GUARDIAN ANGELS PARISH Parish Office: 1310 Westport road Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 931-4351 phone (816) 531-6396 fax Office Hours: Monday- Thurs ...... 8:30AM- 4:00PM Friday..................... CLOSED Parish Website: guardianangelskc.org Reconciliation: Saturday ............................... 3:15 PM—3:45 PM

Liturgy Schedule: Saturday ............................... 4:00 PM Sunday.................................. 8:30 AM & 9:45* AM ............................................. and 11:00 AM *The 9:45 am mass is new and added for the Our Lady of Hope Ordinariate Community. Guardian Angels Parish-ioners are invited to attend this mass . It is a beautiful ser-vice and all are welcome.

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, your gender, or

your gender identification, 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.

2|Guardian Angels Parish Kansas City, MO

PRAY FOR OUR SICK & MILITARY

Please pray for those who are sick or recuperating:

Shirley Andrade, Angela & Henry Barbosa, Bill

Breeden, Kelly and Joseph Chambers, Larry Clark, Laura Coates, Aurora Davis, Cathryn Dugan, Teddy Elmer, Jose Padilla Enriques, Marie Furlong, Pat Garcia, 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, Bliss Mackey, Frankie Magana III, Steve McCray, Michael McCunniff, Andy McEachron , Harper McLean, Fr. Joe Miller, Kathy Neal, 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, Genevieve Substine-Lewis, Marigene Suellentrop, Susan Tarwater, Warren Toms, Beverly Tumberger, Soccorro Velo, Kay Ward, Michael Weaver, 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), Joshua Kappler (Navy), Nick Malott, Michael Mathews (Army), Joe Penniston, Nikolas Ramirez (Army), 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 June 9, 2019

Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5/Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-28, 29, 30 [cf. 30]/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39. Monday: Gen 3:9-15 or Acts 1:12-14/Ps 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7/Jn 19:25-34 Tuesday: Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd- 4, 5-6 [cf. 2b]/Mt 5:13-16 Wednesday: 2 Cor 3:4-11/Ps 99:5, 6, 7, 8, 9 [cf. 9c]/Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 2 Cor 3:15--4:1, 3-6/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11- 12, 13-14 [cf. 10b]/Mt 5:20-26 Friday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/Ps 116:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 [17a]/Mt 5:27-32 Saturday: 2 Cor 5:14-21/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 [8a]/Mt 5:33-37 Next Sunday: Prv 8:22-31/Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [2a]/Rom 5:1- 5/Jn 16:12-15

FOOD PANTRY

We are fortunate at Guardian Angels to have a Food Pantry to help with the needs of the hungry in the Westport/Roanoke area. While we do utilize Harvesters for the majority of our food supplies, we also depend on the generosity of parishioners. Current Needs in the Pantry: soup, peanut butter, tuna, crackers, canned vegetables, dried spaghetti, cereal

Sunday, June 9

Noon ................... Thank You Potluck for Fr. Carlito, Fr.

Garry and Deacon Tyrone and Welcome for Fr. Ed.

Mass Intentions Saturday, June 8

4:00 pm..............................Parishioners and Benefactors

Sunday, June 9

8:30 am ..............................Salvador Barbosa

9:45 am ..............................For all our new parish ioners

11:00 am............................Antonio Vasquez

Saturday, June 15

4:00 pm..............................Raymond Stokes

Sunday, June 16

8:30 am ..............................For all Fathers

9:45 am ..............................For all Fathers

11:00 am............................For All Fathers

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no

one ever come to you without leaving

happier.”

Mother Teresa

Donate Your Vehicle!!

If you have a vehicle you don’t want anymore — in any

condition, anywhere in the U.S. — donate it to Cars4KC.

You’ll avoid the hassle of trying to trade, sell or junk it, and

you can get a tax deduction that may reduce your tax burden

this year. Plus, when you donate your car, truck, RV or boat

to Cars4KC, you help people right here in our community.

That’s because the proceeds benefit valuable Catholic

Charities programs and services across the region. Cars4KC

is a joint program between Catholic Charities of Kansas City-

St. Joseph and Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas.

Together, the two agencies serve about 250,000 people across

the region every year. If you would like more information on

donating a car, contact Linda Hopkins, Donor Development

Specialist, at lhopkins@ccharities.com or 816-659-8205.

Parish Financial Support

June 3, 2019

Envelopes ..................................... $2,900.50

Plate ................................................. $332.52

Total for the weekend................. $3,233.02

Thank you for your generosity!

We will have a Parish Potluck this Sunday, June 9

after the 11 am mass to say thank you to Fr. Carlito,

Fr. Garry and Deacon Tyrone, who have been

reassigned to different parishes. We will also welcome

Fr. Ed, who will be our new Pastor. Please bring a dish

to share and join us for fellowship and a great meal!

