ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CROATIAN PARISH ON STRAWBERRY HILL

708 N. 4th Kansas City, Kansas 66101 OLDEST CROATIAN CHURCH WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI - 1900

www.stjohnthebaptistcatholicchurch.com

Pastoral Staff

Fr. Peter M. Jaramillo, S.S.A. Pastor Fr. Joseph Arsenault, S.S.A.

Fr. John Melnick, S.S.A. Sr. Mary Michael MacChesney

Phyllis Hampton, Parish Secretary

Office Hours Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Church Office 913-371-0627

FAX & E-mail 913-342-3324

Weekday Mass Including Adoration: Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday 5:15 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m.

Confessions: By Appointment. Call 913-371-0627

Rosary: Saturday 4:45 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m.

Marriage Preparation: Notify the parish eight months prior to the wedding.

Pastoral Care of the Sick: Crisis Prayer Line: 913-281-4448 or 913-608-5600 Anointing and Pastoral Visits: Contact Church Office

Parish Contact Information: Finance Council President Mark Calvert Parish Council President Don Taylor Altar Society President Kelly Moutray St. John's Senior Citizens President Mary Ann Fanning St. John Catholic Club, 913-371-9690 Ken Yarnevich St. Cecilia Choir / Organist Matt Winterhalter

DECEMBER 6 , 2015 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

WEEKLY COLLECTION

November: 21 & 22 28 & 29

Week: $ 3,275.00 $ 2575.00

Maintenance: $ 205.00 $ 115.00

Loose: $ 128.00 $ 150.00

Candle: $ 260.00 $ 123.00

Poor: $ 21.00 $ 29.00

DECEMBER 6, 2015 - 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Tuesday, December 8

8:00 a.m. Holy Day - Immaculate Conception Thursday, December 10

8:00 a.m. Ana Macar, Mary Sirkovich, Slavko & Kate Cavlovic. Saturday, December 12 1:00 p.m. Wedding Collins / Seufert 5:15 p.m. Joe & Anna Krstulic, Ana Macan, Mary Staresinick, George & Tate Brajkovic. Sunday, December 6 9:00 a.m. Parish Members Christmas & New Years Schedule on Green Sheet located

in Church. This includes confession time.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

December 12 - 13 , 2015

5:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m.

Lectors

Eucharistic Ministers

Cantor

Servers

G. Garcia G. Garcia

M. Viskovic R. Sambol

M. Garcia B. Palcher C. Delich

D. Kozar J. Ciliberti

F. Soptic

C. Lally Choir

L. Lally T. Lally

K. Dordevic A. Dordevic

If you have a family member who is hospitalized or homebound and would like to have a visit or receive commun-ion, please contact the Church Office. Hospitals do not inform us of a parish-ioner being admitted to the hospital. Call Phyllis at 913-371-0627.

Please note Christmas Day Mass December 25, 2015

at St. Mary St. Anthony Mass Time at 9:00a.m.

not 10:30am as shown on green schedule page. Thank you .

No Coffee & Donuts the month of December

See you in the New Year 2016

The Rectory will be closed December 8th

Tuesday Holy Day of Obligation

PUT ON JOY Today, Baruch speaks of the splen-dor that lies ahead for the city of Jeru-salem and for all of us, regardless of where home is for us. Throw off strife,

he tells us, and put on joy. Like a favorite old sweatshirt, joy fits, and how warm it keeps us, even when the winds blow cold. Paul knows of this joy as he pens his letter to the Philip-pians, praying that they may grow in their ability to dis-cern what is righteous and good. And Luke speaks to us of John, who was foretold by Isaiah and who sings a sim-ilar song--"Prepare the way of the Lord," for salvation is at hand. A man ahead of his time, Baruch spent his days joyfully awaiting a distant glory. On this Second Sunday of Ad-vent, Paul and John know that this glory is upon us. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

