GUARDIAN ANGELS PARISH Parish Office: 1310 Westport road Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 931-4351 phone (816) 531-6396 fax Office Hours: Monday- Thurs ........ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Friday...................... CLOSED Parish Website: guardianangelskc.org Reconciliation: Saturday.................. 3:00 pm — 3:45 pm Tuesday .................. 4:00 pm — 5:00 pm Wednesday.............. 11:00 am — 12:00 pm

Liturgy Schedule: Saturday.................. 4:00 pm Sunday.................... 8:00 am, 9:15* am and 11:00 am Tuesday .................. 5:30 pm Wednesday.............. 12:15 pm Thursday ................. 8:15 am *This Mass is a Solemn Mass (previously referred to as a High Mass).

Regardless of where you are from, your

occupation, your family, your marital status,

your personal history, your age, your

background, your race, your ethnicity, your

political affiliation, your religion, or your

gender, we are happy you are here with us

today to worship! We invite you to learn

more about our parish and its activities by

contacting our office, website or simply by

mingling with our parishioners after mass.

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The Week Ahead………...

PRAY FOR OUR SICK & MILITARY

Please pray for those who are sick or recuperating:

Shirley Andrade, Angela & Henry Barbosa, Mary

Bartlett, Jeanne Boucek, Kelly and Joseph Chambers,

Larry Clark, Aurora Davis, Nancy Dixon, Cathryn

Dugan, Jose Padilla Enriques, Marie Furlong, Shawn

Gaupp, Bill Getz, Charles Gurera, Sylvia Harral,

Frankie Hernandez, Nick and Rita Hernandez, Adri

Jordison, Freddie Juarez, Jackie Kallman, Mary

Komoroski, Ermaline Lopez, Michael Lucas, Frankie

Magana III, Michael McCunniff, Andy McEachron ,

Wendy McKellar, Harper McLean, Fr. Joe Miller,

Cathy Norbury, James Norbury, Christopher Pacheco,

Celia Padilla, Rose and Joe Padilla, Ashley Parton,

Margaret Reid, Guadalupe Reyes, Valeria Ricu, Theo

Stephen Ridenour, Teresa Rivera, Jessie Ruiz, Betty

and Tom Ryan, Michael Schlueter, Kelli Seiler,

Kathleen Stanton, Ben Studebaker, Genevieve

Substine-Lewis, Marigene Suellentrop, Susan

Tarwater, Warren Toms, Beverly Tumberger, Soccorro

Velo, Michael Weaver, Jacob Wiltse, Jim Wood and

for all the sick and infirmed.

Please pray for those serving in the military:

Ryan Asbury (Air Force), Carlos Garcia III (Navy),

Daniel Hitchcock (Army), Jonathan Hitchcock

(Army), Stephen Hitchcock (Army), Nate Hitchcock

(Army), Nick Malott, Michael Mathews (Army), Joe

Penniston, James Reyes (Marines), Geoff Schultz

(Air Force), Richard Sowders (Army), Bill Suellentrop

(Army), Garrett Trowbridge (Army), Connor Wiltse

(Air Force).

Readings for the week of January 12, 2020 Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7/Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 [11b]/ Acts 10:34-38/Mt 3:13-17 Monday: 1 Sm 1:1-8/Ps 116:12-13, 14-17, 18-19 [17a]/Mk 1:14-20 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20/1 Sm 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd [cf. 1]/Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Ps 40:2 and 5, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 [8a and 9a]/Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11/Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25 [27b]/Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Ps 89:16-17, 18-19 [2]/Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a/Ps 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [2a]/Mk 2:13-17

Sunday, January 12

9:45 am ............... Confirmation Prep in Parish Hall

11:00 am.............. Pre-school

Wednesday, January 15

7:00 pm ............... RCIA in Parish Office

Sunday, January 19

9:15 am ............... Family Faith in Parish Hall

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, January 11

4:00 pm........................... Barnthouse & Russell Families

Sunday, January 12

8:00 am........................... Marilyn Kurtz

11:00 am ......................... For increased connectedness of all

people

Tuesday, January 14

5:15 ................................ Ignacia Lopez (100th Birthday)

Wednesday, January 15

12:15pm..........................

