), Stewardship