Parish Office: 115 E. 5th. St Holton, KS 66436 Office phone: (785) 364-3262 Rectory phone: (785) 362-7026 (sacramental emergency only) Parish email: parish.jacocatholics@gmail.com Parish website: www.jacocatholics.com Office Hours: 8:30am - 1:30pm (Tues)

RECONCILIATION: 30 mins prior to each weekend Mass OR by appointment

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Jonathan Dizon jdizon@archkck.org Secretary: Kay Ludvicek Accountant: Tena Brucken Dir. Rel. Ed: Barbara Berg

DAILY and SUNDAY MASSES: (via Facebook Live) Tuesday – Sunday 9:00 AM ADORATION and ROSARY: (via Facebook Live) Tuesday AND Thursday 6:00 PM RECONCILIATION: By Appointment only at this time BAPTISM. Those requesting baptism for their chil-dren need to be registered parishioners and are required to take a baptismal prep class prior to the child’s baptism. Please call the parish office. MARRIAGE. Weddings require six (6) months no-tice to fulfill the archdiocesan marriage program. Consult with the pastor BEFORE any plans or deci-sions are made. DECLARATION of NULLITY, ANOINTING of the SICK and FUNERALS. Please call the parish office.

E a s t e r S u n d a y

A p r i l 1 2 , 2 0 2 0

MASS INTENTIONS

April 11 (Sat), Easter Vigil Mary Merting+ April 12 (Sun), Easter Sunday April 14 (Tues), Octave of Easter JoeRae Krogman+ April 15 (Wed), Octave of Easter Anna Uhl+ April 16 (Thu), Octave of Easter Pete Rethman+ April 17 (Fri), Octave of Easter Larry VandeGarde SI April 18 (Sat), Octave of Easter Dan and Clara Child and Family April 19 (Sun), Divine Mercy Sunday For All Parishioners

JOSHUA 24:15 FAMILY CORNER “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”

Please consider this activity for your family this

month of APRIL 2020: FAST OFF, FEAST ON. The season of fasting is over, it’s time to feast! In honor of the festive character of Easter, celebrate EACH Sunday for the rest of this month by sharing a festive meal together. As much as you are able to, make each meal extra special to highlight the reason for the celebration: Jesus’ resurrection!

“… you seek Jesus

who was crucified.

He is not here; for

HE HAS

RISEN ...” Matt 28: 5-6 Alleluia! He is risen indeed! On behalf of the parish staff, I share the joy of Easter morning with every-one. It is surreal and weird to be celebrating Easter apart from one another. One priest made an interesting note, however, that the way we are celebrating Easter today, confined in our own ‘closed doors,’ is probably quite similar to how our first Christian brethren celebrated it: con-fined, with only their closest family and friends with them uncertain of a future that lurks outside. They were fearful for their well-being, with arrest and persecution almost a certain possibility for those who follow Christ. I believe many of us share the same fear. Fear for our well-being too, not so much as the prospect of arrest and persecution, but against an invisible terror that discriminates against no one. But just like those first Christians, the news of the Resurrection gives us something similar to what they received: HOPE. That Christ lives is a welcome sign given to them that the powers of darkness has no power over the light of Christ. Christ’s words were true. And so we too, should accept and embrace the reality of the Resurrection as our own sign of HOPE that just as Christ did not leave His disciples as orphans, He will not abandon us either. There is reason for JOY because there is reason for HOPE.

Have a blessed and joyful Easter everyone! Fr. Jonathan

POSTPONED PARISH EVENTS. Due to social distancing and shelter-in-place directives from the government and the archdiocese, the parish events listed below are post-poned indefinitely. New schedules will be posted as soon as the restrictions are lifted.

• First Holy Communion • Bible Timeline Bible Study • Parish Directory Photoshoots • Baptism of Catechumen/Reception into

Full Communion of Candidate • Archdiocesan Capital Campaign

My Jesus, I believe that You are

present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

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.

ACT OF SPIRITUAL

COMMUNION

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PARISH STEWARDSHIP

April 5, 2020

St Dominic Saint Francis

Xavier

Envelopes $2,525.00 $3,622.58

Week of Mar 29* $1,450.00 $160.00

Week of Mar. 22 $955.00 $965.00

Week of Mar. 15 $1,260.00 $1,485.00

*envelopes + direct deposits

Aver. weekly expenses for this fiscal year $2,719.11 $1,971.04

ARCHBISHOP’S CALL to SHARE 2020 St. Dominic St. Francis Xavier

Target Goal $15,794.00 $9,138.00

Pledges to Date $15,688.00 $5,055.00

Target % Achieved 99% 55%

Participation % 33% 34%

PRAYER INTENTIONS

Intentions of the Holy Father for April 2020: Freedom from Addiction. We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied.

Intentions of Archbishop Naumann for April 2020: • For all those who have suffered from the Coronavirus, that

they may be surrounded by our loving support and lifted up in our prayers.

• For our teachers, students and parents, that they can suc-cessfully adopt distance learning methods so that our stu-dents may continue to grow in love for Jesus and His Church as well as to develop the gifts and talents that God has entrusted to them.

Intentions of Fr. Jonathan for April 2020: Peace and Joy. For all parishioners to experience the peace of Christ and the joy of Easter amidst these difficult times.

Prayers for Health Issues: Parishioners: Sonya Bergman; George Bolz; Rick Cole; Terry Craig; Estella Danner; Francis DeVader; Steve Devlin; Mildred Eisenbarth; Sheila Fernkopf; Brad Fiedler; Dan Fiedler; Dennis Fiedler; Warren Fiedler; Barb Grau; Mary Harris; Pat Hasenkamp; Ed Hrenchir; Adrian Koch; Mike and Karen McClaskey; Mary Morford; Lynne Mulroy; Calvin and Elizabeth Page; Emma Schirmer; Evelyn Sullivan; Janie Teetzel; Gregg Watkins Relatives of Parishioners:

Prayers for our Men and Women in Active Duty:

Prayers for our Men and Women in Health Care: Margaret Blevins, Mandy Bontrager, Kara Hoffman, Amber Howard, Nancy Kathrens, Carolyn Kennedy, Paula Morris, Beth Nelson, Angie Reith, Cody Utz, Mary Wilhelm

** We are taking this opportunity to ‘RESET’ our parish prayer board and organize them. To place a name on these prayer lists, please email or call the parish office.

STEWARDSHIP OPTIONS We understand that these are extraordinarily difficult times so we ask you to prayerfully consider how you can feasibly continue to financially support our parish. Here are a couple

of options for getting them to us: • Personally drop envelope at the parish office during office hours • Mail in your envelopes. • Enroll in automatic direct deposit through your bank. If you

need guidance with this, please email our bookkeeper acct.jacocatholics@gmail.com or call the parish office during office hours (785) 364-3262.