Thursday, January 16

8:15 am........................... Our Lady of Hope School

Saturday, January 18

4:00 pm........................... For increased recognition that we are

all brothers and sisters

Sunday, January 19

8:00 am........................... Pat Garcia

11:00 am ........................ Pat Sullivant

Food Pantry

Guardian Angels Parish is fortunate to have a food pantry

to assist with the hungry in the Westport and Roanoke

neighborhoods. We do utilize Harvester’s for the bulk of

our food items in our pantry, but we rely on the generosity

of parishioners for both food and personal care items.

Current food needs: Corn flakes or cheerios, dry or

canned pasta, tomato sauce, canned corn, canned peas,

canned fruit (packed in water), canned chicken or tuna.

Adoration

Every Friday after a communion service at 9:00 am in the

Chapel, we have Adoration in the Chapel; this typically

runs from 9:00 am until 8:00 pm.

Father Ed Wills Podcasts

To hear Fr. Ed’s weekly podcasts, go to:

https://fatheredwills.podbean.com/

Parish Financial Support

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Envelopes .......................................$999.00

Plate .................................................$700.25

TOTAL .........................................$1,709.25

Thank you for your generosity!

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Baking and Cooking Ingredients Needed The St. Joseph’s Table will be Thursday, March 19. We will begin baking cookies the latter part of January and will start gathering ingredients for baking and other items needed. Items needed include flour, sugar, pecans, butter, eggs and powdered sugar. Donations will gladly be accepted beginning in January. Items can be left in the parish office. Please mark the items, “St. Joseph Table”. More information to follow

and mark your calendars!

Seeking Furniture

We are seeking single bed frames, single person desks

and chairs, for use in our old convent building. There is

an opportunity for Guardian Angels to rent rooms

within this building to nursing students. No mattresses

are needed, just the bed frames. If you have one of

these items you can donate, please call the parish office

and we will make arrangements to pick it up. Many

thanks.

Precious Blood Renewal Center

The following take place at the Precious Blood Renewal

Center, 2120 Gaspar Way, Liberty, Missouri 64068.

Grieving after the Holidays

Friday, Jan. 18, 10-11:30 am

If you have lost a love one, the holiday season can leave

you feeling empty. We invite you to meet others who have

experienced this. We will learn from one another and find

tools to help the healing. Alex and Carol Kiczek, who have

lost three children themselves, will lead the session. Learn

more or RSVP https://www.pbrenewalcenter.org/events-

news/ or call 816-415-3745.

Choice Wine Marriage Enrichment Series

Mondays Beginning Jan. 27 6:30 p.m.

“The Choice Wine: 7 Steps to a Superabundant Marriage”

is a nine-session program that teaches couples seven simple,

yet highly effective steps to a Superabundant Marriage.

Each evening will begin with a simple meal. Child care

available for a free will offering. Learn more or

RSVP https://www.pbrenewalcenter.org/events-news/ or

call 816-415-3745.

Collection Envelopes

Collection envelopes for parishioners for 2020

have arrived. They are in alphabetical order on

the tables at the back (east side) of the church.

Please pick them up today.

The Joy of Music Concert

A Sacred and Classical Chamber Music Concert

will take place on Sunday, January 26, 2019, at

3:00pm at Visitation Catholic Church at 5141

Main St. KCMO 64112. All are welcome! All

proceeds support Our Lady's Montessori School,

an apostolate of the SOLT Sisters. When the carols have been stilled,

When the star-topped tree is taken down,

When family and friends have gone home,

When we are back to our normal schedules,

The work of Christmas begins.

To welcome the refugee,

To heal a broken planet,

To feed the hungry,

To build the bridges of trust, not the walls of fear,

To share our gifts,

To see justice and peace for all people,

To bring Christ’s light to the world.

The work of Christmas begins.

The Work of Christmas Begins

Congratulations Congratulations to Brandi and Denis Schmidt on the

birth of John Joseph on January 5, 2020.

Homebound

If you are aware of homebound or hospitalized

parishioners within the Guardian Angels community,

please contact the parish office. We want to meet the

needs of our parishioners to the best of our abilities.

