MASS SCHEDULE SAINT Tuesday through Friday 7:00am and 12:00pm Saturday 4:00pm Sunday 8:00am and 10:30am FRANCIS (6:00pm University Student Liturgy during Fall & Spring semesters) Sunday School (ages 2, 3 & 4) during 10:30am Sunday Liturgy XAVIER Children’s Liturgy of the Word during 10:30am Sunday Liturgy Mariann McCormally 816-381-9163
1001 East 52nd Street Kansas City, MO 64110 SACRAMENT OF RECONCI LIATION Phone: 816-523-5115 Saturday 3:00-3:45pm (or by appointment)
Fax: 816-333-0082 EUCHARISTIC ADORATION www.sfx-kc.org Thursday 12:30pm to 2:00pm
PASTORAL STAFF SACRAMENTAL PREPARAT ION Pastor Infant Baptism, First Eucharist, First Reconciliation, Fr. Stephen Yavorsky, S.J., 816-381-9162 or [email protected] Confirmation, Adult Catechumenate (RCIA) Mariann McCormally 816-381-9163 Parochial Vicar Fr. Bob Hagan, S.J., 816-501-3288 or [email protected] Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Eucharist to Homebound or Hospitalized Business Manager Fr. Stephen Yavorsky, S.J. 816-381-9162 Ann Sheridan, 816-381-9165 or [email protected] Fr. Bob Hagan, S.J. 816-501-3288
Pastoral Associate, Faith Formation Marriage Fr. Bob Hagan, S.J. 816-501-3288 Mariann McCormally, 816-381-9163 or [email protected] ————————————————————————————
Pastoral Associate, Justice & Life OTHER ACTIVITIES Sue Robb, 816-381-9167 or [email protected] Centering Prayer Group 3rd Monday Monthly Pastoral Associate, Liturgy & Music Choir Practice Wednesday, 7:30–9:00pm Pat Woodrum, 816-381-9164 or [email protected] Pat Woodrum 816-381-9164 Community Garden Facilities Peg Hornsby 765-748-4135 or R E Jackson, 816-381-9166 or [email protected] [email protected] Administrative Assistant Cub Scouts Every other Saturday, 10–11:30am Peggy Beaven Calia, 816-381-9161 or [email protected] Steve Livingston 816-444-6721
Food Pantry By Appointment PASTORAL COUNCIL 816-381-9174 Teresa Cott - Chair, 816-868-8587 or [email protected] Justice & Life 3rd Sunday Monthly Steve Bruns Ron Grebowiec Edwin Locke Steve Bruns 816-804-6097 or Joan McMahon Christine Rankin Jason Roberts Cindy Taylor [email protected] John Veal Katie Wiehl Ignatian Spirituality FINANCE COUNCIL Stephanie Hudson 816-381-9168 Kaler Bole - Chair , [email protected] SFX-Adult Faith Formation 1st Tuesday Monthly Jane Coakley Brian Lappin Karen Stigers 913-262-8994 Dorna Edgar Swan Brian Sullivan SFX-Sister Parish Monthly The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Jim Bell 913-449-7505 Province are committed to combating sexual abuse in the Church. If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if youobserve or suspect sexual abuse: SFX-Sustainability Monthly 1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-392-3738 (if the victim is Cindy Schmidt 816-914-9498 currently under the age of 18), and SFX-VIS Social Concerns Monthly 2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911, and ———————————————————————————— 3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement authorities, report sus- pected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombuds- BULLETIN DEADLINE Monday at 12:00noon man, Jenifer Valenti, at 816-812-2500 or [email protected], if the abuse involves a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer of the Diocese of Kansas NOTE: For holiday bulletins, submit at least 5 days City-St. Joseph. earlier. The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care and healing resources to victims of sexual abuse and their families. Please contact Victim Advocate Kath- leen Chastain at 816-392-0011 or [email protected] for more information.
