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Parish News |
Kansans for Life: You are cordially invited to a “Spring Party on the Veranda” to meet special guest, Senator Sam Brownback. The Party will be this Friday, May 28th at the historic home of Tim & Dr. Marie Hand at 131 Circle Drive (3 blocks east of Hillside, then ½ block south of Douglas).
The Party is sponsored by Kansans For Life Educational Trust Foundation. All donations are tax-deductible and will be used for pro-life educational purposes only.
The Veranda Party starts at 6:30pm with a suggested tax-deductible donation of $50.
Casual business attire. Hors devours and wine /beverages will be served.
A Special Reception, with pictures with Senator Brownback, will be from 6:00pm to 6:30pm with a suggested tax-deductible donation of $100.
You can e-mail reservations to kfldavid@yahoo.com or by calling 687-5433.
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If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic sometime this year, please contact the office to set up an appointment to meet with Fr. McKnight. It is important that a proper assessment of the candidate’s background be made as soon as possible.
The Church’s norms require a year-long RCIA program for adult converts who have never been baptized or have had little training in the Christian Faith. Protestant candidates for reception into the Church are treated differently since the Catholic Church recognizes the baptism they have already received. They are not to be treated as catechumens (candidates for the Easter Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist), and are to have a program of formation that is tailored to their own faith journey and experience. The half-year Sunday program is designed to meet the needs of already catechized Protestant candidates for reception into the Catholic Church.
WHO is it for?- The R.C.I.A. programs are for people who are interested in learning about the Catholic faith. The participants come from different points on their journey of faith – some wish to be received into the Catholic Church, while others are simply curious about the Church and want to learn more; some are baptized in the Christian tradition, and others have never been baptized or catechized (instructed in the basic principles of the Christian religion).
WHAT is it? - The two R.C.I.A. programs are designed to provide formation in the Catholic faith for the participants by meeting them where they are in their faith-filled journey. The regular R.C.I.A. program focuses on the basic Christian teachings and progresses toward understanding of the teachings of the Catholic Church. The R.C.I.A. program for the Catechized Christian concentrates on discussing and studying the documents of the Church Councils with regard to other Christian traditions in order to more fully understand the teachings of the Catholic Church.
WHERE is it held? - The regular R.C.I.A. is held in Bishops Hall (the basement of the church); the R.C.I.A. for the Catechized Christian is held in the Commons (in the school building) during the fall semester and in the Bishops Hall during the spring semester.
WHEN will it begin (and end)? - The regular R.C.I.A. will begin Wed., Sept. 9, at 7pm. with each class lasting until 8:30pm. The program culminates in the initiation sacraments of baptism, confirmation and first Eucharist for those candidates who are ready at the Easter Vigil on April 3, 2010.
The R.C.I.A. for the Catechized Christian will begin in late August at a time and day to be determined as best for the candidates and catechists. This program will end in December with the candidates received into the Church individually as determined by the pastor.
HOW to sign up for it? - Anyone interested in signing up for either of the R.C.I.A. programs should call the parish office, 682.4557, or click here to contact the office to arrange an appointment to meet with Fr. McKnight to determine which program will work for them.
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U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat For Clergy, Consecrated Life, Vocations |
Father W. Shawn McKnight, has been named head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
Father McKnight, who is 41, will assume his USCCB position in July, succeeding Father David Toups, interim secretariat director.
Msgr. David Malloy, USCCB General Secretary, made the appointment.
“Father McKnight brings extraordinary background to the position,” Msgr. Malloy said. “In addition to parish work, his experience includes years in seminary formation, education of deacons, college chaplaincy and membership on his diocesan presbyteral council. I am grateful that Bishop Michael Jackels of Wichita is permitting him to serve the U.S. bishops in this national position.”
Father McKnight is the son of Mary Elizabeth (O’Reilly) and the late William Thomas McKnight and is the oldest of eight siblings. He was ordained a priest for the Wichita Diocese in 1994.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Dallas, Master of Arts and Master of Theology degrees from the Pontifical College Josephinun in Columbus, Ohio, and licentiate and doctoral degrees in theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm, in Rome.
Father McKnight taught graduate studies at the Josephinum, 2003-2008, where he also served as Director of Liturgy, Dean of Students, Director of Formation in the school of theology and Vice-president for Development and Alumni Relations. He currently serves on the faculty of the St. Meinrad Permanent Deacon Formation Program.
He served as chaplain at Newman University in Wichita, 2000-2001, where at the same time he was an adjunct professor of theology and visiting scholar at the university’s Bishop Gerber Institute of Catholic Studies.
