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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 ([email protected])

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 Shawn Tunink, Parochial Vicar: During that short time of his public minis-try, Jesus went from being an unknown car-penter from Nazareth to attracting huge crowds everywhere he went. As he entered the most important week of his life, he seemed to be on top of the world. A huge crowd waved palm branches and even want-ed to make him their king. But then, almost overnight, it all fell apart. The huge crowds turned against him. His own apostles abandoned him. At his hour of greatest suffering on the cross, only a few faithful people were there. On the first Easter Sunday, there were no huge crowds and the Church had been reduced to a dozen or so remorseful followers hiding in fear. It hardly would have looked like the setting for the greatest event in the history of the world which was about to be revealed. Into the hidden upper room, filled with doubt and grief, the risen Jesus came and stood in their midst. “Peace be with you,” he said. From there, the peace of the new life of Jesus has gone out and spread to the entire world. We can never go back. But this Easter feels different than any other that we’ve ever experienced. There are no crowds gathered to celebrate. Like that first Easter, the crowds have contracted to our present situation of hiding in our homes in little groups. But unlike those first disciples, we do not hide in fear. Because Jesus has been raised from the dead, we need not fear a virus, or any other suffering. Death itself has been defeated. The Church confidently exclaims today, “Death, where is your sting? Hell, where is your victory?” This Easter we remain as small groups in our homes, not out of fear, but out of prudent compassion for the weak and vulnerable, that we not spread a life-threatening virus. But like the small Church gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem on that first Easter, our quaran-tine will end, and we too will burst back onto the streets with the good news of Jesus risen from the dead.

The first Easter did not come to crowds. It came to the solitary Mary Magdalene and then a handful of Apostles. From there it spread to the entire world. May this year’s unique Easter celebration draw our minds back to that first Easter. Alt-hough isolated and afraid, the Church was together with Mary on that day, waiting and hoping. The Church is gathered together on this Easter day as well. We cannot gather physically, but we are together. We are unit-ed by something much greater than physical presence. We are united in the sure knowledge that Jesus is risen from the dead and that his presence fills the world. Let us celebrate this great truth today in our domestic churches, as we look forward to the day when we will once again be able to proclaim on the streets what remains true always and everywhere,

“The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed!

Alleluia!”

Check out Father Shawn’s Youtube channel and his blog, www.shawnthebaptist.org

for homilies, Masses, blog posts, and more!

Desde Padre Shawn Tunink: Durante ese corto tiempo de su ministerio público, Jesús pasó de ser un carpintero des-conocido de Nazaret a atraer grandes multi-tudes a todas partes. Cuando entró en la se-mana más importante de su vida, parecía es-tar en la cima del mundo. Una gran multitud lo saludo con ramas de palma e incluso quiso convertirlo en su rey. Pero luego, casi de la noche a la mañana, todo se vino abajo. Las grandes multitudes se volvieron con-tra él. Sus propios apóstoles lo abandonaron. En su hora de mayor sufrimiento en la cruz, solo unas pocas personas fieles estaban allí. El primer domingo de Pascua, no había gran-des multitudes y la Iglesia se había reducido a una docena de seguidores arrepentidos es-condidos por el miedo. Difícilmente habría parecido el escenario del mayor evento en la historia del mundo que estaba a punto de ser revelado. En la habitación superior escondida, llena de dudas y dolor, Jesús resucitado vino y se paró en medio de ellos. "La paz este con us-tedes", dijo. A partir de ahí, la paz de la nue-va vida de Jesús se ha extendido a todo el mundo. Nunca podremos regresar. Pero esta Pascua se siente diferente a cualquier otra que hayamos experimentado. No hay multitudes reunidas para celebrar. Al igual que la primera Pascua, las multitudes se han reducido a nuestra situación actual de esconderse en nuestros hogares en peque-ños grupos. Pero a diferencia de esos primeros discí-pulos, no nos escondemos con miedo. Debi-do a que Jesús ha resucitado de entre los muertos, no debemos temer a un virus ni a ningún otro sufrimiento. La muerte misma ha sido derrotada. La Iglesia exclama con con-fianza hoy: “Muerte, ¿dónde está tu aguijón? Infierno, ¿dónde está tu victoria? Esta Pascua permanecemos en pequeños grupos en nuestros hogares, no por miedo, sino por una compasión prudente por los dé-biles y vulnerables, por no propagar un virus que amenace la vida. Pero al igual que la pe-queña Iglesia reunida en el aposento alto de Jerusalén en esa primera Pascua, nuestra