In addition, if the abuse involves a Jesuit please contact Carol Zarinelli Brescia, MSW, LCSW at (314) 915-7168 or [email protected]. Both phone and email are confidential. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIS T, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
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. SFX Announcements Blue Christmas Monday, December 10, 7:00 pm St. Francis Xavier collections SFX Chapel week of November 5-11 The holidays can be a hard time for those of us dealing with the Offertory (cash and checks) $8,346.16 death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, cop- Online offertory (SFX WeShare) $2,131.20 ing with the loss of a job, living with illness, disability, or diminish- Combined-All Offertory $10.477.36 ment. Others of us just feel sad because of the suffering of our Thank you for your generosity. brothers and sisters and the injustice we see in our church and Pledge Drive our world. Many of us are blue at Christmas. SFX joins an increas- We are in the middle of the SFX Pledge Drive! So far, we’ve re- ing number of churches creating a sacred space to reflect on and ceived 80 returned pledge cards. The due date is November accept where we really are and holding on tight to our faith in a 30th. Please return your card by mail or in the weekly offertory good God. Join us! For more information contact Mariann collection. Thank you. [email protected] 816-381-9163. Parish Financial Report The Parish Financial Report for July-October, 2018 is available by Little Blue Book for Advent and Christmas the parish door entrances. Please take a copy on your way out. Join your fellow SFX parishioners in prayerfully preparing for Christmas by using the Little Blue Book: Advent and Christmas. Music & Liturgy The booklets are available at the Adult Faith Formation table in the back of church after all the Masses this weekend. One per Eucharistic Minister Training Workshop, Dec. 1 household; a free will offering will be gratefully accepted. These Training for becoming an extraordinary minister of Holy Com- “six minute reflections” are based on the first part of the Gospel munion. Please obtain your parish’s approval before registering; of Luke. Contact Mariann McCormally ([email protected] or $30 will be billed to the parish. 816-523-5115 x 204) for more information. December 1, 2018, 8:30 am-12:30 pm: Cathedral of the Im- “Love is shown more in deeds than words.” Ignatius maculate Conception (O’Hara Room), Kansas City, Mo. Regis- Loyola tration required, please call the parish office. High School Youth Group Summer Service/Immersion Trip to El Paso December 8 – Feast of Immaculate Conception, July 6-13, 2019 Mass at 10:00am THANKS for supporting our youth with your prayers and generous Because the Blessed Virgin Mary is patron of the United States of donations as they fundraise for our summer service trip to work America under the title of the Immaculate Conception, Decem- with Father Rafael’s Encuentro Project at the El Paso-Ciudad Jua- ber 8 is a Holyday of obligation EVEN when it falls on a Saturday. rez border region. There’s still time to buy a $5 raffle ticket for the 55” 4 K television (the drawing will be on December1). And you’re Faith Formation invited to an Open House Reception at the Clubroom at Crest- wood (5401 Brookside Boulevard, KCMO 64112) on December 1, College Student Advent Care Packages 3:00-5:00 pm. For more information contact Mariann mccormal- We are sending a little Advent care package (just in time for first [email protected] 816-381-9163 or go to our sfx-kc.org website Faith semester finals!) to our SFXers away at college. If you haven’t Formation/Youth Ministry. already sent your son/daughter’s school mailing address to Mari- ann, please do so by November 30 [email protected]. Mark Your Calendar: Sunday, December 9 Both our High School and Middle School Youth Groups will be Rosary Intention for November –December meeting on December 9. Mary, we pray this holy rosary for all immigrants and refugees in Middle Schoolers will meet bright and early at 8:30am in Xavier Hall to bake cookies for our Christmas Baskets. our country and in the entire world. We remember that Joseph took you and Jesus to Egypt in order to escape the murderous High Schoolers will meet at 9:00am in the Parish Library for their wrath of Herod! We ask that through your intercession, these usual monthly meeting. EVERYONE is invited to help plate and bag men, women, and children will be able to remain together as fam- cookies at noon over in Xavier Hall. For more information, contact ilies, be taken care of body, mind, and soul, and find safe homes. Mariann [email protected] 816-381-9163. We pray that our government agencies be inspired and that the organizations of caregivers and legal representatives be empow- ered to accomplish these goals. NOVEMBER 25, 2018
