SAINT JANUARY 23/24, 2021 MASS SCHEDULE FRANCIS Saturday 4:00pm Mass Sunday 9:00am Mass FOR PASTORAL CARE, PLEASE XAVIER CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE AT 1001 E 52 St 816-523-5115 Kansas City, MO 64110 SACRAMENTAL PREPARAT ION Phone: 816-523-5115 Fax: 816-333-0082 Infant Baptism, First Eucharist, First Reconciliation, Confirmation, Adult Catechumenate (RCIA) www.sfx-kc.org Mariann McCormally 816-381-9163 Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Eucharist to PASTORAL STAFF Homebound or Hospitalized Fr. Stephen Yavorsky, S.J. 816-381-9162 PASTORAL ADMINISTRAT OR Marriage Ann Sheridan, 816-381-9165 or [email protected] Fr. James Caime, S.J. 816-381-9169
PASTOR SACRAMENT OF RECONCI LIATION Fr. James Caime, S.J., 816-381-9169 or [email protected] Saturday By appointment EUCHARISTIC ADORATION PAROCHIAL VICAR Thursday Currently Suspended Fr. Stephen Yavorsky, S.J., 816-381-9162 or [email protected] Centering Prayer Group 3rd Monday Monthly PASTORAL ASSOCIATE, FAITH FORAMATION Rebecca Thompson [email protected] Mariann McCormally, 816-381-9163 or [email protected] Choir & Choir Practice Wednesday, 7:30–9:00pm Laura Worms, 816-942-5918 or [email protected] PASTORAL ASSOCIATE, JUSTICE & LIFE Community Garden Peg Hornsby Sue Robb, 816-381-9167 or [email protected] 765-748-4135 or [email protected] FACILITIES Cub Scouts Suspended At SFX R E Jackson, 816-381-9166 or [email protected] Steve Livingston 816-444-6721
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS TANT Gospel Non-Violence Peggy Beaven Calia, 816-381-9161 or [email protected] Peg Burns [email protected] Ignatian Spirituality PASTORAL COUNCIL Stephanie Hudson 816-381-9168 Steve Bruns - Chair, [email protected] Cathy Daly Tim Driscoll Ron Grebowiec Food Pantry Cathy O’Shia Christine Rankin Dave Rouyer By Appointment 816-381-9174 John Veal Katie Wiehl SFX-Adult Faith Formation 1st Tuesday Monthly Cathy Daly [email protected] FINANCE COUNCIL Kaler Bole - Chair , [email protected] Jane Coakley Brian Lappin Steve Livingston The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to combatting sexual Dorna Edgar Swan Brian Sullivan abuse in the Church. If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if you observe or suspect sexual abuse: BUILDING COMMITTEE 1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1.800.392.3738 (if the victim Larry Skogerson - Chair , 816-729-6679 is currently under the age of 18), and Jim Bell Danny Bonderer George Cornwell 2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911, and Vincent Gauthier Fred Hopkins Becca Jackson 3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement authorities, report Nelson Jordan Dave Rouyer David Scurlock suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Stephen Van de Castle Ombudsman, Joe Crayon, at 816.812.2500 or cray- [email protected], if the abuse involves a priest, deacon, employ- BULLETIN DEADLINE ee or volunteer of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care and healing Monday at 12:00pm resources to victims of sexual abuse and their families. Please contact the NOTE: For holiday bulletins, Victim Advocate, Kathleen Chastain, at 816.392.0011 or chas- submit at least 7 days earlier. [email protected] for more information. 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY T I ME
Our Mission St. Francis Xavier Parish is a Roman Catholic, Jesuit community of faith called together by God to experience Jesus Christ in His Word, in the sacraments of the Church, and in each other. We, as the body of Christ, joined in Baptism and inspired by the grace of the Holy Spirit, enrich our faith through prayer and worship, spiritual formation, intellectual rigor, diversity of membership, hospitality and fellowship, attention to family life, and concern for social justice. Guided by the spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola, we strive to use our many gifts for the greater glory of God.
Centering Prayer Group via Zoom First Communion Prep Classes Monday, January 25, 2021 (usually the third Monday Begin on Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 - 7:30 pm on of the month, but postponed because of MLK Day) Zoom. 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Please pray for our second graders and their parents: Contact Rebecca Thompson ([email protected]) for Louise Coates, Elsa DesMarteau, Asha Larson, Stella Zoom meeting id and password. For more information Miller, Hattie O’Connor, Leif Peterson, and Liam about Centering Prayer go to http:// Pfeiffer. Many thanks to catechists Elise Antista and contemplativeoutreachkc.org/ Stephanie McElwrath for their work with the children.
