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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 Father Mark Mertes, Pastor:

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him, to

reconcile to himself all things….. (Colossians 1.19)

Today the church year wraps up with our celebra-tion of Christ the King. When we speak of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNI-VERSE we are basically saying that whatever can be said about human existence is summed up in Jesus Christ. In him the fullness, the pleroma (in Greek) dwells. Fr. Richard Rohr explains plero-ma this way: Jesus is the blueprint for all reality! Jesus reveals the pattern of living, dying and liv-ing that is the essential pattern of all that exists. Whether we speak of molecules or galaxies, or personal relationships with God or family relation-ships with one another, everything follows the pat-tern of Christ’s dying on the cross and rising to new life. Did you know that researchers say that over about 7 years all the cells of our bodies are replaced? Each day, through the process of let-ting go and starting again, we are physically being made new. And certainly it is so in the spiritual life. May Christ, in whom all fullness dwells, bring each one of us to new and abundant life! Porque Dios quiso que en Cristo habitara

toda plenitud y por él quiso reconciliar consigo todas las cosas….

(Colosenses 1.19) Hoy el año de la iglesia concluye con nuestra ce-lebración de Cristo Rey. Cuando hablamos de NUESTRO SEÑOR JESUCRISTO, REY DEL UNIVERSO, básicamente estamos diciendo que todo lo que se puede decir sobre la existencia humana se resume en Jesucristo. En él habita la plenitud, el pleroma (en griego). El Padre Richard Rohr explica el pleroma de esta manera: ¡Jesús es el modelo para toda la realidad! Jesús revela el modelo de vivir, morir y vivir que es el modelo esencial de todo lo que existe. Ya sea que hable-mos de moléculas o galaxias, o relaciones perso-nales con Dios o relaciones familiares entre noso-tros, todo sigue el modelo de la muerte de Cristo en la cruz y resucitar a una nueva vida. ¿Sabía que los investigadores dicen que durante aproxi-madamente 7 años se reemplazan todas las célu-las de nuestros cuerpos? Cada día, a través del proceso de dejar ir y comenzar de nuevo, física-mente estamos siendo hechos nuevos. Y cierta-mente es así en la vida espiritual. ¡Que Cristo, en quien habita toda plenitud, nos traiga a cada uno de nosotros a una vida nueva y abundante!

Scripture Readings for Week of November 25-December 1

Mon/Lun: Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20; Luke 21:1-4 Tue/Mar: Daniel 2:31-45; Luke 21:5-11 Wed/Mie: Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Luke 21:12-19 Thur/Jue: Daniel 6:12-28; Luke 21:20-28 Fri/Vie: Daniel 7:2-14; Luke 21:29-33 Sat/Sab: Romans 10:9-18; Matthew 4:18-22 Sun/Dom: Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44

College Mailing It’s time for college mailing #2! Donations of snacks and funds for postage are appreciated! Please bring donations to Theresa Smith in the parish office by November 30. Plan for 45 students and pray for these young men and women. Thank you for supporting this evangelization project.

FORMED Advent Program

Thanks to our parish subscription, you can enjoy beautiful daily Advent reflections from FORMED on your computer or phone! Download the FORMED app to your phone or visit FORMED.org, click “I belong to a parish” then put in our parish name or zip code. Follow instructions to access our subscription, then open Advent with Dr. Tim Gray. When Advent starts, you’ll receive new daily reflections. Set up your library on FORMED of free ebooks, movies, studies and more. May God bless you as you grow closer to Him and His Church.

Liturgical Ministries Trainings

Father Mark Mertes, Pastor, invites all currently serving and those interested in serving in these ministries to very important trainings. SPECIAL MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION – Thursday, December 5 at 7 pm in Church USHERS AND GREETERS – Thursday, January 9 at 7 pm in Church

November is National Adoption Awareness Month.

As people of faith, we know adoption is a loving, beautiful way for a child to be welcomed into a family. We ask God to bless all of those whom adoption is a part of their life story – an adopted child or one waiting for their “forever home,” par-ents placing their child for adoption, adoptive fami-lies, couples in waiting, and those who have a loved one touched by adoption. Though there are trials and uncertainties involved in every adoption, our Catholic community needs to celebrate and share that adoption is a beautiful option!

