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1 Fourt h Sunday of Advent 9150 Pflumm / Lenexa, Kansas 66215 . Website: / email: We are a Catholic family who loves, grows and lives in faith through Jesus Christ Sunday Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am, 5:00 pm Live Streaming Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 9:30 am, 5:00 pm Weekday Masses Monday-Friday: 6:45 and 8:15 am in the Stone Chapel Saturday: 8:00 am in Stone Chapel Holy Days: as announced Reconciliation Wednesday: 6:00-7:00 pm Saturday: 2:45-3:45 pm or by appointment Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office ( ) or website ( ) for information and scheduling Marriage Couples should contact Dcn. Steve & Marilyn Lemons at at least six months prior to wedding date. Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm 2 Holy Trinity Catholic Church Liturgy From the Heart of a Deacon Congratulations (This column exists to assist you in the sharing in the mission of the Church, as we offer everyone a life-changing encounter Baptism: with Jesus Christ.)

2 * Anh Viet Doan, son of Viet Doan and Kieu Part II Surveys and Faith, by Fr. John Ricardo, ACTS XXIV. Nguyen To take a somewhat recent example: the late eighteenth century in Europe found the Church in a general state of * Bao Viet Doan, son of Viet Doan and Kieu lassitude, with large numbers of its educated classes Nguyen falling off from their faith. Then came the French * Harper Thi-Anh Nguyen, daughter of Thang Revolution, and Christendom's lead country was thrown Nguyen and Chi Jenny Doan into twenty-five years of warfare, chaos, and at times forced dechristianization. The Pope was for a time held * Hannah Ly-Anh Holth, daughter of Daniel and prisoner, the traditional Christian monarchies were Trinh (Doan) Holth tottering, and many thought the Church was on her last * Stefan Ngo Truong, son of Sinh and Stephanie legs: old, lacking conviction, about to expire.

3 Vocations to the priesthood and religious life in France were at a very (Ngo) Truong low ebb, seminary instruction was lacking, many religious * Stella Van Truong, daughter of Sinh and orders had lost their foundations, and there were contrary Stephanie (Ngo) Truong ideals and currents of unbelief in the wider society set against Christianity and the Church that weren't likely to go away. Weekly Faith Sharing A sympathetic observer of the state of the French church We recommend that parish households set aside a around the year 1810 or 1815 would have seen nothing specific time each week to pray, read the scriptures but wreckage, and given simple sociological data, would have predicted vocational disaster into the future with for the liturgy you celebrated this weekend, reflect everything that implies. What happened was something and discuss the Scriptures using the question we offer different.

4 In 1808 there were 12,300 religious sisters in as a starting point. France. By 1878 there were 135,000. In 1830 there were some 3,000 priests of all kinds serving the French Gospel ~ Luke 1:39 45. Church. By 1878 there were around 30,000, a ten-fold Question ~ When was it hardest for you to increase in sixty years, and their median age in 1878 was trust in God's plan for you, as Mary significantly younger than it had been sixty years earlier. All of this was a great surprise to the Church's did? What can help you at such times? enemies, especially to those who were developing the science of sociology as a kind of replacement for theology and had been happily predicting, under its methodology, Readings for the Week of December 19. the demise of the Church. According to their logic, this wasn't supposed to happen. Monday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Lk 1:26-38. Tuesday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, The point is that the Church has great powers of 20-21; Lk 1:39-45.

5 Regeneration. It is not a static body with a fixed amount of Wednesday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 1:46-56. resources and a limited number of adherents. It responds to each situation it encounters with the power and the Thursday: Mal 3:1-4, 23-34; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14;. generative quality of the Holy Spirit. Or, more specifically, Lk 1:57-66. its members do so, as they take stock of their times, Friday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29;. renew their commitment to the whole of the Gospel, and Lk 1:67-79. place themselves at the service of Christ (39-41). Saturday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29;. As our bishops gather this week in Washington (they met Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 [18-25]. the week of November 15th), let us continue to pray for Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-3, 11-13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14. them, for the Church as a whole, and for ourselves.

6 May Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20. the Church grow young! May we call out for, and trust in, Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1-6; Heb 1:1-6;. the power of the Holy Spirit to move among us. May we Jn 1:1-18 [1-5, 9-14]. not get seduced by data, trends and surveys, helpful as they can be. Let us expect God to move powerfully in us Sunday: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28;. individually and in the Church. And, finally, in this month of Ps 128:1-5 or Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Col 3:12-21. November, let us call upon the intercession of the saints in [12-17] or 1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24; Lk 2:41-52. a particular way, asking them to pray for us that we may sell out for God here and now, even as they did in their Readings can be found at day.. Holy Trinity Catholic Church 3. Mass Intentions Welcome to Holy Trinity THIS WEEKEND We're glad you are here!