LIVING FAITH: Icons of Mary and The Holy Family Food Pantry Needs Sunday, December 2, 9:00-10:15am, In this month’s water pipe break (yes, we had another), we lost Xavier Hall all our Depends (large sizes), diapers (any size), and Kleenex. If Join us on the First Sunday of Advent as we make icons of Mary you could pick up a package or two to replace what was de- and The Holy Family. This will be a hands-on activity! Living Faith stroyed, our clients would really appreciate it. These are items is for ALL parish families with school-aged children (and for they cannot purchase with SNAP (food stamps). Thank you for young adults, elders, and everyone in-between who wants to your generosity! deepen their knowledge and faith). Contact Mariann McCormally (816-381-9163 or [email protected]) for more information. RIM (Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant) Committee meets December 2 Eleventh Annual SFX Cookie Project Join this active, ever-growing group of concerned parishioners Help us put HOMEMADE Christmas cookies into the baskets we who want to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters. We will give out to our neighbors in need. We’re asking each baker to hear from a JVS worker who works with refugee children as well bake FOUR DOZEN cookies. Drop your cookies off at Xavier Hall as a refugee who works with a youth soccer mentoring program. (or bring them to the narthex) the weekend of December 8/9. We will also have time for reports from committee members (We can’t guarantee your containers will be returned.) We’ll pack- who have researched other ways to help the RIM population. age the cookies for inclusion in our Christmas baskets in Xavier We will meet in the Romero Room at 9:00am. Contact Sue at hall on Sunday, December 9 immediately after the 10:30 Mass. [email protected] for more information. All are welcome! Baskets will be distributed on Thursday, December 13. If you are not able to bake HOMEMADE cookies, please consider donating Encuentro Project, El Paso, Texas gallon resealable baggies OR volunteering to help us package the We need to register for this trip by December 10. The cost is cookies OR allowing us to borrow your large plastic tote contain- $565 + travel (some of us are considering driving to reduce ers with lids (we need something to keep the plated and bagged costs). If you’re interested in going to El Paso January 9-13, cookies in from Sunday to Thursday!). Individuals and families of please contact Sue at [email protected] by December 2. On this 5 all ages are encouraged to participate. Sign up begins next week- -day/ 4-night experience in partnership with the UCS province's end! Encuentro Project, you will: PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN at St. Francis Xavier Encounter and minister to migrant, refugee, or vulnerable Wednesday, November 28, 9:30am – 12:30pm facilitated by SFX immigrant individuals in shelters, guest houses, and/or parishes. pastoral associate Mariann McCormally. If you have volun- This includes Fr. Raphael’s work with Annunciation House; teered or are interested in working with children or youth at SFX Participate in site visits with individuals and NGO's serving you must be certified in Protecting God’s Children, the diocesan- the El Paso and Ciudad Juarez region; mandated program to raise awareness of child sexual abuse and Connect Catholic Social Teaching to migrant and border real- provide practical information about the warning signs of child ities; abuse, ways to prevent abuse, strategies for handling suspicions Engage in group reflection and prayer; of abuse, and ways to respond. Parents and grandparents and other interested adults are invited to attend as well. Contact Consider ways to bring the stories of those they meet on the Mariann (816-381-9163 or [email protected]) for more border back to their Jesuit parish community. information or go to www.virtus.org to register. You must regis- ter online, in advance. General Announcements
Justice & Life Advent Retreat Day A retreat using the Sunday Scripture readings of the Advent and Christmas Basket Project Christmas seasons Led by Cele Breen, SCL and Denise Simeone. This weekend, you can sign up to purchase a turkey, bake cook- Saturday, December 1, 2018 ies, and/or help bag produce, assemble baskets, and distribute Refreshments/register: 9:00 them. Next weekend, December 1/2, will be the last weekend to Retreat: 9:30 am- 12:30 pm donate food to the Christmas Basket project, however you can St. Elizabeth Church 2 East 75th St. Kansas City, MO 64114 donate cash (or checks payable to SFX Social Ministries) and note (parking lot next to the church). People of all faiths are welcome. it’s for the Christmas Basket project at any time. We will do all Pre-registration is helpful and walk-ins are welcome. Suggested the shopping for you so our neighbors and friends will have a fee: $15.00, but donate whatever is possible, pay at the door. beautiful Christmas meal. Thanks for your support! Bring a friend who has never attended one of our retreats for free! Questions/register: Email [email protected] Green Tip of the Week orText name/call 816-686-3612. Instead of shopping for “stuff” this Christmas, consider giving the gift of your time or the gift of experiences (such as a shared meal or a night at the theater) to your loved ones. Those memories often last longer and mean more than any purchased items. Liturgical Ministers Calendar
