Redemptorist Church

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

Redemptorist Church PARISH OFFICE CLOSED DECEMBER 25TH —26TH

3333 BROADWAY BOULEVARD ■ KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111 TELEPHONE: (816) 561-3771 ■ EMAIL: [email protected] ■ FAX: (816) 561-3704 WEBSITE: WWW.REDEMPTORISTKC.ORG ■ FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/REDEMPTORISTKC

December 2424-25, 2017 SUNDAY MASSES

Fourth Sunday of Advent/Christmas

Saturday: 5:00 pm Vigil Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am

CHRISTMAS MASSES Sunday: 5:00 pm, 10:00 pm Vigils Monday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am

DAILY MASSES Monday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday 7:00 am, 11:00 am Tuesday 7:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:30 pm. Novena after 11:00 am and 5:30 pm Masses First Friday of Month 7:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:30 pm Saturday 8:00 am

HOLY DAY MASSES Vigil 5:30 pm 7:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:30 pm

CONFESSIONS Weekdays: one half-hour before all Masses Saturday: 3:00 pm-5:00 pm 7:30 pm-8:00 pm

NO CONFESSIONS ON SUNDAYS & HOLY DAYS PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Redemptorist) Church is a Roman Catholic community where through liturgy, prayer, Sacramental Ministry, and Christian Education, we are formed into Disciples of the Lord, reaching out to love and welcome one another, especially the poor and most abandoned among us. As disciples, we seek to follow Jesus’ instructions to “preach” the Gospel through the way we live our lives.

Pastor’s Letter— Letter—December 24, 2017 Dear Parishioners and Friends, Merry Christmas! We hope your Christmas worship experience at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church will bring you closer to Jesus Christ. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day our senses are filled with the sights, sounds, tastes and feelings of wonderment at the great love our God has shown us by sending us His Son to share in our humanity so that we might share in His divinity. With all these sights, sounds, tastes and feelings, not many words are necessary…only

Come, Let Us Adore Him! Fr. Gary Ziuraitis, CSs.R. Pastor

Parish Contacts Parish Clergy Rev. Gary Ziuraitis, C.Ss.R., Pastor Rev. Terry McCloskey, C.Ss.R., Associate Rev. Andy Thompson, C.Ss.R., Associate Deacon John Son Tran, C.Ss.R.

ext. 237 ext. 256 ext. 239 ext. 225

Missionaries in Residence Rev. Eugene Harrison, C.Ss.R. Rev. Frank Kriski, C.Ss.R. Rev. Richard Quinn, C.Ss.R.

Senior Center Kim Cline

816.561.3771

Parish Council President Patty Acton

913.638.3434

Finance Council Chairman Frank Uryasz

816.756.5888

Altar and Rosary Society Amy Acosta

816.337.2900

Cub Scouts/Boy Scouts Barbara Cosgrove

816.820.1826

Cristo Rey High School John O’Connor/Mary Kallman

816.457.6044

Our Lady of Hope School Mary Delac, Principal

816.931.1693

Parish Office Alice Atwell, Business Manager Pat McDonald, Secretary Sylvia Heskett, Secretary Martin Cline, Maintenance

816.561.3771 ext. 226 ext. 221 ext. 221 816.898.2034

R.C.I.A. Rev. Terry McCloskey

816.561.3771

C.C.D. Registration Amy Acosta

816.337.2900

Redemptorist Social Services Center Julie McCaw, Director 816.931.9942 Kris Peters, Asst. Director

Director of Music Dr. Spencer Huston

913.406.9018

Diocesan Ombudsman Jenifer Valenti

816.812.2500

Wedding Coordinator Barbara Cosgrove

816.820.1826

Diocesan Victim Advocate Kathleen Chastain

816.392.0011


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December 24-25, 2017

Redemptorist News and Information Communion Minister Training In January at Redemptorist

Women’s Bible Study The last session of the current Women’s Bible Study ended on December 18th. The group will take a break until January 8th.

Just a reminder—The next diocesan training for Communion Ministers will take place here at Redemptorist on Tuesday, January 16th and Thursday January 18th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Father Paul Turner will conduct the training. Participants must attend both sessions for certification.

Beginning January 8th, the group will begin a study called The Wild Goose (a Celtic term for the Holy Spirit). This new session focuses on deepening our relationship with the Holy Spirit. To sign up, or for more information, please contact Rebecca Alvarez at (816) 620-5785 or by email to [email protected].

