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 (mmertes@archkck.org)

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: If you had to say what Lent is about in one word, what would it be? Here’s my answer: Baptism. The Church has always celebrated Easter, the most important day of the year, but the season of Lent was added to the calendar as a time of preparation for those who were going to be baptized at Easter. Eventually, even the faithful who had already been baptized joined in as a way to prepare to renew their own promises of baptism. Our Lenten disci-plines of prayer, faster, and almsgiving are meant to prepare us to renew our baptismal promises at Easter. We can summarize this promises in two parts: Reject Satan : Choose God. In order to do the second part better, we’ve got to get better at rejecting Satan. This is why we discipline our-selves during Lent. We reject lesser things that are normally good so that we can more easily reject the big bad things that Satan throws at us. Reject Satan : Choose God. Our Christian life began with sacred promises to engage in that battle. Lent is the time for some to prepare for baptism and for the rest of us to get stronger and recommit. Lent is all about baptism.

Si tuviera que decir de qué se trata la Cuaresma en una palabra, ¿cuál sería? Aquí está mi respuesta: el Bautismo. La Iglesia siempre ha cel-ebrado la Pascua, el día más importante del año, pero la temporada de Cuaresma se agregó al cal-endario como un tiempo de preparación para aquellos que iban a ser bautizados en Pascua. Hasta incluso los fieles que ya habían sido bautizados se unieron como una forma de prepararse para renovar sus propias promesas de bautismo. Nuestras disciplinas cuaresmales de oración, ayuno y ofrenda están destinadas a prepararnos para renovar nuestras promesas bau-tismales en la Pascua. Podemos resumir estas promesas en dos partes: Rechazar a Satanás: El-egir a Dios. Para mejorar la segunda parte, tene-mos que mejorar a rechazar a Satanás. Es por eso que nos disciplinamos durante la Cuaresma. Rechazamos las cosas menores que normalmente son buenas para poder rechazar más fácilmente las grandes cosas malas que Satanás nos arroja. Rechaza a Satanás: Elige a Dios. Nuestra vida cristiana comenzó con promesas sagradas para participar en esa batalla. Cuaresma es un tiempo para que algunos se preparen para el bautismo y para que el resto de nosotros nos fortalezcamos y vuelvamos a comprometernos. La Cuaresma es todo sobre el bautismo.

Scripture Readings for Week of March 9-15

Mon/Lun: Daniel 9:4b-10; Luke 6:36-38 Tue/Mar: Isaiah 1:10, 16-20; Matthew 23:1-12 Wed/Mie: Jeremiah 18:18-20; Matthew 20:17-28 Thur/Jue: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 16:19-31 Fri/Vie: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 Sat/Sab: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Sun/Dom: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42

Women’s Scripture Study There’s Still Time to Participate!

Ladies are invited to a women’s Scripture Study Sundays at 1 pm in the parish center meeting room! Bring your own refreshments and Bible to study “Unleashed” DVD series (book is sold at Catholic bookstores, at Ave Maria Press, or Ama-zon) by Sonya Corbitt. This is a great way to en-hance your Lent and meet other women!

Catholic Women’s Conference Women are invited to the annual Living In Truth Conference, Saturday, April 4 at Ascension Par-ish, 9510 W. 127th, Overland Park. Mass begins at 8 am followed by refreshments and talks by radio host and author, Teresa Tomeo. Morning concludes by 12:30 p.m. Cost is $25 ($30 at door). Register at www.livingintruthkc.com.

Camp Tekakwitha Women’s Retreat Ladies, this is a weekend for you! Here you will find the space to relax, rejuvenate and reconnect. This is a retreat for women of all ages (21+). You will find speakers that inspire you, sacraments that draw you to the heart of Christ, and fellowship with other women. Come enjoy the beauty of God’s creation at Prairie Star Ranch and the gift of shar-ing life with other women seeking the heart of Je-sus. Fri, April 24 - Sun, April 26 at Prairie Star Ranch. Further details and registration: http://www.camptekakwitha-womensretreat.com.

Come to Confession Wednesdays 6-7 pm Our parish invites you to experience God’s pardon and peace through the sacrament of reconcilia-tion. During Lent, confession will be available in the churches throughout the Archdiocese of Kan-sas City in Kansas on Wednesdays from 6-7 pm. Experience God’s pardon and peace. Come to Confession and receive His mercy.

