Nativity of Mary Church and School 10017 E 36th Terrace Independence, MO 64052 Parish: (816) 353-2184 Fax: (816) 358-4155 School: (816) 353-0284 Web: www.nativityofmary.org My attitude must be Christ s. - Philippians 2:5 Parish Staff Rev. Robert Stone, Pastor Melissa Clancy, Business Manager Paula Cassity, Administrative Assistant Maria Milazzo, Music Ministry & Liturgist Becky Winbinger, Youth Group Mary Jo Nafus, Secretary School Staff Mrs. Mary Parrish, Principal Carmen Wolfgeher, Secretary New Parishioners If you are new to our parish and would like more information please contact the Parish Office. Mass Schedule Monday: 8:30 a.m. Communion Service Weekday: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday - Friday Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Day: 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Confessions Saturday: 3:00 p.m. or by Appointment Pastoral Care Sacraments for the Sick. Rev. Bob Stone, 353-2184, ext. 404 Pastoral visits to the Homebound and Hospitals. Paula Cassity, 353-2184, ext. 401 Emergency Assistance Contact St. Mary s Food Pantry and Clothes Closet - 252-8649 Youth Ministry Becky Winbinger, 353-2184, ext. 408 Sacrament Preparation Baptism, First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Confirmation, Adult Initiation (RCIA), and Matrimony Contact the parish office for information Parish Ministry Council Marilyn Mineart - 509-1277/minmar23@att.net Diocesan Victim s Advocate Kathleen Chastain 816.392.0011 or chastain@diocesekcsj.org Ombudsman Jenifer Valenti, 816-812-2500 or JeniferValenti@att.net Visit us at https://www.facebook.com/ nativityofmaryparish/
OCTOBER 14, 2018 - THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MASS INTENTIONS READINGS OF THE WEEK - OCTOBER 15-21, 2018 Sat., Oct. 13- Vigil of the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00PM + Barney/Maxine Breunig & Vito/Gaetana Milazzo Sunday, Oct. 14 - The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00AM + Velma Pott 10:30AM + Margaret Trigg Monday, October 15 - St. Teresa of Jesus 8:30AM COMMUNION SERVICE Tues., Oct. 16 Sts. Hedwig & Margaret Mary Alacoque 8:30AM + Katie McEniry Wednesday, October 17 - St. Ignatius of Antioch 8:30AM + Tom Dierkes Thursday, October 18 - St. Luke 8:30AM + Courtney King Fri., Oct. 19 - Sts. John de Brebeuf & Isaac Jogues 8:30AM Nativity of Mary Parish & School Sat. Oct. 20 - Vigil of 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00PM + Charles & Anne Bates & Brenda Chiarella Sunday, Oct. 21 - The 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00AM + Pete Quiroga 10:30AM + Courtney King Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 -- 5:1; Ps 113:1b-5a, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43-45, 47-48; Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9 Friday: Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-7; Lk 12:8-12 Sunday: Is 53:10-11; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 [42-45] 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MUSIC OUTLINE Readings may be found beginning on G #1174 Gathering: G #735, Blest Are They Gloria: G #322 Psalm: G #1174, Psalm 90: Fill Us With Your Love Offertory: G #581, O God, You Search Me Mass Setting: G #211-16, Mass of Joy and Peace Communion: G #777, Here I Am, Lord Song of Praise: G #800, Come and Follow Me Did you know that the black numbers on the hymnal boards indicate hymns in the Gather hymnal and the white numbers on the hymnal boards indicate hymns in the Spirit & Song hymnal?! The top number will always be the readings number located in the Gather hymnal. If the top number is left blank, that indicates the readings are not found in the hymnal. PLEASE PRAY FOR: Vern/Margaret Ault Garry/Emily Gagnon Carlos Pinon Judy Bohner Barbara Garrett Mary Kay Seller Jason Bulloc Joey Gray Patrick Singleton