June 17, 2018 | 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS SCHEDULE PARISH OFFICE /R ECTORY PHONE Weekend CONFESSION SCHEDULE (316) 722-4404 Saturday 8:00 a.m., 5:00 & 7:00 p.m. Daily 4:50-5:25 p.m. Sunday 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. OFFICE HOURS Saturdays 3:00-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Weekdays Monday-Friday 8:00 am & 5:30 p.m. 861 N. Socora | Wichita, KS 67212 | (316) 722-4404 | www.stfranciswichita.com . 2 Father’s Focus WELCOME ! Throughout the summer we will read excerpts from the Holy Father’s Exhortation We are always excited to see “Rejoice and Be Glad.” new faces in our Church. The members, friends, and staff of 25. Just as you cannot understand Christ apart from the kingdom he came to bring, so St. Francis of Assisi Parish look too your personal mission is inseparable from the building of that kingdom: “Strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness” ( Mt 6:33). Your identification forward to welcoming you into this with Christ and his will involves a commitment to build with him that kingdom of community of faith. We invite love, justice and universal peace. Christ himself wants to experience this with you, in you to join us for any worship all the efforts and sacrifices that it entails, but also in all the joy and enrichment it service or event we offer as a brings. You cannot grow in holiness without committing yourself, body and soul, to way to get to know us better, as you giving your best to this endeavour. seek your place in our community. 26. It is not healthy to love silence while fleeing interaction with others, to want peace All are welcome to join us in and quiet while avoiding activity, to seek prayer while disdaining service. Everything worship as we come from can be accepted and integrated into our life in this world, and become a part of our diverse backgrounds seeking path to holiness. We are called to be contemplatives even in the midst of action, and lives of greater balance and to grow in holiness by responsibly and generously carrying out our proper mission. spiritual growth. 27. Could the Holy Spirit urge us to carry out a mission and then ask us to abandon it, NEW TO OUR PARISH ? or not fully engage in it, so as to preserve our inner peace? Yet there are times when We’d love to have you join our faith we are tempted to relegate pastoral engagement or commitment in the world to sec- community! Start the registration ond place, as if these were “distractions” along the path to growth in holiness and in- terior peace. We can forget that “life does not have a mission, but is a mission”. [27] process by completing one of our “Welcome” cards found in each aisle, 28. Needless to say, anything done out of anxiety, pride or the need to impress others by going online or by calling the will not lead to holiness. We are challenged to show our commitment in such a way parish office. that everything we do has evangelical meaning and identifies us all the more with Je- sus Christ. We often speak, for example, of the spirituality of the catechist, the spiritu- PRAY ality of the diocesan priesthood, the spirituality of work. For the same reason, ADORATION CHAPEL in Evangelii Gaudium I concluded by speaking of a spirituality of mission, in Laudato On the eve of All Si’ of an ecological spirituality, and in Amoris Laetitia of a spirituality of family life. Saints’ Day, after a long day of confessions, 29. This does not mean ignoring the need for moments of quiet, solitude and silence a friend found him before God. Quite the contrary. The presence of constantly new gadgets, the excite- close to the Blessed ment of travel and an endless array of consumer goods at times leave no room for Sacrament: ‘Edward, what are you God’s voice to be heard. We are overwhelmed by words, by superficial pleasures and doing there?”