DECEMBER 1/2 Monday, Nov 26 LECTORS: No Activities Sat 4:00pm Tuesday, Nov 27 Sun 8:00am 11:00am Soul Food Tuesday (RR) 4:00pm Bishop Sullivan Community Kitchen Sun 10:30am Wednesday, Nov 28 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: 9:30am Protecting God’s Children Sat 4:00pm 7:00pm Choir Practice (HR) Sun 8:00am Thursday, Nov 29 Sun 10:30pm 10:30am Fr. Bob Bible Study (RR) SACRISTAN: 12:30pm Adoration (chapel) 7:00pm RCIA (RR) Sat 4:00pm Friday, Nov 30 Sun 8:00am Mike DiDonna No Activities Sun 10:30am Saturday, Dec 1 SERVERS: All Day Family & Friends Weekend (church) Sat 4:00pm 10:00am Cub Scout Meeting (BVM) Sun 8:00am 2:00pm Marian Group (RR) Sunday, Dec 2 Sun 10:30am All Day Family & Friends Weekend (church) GREETERS 9:00am Living Faith (XH) Sat 4:00pm Stephanie Hudson VOLUNTEER 9:00am RIM Meeting (RR) Sun 8:00am Joe Gray VOLUNTEER 10:30am Children’s Liturgy of the Word (chapel) Sun 10:30am Mary Adams VOLUNTEER 10:30am Sunday School 2-3-4 yr olds (RR) 6:00pm RU Student Mass Mass Intentions Mass Readings Sat 11/24 4:00pm SFX Parishioners November 26 - December 2 Sun 11/25 8:00am That We Surrender To Christ’s Lordship Monday: Rev 14:1-3, 4b-5/Luke 21:1-4
10:30am That We Promptly Follow Tuesday: Rev 14:14-19/Luke 21:5-11 Christ Wednesday: Rev 15:1-4/Luke 21:12-19 Tues 11/27 7:00am Paul, Toni & John Mannion † Thursday: Rev 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a/Luke 21:20-28 12:00pm For the Safety of All First Friday: Rom 10:9-18/Matt 4:18-22 Responders
Saturday: Rev 22:1-7/Luke 21:34-36 Wed 11/28 7:00am Cursillo Weekend 12:00pm Those Ostracized By Their Sunday: Jer 33:14-16/1 Thes 3:12--4:2/Luke 21:25-28, 34- Families 36
Thurs 11/29 7:00am Those Affected by the Wildfires 12:00pm Mary Lynn Phillips † “True humility is not thinking less of your-
Fri 11/30 7:00am That We Promptly Follow self; it is thinking of yourself less.” Christ ― C.S. Lewis 12:00pm For Racial Harmony
Sat 12/1 4:00pm Pete Guignon † Sunday Funny Sun 12/2 8:00am For Patience & Hope In the World A Church Fashion Tip
10:30am For The Spirit of St. Francis Xavier It really doesn’t matter how you dress for church, as long as you don’t get all wrapped Like our new Facebook page! up in yourself. That is definitely not a good You can find us on Facebook at look for you! www.facebook.com/SFX.KC
For Immediate Release Nov. 19, 2018 For additional information: Therese Meyerhoff Director of Communications [email protected]
Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province to Conduct Audit of All Personnel Files Dating Back to 1960 The Jesuits U.S. Central and Southern Province has retained an outside organization, Kinsale Management Consulting, Inc., to review all personnel files of Jesuits going back to 1960 in preparation of publicly releasing the names of all Jesuits and former Jesuits of the province who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. Kinsale Management Consulting is a respected organization comprised of retired FBI agents and law enforcement personnel. This review will include all Jesuits for whom the province has records who have entered, worked in, or died in the current province, the former New Orleans Province, the former Missouri Province, or the Region of Puerto Rico of the Society of Jesus since 1960. The audit will result in a list of Jesuits and former Jesuits of this province against whom there are credible allegations of abuse of a minor consistent with the standards of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People A thorough review such as this will take time. Due to the scale of their work, it will be spring 2019 before Kinsale can produce a comprehensive report. In the meantime, the province is compiling a preliminary list; it will be released December 7, 2018. “The People of God deserve transparency from the leadership of the Church,” said Ronald A. Mercier, SJ, provincial of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. “It is my hope that through the publication of this information, we can work to rebuild trust, always with the well- being of victims in mind. “On behalf of the Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province, I apologize to the victims for the pain caused by Jesuits in the past,” Mercier said. The release of information about Jesuits with credible allegations must balance the desire for transparency with the privacy of the victims, many of whom have requested confidentiality. The province is committed to protecting the identities of these people so that there is no possibility of additional harm or distress. The health and well-being of victims and survivors of sexual abuse is a primary concern for the Jesuits of the U.S. Central and Southern Province. Jesuits condemn the abuse of children,
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adolescents and vulnerable adults and will not tolerate it by our members. More than a decade ago, the province instituted educational programs to ensure that all members are trained in maintaining professional boundaries, and it has detailed policies in place to prevent abuse and respond to allegations. The province always has and always will cooperate fully with civil authorities. The Jesuits encourage any person who has suffered abuse by a Jesuit to notify the appropriate law enforcement or child-protection agency in the location in which the incident took place. They are further encouraged to contact Carol Brescia, LCSW, the province’s victim assistance coordinator. Ms. Brescia is a therapist who has experience working with victims/survivors of trauma. She can be reached confidentially by phone at 