IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR CALEN- Oct. 10— St. ’s Soup Supper & Auction,

Sacred HeartCatholic Church DARS Supper 4-7pm; Games 5-8pm; Auction 8:00pm www.NEKansasCatholics.org Parish Text Alerts: text "catholic" to 555888 Oct. 2—”Following Christ”, 6:30 pm Oct. 12—Knights of Columbus Facebook: NE Kansas Catholics www.NEKansasCatholics.org Oct. 4 Sabetha Blood Drive 11:00-5:30 Sabetha Meeting, 8 pm

1031 South 12th Street Father Clayton, Pastor City Hall Gym Oct. 15— Annunciation Parish, Frankfort Wom- Sabetha, KS 66534 Rectory Phone: 785-284-3068 en’s Retreat, Rediscovering Joy Office Phone: 785-284-0888 Oct. 9— ”Following Christ” Celebration Cell Phone 913-219-5043 Alice Sperfslage, Secretary Email: [email protected] Dinner, 5:45 pm Oct. 29—Parish Council Mtg, 6 pm

Email: [email protected] Gina Sallman, Director of Faith Formation Oct. 6—Rosary 12:10 pm D’Ann Niehues, Bookkeeper Phone: 785-285-0590 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Tues. - Thurs. Please submit bulletin items by noon on 9:00am– 12noon Wednesday New Parish Council Member Eternal Rest, grant unto Carole Oom, Oh Lord, and let Perpetual Light Shine Upon HOLY MASS INTENTIONS Congratulations to Marsha Olberding, and Sacred Heart Tues. Oct. 4, 5:15pm Al Farmer+ Her. May She Rest in Peace. Amen. thank you to the others on the ballot. St. Augustine Tues. Oct. 4, 6:00pm For the Farmers May her Soul and the Souls of all the Thank you to Sharon Burger for your ser- St. James Wed. Oct. 5, 8:00am Jay Wheeler+ faithful departed, through the Mercy of Sacred Heart Wed. Oct. 5, 5:15pm Victor & Marcelline Tangeman+ vice on the Council. God, Rest in Peace, Amen. AC HOME Thurs, Oct. 6, 10:00am NO MASS Sacred Heart Thurs. Oct. 6, 5:15pm Lawrence & Dorothy Shump+ St. Augustine Fri, Oct. 7, 8:00 am L&D Members of St. Augustine Altar Society Sacred Heart Fri. Oct. 7, 5:15pm L&D Members of Wilfred & Norma Quinlan Family Respect Life Month and Month of the Rosary! - October Sacred Heart Sat. Oct. 8, 4:00pm For Parishioners of the Three Parishes St. James Sat. Oct. 8, 6:30pm Irvin & Ida Bloom+ St. Augustine Sun. Oct. 9, 8:30am Raymond & Norma Jurgensmeier+ ARCHBISHOP NAUMANN’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER MINISTERS Sat. Oct. 8th Sun. Oct. 9th Please pray for the fol- 1) Pray for our nation. Pray that we may choose wisely those that we will empower to 4:00 pm 10:30 am lowing parishioners and relatives who are sick: govern and lead our country. SERVERS: Kaleb Grimm Skylar McAfee Nancy Broxterman, Su- Kaleb Evans Hannah Enneking 2) Pray for a renewed respect for human life within our culture and Nation. Kalvin Evans Will Ulrich san Broxterman, Pat Christian McAfee Brucken, Ryan Dodd, Connie Halls, Linda LECTORS: Todd Evans Tom Nolte Holt, Mark Horton, Pam Koch, Joe Kroll, Connie Lehman, Pat Matthews, Aynslee Os- Pro-Life Chain this Sunday Oct. 2nd! SACRISTAN: Briana Evans Carol Nolte terhaus, Alice Sperfslage and Jason Van- Please plan to give this hour of time Sunday from 2-3pm by the Cemetery in Sabetha EXTRA Chris Grimm Dale Ulrich Verth. Please call the Parish Office when a ORDINARY Cherie Grimm Carol Nolte name can be removed. along Old Hwy 75 to prayerfully witness in our community to the importance of the dig- MINISTERS Mary Sander Janet Klein OF HOLY Bob Huber “Everyone of you who does not renounce all his posses- nity of all human life especially the littlest and most defenseless among us. Please come COMMUNION: Lori Lackey sions cannot be my .” ~ Luke 14:33 Kent Saylor When we first hear this statement, it seems that Jesus is give your time for this very critical issue of our day. This killing of babies and harming of Donna Saylor making an unrealistic demand upon us. How can we mothers and fathers must be put to an end, together let's stand up for Life! MONEY COUNTERS: Oct. 2—Harold Schmelzle & Lynell Shea- renounce all of our possessions? We need them to live. han; Oct. 9—.Jeff Ulrich & Bill Roggenkamp; Oct. 16—Scott However, what we must renounce is the belief that they Krebs & Tim Schultejans. belong to us. Everything that we have belongs to God Donations: Sept. 24-25—Regular $1900.00; Plate $296.60; alone. All of our resources are entrusted to us not only RCIA to consider becoming Catholic Leaven $25.00; Total $2221.60. for our own use, but also so that we can help others. Once we renounce the idea that we possess or are enti- Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated a half hour before weekend Starts October 4th! Please contact Father Clayton if you would like to consider look- tled to anything, it is much easier to share the many gifts Masses or by appointment. Confessions every Friday @ 6:30 pm that God has given us. Then we truly are His Disciples. ing more in to the Catholic faith and possibly become Catholic. Election Voting First Reconciliation Parent Meeting Catholics of Kansas are called to prudently and prayerfully exercise the duties of faithful citi- At least one parent should plan to attend a meeting regarding 1st Reconciliation on zenship as we approach the upcoming presidential election. Please spend four minutes with Wednesday, October 26th at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart. Our 2nd grade students will re- Archbishop Naumann and the bishops of Kansas as they exhort all the Faithful to vote in the ceive the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday, December 7th! light of Catholic Social Teaching. Go to archkck.org and click on either the English or Spanish version of the video: Reflections on the 2016 Election by the Catholic Bishops of Kansas. Knights of Columbus Skating Party

