The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 23, 2014

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1 Liturgy of the Word This Week Monday November 24 - St. Andrew Dung-Lac Tuesday November 25 - St. Catherine of Alexandria Wednesday November 26 Thursday November 27 - Thanksgiving 9:00 a.m. Intentions of Thomas & Amanda McGannon by Jacqueline & David Elbert Friday November 28 Saturday November 29 5:00 p.m. Leonard Belan by the Family Sunday November 30 - First Sunday of Advent 9:00 a.m. Terri LaManno by the Healy Family 11:00 a.m. Watson Healy by the Healy Family 5:30 p.m. ioners Denotes Deceased Please remember in prayer those who have died. Grant them eternal rest and peace, O Lord! Please Remember In Your Prayers Michael William Arkell, Angela Barbosa, Harvey Blackstone, Mary Brashear, Briana, Kerry Browne, Bridget Campbell, Gary Card, Bob Cook, Charles Cook, Jessica Crane, Darlene Dickinson, Johnny Dickinson, Edwina, Sally Euston, Pat Finn, C.L. Fitzhugh, Genevieve, Norrie Grace, Gary Healy Family, Karl Hougland, Loretta Jenkins, Jim, Reva Larrison, Lida, Lisa, Joseph Ludwikoski, Mary, Mary Christine, Michelle Melland, Noah, John Nix, Kris Omecene, Maxine Pierron, John Renner, Robert Revels, Fr. Charles Rowe, Karl Royce, Sally, Edie Selders, Jennifer Spaeth, Randy Stanton, Ashton Thomas Stout, Theresa, Kirsten Davis Tonik, Rita Walburn, Madi Winfield, the elderly and infirm, the chronically ill and their caregivers. For Their Safe Return St. Peter s Community prays for an end to war and a safe return for those from our community serving in the military, including: Jon Connelly, Angelo Castillejo, and Raymond Alvarez IV. Prayer requests are printed in the bulletin for two weeks and can be sent to Dan Needham at dneedham@stpeterskc.org. Monday Rev 14:1-3. 4b-5; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday Rev 14:14-19; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday Rev 15:1-4; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday Rev 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Lk 21:20-28 Friday Rev 20:1-4, 11-21:2; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday Rev 22:1-7; Lk 21:34-36 Sunday Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 Ministry Schedule November 29 & 30 Altar Servers 5:00 p.m. E Shaw, E Harrington, E Makar 9:00 a.m. A Boone, L Gajewski, L Biritz, C Wunder 11:00 a.m. M Lisac, J Batten, M Nulton, J Theimann 5:30 p.m. B Safley, K Flynn, S Flynn Lectors 5:00 p.m. Dennis Berger, Jay McDermott 9:00 a.m. Andrew Ochs, Marty Seaton 11:00 a.m. Dick Brummel, Jane Brummel 5:30 p.m. Barbara Elliot, Martha Gude Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion 5:00 p.m. S VandenBoom, R Hunter, E McShane, A Meyer, E Ong, C Pedersen Need Volunteers (2) 9:00 a.m. B Wirkus, G Wirkus, V Huey, M Jones, B Murphy, B McCormack, N Reddig, K Riley 11:00 a.m. J Martucci, A Edsall, P Fuerborn, D Hammond, K Hougland, M Hougland, ML Johnson, M Kruger 5:30 p.m. K Duffy, M Flores Need Volunteers (3) Ushers 5:00 p.m. D Ryan, B Schneider, P Sollars, J Stanley 9:00 a.m. B Blanck, S Mohler, Need Volunteers (2) 11:00 a.m. P Hanson, M Lisac, B Pont, D Wendling 5:30 p.m. D McGrew, A Meyer, Need Volunteers (2) 2

2 This Week at St. Peter s The Catholic Steward Monday November 24 8:30 a.m. Women s Bible Study LC 1:00 p.m. Knitting Group LC 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Troop 118 MR Tuesday November 25 8:45 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration LC 5:00 p.m. Women s Bible Study LC 7:00 p.m. CRHP 5 LC 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal CH Wednesday November 26 8:00 a.m. Rosary Group LC 2:00 p.m. Blood Drive MR Until 7:00 p.m. Thursday November 27 9:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Mass CH Friday November 28 2:00 p.m. Lifetouch Pictures MC Saturday November 29 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Lifetouch Pictures MC 4:15 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation CH 5:00 p.m. Mass CH Sunday November 30 8:30 a.m. Children s Liturgy MR 9:00 a.m. Mass CH 10:00 a.m. RCIA LC 11:00 a.m. Mass CH 12:30 p.m. Mike Thomas Reception MR 5:30 p.m. Mass CH 6:30 p.m. High School Youth Group LC Ez 34: 11-12, 15-17; Ps 23: 1-3, 5-6; 1 Cor 15: 20-26, 28; Mt 25: Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me. Jesus does not make it easy for any of us when He says that. Even those who practice stewardship faithfully, even the best among us, have times when they may turn their back on those in need. The Solemnity that we celebrate today is popularly known as Christ the King. It is in Church terms relatively new. Instituted in 1921 by Pope Pius XI, it was originally on the last Sunday of October. It was renamed in 1969 by Pope Paul VI and moved to its present date, which is the last Sunday in the liturgical year, the last Sunday before Advent. The edict issued by Pope Pius XI in 1925 was called Quas Primas. It stated It has long been a custom to give to Christ the metaphorical title of King. He is King of Hearts by reason of His charity which exceedeth all knowledge. Today s readings trace our Lord Jesus Christ from the shepherd who tends his