MASS INTENTIONS and EVENTS INTENCIONES Y EVENTOS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8—Second Sunday of Lent 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: Charles Weaver † 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: Sally Hurtado † 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 12:45 p.m. (Spanish) Mass Int: Healing of the Sick 1:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study—Parish Center 2:30 p.m. (Burmese) Mass Int: Holy Souls in Purgatory MONDAY, MARCH 9—St. Frances of Rome 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Anne Stokes † 12:30 p.m. Shamrock Club (Sack Lunch) 5:30 p.m. Our Lady of Fatima Circle (155th and State) TUESDAY, MARCH 10 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Nina Gill 7 a.m.—7 p.m. Adoration in Church 5:30 p.m. Confessions (English and Spanish)—Church 6:30 p.m. RCIA—Library 7:00 p.m. Town Hall Meeting for Life—Parish Center WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Clarence and Jeanette Porter † 8:10 a.m. Mass Int: Sheila Cox † 6:00 p.m. Confessions—Church 7:00 p.m. School of Religion Classes 7:00 p.m. Adult Conversations with Father Shawn—Church THURSDAY, MARCH 12 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Holy Souls in Purgatory † 6:30 p.m. St. Anthony Circle—Parish Center Meeting Rm FRIDAY, MARCH 13 6:15 a.m. Morning Prayer 6:30 a.m. Mass Int: Holy Souls in Purgatory † 8:10 a.m. Mass int: Amy Briggs † 4:30 p.m. Lenten Fish Dinners—Parish Center 5:00 p.m. Mass and Stations of the Cross SATURDAY, MARCH 14 7:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:00 a.m. Mass Int: John and Stella Dercher † 3:30 p.m. Confessions 4:30 p.m. Rosary 5:00 p.m. Mass Int: Billy T. Plake † SUNDAY, MARCH 15—Third Sunday of Lent 7:00 a.m. Rosary 7:30 a.m. Mass Int: Joseph DeSeure † 9:15 a.m. Mass Int: Lucy Romero † 11:00 a.m. Mass Int: People of the Parish 12:45 p.m. (Spanish) Mass Int: Healing of the Sick 1:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study—Parish Center 2:30 p.m. (Burmese) Mass Int: Holy Souls in Purgatory †

Ministers to the Homebound March 15: Carroll Macke, Eva Reitemeier, Donna Kelsey

Food Kitchen Food preparation is Tuesday, March 10, at 9 am in parish center kitchen. We’ll serve meals to our brothers and sisters Wednesday, March 11. Join us for food prep or serving at St. Mary’s Food Kitchen (645 Nebraska in KCK) at 10 a.m. We usually end by 1 p.m. Want to help but need a ride? Call or text Ann Timmons, 913-909-9351.

Urgent “Town Hall” Meeting for Life Tuesday, March 10, 7-8 p.m. (Rosary at 6:30 pm)

St. Patrick’s Parish Center “Taxpayer funded abortions coming to Kansas??”

“Did you know the recent votes of area State Representatives may help this happen?”

A court ruling has cleared the way for unlimited abortion in Kansas—which means your tax dollars will likely soon fund abortion. Want to help stop this? Join us for an urgent presentation with Arch-bishop’s public policy representative in Topeka, Chuck Weber of Kansas Catholic Conference. Learn the facts, have your questions answered, and learn how to take action. Please come!

Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA)

Persons Who Might Benefit From a CGA Charitable Gift Annuities are growing in popularity in today’s low interest economy as a way to in-crease guaranteed lifetime income and benefit the church. Most gift annuity donors are retired, want to increase their cash flow, seek the security of guaranteed payments, and save taxes. Minimum age to establish a charitable gift annuity with the Catholic Foundation of Northeast Kansas is 65. Minimum amount to start an annuity with CFNEK is $25,000. Proceeds from your gift may benefit any Catholic parish, parochial school, high school or ministry within the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. For information, visit our website or con-tact us at 913-647-3062/cfnek@archkck.org

2020 Spirit of Bishop Ward Scholarship Brunch Mike '66 and Mary Beth Plese '66 Forsythe joyfully invite you to be our guest at the 2020 Spirit of Bishop Ward Scholarship Brunch on Saturday, April 4 from 11 am to 2 pm at Bishop Ward High School. We will honor Hall of Fame Inductees Jo-seph Carmichael, Diane Gorup '64 Hentges and The Privitera Family/Mark One Electric, listen to music by Bishop Ward's own Lightside Choir, and hear from inspirational student, Valeria Robles. Tickets are $125 each and can be purchased at wardhigh.org/spirit or by calling 913-371-6901.