7 SATURDAY. 4:00PM Deceased Members of the Majewski Family by If you would like to join the parish, stop Deacon Stuart & Marsha Holland by the Welcome table after Mass or if you would like to learn more about the SUNDAY. 7:30AM +Eloina Torres by Virginia Biggs Catholic faith, please contact Rich at 9:30AM +Donald L. & Helen E. Manning by or John Manning 816-863-8236. 11:30AM Sp. Int: Jim & Janice Steinlege by Tom &. Mary Phillips 5:00PM People of the Parish Please pray for those who need our prayers: For the homeless, the jobless, the addicted, the MONDAY. imprisoned, or the physically or emotionally ill and the 6:45AM Sp. Int: The Wegman & Gillen Families by Phil & Judy Wegman 8:15AM Sp. Int: Frances Venneman by Thomas & Vicki Maureen Aiken Bernard Bud Finan Chi Jenny Nguyen Wise Judy Ambler Louis Ray Forck Madelyn O'Brien Shirley Bailey Joyce Glenn Perry Peden TUESDAY Janice Beilman Bill Hasse George Piette 6:45AM +Jody Sheehan by Deacon Stuart & Marsha Madeline Benson Debra Hasse Toby Riley Holland John Binder Sydney Heitman Daniel Rode 8:15AM Sp.

8 Int: Charpentier Children & Grandchildren Richard Bleything Don Horine Max Ronnebaum by Jessica Charpentier Don Brawley Ken Hummell Linda Rosenkranz Gerry Brennan Kevin Jennings Shirley Sabal WEDNESDAY Judy Calia Bea Jewell Kathy Schneider Stacy Cobb Susan Jones Kylie Schwartz 6:45AM +Katie Schroeder by Church Ladies Cookie Crosby Leon Kathe Anthony Shoulta 8:15AM +Jean Temming by Mary Ann Stockinger Barbara Dias Dean Leach Jim Skinner Betty Descieux Caden McCarty Jan Smith THURSDAY Charlene Meiners Janie Dow Carol Stamm 6:45AM +Donald L. & Helen E. Manning by John Mike Dunn Richard Meiners III Chloe Stodt Manning Ken Eidson Mary Miro Marilyn Suellentrop 8:15AM +Timothy J. Porter by The Porter Family Alan Engel Jessica Moroney Family Janice Woodring Natalie Morss Marilyn Ficke FRIDAY Thang Kevin Nguyen 7:00AM +Adam Scruton by The Thrashers 4:00PM Sp. Int: Rich & Trudy Boynton by The Geisbauers For privacy reasons, the individual or an immediate 4:15PM (Gym) People of the Parish 6:00PM +Sean Walsh by Mom & Dad family member must contact us for their name to be 10:30PM +Gregory Hayob by Danny & Rachal Fitzgerald added to the Prayer List.

9 SATURDAY. 9:00AM Sp. Int:: Harrison Schroeder by James & Becca Schroeder Annulments 11:00AM +Stefanie Adams by The Holton Family Contact: Dcn. Stuart Holland at SUNDAY. 7:30AM +Larry Halley by Katie Dietz 9:30AM +Mary Dulny by Brenda Dulny de Paul of Holy Trinity 11:30AM People of the Parish If you know of someone in need of assistance, please refer them to our confidential phone number 4 Holy Trinity Catholic Church Stewardship of Time,Talent and Treasure Stewardship of Treasure Due to the holidays, we are required to submit our bulletin in advance of our normal schedule. This prohibits us from including updated parish financial information from this past week. We will include this past week's information in next week's bulletin. Thank you for your understanding. Protecting Our Children For the safety and security of our children, please do not allow any child under your care to use the restroom facilities unless escorted by an adult.

10 Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. es. - Holy Trinity Catholic Church 5. Parish News Christmas Memorial Poinsettias Knight Line Corner You can purchase a poinsettia for a loved one that will help decorate our church for the Christmas Season. Knights of Columbus Donation envelopes can be found on the table in the ( ). Church Lobby. Suggested donation is $ Please International organization of million put envelopes in the Sunday Catholic men committed to the three Collection basket. You can take tenets of CHARITY, UNITY and FRATERNITY. home your poinsettia after the Feast of the Epiphany. Thank you from the Holy Trinity Council of Palms 6673. ( ) 401 men led by Grand Knight Ken Kleekamp - 913-748-6321 or Welcome to Our Adoration - The Knights are responsible for the 3:00- 4:00 am hour in the Adoration Chapel every Thursday. New Parishioners If you are willing to help cover that time with Jesus, please contact brother Knight Mike Huerter: Rich & Kathy Delaney Felipe & Jennifer Guimaraes Holy Trinity St.