MASS INTENTIONS AND EVENTS INTENCIONES Y EVENTOS

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24—Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 8-11 a.m. Pancake Breakfast in Parish Center! 8:45 a.m. Rosary 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: Josie Serrano † 10:30 a.m. Rosary 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: People of the Parish MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25—St. Catherine of Alexan-dria 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Communion Service 7:00 p.m. Green Club TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Emilie Gordon † 7 a.m.—7 p.m. Adoration in Church 5:30 p.m. Confessions (English and Spanish)—Church WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Louie Scherzer; Stan Littlefield † THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28—Thanksgiving Day! Parish Office Closed 7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: Jim Slonka † FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29—Parish Office Closed 7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: David Laffere † SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30—St. Andrew 7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: Ed Martinez † 3:30 p.m. Confessions 5:00 p.m. Mass Int: Cyril and Lena Winkelbauer † SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1—First Sunday of Advent 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: Jim Slonka † 8:45 a.m. Rosary 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: Gilder Serrano † 10:30 a.m. Rosary 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 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 1: Gail O’Connor, Diane Linder and Donna Kelsey Please note that the next several bulletins will

have early deadlines due to the holidays!

Pancake Breakfast TODAY! The Knights of Columbus invite you to enjoy a

wonderful breakfast this Sunday from 8-11 a.m. in the Parish Center. All are welcome!

Thank you to all who attended our annual Craft Fair! It was a wonderful event and we are grateful

to so many for supporting our vendors!

Angel Trees The Social Concerns Ministry is collecting gifts for those in our parish who need assistance for Christ-mas. Angels listing suggested gifts are on trees at all Church entrances. The angels identify age and gender of a specific family member and items re-quested. Please select a gift and return the un-wrapped gifts by December 15 with the angel at-tached to the gift. Boxes for the gifts will be at each entrance of the Church. It is very important that your gift has the angel attached so that we may correctly identify the recipient. Gift cards and mon-etary donations should be placed in an envelope other than your weekly offering envelope, marked Christmas Appeal and placed in the collection. Please do not put gift cards in the boxes at the en-trances of Church. Thank you for your generosity in helping others have a wonderful Christmas.

St. Patrick School St. Nicholas Stroll Project St. Patrick School is working with the Social Con-cerns Ministry for parishioners who are in need. School students are planning a St. Nicholas Stroll on the feast day of St. Nicholas, December 6. Stu-dents will collect pledges for their stroll. Older stu-dents will walk in the cemetery (weather permit-ting), and the little ones (including Early Education Center) will walk in the gym. All are invited to watch or stroll with us! Proceeds will go to the Social Con-cerns Ministry for those who need help this Christ-mas. The Christmas trees will be up in Church as usual, however, there will also be envelopes to take to make a donation. The envelopes can be dropped in the collection basket or sent to school. Please join us for this fun day! God bless you all!

Advent Food Drive: Truck Here December 7-8

Grocery bags will be distributed next weekend, No-vember 30 and December 1 after each Mass for the Advent Food Drive. If you want to help reach our parish goal of collecting 3,000 pounds of food for Catholic Charities food pantries, please take a bag and fill it up with needed food items on the list. Bring your filled grocery bags back during each Mass on December 7 & 8. Catholic Charities will have their truck parked in the main entrance park-ing lot; volunteers will be available during each Mass to accept food donations. Please provide on-ly food items that are needed on the list and please no expired food items. The Social Concerns Minis-try also needs several volunteers to help sort and load food on the truck during Masses on December 7 & 8. If you want to help with this Advent project, e-mail Paula Frost, [email protected] or Katie Macke at [email protected]. Thank you for your support of this blessed Advent project.

