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S/:>/7,/< 29, 2019 • 26>2 S?8.+C 38 9<.38+<C >37/ of O?< L+.C G?+.+6?:/ CATHOLIC CHURCH 4503 FREDERICK BOULEVARD • ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI 64506 • 816-232-2847 Fr. Christian Malewski Pastor Fr. Gabe Lickteig Associate Pastor C2?<-2 O003-/ Phone ................. (816) 232-2847 Hours ... M-Th 8:45 am-4:00 pm; F 8:45 am-12:00 noon Fax ..................... (816) 232-0269 Rectory…………....(816) 396-9117 ………... (816) 261-2948 Website ...... http://www.olog.org M+== S-2/.?6/ Weekend Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 8:30 & 11:00 am Weekday Monday—Friday 8:00 am Holy Day Mass Schedule will be announced. Confession Saturday 3:00-3:45 pm Sunday 7:45-8:15 am 10:30-10:50 am H96C S+-<+7/8>= Baptismal Preparation Please contact Fr. Christian to schedule Baptism Prep and the date of the Baptism. Parents are encouraged to contact Fr. Christian before the child is born. Marriage OLOG parishioners can register free at www.formed.org by creating a login and password and entering the parish code 2W96H2. Enjoy this free gift from Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church leads others to Jesus Christ, N/A P+<3=2398/<= Promotes and embraces the sacraments, Welcome! Please register at the church office. Encourages a life of prayer, And nurtures ongoing conversion. Mission Statement Last week, the Junior Youth Group experimented with soda and Mentos. Dropping the candies into the soda bottles causes them to shoot up into the air; the kids absolutely loved watching these reactions! All 4th-6th grade students are invited to attend Junior Youth Group, held Monday afternoons from 3:45-5:15pm in Summers Hall. We hope to see you there! Junior Youth Group The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to combating sexual abuse in the Church. If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if you observe or suspect sexual abuse: 1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1.800.392.3738 (if the victim is currently under the age of 18), and 2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911, and 3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Joe Crayon, at 816.812.2500 or [email protected], if the abuse involves a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care and healing resources to victims of sexual abuse and their fami- lies. Please contact Victim Advocate Kathleen Chastain at 816.392.0011 or [email protected] for more infor- mation. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church 2 St. Joseph, Missouri P+<3=2 S>+00 From the Desk of Fr. Christian P+<3=2 9003-/—232-2847 Dear friends, Pastor, Fr. Christian Malewski ....... ext. 1504 The Gospel this past weekend makes me think of a fictional character [email protected] which could just as easily be a true story. For this thought experiment, let’s call Associate Pastor, him Mr. Bob. Fr. Gabriel Lickteig ….……. ext. 1302 Mr. Bob is a worldly man. He is a successful man . a self made man, [email protected] as they say. When it comes to “getting ahead” financially, he is shrewd and Pastoral Associate, some might even say ruthless. He has worked very hard and made great sacri- Kathy Powers ...................... ext. 1505 fices to secure future financial security: investments, retirements plans, etc. [email protected] etc. Now here’s the thing. Mr. Bob dies early in life. It wasn’t a part of his Family Catechesis Coordinator, plan. He does not have the chance to enjoy the fruits of his labor. As he faces Tina Dotson ........................ ext. 1506 his Lord and God at his particular judgement, he is confronted with these [email protected] words: “Prepare an account of your stewardship.” He first tells the Lord of his Director of Youth Ministry, financial prowess and business success. He soon realizes however that he had Ally Goetz…………………….. ext. 1507 failed to take care of eternal things. He realizes then and there that he had [email protected] spent his life concerned only with an earthly inheritance and not the one that truly mattered: his heavenly inheritance. He had invested plenty in the stock Asst. Director of Youth Ministry, market but nothing in his heavenly bank account. Roger Smith…….. [email protected] The parable of last weekend’s Gospel is a difficult one. It is probably Director of Music Ministries, the most difficult one in all the Gospels. The Church gives us an option to even Allison Stewart....................ext. 1508 omit the parable for a