Mass Schedule/ Horario de Misas

Mon, Tues, Thurs 6:30 a.m. Wed, Fri (Mie, Vier) 12:15 p.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 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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 (mmertes@archkck.org)

Vicar/Vicario Burmese Ministry Father Shawn Tunink Father Michael Van Lian www.ShawnTheBaptist.org

Deacon/Diácono Dave Cresswell

From Father Mark Mertes, Pastor: I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace

of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus…..so that You are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of

our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1.8)

This will be our first Advent Sea-son in a pandemic (and hopefully our only one!). As a liturgical season, Ad-vent is well prepared to handle the un-certainty that we feel in our everyday lives. The Church names Advent as a season of “joyful expectation.” We are joyfully anticipating what God will do for us in our lives and in our world.

For me the phrase that best de-scribes Advent is “already, not yet.” Christ is already among us and not yet fully revealed. Or as St. Paul says, we are not lacking in any spiritual gift as we are awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I believe the lens of “already, not yet” can help us as we negotiate De-cember 2020. Many aspects of our dai-ly lives and routines for the holiday sea-son will be and already have been dis-rupted. And yet, there are many things that are the same….. So, as our travel plans are modified

or even cancelled let’s pay attention to the opportunities of being together in our homes.

Continued in next column →

Scripture Readings for Week of November 30—December 6

Mon/Lun: Romans 10:9-18; Matthew 4:18-22 Tue/Mar: Isaiah 11:1-10; Luke 10:21-24 Wed/Mie: Isaiah 25:6-10a; Matthew 15:29-37 Thur/Jue: Isaiah 26:1-6; Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Fri/Vie: Isaiah 29:17-24; Matthew 9:27-31 Sat/Sab: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26; Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sun/Dom: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14 Mark 1:1-8

Masks and social distance may be a sacrifice for us to follow and yet, it is a beautiful gift to those around us.

We may not gather as an extended family to go to mass, and yet we can deepen our own connections to our parish in this prayerful time.

We perhaps have complained in the past that there is too much going on in December and there’s no time to reflect—well, the Lord has given us an opportunity this coming month to light a candle and sit in silence in our home.

Instead of running around like crazy shopping and trying to fulfill the perfect Christmas list the Lord will be revealed in a new simpler plan for this year.

Christ is already at work among us and will be revealed in each day of Advent. Let us keep watch!

Advent Prayer for Families Heavenly Father, your son, Jesus, is your

greatest gift to us, a great sign of your love. Guide us as we strive to walk in that love together as a family this Advent. As we

prepare our hearts for Christmas, bring us closer to each other and your son. Give us the grace and strength we need every day. Help us to always trust in you. Come, Lord Jesus, lead all people closer to you. Come

and dispel the darkness of our world with the light of your love. Amen.

Desde Padre Mark Mertes:

Doy gracias a mi Dios siempre por tu cuenta por la gracia de Dios que

te ha sido concedida en Cristo Jesús... para que No te falte ningún don espiritual mientras esperas la

revelación de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. (1 Corintios 1.8)

Este será nuestro primer tiempo de Ad-viento en una pandemia (¡y ojala el úni-co!). Como tiempo litúrgico, el Advien-to está bien preparado para manejar la incertidumbre que sentimos en nuestra vida diaria. La Iglesia nombra al Ad-viento como una temporada de "gozosa expectativa". Estamos anticipando con alegría lo que Dios hará por nosotros en nuestras vidas y en nuestro mundo.

Para mí, la frase que mejor descri-be el Adviento es "ya, todavía no". Cris-to ya está entre nosotros y todavía no se ha revelado completamente. O como di-ce San Pablo, no nos falta ningún don espiritual mientras esperamos la revela-ción de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

Creo que el objetivó de “ya, toda-vía no” puede ayudarnos mientras ne-gociamos diciembre 2020. Muchos as-pectos de nuestra vida diaria y rutinas para la temporada navideña serán y ya se han visto interrumpidos. Y sin em-bargo, hay muchas cosas que son igua-les…. Entonces, a medida que nuestros pla-

nes de viaje se modifican o incluso se cancelan, prestemos atención a las oportunidades de estar juntos en nuestros hogares.

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Limpieza de la Iglesia La limpieza de la iglesia a sido pospuesta.