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From Sr. Linda Barringer Dear Parishioners,

I’m sure that many of you have experienced a disruption in plans for the future, which mean changes that weren’t expected. I want to share with you what is going on in my life that mean some changes for me and the parish.

For some time now my night vision has been a problem and there are other eye problems that my eye doctor is watching carefully. It is becoming very difficult for me to drive at night, and some of my ministry here means working after dark. I am also experiencing a decline in vision in my left eye which had a retinal detachment back in 1994. So, getting my license renewed this year could be problem.

I have been in dialog with my religious superiors about the future and with them have reached the decision that retirement is the best option for me and for a ministry here that necessitates driving a distance and late hours. I’m so sorry that this needs to happen but in all fairness to the parish, continuing to work would mean not be able to do what I have been doing in all areas of adult faith formation.

So, I have informed the staff and now sharing with you that

at the end of May I will be leaving the parish. My religious community has projects which they are wanting me to become involved in and hopefully I can take on some volunteer tasks, if I can continue driving.

Being at Guardian Angels for the past 18 years has been a privilege and an honor. This community is a special one, and in many ways witnesses to what it truly means to be a Catholic parish. We have been through some difficult years and many changes. I am sorry to be the source of another change, but circumstances sometimes can’t be changed, at least not medical ones.

I thank each and everyone of you for giving me the opportunity to be among you, learning much from you and sharing our faith journeys together. I ask for your continued prayers in the year ahead and I want to ask that those of you who have worked closely with me will continue to share your many gifts with the children and adults of this parish.

Sr. Linda

Beloved,

The mission Jesus gave the Church was a simple one: 1 -

Make disciples. 2 - Baptize.

Does that look backwards to you? Since baptism is the

entrance to the Church, shouldn’t we baptize first, and then

disciple? Well, obviously, discipling is a lifetime project. But,

I think Jesus has a point that if we do not understand the grace

imparted to us in baptism, we can miss out on its practical

benefits. So, we should have some discipling before baptism

in order to realize the real power that is imparted there at the

baptismal font.

When you were baptized, you were buried together with

Christ. Then, you were raised to life together with him by

believing in God's power that raised Jesus from the dead.

Colossians 2:12

First, our selfish self dies and is buried. That part of us that

desires to serve me instead of God, that wants to put me first

instead of others, that, given the option, would wallow in

laziness and gluttony instead of joy and service, is put to

death and buried.

Second, we are raised to a new life together in and with

Christ. There is unspeakable confidence and joy in the

knowledge that we are living every moment in Christ.

That confidence and joy are activated by our belief in God’s

power.

Baptism does not just make us members of the Church. It

makes us children of the God who created the universe and

permeates every atom within it as well as every cell of our

bodies. For in Him we live and move and have our being.

Acts 17:28

Today, we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord. On that day

when Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan River, all

righteousness was fulfilled. Everything about our relationship

with God changed. Once we understand and rest in the

fulness of our relationship with God as his children, we

cannot help but restart the cycle. We go out and make more

disciples who will be baptized into children of God, who then

go out and make more disciples themselves. That is our

mission. That is our promise. That is our confidence and joy.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Ed

From Fr. Ed

Baptism

Contact Fr. Ed in the parish office after your baby is born,

in order to schedule the baptismal class and the date of the

baptism.

Confirmation, Eucharist & Reconciliation

Preparation for this sacrament is offered yearly. Contact

the parish office for more information.

Funeral

Contact the parish office at the time of the death.

Marriage

Please contact Fr. Ed in the office, preferably nine months

before your proposed marriage date. Note that it is wise

not to make other arrangements until you know your

wedding date is available here at our church. Guardian

Angels does have a wedding planner for an additional cost,

please let us know if you are interested in this service.

Penance

Saturday afternoon between 3:15 and 3:45 pm.

Religious Education

Sessions for children and families are held monthly.

Contact Sr. Linda in the parish office for more information.

Interested in Becoming Catholic?

This process is called Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Call Sr. Linda Barringer at the parish office for

information on this process.

Sick or Hospitalized

Contact the parish office when your loved one is sick or

admitted to the hospital.

Parish Hall Rental

Parishioners who have been registered for one year or more, should contact the parish office for rental

information.