cuarentena terminará, y nosotros también estallaremos en las calles con las buenas noticias de Jesús resucitado de entre los muertos. La primera Pascua no llegó a las multitudes. Llegó a la solitaria María Magda-lena y luego a unos de los apóstoles. A partir de ahí se extendió al mundo entero. Que la celebración única de Pascua de este año nos recuerde esa primera Pascua. Aunque aislada y asustada, la Iglesia estaba junto con María ese día, esperando y con esperanza. La Iglesia también se reúne en este día de Pascua. No podemos reunirnos físicamente, pero estamos juntos. Estamos unidos por algo mucho mayor que la presen-cia física. Estamos unidos en el conocimien-to seguro de que Jesús resucitó de los muer-tos y que su presencia llena el mundo. Cele-bremos esta gran verdad hoy en nuestras iglesias domésticas, mientras esperamos con ansias el día en que una vez más poda-mos proclamar en las calles lo que permane-ce verdadero siempre y en todas partes:

“¡El Señor ha resucitado! ¡Él ha resucitado!

¡Aleluya!"

We begin a new prayer list for the sick every 6 months. Please contact Theresa Smith,

913-299-3370 or [email protected] to add or remove a name. Only family members may

add names because of privacy. Please pray for the sick: Vincent Anderjaska, Velma Andrisevic, Al Arendt, Andrew Becker, Donna Bileck, Ray Bond, Shirley Bowline, Doug-las Braman, Victor Braman, Mary Ann Bush, Han-nah Buttaccio, Bob Butters, Donald Cook, Marcia Cooper, Raymond Cote, Vernon Cox, Thresa Ehrhart, Connie Galvan, Bill Ghale, Bob Holek, Dorothy Isabell, Mike Kerns, Mary Elaine Kohler, Joyce Leiker, Debbie Martin, Martha McCarty, An-drea McNeely, Laraun McNeely, Willetta Minters, Ashley Mizell, Belinda Ogan, Josephine Ogan, Marguerite Renyer, Dennis and Stephanie Seufer-ling, Linda Shalz, Helen Sims, Jack Sixta, Tom Sixta, Leo Storm, Margaret Struzzo, Joseph Tayler, Deacon Charlie Voss, Glenn Waltsak, Bob Williams, Joe Wingerter

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. During this health crisis, please know that it may

not be possible for the priests to visit. Call the parish and they will pray for you and visit as hospital and community restrictions allow.

Ministers to the Homebound This ministry is suspended to protect the health of our homebound. We will

resume when it’s safe to do so.

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Please pray for the repose of the souls of Loretta Warczakoski and Ted Watskey. Our prayers and sym-pathy are offered to their families and friends.

How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet

1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross, the Our Fa-ther, the Hail Mary and The Apostles Creed.

2. On the Our Father beads, say the following: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly be-loved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atone-ment for our sins and those of the whole world.

3. On the 10 Hail Mary Beads say the following: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. (Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all five decades).

4. Conclude with (three times): Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

5. Pray “O Blood and water which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You!” three times.

Divine Mercy Sunday is

April 19, 2020!

Weekend: 76 Contributions Maintenance Fund: March 29 Year to Date $270.00 $17,032.00

Extra Parochial Collections: School Support $10.00 Bishop Ward $2.00 Thank you for remembering St. Patrick's prayer-fully and financially during this challenging time. We now have a simple, secure online giving link that you will see when you watch online Masses on our website (www.stpatrickkck.org) or on our Facebook page (@stpatrickkck). The mail is also an option; as are scheduled ACH payments that you set up automatically through St. Patrick’s.

“We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same

time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.” Pope Francis (March 2, 2020)

Our prayers are with your families, your health and the strength of your faith.

Sincerely in Christ, Patty Dickinson, Parish Business Manager

“But you brethren, be not weary in doing good.”