FORGIVENESS God forgives like a mother who kisses the offense into everlast-ing forgiveness. --Henry Ward Beecher . A BUSY MOTHER Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children. --St. John Vianney

DECEMBER 6, 2015 - 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Resurrection Catholic School The 4th annual Taste of KCK will be held on Saturday, January 30 from 6-9pm. Registration will open on De-cember 1st. Tickets can be reserved on the school web-site, www.rcskck.org or by calling the school office at 913-371-8101. Tickets are $40 each or $320 per table of 8. Come join us for an evening of diverse cultures and cuisine to benefit Resurrection Catholic School. We have sold out all three years, so be sure to register early! Resurrection Catholic School St. Nicholas Open House, a preschool and kindergarten information night, will be held on Thursday, December 10th from 5:00-6:30. Join us to find out what makes Resurrection Catholic School the best fit for your family. Parents will learn more about RCS while students have a cookie and milk, complete a craft and take a picture with St. Nicholas. For more infor-mation call the school office at 913-371-8101. Please join Resurrection School to watch a short play about Our Lady of Guadalupe and pray the rosary with us on Friday, December 11 at 2:30 at the Cathedral of St. Peter. All are welcome for this prayerful and informative presentation by our 6th grade students.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By now, trees are begin-ning to appear in living rooms throughout the par-ish. To a complete outsider to our culture, it must seem an odd thing indeed. The "roots" of this custom are in liturgical drama: reli-gious plays performed in the churches and town

squares of medieval Europe. The favorite theme for this time of year was the "Paradise Play," a dramatic history of the human race from the Garden of Eden to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The language and music varied from place to place, but one feature was always in place: a great tree decorated with apples. As a prop, it provided lots of material for the actors: the temptation, shelter for the manger, and a reminder of the wood of the cross. Soon people began to bring "paradise trees" into their homes, decorating them with gifts and lighted candles. Many Germans give credit to Martin Luther for trans-forming the "Paradise Tree" into the evergreen Christmas tree. Walking home on a starry Advent night, he was so awed by the beauty of the night that he hauled a pine tree inside and decorated it with lighted candles. Americans were holdouts. It took until 1856 for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to decriminalize Christmas decorations, the old Puritan dislikes falling before the waves of Irish and German immigrants with traditions firmly in hand! --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Year-End Gifts of Stock Using appreciated assets such as stocks, bonds and mutu-al funds to make year-end charitable gifts has tax ad-vantages to those who itemize deductions if they have been owned for more than one year. Gifts mailed or de-livered by December 31 will be acknowledged for tax purposes in the 2015 tax year. Simple instructions for making a stock gift to the parish or other charities within the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas are available at www.archkck.org/waystogive. Contact the Steward-ship and Development Office, at 913-647-0365 for help with your gift. Don’t forget that Donnelly College offers classes to learn English! There are morning and evening classes, for both lower levels (Community ESL) and upper levels (English for Academic Purposes). For Community ESL, no high school or GED is required. Come to Donnelly to apply, or contact Michelle for more information: • 608 N. 18th St., KCK • (913) 621-8757

EVENTS

Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. St. Nicholas Festival of Lessons and Carols at the Ca-thedral of St. Peter, 409 N. 15th St. Kansas City Kansas. A celebration of the mystery of gifts and giving and the One who is both Giver and Gift, featuring sacred scrip-ture, poetry, seasonal carols old and new, and glorious choral polyphony sung in sumptuous acoustics by Kansas City’s own Sursum Corda Polyphony under the direction of Dr. Kevin Vogt. Free and open to the public. Senior Citizen Christmas Party Dec. 9th at the Museum - 11:0 a.m. Visit the Strawberry hill museum Open weekends noon - 5:00 p.m. Information call 913-371-3264 Visit the gift shop stocked full of Polish Pottery and oth-er great holiday gifts. Pancake Breakfast - January 17th, 2016 For Bishop Ward High School Senior class. Location Sr. John’s auditorium. More information will follow in the next few weeks.