Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 20, 2021 Welcome to St. Thomas More Parish!

St. Thomas More Church 2900 Kimball Ave Manhattan, KS 66502

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

776-5151 [email protected] http://stmmanhattan.com

Manhattan Catholic Schools 565-5050

Parish Staff Pastor Fr. Frank Coady MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Deacons Larry Erpelding/Buzz Harris Mon. 6/21 5:15 p.m. – +Herb Huerter Pastoral Associate/Deacon Wayne Talbot Tues. 6/22 7:00 a.m. – +Kathleen Noll Music Liturgist Kelley Smith Wed. 6/23 7:00 a.m. – Communion Service Bell Choir Director Pat Bidwell Thurs. 6/24 7:00 a.m. – Patricia McKenzie Youth Minister Rick Smith Fri. 6/25 7:00 a.m. – +Jeanne Patterson Rel. Ed. Coordinator (K-6) Josefina Gantt Pre-School Coordinators Carrie Day/Ann-Marie Flynn MASS INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEKEND: Nursery Coordinator Marilyn McCormack Saturday, Receptionist/Rel. Ed. Secretary Alysia Baumann 4:30 p.m. – LMTF Office Manager/Bookkeeper Mika Bolton Director of Maintenance Tim Schell Sunday, Maintenance Brad Claussen 8:30 a.m. – +John Norton Maintenance Jim Hedman 10:30 a.m. – For Our Parish Maintenance Roman Talbot NO 5:00 MASS

Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (Nursery provided during the 10:30 Sunday Masses) Monday: 5:15 p.m. Next Sunday's Scripture Readings Tuesday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. 1st Reading – Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Reconciliation 2nd Reading – 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Saturday : 3:30 p.m. or by appointment 3rd Reading – Mark 5:21-43

Parish Council Members: Tim Hegarty (Chair), Kevin Dhuyvetter, Rose Kreller, Adam Braxmeyer, Christine Benne, Patty Wamsley, Brian Geisbrecht, Shilo Heger, Christy Shaheen, and Derreck Alcala. Finance Council Members: Harry Hardy (Chair), Mary Sue Moore, MISSION STATEMENT John Moes, Larry Moeder, Wade Greif, Jodi Kaus, Brian Ostermann, The Parish of St. Thomas More Catholic Church David Garvin, Tracey Gros, Lori Dodge, and Derreck Alcala. professes the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living our faith INFORMATION PILLAR : Information regarding Parish Registration, through celebration of the sacraments, prayer, scripture, Change of Residence, Sacraments, and more can be found on the evangelization, and stewardship. Information Pillar in the Gathering Area.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION General More Musings Last Sunday’s Collection $ 14 ,381 .66 Average Needed Week ly $ 17,646.29 By Fr. Frank Coady Actual FY to Date Collections $ 877 ,031 .46 FY to Date Needs $ 882,315.00 Prior to the 20th Century, the Mass was FY Surplus/(Deficit) $ (5,283 .54 ) considered an action of the ordained priest. It was his Mass and, if there were lay people present, they either The Fiscal Year began on 1, 2020 watched or said their own prayers, like the Rosary. But, already in the mid 19th Century, a movement of study and experimentation on the liturgy was taking place in European monasteries and theological schools. Part of this study became a rediscovery of early forms of of the celebrating Mass, when it was in the language of the Week people and everyone participated and various ministries were celebrated. Early in the 20th century, the popes responded to Adult Question : this Liturgical Movement by making some changes to When and where have you been awed by God’s the Liturgy. Pope Pius X ordered the reform of action? Gregorian Chant so that it could be sung by more people. He also changed the age of First Communion Children ’s Question : from 12 to 7 to get children started earlier in the hope Jesus makes the wind and the sea peaceful. How that they would continue to receive regularly. would you have felt if you were with Jesus and the Pope Pius XII ordered the restoration of the Easter disciples during the storm? Vigil, a liturgy that had fallen into disuse. He also gave permission for experimentation, in certain places, with liturgical reform, especially with Mass in the vernacular.