Ministerios

SI usted desea inscribirse o informamrase so-bre los ministerios de Lector, Ministro Extraor-dinario de la Comunion, Hospitalidad, limpie-za de los viernes, Coro, o Monaguillo, por fa-vor de mandar un correo electronico a jcar-pio@stpatrickkck.org. Su parroquia los nece-sita. Si le gustaría hablar con el Padre Mark por favor de llamar al 913/299-3370 en la oficina parroquial. También, si necesitan ayuda en español por favor de llamar al 913/299-3370, ext. 104.

Las máscaras y la distancia social pueden ser un sacrificio para noso-tros y, sin embargo, es un hermoso regalo para quienes nos rodean.

Es posible que no nos reunamos co-mo una familia extendida para ir a misa y, sin embargo, podemos pro-fundizar nuestras propias conexiones con nuestra parroquia en este tiempo de oración.

Quizás nos hemos quejado en el pa-sado de que están sucediendo dema-siadas cosas en diciembre y no hay tiempo para reflexionar - bueno, el Señor nos ha dado la oportunidad es-te próximo mes de encender una vela y sentarnos en silencio en nuestra ca-sa.

En lugar de correr como locos com-prando y tratar de cumplir con la lis-ta perfecta de Navidad, el Señor será revelado en un nuevo plan más sim-ple para este año.

Cristo ya está obrando entre nosotros y se revelará en cada día de Adviento. ¡Vigilemos!

Mass Intentions (Intenciones)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29—First Sunday of Advent 7:30 a.m. Int: Clarence and Jeanette Porter † 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: Linda Sterling † 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 12:45 p.m. (Spanish) Int: People of the Parish 2:30 p.m. (Burmese) Mass Int: Holy Souls † MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30—St. Andrew 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Celestine H. Lang † TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: John Kluck † WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 8:10 a.m. Int: Ronnie Hargis; Donald Hargis † 12:15 p.m. Mass Int: Mary Lue Preston † THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3—St. Francis Xavier 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Tom Mertes † 8:10 a.m. Mass Int: Theresa Ruzick † FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4—St. John Damascene 8:10 a.m. Mass Int: Ron Letcher † 12:15 p.m. Mass Int: Janice Kaminski † SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: Michael Kahmann † 5:00 p.m. Mass Int: Nick Ries † SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6—Second Sunday of Advent 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: Gilder Serrano † 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: Bill Plake † 12:45 p.m. (Spanish) Int: People of the Parish 2:30 p.m. Burmese Mass Int: Holy Souls †

Confession Schedule: Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. (English and Spanish) Saturdays 3:30 p.m.

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception December 8 Masses

6:30 am, 8:10 am, noon and 5:30 pm in English 7 pm in Spanish

Due to the health restrictions, Archbishop has lift-ed the obligation to attend Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Vir-gin Mary. However, we do invite and encourage you to attend Mass if possible! Because of the number of Masses offered on Tuesday, December 8, we will not have Adoration.

Save the date! Thursday, December 17 at 7 pm

Advent Program in Church with Father Shawn and Cindy Bounds! More details to come!

FORMED: FREE in English and Spanish The parish has a subscription to FORMED, an amazing site for Catholics. 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 subscrip-tion and enjoy movies, Bible studies, e-books, documentaries and much more!

Christmas Gift Cards Needed

We all want to assist others this Christmas season and what better way than to give a gift card to Walmart or Price Chopper to those needing assis-tance this year instead of the gifts as in previous years. Gift cards can be returned to the rectory office, school office, School of Religion anytime before December 7. Please indicate the amount of the gift card and place in an envelope marked Christmas Appeal. Thank you for your continued generosity this Christmas season. SAVE THE DATE: January 21, 2021! KS Bish-ops’ Mass, March & Rally for Life in Topeka!

The annual Kansas Mass for the Legal Protection of the Unborn, and the March & Rally for Life will take place this year in Topeka, KS on Thursday, January 21, 2021. 10:30 am Mass with the Kan-sas Bishops – Livestreamed! 12 pm March to the State Capitol for the Kansans for Life Rally. All are invited to join in the March for Life from the Tope-ka Performing Arts Center to the state capitol for the Kansans for Life Rally at the capitol steps. Stay tuned for more detailed information and the livestream links. Visit the www.archkck.org/prolife website for continued updated information and de-tails on the day’s event.

“Value Them Both” Petition Please pray for the passage of the Value Them Both amendment. What is VALUE THEM BOTH? VTB is the proposed state constitutional amend-ment for life supported by the Catholic Bishops of Kansas. The amendment is crucial because the Kansas Supreme Court recently created a nearly unlimited “right” to abortion in our state. This means that all of our existing pro-life laws includ-ing bans on taxpayer-funded and late-term abor-tions, and parental consent requirements will be considered unconstitutional once challenged. The VALUE THEM BOTH amendment will reverse the Supreme Court ruling and once again allow Kan-sans, through their elected representatives, to pass laws that will help protect mothers and their unborn babies from the abortion industry. Please pray for passage of VALUE THEM BOTH.

