Parish Office: 115 E. 5th. St Holton, KS 66436 Office phone: (785) 364-3262 Rectory phone: (785) 362-7026 (sacramental emergency only) Parish email: parish.jacocatholics@gmail.com Parish website: www.jacocatholics.com Office Hours: 8:30am - 11:30am (Tues/Fri)

RECONCILIATION: 30 mins prior to each weekend Mass OR by appointment

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Jonathan Dizon jdizon@archkck.org Secretary: Kay Ludvicek Accountant: Tena Brucken Dir. Rel. Ed: Barbara Berg

DAILY and SUNDAY MASSES: (via Facebook Live) Tuesday – Sunday 9:00 AM ADORATION and ROSARY: (via Facebook Live) Tuesday AND Thursday 6:00 PM RECONCILIATION: By Appointment only at this time BAPTISM. Those requesting baptism for their chil-dren need to be registered parishioners and are required to take a baptismal prep class prior to the child’s baptism. Please call the parish office. MARRIAGE. Weddings require six (6) months no-tice to fulfill the archdiocesan marriage program. Consult with the pastor BEFORE any plans or deci-sions are made. DECLARATION of NULLITY, ANOINTING of the SICK and FUNERALS. Please call the parish office.

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MASS INTENTIONS

April 25 (Sat), FEAST of Saint Mark St. Dominic Altar Society Members April 26 (Sun), 3rd Sunday of Easter For All Parishioners April 28 (Tues), St Peter Chanel, St Louis de Monfort Juanita Yonke+ April 29 (Wed), Saint Catherine of Siena Jerry Eck+ April 30 (Thu), Saint Pius V Hap Brucken+ May 1 (Fri), Saint Joseph the Worker Anna Uhl+ May 2 (Sat), Saint Athanasius Susan Nelson+ May 3 (Sun), 4th Sunday of Easter For All Parishioners

JOSHUA 24:15 FAMILY CORNER “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”

Please consider this activity for your family this

month of APRIL 2020: FAST OFF, FEAST ON. The season of fasting is over, it’s time to feast! In honor of the festive character of Easter, celebrate EACH Sunday for the rest of this month by sharing a festive meal together. As much as you are able to, make each meal extra special to highlight the reason for the celebration: Jesus’ resurrection!

“TOGETHER.” Shortly after the cancellation of public Masses, parishioners were asked to voluntarily provide a photo of their family to be ‘posted’ on pews so that the priest doesn’t feel ‘alone’ in his private celebration of the Mass. With the request made online, we missed the opportunity to ask photos from our home-bound and ‘unplugged’ parishioners. Still, we remember everyone in prayer and feel your presence in spirit. We miss everyone!

“Were not our HEARTS

BURNING within us while He

spoke to us on the way … ?” Luke 24: 22 This Sunday, our Gospel reading relates the encounter of the two disciples with Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Sacred Scriptures did not tell us why exactly they were leaving town. Maybe they were on an errand or some important business to attend to. What we do know is that they were downtrodden and heartbroken for what had happened to Jesus. Thus, it is also possible that they just needed to escape. The emotional stress and fear of what happens next is taking its toll and they just needed to be away. They needed the space to process and understand what this might mean for them and their community. In a certain unique way, a lot of people must be feeling the same way just about now. This pandemic is taking its toll on the emotional, mental and spiritual well-being of many. We just want to escape it. We want to get away from this reality. We need a break. We need to journey to our own Emmaus, wherever that may be, so that we can forget for a while all the uncertainty and fear surrounding this unusual and extraordinary situation. In the middle of their journey, Jesus approaches them and the two disciples allowed Him to enter into their conversation. As a result, they were comforted by His words and teaching. Their hearts were set on fire. Jesus will do the same for us. When He approaches, we need to also let Him hang around. We need to listen to what

He has to say. We need to let Him set our hearts on fire. Fr. Jonathan

THANK YOU!!!

We would like to acknowledge and thank our parishioners who participated in the “Giving the Basics” campaign. Our donations help eliminate the hygiene gap for struggling families in the Kansas City area. We collected

1,082 hygiene items

These simplified versions of our bulletin are being post-mailed to those who we know

are homebound or unable to access the internet. If you know of anyone else who might need to have these mailed to them, please let us know.

Holton 524 Pennsylvania Ave.

(785) 364-2141

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Jonnie Turley Sandra Silver Sharon Gabriel

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Bulletins are available on our website: www.jacocatholics.com

PARISH STEWARDSHIP

April 19, 2020

Saint Dominic

St Francis Xavier

Envelopes $2,175.00 $1,690.00

Week of Apr 12 $2,200.00 $550.00

Week of Apr. 5 $2,525.00 $3,622.58

Week of Mar. 29* $1,450.00 $160.00

*envelopes + direct deposits

Aver. weekly expenses for this fiscal year $2,719.11 $1,971.04

ARCHBISHOP’S CALL to SHARE (As of April 24, 2020)

Saint Dominic

St Francis Xavier

Target Goal $15,794.00 $9,138.00

Pledges to Date $16,048.00 $5,655.00

Target % Achieved 102% 62%

Participation % 34% 35%

PRAYER INTENTIONS

Intentions of the Holy Father for April 2020: Freedom from Addiction. We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied.

Intentions of Archbishop Naumann for April 2020: • For all those who have suffered from the Coronavirus, that they may be

surrounded by our loving support and lifted up in our prayers. • For our teachers, students and parents, that they can successfully

adopt distance learning methods so that our students may continue to grow in love for Jesus and His Church as well as to develop the gifts and talents that God has entrusted to them.

Intentions of Fr. Jonathan for April 2020: Peace and Joy. For all parishioners to experience the peace of Christ and the joy of Easter amidst these difficult times.

Prayers for Health Issues: Parishioners: Sonya Bergman; George Bolz; Rick Cole; Terry Craig; Estella Danner; Francis DeVader; Steve Devlin; Mildred Eisenbarth; Sheila Fernkopf; Brad Fiedler; Dan Fiedler; Dennis Fiedler; Warren Fiedler; Barb Grau; Mary Harris; Pat Hasenkamp; Ed Hrenchir; Adrian Koch; Mike and Karen McClas-key; Mary Morford; Lynne Mulroy; Calvin and Elizabeth Page; Emma Schirm-er; Evelyn Sullivan; Janie Teetzel; Gregg Watkins Relatives of Parishioners:

Prayers for our Men and Women in Active Duty:

Prayers for our Men and Women in Health Care: Debbie Ashcraft, Margaret Blevins, Mandy Bontrager, Joe Curtis, Chris Everts, Rachel Gross, Lindsay Hammes-Williams, Shannon Henry, Kara Hoffman, Amber Howard, Nancy Kathrens, Carolyn Kennedy, Paula Morris, Beth Nelson, Angie Reith, Leigha Sweet, Susan Tanking, Cody Utz, Jeffrey and Malia Warner, Mary Wilhelm, Kaylie Zimmerman

** We are taking this opportunity to ‘RESET’ our parish prayer board and organize them. To place or remove a name on these prayer lists, please email or call the parish office.

STEWARDSHIP OPTIONS. We understand that these are extraordinarily difficult times so we ask you to prayerfully consider how you can feasi-bly continue to financially support our parish. Here are a couple of options for getting them to us:

• Personally drop off your envelopes at the parish office during office hours

• Mail in your envelopes. • Enroll in automatic direct deposit through your bank. If

you need guidance with this, please email our book-keeper acct.jacocatholics@gmail.com or call the parish office (785) 364-3262 during office hours.