One of these places was quite close to us: the July Newsletter Benedictine Abbey at Conception, Missouri. The culmination of this study and the encouragement of the popes bore fruit in Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy and the revision of the Roman Missal , which radically reformed the Church’s vision for not only the liturgy but for the Church itself. Now the Mass belongs to the people. Christ is Featured Sponsors present not only in the ordained priest but also “whenever the Church prays and sings” (SC, #7). The liturgy is seen as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ, in which “complete and definitive public worship is performed by the mystical body of Jesus Christ, that is, by the Head and his members” (SC #7). This is why the dialogues are so important. The ordained priest speaks for Christ the Head, addressing his members. The members (the assembly) respond to their Head. The instruction in the Roman Missal encourages the use of a host large enough so that at least a few people

Please support our sponsors! from the assembly partake of it. That is why, on Sundays here at St. Thomas More, we use a large host that is scored so as to easily be broken into 25 pieces. Feasibility Study for Church Remodel That is also why I do not celebrate with my own special We want to make this process open to everyone at St. chalice. We use four identical chalices, and the one I Thomas More and we encourage your participation by drink from is also shared in one of the Communion lines. providing feedback and by praying for the future of our We celebrate a full complement of ministries: church. Members may participate with four different ushers/greeters, lectors, cantors, extraordinary options, which will all involve the same questions: ministers of Communion, musicians, gift-bearers and Completing a survey online by going to the altar servers. The various ministries exist to build up the  following survey site: body of Christ. Finally, but certainly not least of all, is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L68GR7L the assembly. Through acclamations, responses, psalms, antiphons, hymns, as well as by actions,  Going to the St. Thomas More website and clicking on the link for the feasibility study. gestures and bodily attitudes, the assembly participates fully in the action of the liturgy.  Picking up a packet in the back of church, completing, and returning in the attached envelope. UPDATES…  Calling Betty Johnson, 785.313.3632, and  Return Catholic Charities Baby Bottles — completing the survey through a phone interview, Please return baby bottles empty or filled during or emailing at the weekend of -20 (Father’s Day). [email protected].  MC3: Farwell to the Fathers —Join us in saying goodbye to Fr. Kerry Ninemire and Fr. The study process will be open until . We look Drew Hoffman as they move on to their new forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow in assignments. Snacks provided, Cash bar Social our faith and our commitment. will be held on the patio (MCC Ballroom in the event of rain).  K of C Breakfast —Sunday, June 27.  Weekly Email Updates go out on Thursdays Return Catholic Charities each week. If you want to receive these updates, please make sure the parish office has Baby Bottles (Empty or Filled) an up-to-date email. Updates can also be found June 19-20 on our website.

Liturgical Ministry Schedules for June 26 -27 Saturday, June 26 Sunday, June 27 Sunday, June 27 Sunday, June 27 4:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Lit Coordinator Duane McKinney SUB REQ (K & T Adams) Shelley Carver Extraordinary Faye Kennedy Jerry Haug SUB REQ Ministers Sharon Beckman Jennifer Trahan SUB REQ Jim Beckman Nate Birkhead SUB REQ Sunday 5:00 p.m. Mass Lectors Pat Hedrick Ryan Beran Roberto Noriega will resume in Carolyn Devane Joel Brinker Ronnie Drees . Ushers Bill Kennedy Kevin Dhuyvetter SUB REQ Christine Benne Fred Willich SUB REQ SUB REQ (P Kelley) Lorraine Willich SUB REQ SUB REQ SUB REQ SUB REQ Music Ministers Pat Bidwell Megan Beran Mika Bolton Penny Nielsen Kelley Smith Kelley Smith Steve Simonson Cathy Harmes Child Lit Josefina Gantt Nursery Vicki Erker / Nora Jackson / Anna Jackson Rosary / Library Veronica Conkwright A&E Mary Marston N2N Meals Erpelding / Simonson / Carver Team Safety Team Borja Team Urban All Liturgical Ministers: Please be at church 20 minutes prior to Mass!

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Sunday, June 20 Thursday, Return Catholic Charities Baby Bottles Isaiah 49:1-6 Acts 13:22-26 Luke 1:57-66, 80 7:00-9:00 a.m. – “Walking Utopia” – Utopia Monday, June 21 Genesis 12:1-9 Matthew 7:1-5 Friday, Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 Matthew 8:1-4 Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 a.m. – “Walking Utopia” – Utopia Genesis 13:2, 5-18 Matthew 7:6, 12-14 7:00-9:00 a.m. – “Walking Utopia” – Utopia Saturday, June 26 8:00 a.m. – Book Study Group – Zoom Genesis 18:1-15 Matthew 8:5-17 9:00 a.m. – Coffee Club – Utopia Sunday, June 27 7:00 p.m. – MC3 Event – Manhattan Country Club K of C Breakfast 6:30 p.m. – Young Adults – Parish Commons Wednesday, Genesis 915:1-12, 17-18 Matthew 7:15-20 9:00-11:30 a.m. – Library Open 9:30 a.m. – Thom’s Moms – Playdate