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, Douglas Braman, Victor Braman, Peggy Brooks, Cindy Bruell, Bob Bruenn, 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, Sheila Cox, John Crawford, Frances Creten-Jones, Terri Crumpton, Thurston Crumpton, Dennie Davis, Karen Davis, Kim Davis, Roxann Debrecht, Billie Dillman, Kathy Dorst, Linda Doss, Thresa Ehrhart, Mackenna Ernst, Dick Fields, Doris Fields, Susan Finley, Brian Garvey, Chuck Gengler, Joe Glavin, David Gochenor, Rosalie Goebel, Cora Grant, Jamie Grohusky, Bertha Hachinsky, Kathy Hackathorn, Brian Hahn, Judy Han-na, Joseph Heppler, Blia Her, Margaret Hernandez, Fred Herrera, John Hill, Bob Holek, Pat Hosetler, Kath-leen Huerter, Isabella Hurst, Cheryl Huffstutter, Shirley Imhoff, Dorothy Isabell, Susie Jadric, Jay Johnson, Mary Jones, Mary Judy, Jack & Judy Kennedy, John Lanaman, Joyce Leiker, Angie Lewis, Robert Lidtke, Jack Loun, Debbie Martin, Martha McCarty, Laraun McNeely, Elizabeth Melchior, Lori Messick, Chad Messinger, Willetta Minters, Ashley Mizell, Jacob Moore, Lisa Moore, Albert Nelson, Blanche Nelson, Linda Nick, Tom O’Connor, Alexander Perez, Judy Pope, Jennifer Pulikkan, Jenny Reynolds, Cathy Ritter, Barbara Roberts, Richard Roethler, Marianne Rolfs, Carol Scheibe, Delbert Scheid, James Schmalz, Mary Lou Schmalz, Joyce Schneider, Betty Segura, Dennis & Stephanie Seuferling, Linda Shalz, Norma Showalter, Paul Simpson, Joann Sirridge, Jack Sixta, Tom Sixta, Rhonda Smart, Mike Smith, Mary Ann Stokes, Patricia Anne Stoneking, Leo Storm, Jim Story, Margaret Struz-zo, Joe Tayler, Rachel Taylor, Eleanor Thomas, Rich-ard Thomas, Terry Trent, Ann Vogts, Deacon Charlie Voss, Glenn Waltsak, Loretta Warczakoski, Charley Weaver, Loretta Weber, Bob Williams, Tamara Wil-liams, 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.

Anointing of the Sick If you are scheduled for surgery, please call the

parish office, 299-3370, to receive the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick before your hospital stay.

If your condition worsens, you need additional sur-gery, you recover then become seriously ill again or are facing additional health challenges due to

aging, it is appropriate to be anointed again.

Free Yourself from Pornography No Cost Program in English and Spanish

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Invitation to Taizé Prayer You are invited to Taizé prayer on Thursday, De-cember 5 at 7 p.m. in Annunciation Chapel on the campus of the Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, 4200 S. 4th Street, Leav-enworth, Kan. For information about this medita-tive, candlelit service, visit www.marillaccenter.org or call 913-758-6552.

Please Refrain From Leaving Mass Early The Lord is so generous to us. He gives us an entire week in which to love our families, work, pursue our interests and so forth. He asks us for a small fraction of that time in return. Please fulfill your obligation to attend Sunday Mass by arriving at least a few minutes early in order to prepare your hearts for Christ and by staying until the end of the Mass. It is very distracting to others to have so many leave before the Mass is ended. When you receive Holy Communion, you are a living tabernacle. Jesus is present within you! Please spend time with Him in the Church. This is a precious time when Jesus can really speak to your heart. If you head immediately to your car, you will miss these precious moments with Christ. If you do need to leave early because of ill-ness, care of a loved one, work or some other se-rious reason, that should be an exception, not your weekly practice. May God bless you for your faithfulness to the Sunday Mass. How blessed we are to be able to worship the Lord together, in communion with Him.

Your Child’s Baptism To have your baby baptized, please contact Mrs. Theresa Smith, [email protected] or 913-299-3370. Parents are asked to attend a baptism preparation class with Mrs. Smith, scheduled at your convenience, if this is their first child to be baptized or if it’s been more than 2 years since the baptism of their last child. There are no fees for the class or baptism. It’s helpful to schedule your class before your baby is born as the Church encourages parents to have their children bap-tized as soon as possible. Giving your child the gift of a spiritual foundation is an eternal gift!