flock to the first fruits to the king. As stewards of His Word, His Kingdom, and His Hope, He invites us to see Him in everyone we see and everyone we encounter so that we can finally hear His glorious declaration, Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Copyright 2014 Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Stewardship: Time, Talent and Treasure as you did it to one of the least of my brethren, you did it to me Matthew 25:40 MEETING SPACES: CH Church MR Main Room (Church Basement) RR Romero Room (Church Basement) GR Garden Room (School Cafeteria) MC McKay Center (Gym) LC Legacy Center RCT Rectory OFF Off Site Most of us are generous when it s convenient for us. We are generous when we have the time or the money. But, generosity is the opposite of that. It means giving of one s time, money, compassion, forgiveness, mercy when it s not convenient; when it s not on our schedule, but on the other person s schedule. 3

3 Get Well Wishes for Fr. Charles Rowe Fr. Charles recently broke two bones in his leg, in a bicycle accident. Please keep him in your prayers. If you'd like to send him a note wishing him a quick recovery, we think he'd enjoy that! His address is rowe@diocesekcsj.org. Cards may be sent to the rectory and we will forward to him. Altar Cleaning Schedule Nov. 23 D Halverson & B Harrington Nov. 30 M Tromans & C Cusumano November Purificators: ML Blomster & J Whalen Parish Council Openings The Council consults with the Pastor regarding the spiritual and material needs of the parish, and is responsible for the implementation of the parish strategic plan. The Council will have three (3) openings in January Each member serves for three years. We welcome parishioners from all walks of life, so that the council reflects the interests of all our members. The council meets on the first Tuesday of each month and there is occasional task force work outside of regular meetings. If you would like to apply for one of the council openings, application forms are available on our website under About Us/Documents & Forms. Completed forms or questions may be directed to: Brad McCormack at or bmccormack@saderlawfirm.com. Completed forms may also be dropped off at the parish office. Thanksgiving Day Prayer Father all-powerful, Your gifts of love are countless and Your goodness infinite. On Thanksgiving Day we come before You with gratitude for Your kindness: open our hearts to concern for our fellow men and women, so that we may share Your gifts in loving service. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Advent Choir Concert St. Peter s Music and Liturgy offices present Love Came Down at Christmas Thursday, December 11 at 7 p.m. in the Church. The evening will include listening to Scripture readings, singing carols, and prayer. We invite you to join us as we prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. A reception will follow the service in the basement of the Church. Advent Evening of Reflection with Rev. Steve Yavorsky, S.J., from the Ignatian Spirituality Center Monday, December 8, 7 p.m. (Following 6 p.m. Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception) Church Main Room Advent is only Advent if you re willing to expect that something will happen, if you re waiting for someone to come, and also if you re willing to not define HOW it will happen. Advent is for people of desire. Now, the road goes in two directions. Christ is coming to us; we are going to Christ. The road between us has to be traveled, but there are ways to make the traveling easier. In this Advent Evening of Reflection, participants will enter more deeply into making that journey. Presentation and prayer, reflection and sharing, will help prepare the way. Waiting in Joyful Hope : Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas by Bishop Robert F. Morneau For most of us the season of abundance, as Advent and Christmas is often called, finds us confronted with two shortages: time and money. This very small collection of reflections addresses both of those needs, First, it offers brief daily reflections for the time-challenged. And, second, the e-book version costs only $ 0.99! Prepare spiritually for the coming of Christ with this popular, easy-to-use annual guide. During the especially busy Advent and Christmas seasons, this little treasure offers brief, down-to-earth reflections that bring prayer and Scripture into everyday life in a thought-provoking and lasting way. Through Bishop Morneau's insightful reflections on Scripture readings from the daily Mass, readers will grow in their understanding of the word of God. This book will help busy people achieve their goal of enriching their personal prayer life during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. Available from the website of The Liturgical Press, a ministry of the Benedictine monks of St. John s Abbey in Collegeville, MN. 4