From Father Gary: We invite and strongly encourage all current parish Communion ministers to sign up and attend and refresh their knowledge of their roles, and those wishing to become new Communion Ministers to sign up. Sign up here https:// www.surveymonkey.com/r/litworkolph. The password is hailmary.

Year-End Donations – Give Yourself Plenty of Time! Many of you like to make special donations right at the year’s end. To ensure credit for 2017, please allow ample time for the contributions to reach the office safely before the end of the year, especially if you are mailing or using our online system. Either can take several days to arrive, especially with all the extra non-banking, non-postal days this time of year. All contributions dropped in the collection basket up to and including Sunday, December 31st will be counted in tax year 2017. Beginning Monday, January 1st, all contributions in the basket or arriving in the office via mail, online, or walked in will be credited to tax year 2018.

The Redemptorist Foundation A Gift That Will Live Through the Centuries Have you ever thought about enrolling yourself or someone you love in the Redemptorist Foundation? It is a wonderful way to remember or honor a family member or loved one with a beautiful bronze plaque next to the Altar of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Your contribution will help to maintain Redemptorist Church, educate young men for the Redemptorist Priesthood or Brotherhood and have Masses said regularly for the members of the Foundation. For more information about the Redemptorist Foundation, please call the parish office at (816) 561-3771. Our office hours are 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Saturday.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Redemptorist) Parish

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Stewardship

PARISH EVENTS THIS WEEK Monday, December 25 Nativity of the Lord Masses at 7:30 am, 9:30 am and 11:30 am Tuesday, December 26 2017-18 Calendar Raffle $25 Weekly Drawing 7:00 pm RCIA Class Garden Room 7:00 pm CCD Class Banquet Hall Wednesday, December 27 6:00 pm Boy Scouts

Report for Week Ended December 17th: Collection for Parish:

Banquet Hall

General Offertory ...................................... $10,047.18 Online donations to church.............................. 1,161.38 Vigil Candles ........................................................ 526.79 Total Collection for Parish ....................... $11,735.35 Budgeted Average Weekly Offertory ... $13,151.15

Thursday, December 28 2017-18 Calendar Raffle $25 Weekly Drawing 5:00 pm AA Senior Center Friday, December 29 6:00 pm Cristo Rey Tournament

Banquet Hall

Saturday, December 30 12:00 pm Cristo Rey Tournament 5:00 pm AA

Banquet Hall Senior Center

Collected for Other Ministries: Redemptorist Social Services Center ......... $3,637.05 Our Lady of Hope School ..................................... 30.00 Religious Retirement ............................................... 25.00

Upcoming Special Collections

UPCOMING PARISH/DIOCESAN EVENTS Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan.. 17 Jan. 18 Feb. 14 Feb. 16

January 7 January 14

Women’s Bible Study Parish Council Meeting Ancient Order of Hibernians Meeting Altar & Rosary Society meeting Diocesan Communion Minister Training Baptism Class, 7:00 pm, Rectory Diocesan Communion Minister Training Ash Wednesday Hibernian Lenten Shrimp Dinners begin

We thank you for your presence among us, for your prayers, and for your generous monetary offerings, which we know are sometimes given in great sacrifice. Our promise is to be good stewards with the contributions you entrust to our care.

TO BE A CHRISTIAN STEWARD: A Summary of the U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Stewardship "As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace" (1 Pt 4:10).

Calendar Raffle Update

“What identifies a steward? Safeguarding material and human resources and using them responsibly are one answer; so is generous giving of time, talent, and treasure. But being a Christian steward means more. As Christian stewards, we receive God's gifts gratefully, cultivate them responsibly, share them lovingly in justice with others, and return them with increase to the Lord.”

Congratulations to the most recent winners in our Calendar Raffle: December 14

Jeff Kembel

December 19

Arthur & Mona Merino


Catholic Key Subscriptions Redemptorist Social Services Center

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Liturgy and Sacraments Baptisms

December 30-31

Baptisms are scheduled on the last Sunday of each month after the 11:30 Mass.

Liturgical Ministers Schedule

Servers Diego Mejia Saturday Lectors 5:00 EMs

All parents wishing to have their children baptized at Redemptorist must attend a baptism class before the baptism. We strongly prefer that the godparents of the child also attend the class.

Kathy Kane, Rachel Avila Peg Mosbacher*, Connie DiDonna, Arthur Merino, Don Hiltner

Servers Volunteer needed

Baptism classes are held the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Rectory. Call the parish office at (816) 561-3771 to register or for more information.

