As a community of faith we are called to share our time, talent, and treasure.  Last night's Wea Auction 2021 was a wonderful example of this in action.  Our recent bible readings spoke of faith without works....  Last night there was faith with works as exemplified by all who donated their time, talent, and treasure.  This community continues to humble us with your personal sacrifices to make our parish and school strong and vibrant.   A genuine thank you to the volunteers that made this a success.  To the Auction Committee and specifically Kelli & Mike Dorrell, chairs of the committee, we are so grateful.  We hope that when you have time, quiet time to reflect on this auction, you receive our thanks that words can't write but only our souls could express.  

Sincerely, 
The Parish & School

Communication of ideas, issues, concerns, maintenance, and requests for information is critical in making sure we manage the needs of the parish and school.  To that end we’ve created the following.

Suggestion Box /
Action Center

This is a new communication avenue by which parishioners, employees, volunteers, parents, or students themselves can enter items that need addressed, ideas, or concerns, related to our parish / school.   Click here to see corresponding Keeping You in the Know Article.

Starting the evening of Thursday Aug. 12 through Sunday Aug. 15 many hands were at work prepping, priming, and painting the Daycare facility's interior rooms.  The amount of work that was done in a short window was incredible.  In essence the entire main level was re-painted.  Many individuals and groups including the Knights of Columbus and the Altar Society were represented.  Please accept our heartfelt thanks for all of your work.  Specifically, thank you to Dave Borgerding for managing the project and gathering the volunteer resources.

For more information on our daycare please click here.

Wea Young Families
Gather at Stilwell Park

The Wea Young Families group strives to connect families with young children (infants through elementary age) with each other. We identify and relate over the great joys and tremendous struggles of young parenthood.  Click for more information.

The U.S. House just passed H.R. 5, "The Equality Act". 
The Act purports to protect people experiencing same-sex attraction or gender discordance from discrimination. But instead, the bill represents the imposition by Congress of novel and divisive viewpoints regarding “gender” on individuals and organizations. 

Tragically, this Act can also be construed to include an abortion mandate, a violation of precious rights to life and conscience. 
Rather than affirm human dignity in ways that meaningfully exceed existing practical protections, the Equality Act would discriminate against people of faith. It would also inflict numerous legal and social harms on Americans of any faith or none.

There are some forces behind this Act that are attempting to redefine any religious expression in support of traditional morality as “discrimination” and push those who hold such views to the outskirts of polite society. 

READ LETTER FROM U.S. BISHOPS

EQUALITY ACT Q & A

The Act poses a serious threat to religous liberty.  Contact your U.S. senators now and urge then to oppose this act in the senate.  

CONTACT SENATORS:

Marshall, Roger - (R - KS)
B33 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4774
Contact: www.marshall.senate.gov

Moran, Jerry - (R - KS)
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6521
Contact: www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

The Altar Society is dedicated to social fellowship among all women of the parish. The organization provides an opportunity for ladies of the parish to become acquainted, to support one another, and to grow in faith with one another.

The Value Them Both (VTB) Amendment would amend the Bill of Rights in the Kansas Constitution to state that there is no constitutional right to abortion, and reserving to the people the ability to regulate abortion through the elected members of the legislature of the state of Kansas.  The impetus for this amendment was an April 26, 2019, ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court that took power from Kansas voters and found—created, really—a nearly unlimited “right to abortion” in our 1859 State Constitution.   

This court decision effectively made any legislative effort to limit, condition or in any way regulate abortion in Kansas subject to being declared unconstitutional.  The VTB Amendment aims to give the citizens of Kansas, through their elected representatives, the power to make laws concerning how abortions are handled in Kansas.  It gives the people the power to make this determination rather than leaving it in the hands of a few court justices.    

Kansas Legislators have approved the amendment to be placed on the ballot in August of 2022.  Amending the Kansas Constitution is a two-step process.  Both chambers of the Legislature must pass the measure by “supermajority” margins of 2/3’s of the membership (which they have now done).  Then, the measure is placed on a statewide ballot for a vote of all Kansans.  The measure at that point needs a simple majority to be adopted.

National pro-abortion forces will undoubtedly pour millions of dollars into advertising campaigns in an effort to prevent the amendment from passing.  Catholics faithful to the teaching of the Church on the dignity of life in the womb should do all they can to support, promote and vote for passage of this amendment.  This struggle between pro-life and pro-abortion (so called, pro-choice) advocates is a clash between the Culture of Life and a Culture of Death.  Now is the time for faithful Catholics to step up and be more pro-life than ever. 

This is not simply a political issue, but a moral one.  Since 1973, over 62,000,000 human lives have been extinguished through elective abortions in the United States.  What will children studying history one hundred years from now say about this generation?  Will they look back on us as we look back on those who in the 1800's thought it was somehow morally justifiable to own slaves?  We they look back and say, "What were they thinking?  How could they have embraced such a grave evil?"  Abortion, of course, is not the only pro-life issue, but it is the preeminent one.  Other rights have no meaning, if the right to life is denied.  Let us open our hearts to God's grace and the truth about the dignity of life in the womb.

For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Eph 6:12


For more information go to:
https://www.kansasamendment.com/   
or 
https://www.kansascatholic.org/report/ 

Congratulations Father Jerry - on his official installation as Pastor to our beloved parish!

God bless him and his ministry!

Please be aware there are some "bad guys" that attempt to steal money, gather personal identification information or do harm to our systems by posing as trusted officials asking for you to click on a link or open an attachment.  Some emails look very official like they are from Father Jerry asking for gift cards or for you to help by clicking on a link. 

How does this happen? There are programs that the bad guys develop that scour the internet and websites searching for email addresses. They then send authentic looking emails trying to scam folks. Again, just delete them. If you ever have a question as to the authenticity of a parish email, you can always call the parish office at 913-533-2464.

Bring your whole family and join us every Monday evening as we pray the Rosary at 6:30pm.  

Just a reminder that live streaming of Mass will only occur on Sundays for the 8:30am Mass.  Daily live streaming will end July 1, 2021.

View past videos here.

Please note that we also stream the weekend mass to your radio when you've parked in the church parking lot.  FM 101.9

What can the Ministry of Care do for you or your loved one?

*Grief support *Transportation *Visits to shut-ins at home or in a facility *Holy Communion brought to you *Meal support in time of crisis *Respite relief for caregivers *Other assistance as needed

If you or someone you know could benefit from these services, please contact Marian Seuferling at (913) 980-5276 or marianseuferling@gmail.com.