All CCD students and their families are invited to the annual Skating Party at Sycamore Divine Mercy Meditation, words of our Lord to St. Maria Faustina Springs on Sunday, October 30th, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Each stu- Entrust everything to Me and do nothing on your own, and you will always have great free- dent will receive free skating and coupon to use for ice cream at the concession stand. dom of spirit. No circumstances or events will ever be able to upset you. Set little store on Flyers will be sent home. All are welcome. what people say. Let everyone judge you as they like. Do not make excuses for yourself, it will do you no harm (Diary, 1685). Spotlight: St. Gianna Beretta Molla My Prayer Response: Saint Gianna Beretta Molla ( Oct. 4th, 1922 – April 28, 1962) was an Italian pediatrician. Lord Jesus, help me to entrust every thing to You and do nothing on my own, so I will always When she was pregnant with her fourth child, Molla refused both an , despite have great freedom of spirit. knowing that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her own death, as it in fact did. At her (Saint) John Paul II called Gianna "a simple, but more than ever, significant messenger of divine love." Gianna's husband, Pietro and 4th child Marriage Minute Gianna Emanuela were present at her canonization in 2004, the first time in church his- Have you ever “tuned out” your spouse or said, “There he goes again, or she never listens tory that a husband has witnessed the canonization of a wife. She is the to me.” While this is not uncommon, it can reveal a road block to greater intimacy in mar- of doctors, mothers and the unborn. riage and with God. he spousal relationship between husband and wife mirrors the relation- ship we have with God. If we take God for granted, we will tend to take our wife for grant- ed. If we take our spouse for ArchKCK Rural Catholic Youth Conference November 19-20, 2016 at Topeka's Capitol Plaza Hotel granted, we will tend to take God for granted. This week’s Psalm gives us great advice for either scenario, “If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart.” If you want to improve Archbishop Naumann, Fr. Scott Wallisch, Bob Rice, & The Mikey Needleman Band your relationship with God, start with more attentive listening to your spouse. Devote your Encounter Christ Face-to-Face during mass, adoration, various prayer experiences, inspi- entire attention to the one you love. To improve listening, remember: rational speaker and music! Encounter other teens and adults Face-to-Face through • Eye contact food, fellowship, and an evening social with games, live music and a DJ! This is open to all high school teens! Cost is $120 and registration paperwork is available online • Repeat back what you hear at www.nekansascatholics.org by clicking on 'Faith Formation'. Paper copies also availa- • Listening is different than waiting to talk ble in the back of church. Questions or scholarships needed, contact Gi- na. Registration {paperwork only} is due by September 29th at 6:00 p.m. • Turn off the phone or TV to avoid the temptation of distraction