Please contact Theresa Smith, 913-299-3370 or tsmith@archkckcs.org to add or remove a name. Only family may add names because of privacy.

Please pray for the sick: Vincent Anderjaska, An-drew Becker, Donna Bileck, Ann Bolden, Ray Bond, Douglas Braman, Victor Braman, Mary Ann Bush, Hannah Buttaccio, Bob Butters, Bernie Cal-laghan, Cindy Cigich, Owen Cigich, Raymond Cote, Vernon Cox, Lucille Denton, Thresa Ehrhart, Margo Evans, Keith Geary, Bill Ghale, Cora Grant, Teresa Green, Blia Her, Randy Herrington, Shirley Imhoff, Mike Kerns, Michael Killian, Mary Elaine Kohler, Sophia Kovacs, Joyce Leiker, Debbie Mar-tin, Martha McCarty, Fred McClain, Angela McDon-ald, Andrea McNeely, Laraun McNeely, Willetta Minters, Ashley Mizell, Belinda Ogan, Josephine Ogan, Mary Jo Prock, Mary Lou Schmalz, Dennis and Stephanie Seuferling, Regina Seuferling, Lin-da 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 Please call the parish office, 299-3370, to receive

the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. If your con-dition worsens, you recover then become ill again

or face new challenges due to aging, it’s appropriate to be anointed again.

Please pray daily for those who have died: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Home Visits If you are homebound (for any reason) and would like to receive Holy Communion and/or the Sacra-ment of Reconciliation, please contact the parish

office, (913) 299-3370 to arrange a time for one of our priests or the deacon to visit.

Grief Support Group

Suspended Until Further Notice Our parish Grief Support Group will resume meet-ing when possible. God bless you and know that

you will be remembered in prayer.

End-of-Life Planning Guide Digital Copy Now Available

Catholic Guide for End-of-Life and Establishing of Advance Directives is available. The Ethics Coun-cil that serves Archbishop Naumann has produced a comprehensive resource for end-of-life planning titled “Catholic Guide For End-Of Life and Estab-lishing Of Advance Directives.” The purpose of the guide is to assist the faithful in making wise deci-sions in accordance with the teachings of our faith about complex treatments in grave illness or as life’s end approaches. It also includes Appendices for a Durable Power of Attorney and an Advance Directive form. For free digital copy of the Guide, visit www.archkck.org/prolife-end-of-life-care.

Like us on Facebook for Parish Updates! @StPatrickKCK

Father Mark Mertes will post Sunday Masses and reflections or discussions on our page

including Spanish content.

Father Mark’s Bible Study! Thursdays, Facebook Live, 7 pm

Fridays Facebook Live (Spanish), 7 pm You’re welcome to ask questions in the

comments! If you can’t join him live, watch the video to prepare for Sunday Mass!

Father Shawn Tunink’s Morning Message! Join Father Shawn every morning via Face-book live (parish page or Shawn the Baptist)

for a brief message to start your day!

Shawn the Baptist Show! Join Father Shawn every Wednesday even-

ing at 6:30 pm via Facebook live (parish page or Shawn the Baptist) for an interactive

discussion of a topic of faith!

www.stpatrickkck.org: Online giving is now available! Click “Give Now.”

Masses live streamed! Saturdays 5 p.m.

Spanish Mass Sundays 12:45 p.m.

Please pray for the repose of the souls of Manuel Avila, Maria Brysky and Galen Ouellette (father of Father Anthony Ouellette). Our prayers and sym-pathy are offered to their families and friends.

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 donate to-ward Christmas flowers in memory of a loved one. Checks will be accepted at the parish office or in the weekend offertory through December 18. Please be certain to indicate on your envelope or in the memo line of your check that the donation is for flowers in the name of your deceased 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 Christmas season and the Church! #iGiveCatholic on #GivingTuesday which

is Tuesday, December 1 Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday are recent additions to our Thanksgiving tradi-tions. #iGiveCatholic began as an online day to give gifts to God through your favorite charity in the midst of shopping for gifts for others . . . and don’t you agree that St. Patrick’s Parish is our fa-vorite charity?! How much to give? Is it 10% tithe on what we spend on Black Friday plus a 10% tithe on Cyber Monday? Oh wait, is it how much we earn over Thanksgiving? How exactly DO we choose how much to give? Are there special pro-jects (other than costly & constant covid cleaning) for St. Patrick’s? How do I get started? Go to www.igivecatholic.org and search for St. Patrick Parish (Kansas City) for our page. Simple and easy! You can even give as early as Nov. 16 up until Tuesday, December 1. As we plan our year-end and holiday giving, why not start with a gener-ous donation to St. Patrick’s! As we count our blessings this Thanksgiving, we are so thankful for you!! https://kansascity.igivecatholic.org/organizations/