Father McKnight has been published in the Deacon Reader and the Newman Review and has spoken at assemblies of the National Association of Deacon Directors, National Diaconate Institute for Continuing Education as well as at arch/diocesan programs in Wichita; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lafayette-in-Indiana; Houston; Ogdensburg, New York; Phoenix; Denver; Charleston, South Carolina; and Dodge City, Kansas. |
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Pope Benedict XVI has declared a “Year for Priests” beginning with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 19, 2009. The year will conclude in Rome with an international gathering of priests with the Holy Father on June 19, 2010.
With the announcement of this Year for Priests, the Pope has declared St. John Vianney the Universal Patron of Priests on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé d’Ars.
Please pray for our priests that they might always be faithful to their sacred calling. The Holy See encourages the following prayer to be offered for priests during this special year:
Dear Lord,
We pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry.
We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5). May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary’s most chaste spouse.
May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls.
Amen.
Saint John Vianney, pray for us.
Follow this link you will find a number of resources to aid your parish’s celebration of the year for priests. There is also information regarding events for priests that will occur throughout the Year for Priests. |
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| Altar Servers |
1. Check schedule: e-mail, school or it’s always in the bulletin
2. Find sub if you can not serve
3. Be there 15 minutes early
4. Girls: keep hair pulled back, no make-up, fingernail polish, jewelry or hair accessories ( giant, bows ribbons etc.)
Altar Server schedules will now be available on your child’s Power School site (except when the site is closed before grading periods). To Login to PowerSchool to download the Altar Server Schedule, click here. Schedules will no longer be sent home with the students, beginning soon. You may also check the church bulletin.
Please remember that being an altar server is an important commitment, a service to Our Lord, and is to be taken seriously. If you are scheduled, please show up 15 minutes prior to mass beginning. If you cannot serve, you must secure a substitute to cover for you. To review the Altar Server Checklist, click here to print out the checklist. |
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| Persons needed for Adoration Chapel |
Have you considered making a weekly Holy Hour?
Many in our parish have been doing so for 25 years and look forward to this personal time with Jesus. When you read the lives of the saints, you realize that one common thread connecting them is their desire for personal communication with Christ through silent prayer. We are all struggling on the road to sainthood and a Holy Hour is a step in the right direction.
Since most of our lives are so hectic with many distractions and interruptions, finding one solid hour may seem difficult. Even more distressing is thinking about how to fill an entire hour with prayer if you haven’t already tried it! What prayers are appropriate? Do I have to kneel for an entire hour? Is there a formula to follow?
In our Adoration Chapel you’ll find a collection of books explaining all aspects of how to make a personal Holy Hour. Some books such as “Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary” by St. Alphonsus Liguori outline a plan you may wish to follow. Many other books offer mediations and prayers as well. You can pray the Rosary or the Chaplet of Divine Mercy or any special devotion you choose. You may read excerpts from the Bible. In the Year of St. Paul, there are daily Bible readings you may like to follow.
In the quiet, peaceful environment of the Adoration Chapel you have time to open your heart and speak directly to Jesus. Or be still and listen to God’s response to you.
You don’t have to follow the same pattern with each visit and you don’t have to kneel during the entire Holy Hour.
You might worry about circumstances beyond your control that prevent you from keeping your scheduled Holy Hour. If something unexpected arises, there are parishioners who serve as substitute adorers.
“Only try this devotion, and by experience you will see the great benefit that you will derive from it. Be assured that the time you will thus spend with devotion before this most divine Sacrament will be the most profitable to you in life and the source of your greatest consolation in death and in eternity.”
St. Alphonsus Liguori
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Sunday: Dwyer, 685.1942; Hammans, 684.8384 |
URGENT: 2 Persons 4-5 am; 5-6 am; Partner 8-9 am; 1-2 pm |
Monday: Janet Johnson, 687.5397 |
Partner 4-5 pm |
| Tuesday: Deanna Bedard, 686.1665 |
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Wednesday: Mary Sue Wright, 684.8467 |
URGENT: Partner 3-4 pm; 2-3 pm |
Thursday: Rose Kuhlman, 689.0126 |
Partner 2-3 am; 4-5 am |
Friday: Peggy or Richard Suniga, 686.4920 |
URGENT: Partner 1-2 am; 3-4 am; 4-5 am; 1-2 pm; 3-4 pm |
Saturday: Pat Harter, 683.6610 |
URGENT PARTNER: 5-6 am; 2-3 pm; 4-5 pm; 5-6 pm |
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