Caste Book Study begins January 25 Hunger Banquet - Save the Date We will begin reading and discussing Caste by Isabel Plan to join us for our virtual Hunger Ban- Wilkerson. She examines the different caste systems quet Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 pm. Our guest around the world and details how the American caste speaker will be Rosilyn Temple, founder and director system developed 400 years ago when European im- of KC Mothers in Charge. The Hunger Banquet will be migrants came to America. The result is the system of a good lead-in to our Soup and Spirituality series. injustice that people of color face today. Order the book and click here to sign up for the 4-week discus- Covid Vaccine Information sion! Also, mark your calendars and sign up now If you live in Jackson County, your ability to receive the to join the author in a virtual talk through KCK Public vaccine could be a click away. Take this survey to find Library on February 18 at 7:00 pm. out when you will be able to receive your vac- cine. General testing and vaccine information for Health Committee Johnson County, Wyandotte, Clay and other counties Members of our Health Committee will be reaching out can be accessed by going to the individual coun- to you in the coming weeks to check in and say ty’s website. hi. As Covid lingers, we want you to know that we are here for you. Please feel free to engage and share how you’re doing. We care. Looking for a Spiritual Director? The Ignatian Spirituality Center can help match you with a spiritual director to help you deepen your pray- CuraCommunities er life and “find God in all things.” Contact Executive Our CuraCommunities continue to be a source of joy Director Susan Friedrichsen and connection for parishioners. We meet via Zoom [email protected] to begin the con- twice a month for about an hour. If you want to check- versation. The Center also offers one-on-one and in with your SFX family on a regular basis please, con- group guided prayer experiences. Go to Ignatian Spir- tact Sue for the Zoom link. We will meet again ituality Center of Kansas City (ignatiancenterkc.org) to Wednesday morning, January 27 at 10:00 am and learn more. Thursday evening, January 28 at 7:00 pm. All are wel- come! Share Your Good News!!! Do you have any Good News you’d like to share with Please remember the parish? If so, send information and pictures to St. Francis Xavier Parish Peggy at [email protected]. when estate planning and in your will. JANUARY 23/24, 2021
Our Lady of Piat, Patroness of Cagayan Valley, Philippines I was introduced to Our Lady of Piat back in 1978 on a vacation to the Cagayan Valley with my family. In a little town called Piat, we visited a small chapel built on a cliff overlooking the Cagayan River. On the main altar was a familiar statue of Our Lady of the Rosary, wearing a Rosary and holding the baby Jesus, also with a rosary. The skin color is dark brown, and Mother and Child are each holding a bouquet of flowers and what appears like a small cloth bundle. The statue was made of paper mache. One of the women in the chapel told me this story: There was a flood and the whole valley was inundated. As the waters receded the townspeople saw a wooden crate caught on the branch of a tall tree. Inside the crate was this statue, dry and intact. A small chapel was built on that cliff and people came to visit and pray. Healings and divine signs were reported. Soon the chapel and the town became too small for the influx of devotees with their petitions and coming back reporting stories of restored health, deliverance from mishaps, success in stud- ies, bountiful harvests, help during flooding and drought seasons, and other endeavors. The priest decided to move the statue to a bigger church in the neighboring city. It was a big event and many people came to join the procession. The statue was brought out of the chapel and a long line of people followed. Halfway approaching the city there was commotion and screaming at the tail end of the procession. Water was following them. The Cagayan River have risen up the cliff and started flooding the town. As the procession turned back the water receded. And so the statue was returned to its original site. Through the years the chapel building (and the town) grew and transformed with the fame of the miraculous statue. It’s now a designated Basilica minore, and Piat is dubbed as the Pilgrimage Center of Cagayan Valley. The official history of the statue tells how it was brought by the Dominican friars in 1604. It was originally called Nuestra Senora del Santisimo Rosario (Our Lady of the Holy Rosary). From Manila it was brought to Caga- yan to evangelize the “Itawis”, the native people of the province. The people developed a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother and call her “Yena Tam Ngamin” (Mother of All) and “Apo Baket”, an endearing and respectful term for Grand Matriarch. Submitted by Cory Sorio