Shannon Casey Marla Herbst Bernice/Norm Steffen Steve Christensen Cynthia/Dennis Jones Patricia Stone John Clarke Debbie Haney Kubiak Breit Maureen Sutera Jean Covey Katie Lesmeister Zeniada Torres Bob DeSchepper Jack McEnroe John Tuccillo Sharon Dudley Anna McNeil Carol Byrd Weaver Kathy Dunbar Jim Miceli Alyssa Webb Roni Durkee Arnold Muzquiz Daniel Wheeler Mary Enyart Juan/Mary Perez Gerard Wickey Ally/Shannon Fowler Eric Parvin Ayden Wright We have 2 wheelchairs and hearing assist devices available for your use during mass. Please contact an usher. Gluten-free hosts are available. Talk to Fr. Bob before Mass. NEW PARISHIONER INFORMATION Please print your name and address below to receive registration information. Please drop in collection basket or mail to Parish. Name Address City/State Zip Home Phone Email
OCTOBER 14, 2018 - PARISH NEWS Did You Know Next weekend the Ministry Council will be serving cookies after the 4pm mass and donuts after the 8am and 10:30am masses. Also, Cinnamon Buns and Sticky Buns will be available in the kitchen in the school from 8am until sold out. Have a treat after mass and be sure to take home some cinnamon/sticky buns for later. Middle School & High School Mission Trip Fundraiser The middle and high school youth group will be selling live evergreen wreaths for the Christmas season, as well as a few Christmas related decorative items to help offset the cost for summer mission trips. Orders will be taken through November 5th. They will be in the back of church the weekend of October 20-21 with order forms. Thank you for your support. NATIVITY OF MARY CONTRIBUTION REPORT 9/22/2018 & 9/23/2018 Envelopes $ 7,453.00 Plate $ 566.00 Church Debt $ 812.00 Pisces Fund $ 422.00 Utility Fund $ - EFT $ 920.00 Credit Card $ - Online Giving $ 729.72 Poor Box $ 150.00 Total $ 11,052.72 Tuition/Registration Fees 18-19 $ 13,920.48 September Figures Total Offertory income Budgeted $ 46,333.33 for September Total Contributions received $ 39,624.50 for September Over/(Short Fall) of Budget $ (6,708.83) COMMUNION MINISTER TRAINING FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH - 7:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. THE CATHOLIC CHANCERY 20 W 9TH STREET, KCMO 64141 Those who are already trained as Eucharistic Ministers may participate in the diocesan training for bringing Communion to the sick and homebound. Peg Ekerdt and Fr. Paul Turner will present the session. Sign up with the password hailmaryjmj here: https://www.surveymonkkey.com/r/angels29 and let Maria Milazzo know if you are planning on attending (mmilazzo@nativityofmary.org). COMMUNION MINISTER TRAINING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD - 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. ST. ELIZABETH CHURCH - 2 E 75TH ST, KCMO 64114 Fr. Paul Turner will be presenting this training. Parishioners may take advantage of this opportunity by signing up here with the password hailmaryjmj: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/stelizabeth3 Please let Maria Milazzo know if you are planning on attending (mmilazzo@nativityofmary.org). You will receive your invitation to participate in the 2019 Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) this week. We have an opportunity to commit our support to diocesan programs and ministries that no one parish could provide on its own. Our them, The community of believers was of one heart and mind Acts 4:32, appropriately recognizes our unity as the people of God to work together for the betterment of all. Our goal is 100% participation. No gift is too small. Please join our effort. ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS & PARENTS MISSION TRIP MEETING There will be an informational meeting for High School students and their parents on October 21st at 6:30p.m. in the Ministry Center Basement.