— by an increasing din, filled not by joy but rather by the discontent of those whose “Oh! I’m not doing lives have lost meaning. How can we fail to realize the need to stop this rat race and anything, I’m just to recover the personal space needed to carry on a heartfelt dialogue with God? Find- keeping Our Lord company. ing that space may prove painful but it is always fruitful. Sooner or later, we have to I am too tired to talk to Him, face our true selves and let the Lord enter. This may not happen unless “we see our- but I’m resting next to Him.” selves staring into the abyss of a frightful temptation, or have the dizzying sensation Blessed Edward Poppe of standing on the precipice of utter despair, or find ourselves completely alone and abandoned”. [28] In such situations, we find the deepest motivation for living fully our Urgent Need: commitment to our work. Wednesday 1:00-2:00 a.m. Thursday 1:00-2:00 a.m. Sunday 1:00-2:00 a.m. TOTUS TUUS UPDATES 2018 Thanks to the generosity of several parishoners, Totus Tuus has all their lunches and Call Sandy Rongish at 990-6647 or dinners filled! Thank you so very much! We are still in need of 1 more host family to Jenny Morgan at 721-8871 if you house 2 of the teachers. Please prayerfully discern if this might be something that your family would like to do! would like to sign up. We are still in need of several supplies for the program: 2 L bottles of pop, canisters of kool-aide, jugs of apple and orange juice, coffee filters, etc. Please contact Dianne Carter at 316-518-1625 if you would like to donate. Registration forms can currently be found on the St. Francis of Assisi website! Please go www.facebook.com/kssfachurch online to access the registration form and medical permission slip. We also have forms www.instagra.m.com/kssfachurch in the church office. Please fill out and return to the church office. Cost remains at $15 per student and everyone is welcome! Invite your friends and neighbors! www.twitter.com/kssfachurch We want to see everyone’s smiley faces! This year is going to be a blast! . ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI 3 YOUTH MINISTRY CATHOLIC CHURCH All High School Students in the parish are invited to join us for CYM on Wednesday nights. Throughout the year we participate in various activities that allow us to meet new people, grow in our faith as well as serve our community. We currently have students from five different High Schools who attend on a regular basis. What’s Happening JUNE 18 - Summer Monday 6:30 pm-10:00 pm Back Lawn SOCIETY OF ST. V INCENT DE PAUL A Catholic lay organization that leads its members to join JUNE 20 - Holy Hour & Benediction 7:00 pm-9:00 pm CYM Room together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to individuals in need who live within our parish JUNE 24-29 - Prayer and Action St. Peter, Schulte boundaries. It is personalized involvement that takes the form June 27 - No CYM due to Prayer & Action of intervention, consolation, or offers support through direct dollar or in-kind service. The Society collaborates with other July 4 - No CYM Happy Forth of July! stewardship committees in the parish to help relieve the need July 8-12 - Twilights Totus Tuus - 7:30 p.m.-9:45 p.m. and address the cause. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul In the CYM Room meets at 7:00 pm in the St. Agnes of Assisi Ministry House on the 1 st and 3 rd Monday of the month. July 11 - Holy Hour & Benediction 7:30 p.m.-9:45 p.m. In the CYM room BCCHS G IRLS BASKETBALL YOUTH CAMP July 13-15 - Steubenville Conference All weekend Improve your basketball skills with station work, games and contests! Instructed by Golden Eagles Head Coach Taylor July 18 - Outdoor Fun & Games 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Gather- Dugan , June 25th-June 28th for grades 3rd-8th. Grades 2nd- ing in the CYM room 5th will be from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 am. And 6th-8th grades will July 23 - Summer Monday 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Back Lawn be 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. The cost is $60 per camper. For more information visit July 25 - CYM road trip to the royals 8:00 a.m. www.bcchs.org > forms tab > Summer Camps 2018 to find the Girls Basketball Youth Camp Flyer or email Coach Dugan “Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses at [email protected] or call at 316-371-6553 . wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote —Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” John 1:45 FIREWORKS FOR CHARITIES The SEAS Knights of Columbus with their brother knights from the Church of the Holy Spirit will once again be operating the Fireworks for Charities tent in Goddard at 183rd & Kellogg beginning on June 27th. ALL proceeds are NEW CD’S A VAILABLE : distributed to charitable functions including care packages for SOME ESP. FOR FATHERS deployed military personnel, Kansans For Life, our seminarians & novices, Birthline, the Knights' Scholarship 1.