ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CROATIAN PARISH ON STRAWBERRY HILL

708 N. 4th Kansas City, Kansas 66101 OLDEST CROATIAN CHURCH WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI - 1900

www.stjohnthebaptistcatholicchurch.com

Pastoral Staff

Fr. Peter M. Jaramillo, S.S.A. Pastor Fr. Joseph Arsenault, S.S.A.

Fr. John Melnick, S.S.A. Sr. Mary Michael MacChesney

Phyllis Hampton, Parish Secretary

Office Hours Monday - Thursday

8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Church Office 913-371-0627

FAX & E-mail 913-342-3324

ourcroatianparish@gmail.com

Weekday Mass Including Adoration: Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday 5:15 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m.

Confessions: By Appointment. Call 913-371-0627

Rosary: Saturday 4:45 p.m. and Sunday 8:30 a.m.

Marriage Preparation: Notify the parish eight months prior to the wedding.

Pastoral Care of the Sick: Crisis Prayer Line: 913-281-4448 or 913-608-5600 Anointing and Pastoral Visits: Contact Church Office

Parish Contact Information: Finance Council President Mark Calvert Parish Council President Don Taylor Altar Society President Kelly Moutray St. John Catholic Club, 913-371-9690 Ken Yarnevich St. Cecilia Choir / Organist Matt Winterhalter Resurrection Catholic School at the Cathedral 425 N. 15th St. KCKS 913-371-1801 Fax 913-371-2151 Www.resurrectionkck.eduK12.net Linda Higgins - School Principal

JULY 30TH, 2017 17TYH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

WEEKLY COLLECTION

July 22 - 23, 2017 Week: $ 4,374.00

Maintenance: $ 145.00

Loose: $ 287.00

Poor: $ 23.39

Candle: $ 131.60

JULY 30TH, 2017 - 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Thursday, August 3rd

8:00 a.m. Mary Ann Bartkoski & Joseph Schwab Saturday, August 5th 5:15 p.m. Zvonka Krstulic, Branimir Dukovcic, Ona Yanka & Dragica Birt Sunday, August 6th 9:00 a.m. Parish Members

If you have a family member who is hospitalized or homebound and would like to have a visit or receive commun-ion, please contact the Church Office. Hospitals do not inform us of a parish-ioner being admitted to the hospital. Call Phyllis at 913-371-0627.

August 5 - 6, 2017

5:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m.

Lectors P. Campbell D. Peattie

D. Kozar D. Kozar

Eucharistic Ministers

B. Horvat B. Palcher C. Delich

R. Sambol F. Soptic B. Blankenship

Cantor Choir

Servers M. Campbell K. Dordevic A. Dordevic

Meetings & Parish Events August 1 - 10, 2017 - Sister Mary Michael Vacation August 5, 2017 - Heart of Redeemer 7:00 p.m. School Auditorium August 3 - 8, 2017 - Phyllis Vacation August 6, 2017 - Coffee & Donuts Following 9:00 a.m. mass August 9, 2017 - Senior Citizens Meeting 11:00 a.m. August 13, 2017 - Rosary Rally At Holy Family Church 3:00 p.m. August 14, 2017 - Food Kitchen August 15, 2017 - Holy Day of Obligation The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vigil Mass at 5:30 p.m. At Holy Family Church August 19, 2017 - St. John’s Festival Following 4:00 p.m. mass

COMPASSION If you love the justice of Jesus Christ more than you fear human judgment, then you will seek to do compassion. --Mechtilde of Magdeburg

PRAY If you pray you are sure of saving your soul. If you do not

pray you are just as sure to lose your soul. --St. Alphonsus Liguori

LISTEN TO YOUR DREAMS God visits Solomon in a dream, and the scripture story nowhere tells us that Solomon awoke to have this conversation with God! So, still in his dream, Solomon answers God's question about what he desires most, and God grants his request for wis-dom in abundance. In our waking hours, we are much distracted by work, home, family, traffic, entertainment, and many worries. When we try to think about what we really want out of life, we have trouble even imagining what that might be. But deep inside, our real longings dwell, known to God and to the Holy Spirit. Our dreams, unencumbered by defenses, may hold clues to what our deepest needs are, or what bothers us most. They could be God speaking. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

JULY 30TH, 2017 - 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The achievement of the late 1960s and early 1970s in enriching the "euchology" or "words of thanksgiving" available in the Church's prayer is im-portant on many levels. Ecumenically, it means that the Latin Rite now reflects the wealth of the East in having more than one prayer available to the

Church. Pastorally, it actually acknowledges the place of the assembly in prayer, which is particularly clear in the Masses with Children. In fact, the traditional prayers of the Eastern Church served as models for our new prayers. In the East, what we call the Eucharistic Prayer is called the anaphora, and there are three main families of anaph-ora. Each family has a different "recipe" for arranging the usual parts of these prayers. All anaphora have "intercessions" included, but the Churches of Antioch place them toward the end of the prayer, Alexandria pre-fers them at the beginning before the "Holy, Holy," and Syria puts them at the very end. One branch of the Syrian family is unique in not mentioning the words of Jesus at the Last Supper. The Roman Canon we once prayed ex-clusively has some connection with the Alexandrian fam-ily, but once the signal for creativity was given, all the wealth of every prayer tradition was on the table, and our Sunday Mass has been greatly enriched. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

In the past year the Altar Society has sponsored a College Student Ministry program. The goal was to remind the college students of our parish that we are thinking of them and have them in our prayers while they pursue their degrees in various out of town cam-puses. In the past school year gift packages were sent during Christmas, Valentines Day, and Easter to college students in our parish. These packages contain various religious pins, gift

cards, school supplies and snacks. Many students reached out to us and expressed their surprise in receiving the packages and their grateful appreciation for the gifts. We wish to thank everyone for their donations this year and hope to continue the program this fall. If you know of any parishioner who will be at a college next year please contact Beckie Mikesic at 913-669-3280.

August 29, 2017 Cultural Tour Sarmeri Vlatka Kopic “Tena”

Croatian Hall - 7:00 p.m. 404 N. 5th St. Kansas City, KS. 66101 For tickets call Joe - 913-484-7111 Kristina - 913-378-3498 D. Judy - 816-729-3797

Pick up for Strawberry Hill shirts, totes & aprons. Pick up dates for pre-orders will be after both weekend masses on August 5th and August 12th in church base-ment.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vigil Mass - 5:30 p.m. at Holy Family Church

Feast Day Mass

10:00 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Noon at St. Mary-St. Anthony

7:00 p.m. in Spanish at St. Mary-St. Anthony

Remember Pooch Braun, husband of Kathleen. His funeral mass was July 26, 2017 at St. John’s Church followed by burial at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. . May he rest in Peace. Amen.