OCTOBER 8 - NOVEMBER 3, 2018 CALENDAR Sunday 14 8:00AM Mass 10:30AM Mass 9AM - Choir 11:30PM - Parent Confirmation Mtg. Monday 15 8:30AM Communion Serv. Tuesday 16 9AM - Quilters 7PM - RCIA Wednesday 17 7PM - Choir 5:30PM - Finance Council Meeting Thursday 18 6:30PM - Liturgy Committee Mtg. Friday 19 Saturday 20 3:00PM Confession 4:00PM Mass Cookies after Mass 8:00AM Mass 10:30AM Mass Buns & Donut Weekend 21 22 8:30AM Communion Serv. 3:30-6:00 p.m. Flu Shots 9AM - Quilters 7PM - RCIA 23 7PM - Choir 24 25 26 3:00PM Confession 4:00PM Mass 27 8:00AM Mass 10:30AM Mass 9AM - Choir 28 29 8:30AM Communion Serv. 9AM - Quilters 7PM - RCIA 30 31 November 1 6:30PM Mass 7PM Altar Society Mtg. 9AM-Noon Eucharistic Adoration 6:30PM Prayer Service 2 3:00PM Confession 4:00PM Mass 5PM Confirmation Lock-In 3 Pat and I and the Community Blood Bank would like to thank those that helped us do the blood drive: Melissa, Clancy, Carmen Wolfgeher, Susie Addison, Mary Jo Nafus, and Lea Kanies. A special thank you to the Boy Scouts, leaders and guests for their help and patience. We appreciate our donors: Susie Addison Darrell Kieff Kay Andes Cathy Kugler Pat Baker Valerie Lamborn Michael Bergman Rachel Lamborn Kathleen Bishop Tim Lamborn Teresa Carroll Jennifer Noland Jeremy Castro Julie Popock Eve Daniels Robert Steiert Anna Hardy Lisa Thies-Fox Kenneth Hix Mary Vitt Roger Hughes Lauren Whalen * Rose Johnson Theresa Waller Total: 24 * First Time Donor 10 Units were collected NATIVITY OF MARY IS HOSTING A FLU VACCINE CLINIC MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND 3:30-5:00 P.M IN THE PARISH HALL The clinic is open to all students, school families and parishioners. For those without accepted insurance, $30 for the Flu shot. No on-line registration this year. To sign up please contact Susie Addison by email: saddison@nativityofmary.org or call the school office, 353-0284. Reminder Parent & Student Confirmation Meeting This Sunday, October 14th, after 10:30 Mass There will be an informational meeting for parents of sophomores and above about the confirmation process. If you are unable to make the meeting please contact Becky Winbinger in the ministry center, 353-2184, or at beckywinbinger@nativityofmary.org
SCHOOL - OCTOBER 14, 2018 TRUNK OR TREAT Saturday, Oct. 27 th : This event is a safe activity for all to enjoy. Cost is $5.00 and bags of candy to hand out to the trick-ortreaters. The parking lot gates will open at 5:30 for people to enter and park and then shut promptly at 6:00 so that our trick-or-treaters can have the opportunity to move safely around the area. The gates will reopen at 7:00, at the conclusion of the event. If we run out of room in the parking lot, families are welcome to bring their lawn chairs and walk up to join the festivities a $5 admission will be charged for this as well. While you're at Truck or Treat be sure to stop by the Student Senate haunted house. This kidfriendly haunted house will be just another way to celebrate Halloween and get more candy! Cost is $1.00 or a food item for the St. Mary s Food Pantry (please NO canned vegetables). All proceeds will go to the St. Mary s Food Pantry. HALLOWEEN PARADE: Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 10:00 am -- Nativity of Mary is walking in the Independence Halloween Parade! The cast of Aladdin will be leading our group, but all are welcome to walk with the Nativity crew! Those who are not in the cast are encouraged to wear Nativity spirit wear and represent our awesome school. More details to come about call time and location. SOCIAL MEDIA: Not seeing our Nativity of Mary School Facebook posts in your newsfeed? Facebook algorithms are constantly changing. Here is how you can make sure Nativity of Mary School Facebook posts are always at the top of your News Feed: 1. Go to facebook.com/nativity.independence 2. Make sure you like our page! 3. Hover your mouse over "following" (which is right next to the like button) 4. On the drop-down menu, you want to click "see first" in your news feed Voila! Any new Nativity of Mary School Facebook posts will always show up at the top of your News Feed! Make sure to share, like, and comment on our posts. It helps with post engagement and making our page more visible in the greater community. Thank you for all you do to share the wonderful news about our school & parish community. Students who score at the 95th percentile or above on certain tests or subtests of the Iowa Assessment (given in the Spring) are eligible for the DUKE Tip Talent Search. We are pleased to announce that the following students from Nativity of Mary School are eligible for the Duke Tip program. Congratulations to our young scholars! 4th grade Meekin Becker Luke Bumgardner Sydni Vo 5th grade Lucy Barnes Anna Ryan Alaina Simpson 6th grade Sophia Clark Dante Garcia 7th Grade Walter Haugh Mark Robel SAVE YOUR CHANGE!!! HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31ST The junior high students will be hosting a Halloween Carnival on Wednesday, Oct. 31 st with proceeds going to the Heifer Project. There will be game booths for the children to enjoy. Games cost a dime. Children will receive prizes at all booths. This will take the place of classroom parties. The carnival will begin at 1:30 and end at 2:15. Parents are welcome to attend. We will need trinkets and candy (please NO peanut or peanut processed products) to use as prizes. If you can help us with this, please send to the office marked Carnival. Please continue to recycle your junk mail, office papers, newspapers, etc. Our recycle bins are located in the church parking lot just off of 36th Terrace. Please save pop tabs, boxtops and Best Choice barcodes for our school. You can drop them off at the school or church.