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Catholic Planned Giving Brief: Thanksgiving – Sharing Life’s Gifts

You have spent this challenging year persevering with faith to provide for your family, parish, and neighbors in need. The Office of Stewardship and Development is grateful for the abundant gifts you have returned to your parish and the Archdiocese during this year of uncertainty. You have put the “Catholic” in stewardship and planned giving. For more about sharing our gifts, visit the Archdioce-san website, CatholicPlannedGiving.com.

Due to the earlier bulletin deadlines for the holiday, the

financial report is not included in this issue. An updated report

will be in the next bulletin!

Can you help with these items? The parish is using a considerable amount of dis-infecting wipes, hand sanitizer and solution for the mister to keep parishioners safe. Extra containers of wipes and donations to offset cost of the mister solution are greatly appreciated! Please bring do-nations to parish office or leave items with staff member, Theresa Smith on Sundays!

Ready to start shopping for gifts? Did you know you can donate to

St. Patrick Parish when making an Amazon purchase?

1. Visit smile.amazon.com and sign in with your Amazon ID and password.

2. Click on Account at the top of the screen. 3. Under “Other Programs,” Click “Change your

Amazon Smile charity.” Search for St. Patrick Catholic Church and School. You should see Kansas City KS to the side. Amazon will do-nate .5% of each purchase (before tax and shipping) to St. Patrick’s. It adds up!

4. The key is to then remember to sign on to Amazon.Smile to place your orders.

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 bbattson@stpatrickkck.org.

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.

Parents of students preparing for First Holy Communion or for Confirmation attended the first of four parent classes with Father Mark Mertes, Pastor on Wednesday, November 18. We appreciated the attendance of

so many parents and their kind attention to our health guidelines plus their time and prayers!

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 29, 2020 TRANSMISSION TIME Tuesday 11:15 am E-MAIL ADDRESS tsmith@archkckcs.org NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 9 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 650 copies

Parish Staff/Personal

Pastor Father Mark Mertes

mmertes@archkck.org

Parochial Vicar: Father Shawn Tunink www.ShawnTheBaptist.org

stunink@archkck.org

Parish/Chin Burmese Ministry Father Michael Van Lian

mlian@archkck.org

Deacon/Diácono David Cresswell dcresswell@archkck.org

Administrative Assistant—Abby Drath

Church Office Email/Correo electrónico parroquial stpatrickchurchkck@archkckcs.org

Business Manager/Administrador Parroquial Laura Haeusser: lhaeusser@stpatrickkck.org

Assistant: Rachel Davis, rdavis@stpatrickkck.org

Maintenance Director/Director de Mantenimiento Steve Smith, ssmith@stpatrickkck.org

School Principal/Directora Escolar—Tim Conrad

tconrad@stpatrickkck.org

Director of Religious Education; Virtus Coordinator/Directora de Educacion Religiosa y Virtus

Betty Ann Battson: bbattson@stpatrickkck.org

Director of Music Ministries/Directora de Musica Cynthia Bounds: cbounds@archkckcs.org

Director of Adult Faith Formation; RCIA; Wedding

Coordinator; Annulment Advocate; Spiritual Mentor Theresa Smith: tsmith@archkckcs.org

Contact Information/Contacto

Parish Office/Oficinas parroquiales 299-3370 Office Hours/Horas de Oficina: Mondays-

Thursdays, 8 am—4:30 pm; Fridays, 8—Noon (Office is closed 12:15-1:15); 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 Director

Ashley Calderon

Finance Council / Consejo Financiero: Caroline Brown, Bob Charbonneau, Joe Globoke, Ron Green, Moe Kancel, Diane Linder, Deacon

Charlie Voss, and Eugenia Winkelbauer

Green Club Fritz Vertz (913-515-0621)

Knights of Columbus Caballeros de Colon

Chad Wiggans

Prolife Coordinator Coordinador Pro-vida Kim Wetzel-Williams

PTO Chairperson

Gina Nick, PTO@stpatrickkck.eduk12.net

Shamrock Club 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

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