shorter more comfortable text. This past weekend, I was [email protected] tempted to take that option. Facility Manager, We are perhaps tempted to think that Our Lord is commending this Steve Kneib ......................... ext. 1509 steward for his wickedness. In our initial reading of it this would seem to be [email protected] what Jesus is saying. A deeper reading tells us that Our Lord is not commend- Business Manager, ing the steward for his wickedness but for his foresight, his planning for the Angela Hurst ....................... ext. 1502 future. But Jesus is not referring to planning for earthly security but investing [email protected] and planning for eternal life. “For the children of this world are more prudent Secretaries, in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.” This is to Stephanie Miller ................. ext. 1503 say that, “if people in this world go to extreme measures about providing for [email protected] themselves for the future . then how much more should Christians . go to Mary Jane Smith ................ ext. 1501 extreme measure to prepare for and to ensure for our eternal inheritance, for [email protected] our eternal life, for our being welcomed into eternal habitations into the king- Diocesan Ombudsman, dom of heaven.” (Dr. Brandt Pitre) Joe Crayon ................. 816-812-2500 I’m not saying that we shouldn’t also plan financially for the future . Just not to the detriment of our eternal future. Don’t omit that part. Don’t be like Mr. Bob. Don’t omit the more important part. If you work hard for finan- Do you have an interest in growing in cial security - we should work just as hard if not harder at investing for eternal personal holiness? That is one of the life. main objectives of the Legion of Mary. These past weeks I have spoken about the importance of making a spir- Please consider helping us be the itual game plan or a plan of life. This is a concrete action plan that keeps us “hands and feet for Christ” in going out faithful to concrete practices of prayer and growth in the spiritual life. Such a to make personal contact with all pa- plan helps us grow closer to the Lord and helps us grow in love of Him. This is rishioners. Join us at a meeting to dis- what investing for eternal life looks like. I would like to continue to challenge cern if Mary is calling you to this apos- you to write out a concrete spiritual game plan. I would be more than happy to tolate. We meet each Wednesday help you with that. I am reminded of one particular person who says that he morning at 9am downstairs in room strives to tithe 10% of his day to the Lord by spending time with Him in prayer. 116B, with Fr. Christian, our spiritual 10% is not a whole lot in the light of eternal life. We want to be able to meet the leader. Lord in heaven at our own judgement day, when the Lord says to us: “Prepare a full account of your stewardship” . We want to be able to say: “All for you 1st Saturday Mass and Confes- Jesus! All for you.” sions at MIR House Fr. Christian offers Confession at 7:00 am and Mass Peace and God bless, at 8:00 am every first Saturday of the month at Mir House of Prayer. All are Fr. Christian invited and welcome to attend. There has been some confusion as to the identity of the Bishop Sullivan on our list of priests with substantiated allegations of abuse of minors. It is NOT the former Bishop of Kansas City – St. Joseph John Joseph Sullivan who served here as bish- op from 1977-1993. It refers to deceased Baton Rouge Bishop Joseph Vincent Sullivan who served here as a priest from 1946-1967 and as auxiliary from 1967 to 1974, before being appointed Bishop of Baton Rouge in 1974. He died in 1982. The various rooms and ministries in our diocese named after Bishop Sullivan are named after our former Bishop John Jo- seph Sullivan, who is NOT the man on our list of accused. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church 3 St. Joseph, Missouri Worship School Of Faith M+== I8>/8>398= “We are all called to holiness. God created us to be saints. We are made to know the Lord, to love Him, and to serve Him. Consecrat- Monday, September 30 (Fr. Totton) ing ourselves to Mary is one way that we grow in that knowledge, 8:00 am + Priest Intention love, and service. We allow Mary to take us by the hand and lead Tuesday, October 1 (Fr. Totton) us to her Son. She knows, loves, and serves Him best. We have so 8:00 am + Priest Intention much to learn from her life, and so much to gain by placing our Wednesday, October 2 (Fr.