School Cafeteria Rental

Contact the parish office for availability and cost.

Bulletin Announcements

Items to be included in the bulletin need to be sent to

Kate Riha in the parish office no later than Monday before that Sunday’s intended inclusion date.

Announcements are subject to approval.

Newcomers

Registration Forms are located in the literature holders in

the back and at the north entrance to the church. When

completed, these can be returned to the parish office or

placed in the collection baskets at Mass. Welcome!

Mass Intentions

Please call the office during business hours.

Our Lady of Hope Catholic School

(next door to Guardian Angels on Mercier)

Mary Delac, Principal. Mary’s email is

mdelac@olhkcmo.org

4232 Mercier, Kansas City, MO 64111

Office: (816) 931-1693; Fax: (816) 931-6713 Our Lady of Hope is a Deanery school, not a parish school

(it is made up of six parishes).

Sacrament of the Sick

Please contact the parish office if you or a loved one is ill

or if you have surgery scheduled, to arrange for an anointing.

Quinceanera

Please contact the office nine (9) months in advance to

schedule a preparation class. ` ` ` `

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Sexual Abuse

The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to

combatting 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,

3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement

authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or

vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Joe Crayon, at

816.812.2500 or crayon@ombudsmankcsj.org, 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 the Victim Advocate, Kathleen

Chastain, at 816.392.0011 or chastain@diocesekcsj.org for

more information.

Procedures, Sacraments and Information for Guardian Angels Parish

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Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 16

6:00 pm ..........................Bunko

Tuesday, January 21

6:00 pm ..........................Green Team in Parish Office

6:00 pm ..........................Catholic Writer’s Group in Parish Hall

Monday, January 27

7:00pm ...........................Controversies in the Catholic Church

In the Parish Hall

Tuesday, January 28

6:30 pm ..........................Finance Council in Parish Office

Tuesday, February 18

6:00 pm ..........................Green Team Meeting in Parish Office

6:00 pm ..........................Catholic Writers Group in Parish Hall

Monday, February 24

7:00pm ...........................Controversies in the Catholic Church

In the Parish Hall

Fr. Ed Wills Pastor

ewills@guardianangelskc.org

Sr. Linda Barringer, MMB

Associate lbarringer @guardianangelskc.org

Dr. Hyunki Yoon

Music Director hyoon@guardianangelskc.org

Mrs. Iulia-Anca Istrate

Emergency Assistance Coord.

iistrate@guardianangelskc.org (816) 768-6575

Ms. Kathy McLouth

Finance Coordinator

kmclouth@guardianangelskc.org

Deacon Scott McKellar

Evangelization

Ms. Kate Riha Administrative Assistant

kriha@guardianangelskc.org

Mr. Leo Hernandez Maintenance Coordinator

Mr. Mark Masciovecchio

Janitorial

The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is

committed to combatting sexual abuse in

the Church. If you suspect sexual abuse of

a minor or vulnerable adult within our Di-

ocese, after reporting to civil and law en-

forcement authorities, please contact our

Ombudsman, Joe Crayon, at 816.812.2500

or crayon@ombudsmankcsj.org.

Guardian Angels Staff Members

Parish Office (816) 931-4351

Library’s VISTA Project Honors legacy of MLK

The Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project

is collecting donations of travel-size personal care items for

a Hygiene Kit Drive. This is being done to honor the spirit

of Dr. Martin Luther King. Donated materials will be

assembled into kits that will be given to individuals

experiencing financial life challenges. Shampoo, body

wash, toothbrushes and toothpaste, deodorant and

washcloths can be dropped off at any K.C. public library

until January 15th. For additional information go to

https://kclibrary.org/vista .

EXTENDING THE WELCOME

Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph had a deep

impact on thousands of lives last year. We know, however, that for every person we assist there are an additional 20

who live in poverty within our 27-county region. Due to

their distance from our physical offices, many are left

unaided. Help “Extend the Welcome” in 2020 by

supporting Catholic Charities’ outreach efforts, which take our services to the neighborhoods and communities where

families most in need are living. For more information or to

help, please contact Nancy Butters, Development Manager

at 816-659-8266 or nbutters@ccharities.com.