4 Pictorial Directory Photos This Weekend! Pictorial Directory Volunteers Friday, November 28: 2 p.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday, November 29: 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. McKay Center Gymnasium We are looking for volunteers to help check in families on the day of their portrait session this Friday and Saturday. Please contact Mary Pfeifer in the parish office at mpfeifer@stpeterskc.org or call her at , #110. Please enter through the Charlotte street entrance. All other doors will be kept locked. Please arrive promptly for your photo session. Please allow one hour from the time you sign in until your photo session is completed. Lifetouch is providing the directory at no cost to our parish. Plus, every family photographed receives a complimentary directory and an 8x10 portrait. Lifetouch will be donating $2 to STP s food pantry for each family who has their picture taken during November and December! Warm this Winter Early Enrollment St. Peter s students and faculty will be providing gifts for nearly 100 children this year! Also, by the time you read this, our student school families will have provided service for our neighbors by raking leaves. In addition, school families contributed several bags of new and gently used coats, blankets, scarves, gloves, and mittens for our Warm this Winter drive. We have begun early enrollment for ECLC/PK and Kindergarten classes for the school year. Please spread the word to families that may be interested in sending their children to St. Peter s! ACRE Students in grades 5 and 8 have taken the ACRE test, the Assessment of Children/ Youth Religious Education, an integrated assessment tool providing faith knowledge questions, as well as questions related to religious beliefs, attitudes, practices, and perceptions. All Diocesan schools participate in this assessment, and results are provided annually in the Catholic Key. Christmas Spirit Noon Dismissal November 25 Thanksgiving School will dismiss at Noon on Tuesday, November 25, for Thanksgiving Break, although faculty and staff will be spending some time that afternoon in professional development. We invite you to dine at the Brookside Goodcents that day, as between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. that evening, Goodcents will give back to St. Peter s 25% of all STP sales! We would like to tell you how grateful we are for this St. Peter s community, one that is inspiring, giving, kind, and compassionate. Thank you for supporting our school! The St. Peter s Youth will be going on three mission trips this summer and need to raise some extra money to offset costs. Are you looking for great stocking stuffer ideas? Well look no more...we have just the perfect stocking stuffer for you. The youth are selling STP playing cards for $5.00 a deck. These cards make perfect gifts for your mom or dad, grandparents, aunts, uncles, postal carrier, teachers, neighbors or friends. If you are interested in buying cards, please contact Toni Mitchum in the parish office at , #171, or tmtichum@stpeterskc.org. 5 A visit to our music classroom quickly gets one into the Christmas spirit, as students prepare for the Christmas program scheduled for December 17. High School Youth Group Do you think you are courageous? Do you want to learn how to be more courageous? Learn all about this virtue at high school youth group this Sunday! Bring a friend, the more the merrier! Sunday, November 23 St. Peter s Legacy Center Youth Room 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

5 Baptism Preparation Class RCIA The next St. Peter s Baptism Preparation Class will be December 6 at 9 a.m. in the Legacy Center, Room #210. This class is a requirement for only the first child in your family and is to be attended before a scheduled Baptism occurs. For more information, or to register for the next class, please contact Mary Pfeifer, at , #110. Last Sunday we celebrated two Rites of initiation for inquirers in the RCIA process: the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens (for those preparing for their Baptism) and the Rite of Welcoming (for those already baptized in another Christian tradition who are seeking full communion with the Catholic Church). The following catechumens celebrated the Rite of Acceptance: Jake White Justin Wise Shannon Carpenter Amy Terreros Know Christ in Christmas All are invited to join us for quiet prayer during Advent and Christmastide. We meet Thursdays in the Romero room in the church basement, starting promptly at 7 p.m. with a seasonal scripture reading followed by 20 minutes of centering prayer. Beginners welcome. We will NOT meet November 27, December 25, or January 1. Want more information? Call Paul at Thanksgiving Ministry Schedule Altar Servers A Fitzgerald; M Nulton; K Moore Lectors Mena Granatino Mike Granatino Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Carolyn Wren Gene & Bebe Wirkus Mary Kay Vandenboom Noreen Zahner Ushers/Greeters Joe Saviano Amy Roller Beth Roller Retirement Reception Please join us for a reception honoring Mike Thomas and his seven years of service to the parish next Sunday, November 30, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the church basement. The following candidates celebrated the Rite of Welcoming: Nick Alphs Ron Baggett Clay Fielder Heather Hale JeTaun Jones Lynette Sierra A very special thanks to all who helped in any way with the celebration. Please