Pastoral Council

Pastoral Council is an advisory council to the pas-tor. We will be requesting nominations soon for members for 3 year terms. More details to come.

College Mailing—Last One for 2019/2020! Our final mailing of care packages to our college students will be March 19. Snacks (plan for 55!) and donations for postage are appreciated! Please bring donations to Theresa Smith in parish office by Tuesday, March 17. Pray for these students!

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

913-299-3370 or tsmith@archkckcs.org 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, Mary Ann Bush, Hannah Buttaccio, Bob Butters, Donald Cook, Marcia Cooper, Vernon Cox, Thresa Ehrhart, Bill Ghale, Bob Holek, Dorothy Isabell, Mary Elaine Kohler, Joyce Leiker, Debbie Martin, Martha McCarty, An-drea McNeely, Laraun McNeely, Willetta Minters, Ashley Mizell, Belinda Ogan, Josephine Ogan, Dennis and Stephanie Seuferling, Linda Shalz, Paul Simpson, Helen Sims, Jack Sixta, Tom Sixta, Leo Storm, Margaret Struzzo, Joseph Tayler, Deacon Charlie Voss, Glenn Waltsak, Loretta Warczakoski, 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.

Executive Director Needed – Kansas City Pregnancy Clinic, a new clinic serving the core of Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City MO is looking for a bi-lingual Executive Director. The Board of Directors of this new clinic seeks a Christian individual committed to helping women facing unplanned pregnancies, choose life. Must build an organization providing effective, quality, compassionate services; build church, community and financial support; attract and train volunteers; and develop clinic to offer sonogram services. Po-sition is part time to start. Send resume and cover letter to Donna Kelsey, kcpc90819@gmail.com or call 913-904-4050. Natural Family Planning Introductory Sessions Improve your marriage! The FertilityCare™ Sys-tem (Creighton Model) Introductory Session is of-fered monthly at a variety of area locations and long distance. This fulfills your marriage policy requirement, it’s helpful for achieving and avoiding pregnancy, it has medical applications and it’s bet-ter than IVF for infertility. Register online at www.fertilitycarekc.com, or call the FertilityCare™ Center of Kansas City at (816) 858-0198.

Retreat Opportunity Christ’s Peace House of Prayer – Please join us from March 27 at 5:30 pm through March 29 at 4:30 pm as we meditate on the Holy Face with St. Therese and enter more deeply into the passion of Christ by learning what scientists have discovered about the Shroud of Turin. There will be confer-ences, Adoration, Mass, confession and time for private prayer and walking. Cabins/courtyard rooms: $170 single/$250 couple or single guest rooms: $100 (meals included). To attend, email info@christspeace.com or call 913-773-8255.

Limpieza de la Iglesia

La limpieza de la iglesia es el primer sábado de cada mes a las 9 am. Para más información por favor de comunicarse 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 par-roquial. 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.

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 jcarpio@stpatrickkck.org. Su parroquia los necesita.

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.

February 16 Year to Date/Hasta hoy

Budget/Presupuesto

Total Weekend Collection

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

Total Collection Through 2/21/20 Collecta Total hasta el 2/21/20

OVER Budget!

We will accept Visa, Mastercard and Debit cards with

chips!

Desserts Needed for Fish Dinners!

Desserts are needed for our Lenten Fish Dinners such as pies (really in demand!), cakes, cup-cakes, brownies, cookies. We also need sugar free desserts of any kind. Feel free to drop off desserts anytime from 2-6 pm on Fridays at the parish center; early Friday morning drop off after 8 am to the Early Education Center. Thank you!

Archbishop’s Call to Share UPDATE!

There’s still time to participate! As of February 23, 2020, we have 13% participa-tion. The amount pledged is 56% of our target amount of $75,834. This is a 4% increase in the amount pledged—nice progress! Remember that Call to Share contributions support multiple edu-cation, outreach, conversion and evangelization ministries and programs throughout the Archdio-cese. Thank you for your generosity!

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Will be updated next week!