"Coping with Life Alone ®" Is a Beginning Experience ® grief support program that The Ignatian Spirituality Center of Kansas City meets each week for 10 weeks. The program helps Presents Lenten 2021 Individual and Group Prayer those who have lost a love relationship due to death, Retreats divorce or separation, move through the experience “Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your of grief and loss into a future with renewed hope. whole heart.” Joel 2:12 Upcoming program dates: God desires your heart. Pray this Lent with prayer ex- February 1 through April 5, 2021, 10 sessions ercises that will help dispose you to turn to the Lord Monday evenings, 6:30pm to 8:30pm with your whole heart. Give yourself the gift of daily Cost: $50 encountering the Lord through prayer. Choose be- This session will be held online using Zoom and re- tween an individually directed prayer retreat meeting quires internet access. weekly with your Ignatian prayer guide or a group re- Please register in advance and receive the program treat with an Ignatian prayer guide who will facilitate workbook plus detailed Zoom meeting instructions by group shared prayer experiences. In each of these re- going to www.beginningexperiencekc.org. treats you will learn Ignatian prayer methods and For additional information please contact Donna at grow in your attentiveness to God’s action in your life (816-305-3760). and prayer. To find out more and to register, please Beginning experience ministry is a peer grief ministry visit www.ignatiancenterkc.org and click on Events & for separated, divorced and widowed persons and is Prayer Programs to see retreat options available. If endorsed by the Archdioceses of both Kansas City in you have questions, please email Stephanie Hudson at Kansas and Kansas City/Saint Joseph in Missouri. [email protected] or call 816-381-9168. Dear God, Calendar Give me the courage to begin again – to overlook the difficulties, to over- Monday, January 25 come the obstacles and to stay open to No Activities the moment as best I can. Help me be Tuesday, January 26 patient enough to know it takes time to No Activities start over, and wise enough to ask for Wednesday, January 27 help from friends and family when I 9:00am CuraCommunity (Zoom) need it. As I look to the future, may I 6:30pm First Communion Prep Gathering Class reflect on the past and remember the - Parents & Students (Zoom) lessons it’s taught me. And God, may I 7:30pm First Communion Prep Gathering always look to you for strength and Family Prayer Time (Zoom) guidance. Thursday, January 28 No Activities — Abbey Caskets Friday, January 29 No Activities Saturday, January 30 Visitors, You are Home! 12:00pm Baptism (church) Welcome to a great parish community. If you Sunday, January 31 would like to become a part of St. Francis Xavier 10:30am Children’s Liturgy of the Word (Zoom) Parish, please fill out a registration form found on our website, www.sfx-kc.org. Mass Readings
Like our new Facebook page! January 25 - January 31 You can find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SFX.KC Monday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Mk 16:15- 18
Tuesday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Mk 3:31-35
Remember: you can now give Wednesday: Heb 10:11-18/Mk 4:1-20 to SFX online at sfx-kc.weshareonline.org. Thursday: Heb 10:19-25/Mk 4:21-25
Friday: Heb 10:32-39/Mk 4:26-34
Saturday: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Mk 4:35-41
Mass Intentions Sunday: Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28
Mass Intentions During the Covid Pandemic Click Here To Join Mass intentions for each month will be said at Sunday, 9:00am Mass at SFX, the KC Jesuit Community. With fewer daily Mass- Live-Streamed on You Tube. es, our ability to say a Mass for a particular per- son on a specific date is not possible. However, a Sunday Mass at 9:00am is live streamed on our Mass will be said for the requested intention dur- SFX You Tube channel ing the specified month. “St. Francis Xavier – KC”. Please also subscribe to our channel. January Mass Intentions Your feedback and comments are welcome. Carol Harms † SFX Parishioners Dear God, Calendar Give me the courage to begin again – to overlook the difficulties, to over- Monday, January 25 come the obstacles and to stay open to No Activities the moment as best I can. Help me be Tuesday, January 26 patient enough to know it takes time to No Activities start over, and wise enough to ask for Wednesday, January 27 help from friends and family when I 9:00am CuraCommunity (Zoom) need it. As I look to the future, may I 6:30pm First Communion Prep Gathering Class reflect on the past and remember the - Parents & Students (Zoom) lessons it’s taught me. And God, may I 7:30pm First Communion Prep Gathering always look to you for strength and Family Prayer Time (Zoom) guidance. Thursday, January 28 No Activities — Abbey Caskets Friday, January 29 No Activities Saturday, January 30 Visitors, You are Home! 12:00pm Baptism (church) Welcome to a great parish community. If you Sunday, January 31 would like to become a part of St. Francis Xavier 10:30am Children’s Liturgy of the Word (Zoom) Parish, please fill out a registration form found on our website, www.sfx-kc.org. Mass Readings
Like our new Facebook page! January 25 - January 31 You can find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SFX.KC Monday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Mk 16:15- 18
Tuesday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Mk 3:31-35
Remember: you can now give Wednesday: Heb 10:11-18/Mk 4:1-20 to SFX online at sfx-kc.weshareonline.org. Thursday: Heb 10:19-25/Mk 4:21-25
Friday: Heb 10:32-39/Mk 4:26-34
Saturday: Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Mk 4:35-41
Mass Intentions Sunday: Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28
Mass Intentions During the Covid Pandemic Click Here To Join Mass intentions for each month will be said at Sunday, 9:00am Mass at SFX, the KC Jesuit Community. With fewer daily Mass- Live-Streamed on You Tube. es, our ability to say a Mass for a particular per- son on a specific date is not possible. However, a Sunday Mass at 9:00am is live streamed on our Mass will be said for the requested intention dur- SFX You Tube channel ing the specified month. “St. Francis Xavier – KC”. Please also subscribe to our channel. January Mass Intentions Your feedback and comments are welcome. Carol Harms † SFX Parishioners Auto • Home • Life • Commercial
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