2 Thessalonians 3:13

March 29 Year to Date/Hasta hoy

Budget/Presupuesto

$20,000.00 $780,000.00

Total Weekend Collection

$170.00

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

$6,663.00

Total Collection Through 3/30/20 Collecta Total has-ta el 3/30/20

$6,833.00 $730,287.87

UNDER Budget ($13,167.00) ($49,712.13)

Like us on Facebook for Parish Updates!

@StPatrickKCK Father Mark Mertes and Father Shawn Tunink will post Sunday Masses and a daily reflection or discussion on

our page. Father Mark Mertes will also add Spanish content to our Facebook page.

Website Updates in Progress! Facebook will have the most updated information but new bulletins, etc. will be added to the parish website,

www.stpatrickkck.org. Online giving is now available!

Confessions Update Confessions are heard Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 pm and Saturdays at 3:30 pm. Times may change as needed to protect the health of our priests and those coming to confession. The following guide-lines are in place: 1. You must confess behind a screen. 2. You must maintain the recommended distance

of 6-8 feet between yourself and anyone else. 3. You should wash your hands or use hand sani-

tizer before coming in or after leaving. 4. Please do not come if you have any symptoms

of illness. Offer a prayer of contrition to God (with genuine sorrow for your sins). He will for-give you. You can return to confession when you are healthy.

May you and your family be blessed with the peace and joy of Our Risen Lord! Happy Easter!

Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli) prayed in place of the Angelus during Eastertide

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Has risen, as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia. Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Church is Open for Private Prayer

During Daylight Hours The Church is open for private prayer during day-light hours. Please maintain a safe distance with anyone else who may be praying. It’s comforting to pray in the presence of our Eucharistic Lord. God bless you and keep you and your family safe.

50th Wedding Anniversaries in 2020

Archdiocesan 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebra-tion is June 7 at 2 pm at Church of the Nativity in Leawood. To receive your invitation from Arch-bishop Naumann, please call our parish office and give us your name, address, phone number and date of your wedding as soon as possible. Please check the school’s Facebook page for regular updates on changes to educational in-struction to our students, safety concerns and more. Invite others to like the school online so they will be notified when new details are posted.

Pope Francis’ Prayer to Mary during the Coronavirus Pandemic O Mary, you always shine on our path

as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,

who at the cross took part in Jesus’ pain, keeping your faith firm. You, Salvation of the Roman

People, know what we need, and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee,

we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love,

to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection. Amen. Under your protection, we seek refuge,

Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver us from every

danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

Scripture Readings for Week of April 12 Octave of Easter

Mon/Lun: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Matthew 28:8-15 Tue/Mar: Acts 2:36-41; John 20:11-18 Wed/Mie: Acts 3:1-10; Luke 24:13-35 Thur/Jue: Acts 3:11-26; Luke 24:35-48 Fri/Vie: Acts 4:1-12; John 21:1-14 Sat/Sab: Acts 4:13-21; Mark 16:9-15 Sun/Dom: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31

Watching Mass Online or on TV? We suggest you consider memorizing this prayer because you can offer it at any time, even when this crisis passes. Below is the prayer for making a Spiritual Communion:

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

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. Trainings can be found at www.virtusonline.org. Your account must remain current with assigned articles. Contact Betty Ann Battson, Virtus Coordi-nator, 299-3728 or [email protected].

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.

Limpieza de la Iglesia La limpieza de la iglesia es el primer sábado de cada mes a las 9 am. Para información de co-municarse con Norma Resendiz, 913-940-4613. 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.

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.

FORMED: FREE Subscription!

You can enjoy FORMED 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 instructions to access our subscription, then enjoy ebooks, movies, studies and more!

NEW FROM FORMED: Faith at Home is a new initiative using FORMED to help us keep the faith at home when parishes and schools are closed. Login to formed.org and see two new con-tent stripes, Faith at Home and Fe en Casa. Here you will find resources in English and Spanish for keeping the faith, including devotionals, audio, ebooks, and studies.

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 April 12, 2020 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]

Sacramental Assistance Father John Reynolds

Parish/Chin Burmese Ministry Father Michael Van Lian

[email protected]

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:

Nominations for Members will be accepted soon.

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