A Message From Catholic Cemeteries Catholic Cemeteries of Northeast Kansas is com-mitted to maintain the ministry of the Catholic Church to bury the dead with dignity and respect. Catholic Cemeteries has always held excellent customer service as its number one priority when providing funeral arrangements for the Catholic community. It is our goal to build relationships with parish priests, parishioners, funeral homes, parish staff, and above all, our families we have the op-portunity to serve. In order to strengthen Catholic Cemeteries team, improve customer service to our families, and fulfill our mission statement of burying the dead with dignity and comforting the living with compassion, Catholic Cemeteries has recently re-organized its staff. We have hired a new Sales and Marketing Manager, Bryan Alonzo. He has a newly formed Family Service Advisors Team that in-cludes John Krumm, Peggy Cox, Charlie Owens, Gary Ortiz, Carla Yarnell, Teresa McGuire, Tom Spalding, John Long and Tony Kruzic. At this time, these are the only advisors from Catholic Cemeter-ies who will contact parishioners of the Archdio-cese of Kansas City in Kansas for their final end of life arrangements. If you receive a call from any-one other than these ten individuals, please know that permission has not been given to him/her from Catholic Cemeteries or your parish. If you receive a call from an individual whose name is not on this list, please inform us immediately at 913-344-7501. We look forward to helping all parishioners of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas with their end of life decisions. Please know that Catholic Cemeteries is an extension of your Catholic Church. We are dedicated to respectfully care for the dead and provide a place of comfort for family members and friends.

Walking With Moms in Need A Year of Service

Pregnant and parenting moms in need are in our parishes and neighborhoods. As Pope Francis re-minds us, our parishes should be “islands of mercy in the midst of the sea of indifference.” Everyone in our parish community should know where to refer a pregnant woman in need. Beginning March 25, 2020, the Church will celebrate the 25th anniver-sary of the papal encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life). This anniversary gives us a won-derful opportunity to assess, expand and better share the resources available to pregnant women and families in need at our parish level. We invite all parishioners to join the “Walking With Moms” initiative and a year of service.

Walking With Moms A Year of Service Kick-Off

Mass & Walk: Sunday March 29, 2020 Location: Cathedral of St. Peter, 409 N. 15, KCK Schedule: 10:00 a.m.: Mass with Archbishop Naumann 11:15 a.m.: Awareness Walk All are invited to gather at the Cathedral outdoor steps to join in a short walk to raise awareness for the initiative and the organizations that are ready to help women in need. Participants are encour-aged to carry a sign with the name of their parish or organization that represents help to women in need. 12:15 pm: Reception follows Walk in the Cathedral Parish Center. Coffee and snacks will be served.

A PRAYER FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS O Blessed Mother, you received the good news of the incarnation of Christ, your Son, with faith and trust. Grant your pro-tection to all pregnant mothers facing diffi-culties. Guide us as we strive to make our parish communities places of welcome and assis-tance for mothers in need. Help us become instruments of God’s love and compassion. Mary, Mother of the Church, graciously help us build a culture of life and a civili-zation of love, together with all people of good will, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.* Amen. *Cf. Evangelium vitae 105 © Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City. Adapted with permission. All rights re-served. Copyright © 2019, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved. To order card #1932 (Spanish, #1933), call toll-free 866-582-0943. www.usccb.org/prolife

“I Am Patrick” Movie at Select Theatres March 17 and 18

Enjoy this movie about our patron, St. Patrick. Visit https://www.fathomevents.com/events/i-am-patrick for locations of theatres and show times.

FORMED: FREE Subscription! Lenten Content Available!

St. Patrick Content Available! 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 in-structions to access our subscription, then enjoy ebooks, movies, studies and more!

St. Patrick, Pray for us!

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 March 8, 2020 TRANSMISSION TIME Tuesday 11:15 am E-MAIL ADDRESS tsmith@archkckcs.org NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 9 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Parish Staff/Personal

Pastor Father Mark Mertes

mmertes@archkck.org

Parochial Vicar: Father Shawn Tunink www.ShawnTheBaptist.org

stunink@archkck.org

Sacramental Assistance Father John Reynolds

Parish/Chin Burmese Ministry Father Michael Van Lian

mlian@archkck.org

Deacon/Diácono David Cresswell dcresswell@archkck.org

Secretaries/Secretaria—Debbie Losensky (M-W), Rachel Davis (Thurs-Fri)

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

Business Manager/Administrador Parroquial Patty Dickinson: PDickinson@stpatrickkck.org

Maintenance Director/Director de Mantenimiento Sig Hanson

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 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, PTO@stpatrickkck.eduk12.net

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