314-915-7168 or email at [email protected]. Anyone who suspects child abuse is urged to report their suspicions to the police. The U.S. Central and Southern Province includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, southern Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma as well as the Central American country of Belize and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The former New Orleans Province, which is now part of the current Central and Southern Province, also included the state of Georgia. The Jesuits are a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded nearly 500 years ago by St. Ignatius of Loyola. With more than 16,000 priests, scholastics and brothers worldwide, they are the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church. Jesuits are widely known for their colleges, universities and high schools, but Jesuits also minister in retreat houses, parishes, hospitals and refugee camps. The USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province has approximately 400 men who serve as pastors, administrators, educators, spiritual and retreat directors and in other roles. Jesuits have served in this area of the United States and the Caribbean as early as the 16th century and continually since the restoration of the Society in 1815. ###
The Encuentro Project Seeking the Grace of Encounter MISSION ABOUT The Encuentro Project offers programming The program will provide a residence (single, double and and lodging for immersion and encounter multiple occupancy rooms; maximum capacity of 20) experiences in the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez in central El Paso. border region which include: Direct work with During the stay, participants will be able to: asylum seekers, migrant, immigrant and/or refugee persons; education in Catholic Social • Encounter and minister to migrant, refugee or Teaching and on border/migrant realities and vulnerable immigrant persons, in shelters, guest projects through site visits; evening reflection houses and/or parishes. and spiritual accompaniment. • Visit with persons and organizations serving in the El Paso region. ORGANIZERS OF THE PROGRAM • Visit with persons and organizations serving the The Encuentro Project is a collaborative and Ciudad Juarez region. (optional) inter-congregational project involving The • Participate in workshops on Catholic Social Teaching Jesuits, the Marist Brothers, Sisters of St. and migrant/border realities. Francis of the Holy Family. Lay persons and the • Participate in personal and group reflection and Hope Border Institute will form part of the team. regular community evening prayer. • Live in community. Longer term participants will have Director of The Encuentro Project the independence needed to fulfill their program. Fr. Rafael Garcia, S.J. – 505-288-9552 The program will be offered in two basic forms: Program Coordinator & House Manager Bro. Todd Patenaude, F.M.S. – 845-633-0811 • Short term immersion programs for groups. • Programs based on blocks of time (a month; LOCATION summer; semester) and designed for the needs of the requesting group or individual. The residence and base of the program is at 1837 Grandview, El Paso, TX 79902. Note: Though not essential, some fluency in Spanish would be beneficial. The unique mix in the design, combining residential and needed institutional character is present in this three level, 9-bedroom, FEES 6-bathroom facility, with common areas, the The fee will depend on the duration of stay and format of project’s office and separate community space the group/individual’s goals while here. for two Marist Brothers whose community is based at this project. The spacious building • Short-term immersion (up to 7 days): $80/day/ is excellent for our mission and is centrally person, includes program, staff assistance, lodging, breakfast food and catered evening meals. located, approximately 1 ½ miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. • Longer term participation (four weeks or more), i.e., a sabbatical, a semester, a summer or a month will For additional information and to inquire about have an adjusted, lower per diem. possible participation, contact us. (see below) Please include information about your group, number • For 8-27 day immersions, fee will be individually of persons who want to participate (specifying if there determined. are any junior or senior high school age persons, who would need to bring supervisor), dates when Not included are: Transportation costs, to and from El Paso AND you would like to participate. If possible, provide while in El Paso; Insurance; food for lunch, which typically will be more than one option of dates. while on the road.
[email protected] 915-301-0919
El Paso
Photo courtesy of Bro. Todd Patenaude, F.M.S.
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Visit with the St. Francis Xavier Youth Group, and learn about their Summer 2019 mission trip to assist with Fr. Rafael Garcia's ministry in El Paso.
Saturday, December 1, 2018 3:00-5:00 *Open House with a brief program overview at 4:00 Clubroom at Crestwood 1st Floor 5401 Brookside Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64112
Parking on the west side along the Trolley Track. Entry to the building is on 54th Street. Handicap parking also available.