OCTOBER 14, 2018 - THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Today is the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It begins a period of reflection on the meaning of "riches" for individuals and communities. We read a love song to the spirit of wisdom. The Psalm and Hebrews both continue this meditation on wisdom and the Word of God. Mark personalizes these reflections by the story of a good man who wants only to move closer to eternal life but finds his way blocked by his own success. He walks away sadly from Jesus. The choice could not be clearer but even a good man, recognized as such by Jesus, finds it impossible to uproot himself from his possessions. The lesson is both about the treasure that is Wisdom, that is eternal life, that is Jesus, and the power of our attachment to things that are not eternal. We must choose again and again which path we will make our own. SPIRIT OF WISDOM The first reading is about wisdom. It is a love poem written to the object of the author's desire. The author loves wisdom itself and experiences wisdom as the source of all good things, all riches. The psalm tells us that wisdom is kindness. It is knowing and doing the work of God. It is understanding what our life is for. Hebrews recognizes that Wisdom is, in fact, the Word of God, Jesus. The source of our continuing life is Jesus. Mark makes this even more personal with the story of one man. A good man who has observed the laws from his youth, even in the loving presence of Jesus, cannot find the strength to leave his worldly possession behind and follow. LETTING GO Who does not strive to be successful? What good person does not want to be able to provide for their family all the necessities of life, to assure that they will have the means to feed, clothe, shelter, educate, and care for themselves and those they love as well as help their neighbors, strangers, the needy? Isn't that what is asked of us, to love God and our neighbor as ourselves? The readings today make clear that even more is required of us. We must do all those things and we must realize that doing so is only the first step to understanding what is at the center our lives. We must realize that our accomplishments are not the measure of our value and worth. However successful or unsuccessful we are, our worth is measured by the truth that Jesus suffered, died, and rose for us. To truly know that, we must let go of everything else that roots us in time, space, and expectation and be willing to follow eternity. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Company TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION They say that it is not so much that Columbus discovered America, but rather that after he arrived, the new world "stayed discovered." The sponsorship of Ferdinand and Isabella assured that the news would flash around Europe with an air of authority that other "discoverers" lacked. One of the oft-mentioned early visitors is Saint Brendan the Navigator, a sixth-century Irish monk who had trouble staying at home. He is said to have sailed to "the Isle of the Blessed" in a leather-bound boat, and to have been away from his monastery for seven years. Upon his return, the stories of adventures to a new land attracted pilgrims to his monastery in the Blasket Islands, off the west coast of Ireland. Columbus is said to have referred to The Voyage of Saint Brendan, a very popular adventure in those days. Only after his American journey is Brendan said to have gone to tamer lands to the east, England and Scotland. In 1976, Tim Severin set out on a two-year voyage to America from Ireland in a leather-bound boat, traveling in summer and hopscotching from the Faroes to Iceland to Newfoundland, and encountering along the way exactly what Saint Brendan describes: icebergs, whales, and porpoises. Scholars warn not to dismiss this too quickly: just as the ancient Egyptian monks sought to live in the desert, for the Celtic monks exile in a boat was the Irish equivalent. Five centuries after Brendan, other Irish monks may have visited here as a refuge from Viking terror. Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
OCTOBER 14, 2018 - THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME De La Salle Alumni Did you graduate from De La Salle High School, Kansas City, MO? Did you know there is an alumni website? Check out www.delasalletitanskc.org. Posted on the website are yearbooks as well as information about the alumni banquet and class information. 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, Jenifer Valenti, at 816.812.2500 or JeniferValenti@att.net, 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 families. Please contact Victim Advocate, Kathleen Chastain, at 816.392.0011 or chastain@diocesekcsj.org for more information.