Sunday Lectors 7:30 EMs

Marriages

James Ralston, Dan Shea Art Carillo*, Ginger Wylie, Volunteers needed

Servers Jessie Echavarria

To marry at Redemptorist Church, at least one of the couple must be a baptized Catholic, and both must be free to marry in the Catholic Church.

Sunday 9:30

Weddings are scheduled on Saturdays at either 11:00 am, 1:30 pm or 6:30 pm. Wedding rehearsals are scheduled the Friday evening before the wedding.

Lectors

Sharon Valleau, Dan Quintero

EMs

Neal Volz*, Kristi Bauer, Kathleen Murphy, Rebecca Alvarez, Eileen McKeon, Reuben Nwachukwu

Servers Ruben Vargas, Ayanna Canjura Sunday Lectors 11:30

Please contact a priest at least six to nine months prior to your anticipated wedding date. Call the office at (816) 561-3771 for more information.

EMs

Reconciliation

Anna-Marie Mora, Michele Paynter Tammy Booth*, John Rayos, Volunteers needed

Servers Vandoran Huston

Redemptorist provides many opportunities for the sacrament of reconciliation. Confessions are heard one-half hour before each weekday Mass, and on Saturdays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm and from 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm, or by appointment.

Sunday Lectors 5:00 EMs

We also have two Parish Penance Services each year, one during Advent and one during Lent.

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Please note, there are no confessions on Sundays or on holydays.


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Barb Bukaty, Andrew Bukaty Kathleen Fenton*, Kelly Schwalbe, Mark Reichle, Nancy Miller

Christmas Eve Midnight Mass

5:00 pm 10:00 pm

Christmas Day

7:30 am 9:30 am 11:30 am

New Year’s Eve (Vigil) New Year’s Day

5:00 pm 10:00 am


Weekly Prayer WEEKLY READINGS Monday, December 25 Nativity of the Lord 7:30 Maj. Gen. Robert Shirkey+ 9:30 Intention of the Presider 11:30 Intention of the Presider Tuesday, December 26 St. Stephen 7:00 Mary Helen Gomez+ 11:00 Jim & Patricia Conroy & Family 5:30 Redemptorist Foundation Members Wednesday, December 27 St. John 7:00 Living/Deceased of Dalton/Audley Families 11:00 Living/Deceased of James R. Browne, Sr. Families Thursday, December 28 Holy Innocents 7:00 Mothers’ Mass League 11:00 Marge Browne+ Friday, December 29 St. Thomas Becket 7:00 Catholic Order of Foresters 11:00 Deceased Members of Edward Flavin Families+ Saturday, December 30 8:00 Fathers’ Mass League 5:00 Dr. James M. Sweeney+ Sunday, December 31 7:30 Nellie Maurin+ 9:30 Connie Buso+ 11:30 People of the Parish 5:00 Chris Cuellar

Chapel Masses Leo & Wilma Finn+, Msgr. Applegate, Woody Zaragoza+, Joe Zaragoza+

Pray for Our Troops Marcus Cline, James Pendleton Ashley Basurto-Espinoza, Sean Owens, Jimmy Stanley, Kevin Stanley, Matthew J., Cameron McDonough, Robert Thum, Joshua SeGraves, Sean SeGraves, Jose Jesus Murillo, Jr., Jonathan Jennings, Mark Reyes, Martin Novotny and Angelo Seferino Briones Fourth Sunday of Advent/Christmas

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Monday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27-29; Acts 13:16-17, 2225; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25] During the Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14] Tuesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 8ab, 16bc, 17; Mt 10:17-22 Wednesday: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a, 2-8 Thursday: 1 Jn 1:5-2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18 Friday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 105:1-6, 8-9; Col 3:12-21 [12-17] or Hb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 [22, 39-40]

Pray for the Sick Margaret Armendariz, Carmen Herrerra, Mario Macato, Barbara Rizzo, Mary Bedord, Christine Reichert, Maria Basurto, Richard Aguilar, Kathleen Ervie, Tom McGuire, Joe Ortega, Ed Lopez, Bernadine Stanley, Ruth Lopez, Jim Audley, Chrissie Higginbotham, Caroline Weber, Patricia Larison, Rachel Meneses, Albert Basurto, Jeremy Fonseca, Kathleen Keim, Salvador Guerricagoitia, Mary N. Guerra, Gregory Robel, Anthony Guerra, Timothy Bleil, Courtney Tyler, Jim Quinn, Tishawn Nelson, Sarah Mason, June Smith, Nicholas S. Briones II, John Tatman, Peter Monroe, Rosie Howlett, Stephen Cosgrove and all those in need of prayers. December 24-25, 2017


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December 24, 2017

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