Auction Update: The 25th Annual St. Patrick Auction was the big-gest one yet! The Auction took in over $55,000! Thank you to the auction committee: Gina Nick, Eugenia Winklebauer, Katie Cop, Jennifer Slaugh-ter, Courtney Sachen, Ashly Parks, Nellie Hughey, Jen Johnson, Jane Wilson, Erika Brim, Nicole Grimm, Cherish Dietz, Lere Toschi, Jenny Myers, Stacy Mooberry, and Clare Anthony. We are so grateful for your hard work and dedication!

Christmas Flowers In Memory Of…

Although contribution envelopes specific to Flow-ers and/or Memorial Flowers was not included with the offertory envelopes, you may make a do-nation toward Christmas flowers in memory of a loved one. Checks will be accepted at the Parish Office or in the weekend offertory through Decem-ber 16. Please be certain to indicate on your enve-lope or in the memo line of your check that the donation is for flowers in the name of your de-ceased loved one. The list of Loved Ones will be published in a bulletin shortly after Christmas. Thank you for your contribution to add to the beauty of the Church! Si le gustaría hacer una cita con el Padre Mark por favor de llamar al 913/299-3370 en la ofici-na parroquial. También, si necesitan ayuda en español por favor de llamar al 913/299-3370 o visitar la oficina los miércoles de 3pm a 6pm con Jessy.

Reporting Suspected Abuse Archdiocese remains committed to investigating any allegation of abuse of a minor made against any member of the clergy or any church employee or volunteer—no matter the age of incident or cur-rent age of the victim. Individuals are encouraged to call confidential report line at 913-647-3051 or archkck.org/reportabuse to make a report to Jan Saylor, archdiocesan report investigator, and to call law enforcement directly. If a child or vulnera-ble adult is in immediate danger, call 911.

Training is required before volunteering with children

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. Schedule and training locations can be found at www.virtusonline.org. Attended Virtus? Your ac-count must remain current with assigned articles. Contact Betty Ann Battson, Virtus Coordinator, 299-3728 or [email protected].

November 10 Year to Date/Hasta hoy

Budget/Presupuesto $20,000.00 $380,000.00

Total Weekend Collection

$10,971.22

Weekday Receipts by mail or electron-ic giving/Recibido en fin de semana

$6,646.00

Total Collection Through 11/01/19 Collecta Total hasta el 11/01/19

$17,617.22 $356,495.34

UNDER Budget ($2,382.78) ($23,504.66)

Sunday Masses: 223 Envelopes from 194 Families

Maintenance Fund: November 10 Year to Date $75.00 $7,761.00

Extra Parochial Collections: All Saints $5.00 School Support $100.00

Oops—Last week, if the Total Collection Year-To-Date number looked about $9,000 larger and the budget deficit looked smaller, it was my mistake. I left the Ice Cream Social profit on the year-to-date side two weeks in a row. I caught the mistake and this week’s numbers are corrected. My apologies. Thank you for the generosity of your prayers and the generosity of your finances. Thank you to the Holy Spirit whose guidance helped me find the

mistake. I am humble and human. Sincerely in Christ,

Patty Dickinson, Parish Business Manager  

“By charity serve one another.” Galatians 5:13 

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.

Convocation 2019 Begins! 1500 delegates from all parishes...we are family! Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ!

Meet our parish delegation! Bottom photo—Row 1 seated: Jean Langkop, Johnna Taylor, Ronny Williams, Ramona Galvan, Father Shawn Tunink, Jeff Fewell. Row 2 and 3 in order—Jessy Carpio, Theresa Smith, Deacon Dave Cresswell, Father Mark Mertes, Gail O’Connor, Diane Linder, Brian Battson, Betty Battson.

Come Holy Spirit!

Enflame our hearts, our homes, our

communities!

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 November 24, 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

[email protected]

Parochial Vicar: Father Shawn Tunink www.ShawnTheBaptist.org

[email protected]

Priest In Residence Father John Reynolds

Parish/Chin Burmese Ministry Father Michael Van Lian

[email protected]

Deacon/Diácono David Cresswell [email protected]

Secretary/Secretaria—Debbie Losensky 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