continue to pray for our catechumens and candidates as they now enter into a period of deeper formation in the RCIA process. Christmas Giving Program The first weekend of Advent, November will begin our Christmas Giving Program. Look for the Giving Tree in the foyer full of ornaments, (decorated by Mrs. Schmidt s art classes) with names, sizes, gender and wishes attached to each ornament. Please take an ornament and either buy a gift or gift card for your person, attach it VERY WELL to the ornament and return it to the back of church or the Legacy Center by Noon on Sunday, December 14. Gift cards allow the individuals to shop for their preferred color and size of gift, empowering them and assigning more dignity to the individual; and if purchased through the STP Rewards program, will benefit St. Peter s as well! You may still want to shop for small items to attach to the cards so the person will still have a little something to open on Christmas. Small children are fun and easier to buy gifts for but teenagers may want a little more control of their gifts we all did! And remember, as always any extra gift/grocery and gas cards are always needed in our Social Services Ministry for late-comers and unfulfilled ornaments. Please place these in an envelope marked for Social Services. Your generous support of St. Peter s is always appreciated by our extended parishioners. So far this year we have close to 50 families signed up, there will be more and we expect to help families from St Therese Little Flower as well. In addition our school has once again adopted 96 children through the Seton Center Christmas Family Adoption Program. Food Drive Our St. Peter s Christmas Food Drive is beginning! As in the past we are asking for items that can be enjoyed for the holidays (non-perishable), nutritious but yummy! We will be supplying Christmas boxes to over 65 families. We are also asking for grocery gift cards so our families can purchase meats and other perishables. (please consider using the STP rewards program.) Look for the beautifully decorated grocery sacks (thanks again to Mrs. Schmidt s art students) inside every door at church. Please take a bag, fill it and return it to church or the Legacy Center as soon as possible, but no later than Wednesday, December 10. For more information, call Dan at or dneedham@stpeterskc.org St. James Food Kitchen Our next shift is Wednesday, December 3. There s still room for another volunteer or two. There will be no shift for Wednesday, December 31 as the kitchen will be closed. 6

6 Reporting Abuse Blood Drive Blood and its components can be used to assist with many medical procedures. People who have been in car accidents and have suffered massive blood loss may require more than 50 pints or more of red blood cells. Cancer, transplant, trauma and open heart surgery patients require platelet transfusions to survive. Please share your gift of life by donating at the next CBC blood drive here at St Peter s on Wednesday, November 26, 2-7 p.m. To make an appointment online, visit esavealifenow.org and use the sponsor code stpeterskc. For details contact Dan at dneedham@stpeterskc.org or All registered donors will receive a FREE Chiefs t-shirt (while they last!) DCCW Meeting St. Peter s will be hosting the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW) quarterly meeting on Wednesday, December 3, All women of the parish are encouraged to attend. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by a short business meeting, Mass, a catered luncheon, and entertainment. Other activities will include a craft and baked goods sale and a 50/50 raffle drawing. If you d like to sell craft items, please contact Maria Pelto at as soon as possible. To make reservations for the luncheon, call Carolyn Huff at or her at lthouse4@centurylink.net. We ll be collecting warm hats, mittens, gloves, scarves, jackets, etc. which will be given to the Bishop Sullivan Center for distribution to the needy. Holy Days of Obligation (from the Office of Sacred Worship) Monday, December 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception Thursday, December 25th the Nativity of the Lord Thursday, January 1st Solemnity of Mary, the mother of God 7 The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to combatting sexual abuse in the Church. If you are the victim of sexual abuse or if you suspect sexual abuse: Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at (if the victim is currently under the age of 18) Contact your local law enforcement agency or 911. After reporting to civil authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Jenifer Valenti, at or at Jenifer Valenti@att.net, if the abuse involves a priest or 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 families. Please contact Victim Advocate Mary Bultmann at or bultmann@diocesekcsj.org for more information. NFP Classes Series of three classes for learning the Sympto-Thermal Method of NFP. Registration by mid-december. Sunday, January 11, February 8, & March 8 at 1:00 PM in the Sullivan Room at St. Patrick's Parish North, 1357 N.E. 42nd Terr., KCMO. Contact John & Penny Harrison at nfpintlkc@gmail.com or by phone at