Even if you have no food to share, please come

anyway; we always have plenty.

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who

worked so diligently to assure the

success of the Westport Community

Festival last weekend! We will have a

breakdown of all financial proceeds

in the next couple of weeks.

John Sheeley’s granddaughter, Ella,

won the hand made Quilt. Other

raffle winners are:

1st Prize ($500) was Yoli Barbosa

2nd Prize ($200) was Mary Zaragoza

3rd Prize ($150) was Katherine Coates

4th Prize ($100) was Greg Sheeley

We are seeking individuals to welcome parishioners at all masses. If you can assist with this task at the mass you attend, please let us know in the parish office. We want to insure we have individuals at all masses who can be at the north entrance and the east doors to greet parishioners.

Last Sunday, Pope Francis said that his relationship with Benedict XVI gives him strength and reminds him of the living tradition of the Church. “When I hear him speak, I become strong. I hear this story of the Church,” Pope Francis said of Benedict in an in-flight press conference June 2. Speaking aboard the papal flight returning from Romania, Francis said that each time he visits the pope emeritus, he feels more like family.

“Every time I go to visit him I feel like that, I take his hand and get him to talk. He speaks little, slowly, but with the

same depth, as always -- because Benedict's problem is his knees, not his head,” he said. Pope Francis commented that Benedict XVI reminds him that “the tradition of the Church is always in motion.” He compared tradition to “a tree that grows, flourishes, and bears fruit.” “Tradition is the guarantee of the future and not the keeper of the ashes. It's not a museum,” he said, paraphrasing a

quote from composer Gustav Mahler.

Pope Francis and Pope Benedict Relationship

A Note from Father Ed

4|Guardian Angels Parish Kansas City, MO

I ask not only on behalf of these [disciples], but also on

behalf of those who will believe in me through their word,

that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am

in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe

that you have sent me. John 17:20-21

It is encouraging that Jesus is praying for us. He specifically

prays not only for his disciples, but for those who will

believe because of their testimony. He is praying for us. And

what does he pray for us? He prays for two things. First, that

we would be one with each other. And, secondly, that we

would be one with him and the Father. Jesus taught that

when this unity exists, the world will know that he was sent

by God.

How do we experience that unity? As Saint Paul tells us, we

must “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in

humility regard others as better than yourselves.”

Philippians 2:3. That is difficult for most of us who spend so

much of our effort expressing our opinion and protecting

what we believe is ours. That is why there is so little unity in

the church and there is so much confusion about God in the

world.

We live in a world today that seems to have lost the import

of God becoming a man, Jesus, and teaching us the secrets of

the Kingdom of God. Jesus taught us that success was just a

distraction. He taught us that if we focus on God and his

teaching, we would not need to worry about this earthly

existence. He would look after us. He taught us that the way

to God was through forgiveness, acceptance, and love that

shows itself in active charity. He taught us that it was the

mournful, not the happy-with-the-way-things-are who would

be comforted. It is not the rich and famous but the pure in

heart who will see God.

Today we have a great opportunity to make a significant step

towards unity, as we bring together communities that both

love God dearly, but have slightly different ways of

expressing that love. In my years of walking with Jesus I

have known a great many people who have different ways of

expressing their love of God. Some through a variety of

musical styles, others through silent contemplation, still

others with a shout. Some with incense and bells. Some

through dancing. I have come to understand that there is no

wrong way to pray.

Most of us in our natural families have individuals with

different styles of expression. As we come together to form

one church family with a variety of styles, we can all be

enriched in our own expression of love of God and each

other if we are able to separate faith from preference. We all

share a common Catholic faith. But each of us have slightly

different preferences regarding how to express that faith. Let

us seek the unity of faith by allowing each to their love of

God in their own way. And, together we will form a

marvelous harmony of worship.

Yours in Christ,

Father Ed

New Series on Thomas Merton Begins June 27 “Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton”

Thursdays, 6:45-8:30 p.m.June 27, July 11 & 25, Aug. 8 & 22, Sept. 26, Oct. 10 & 24, Nov. 7, facilitated by Gary Richmeier C.PP.S. Take a journey with Thomas Merton toward spiritual transformation a more contemplatively and peace filled life. Over nine sessions you will be introduced to Merton and contemplatively living through prayers, readings from Merton and other spiritual masters, along with questions for small group dialogue.For more information or to register, visit www.pbrenewalcenter.org or call 816-415-3745.

A Knitting and Crocheting Group meets

each Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 8:00pm at the

Keeler Women’s Center in Kansas City, KS.

Come to learn or to teach. On the first night, learn

a basic stitch and decide on a project; then join

the circle of women to have fun, relax with new

friends, and weave away. Needles, hooks, and

yarn are provided. (Donations are always

welcome!) The Center is located at 2220 Central

Street in Kansas City, Kansas 66102 All are

welcome.

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

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. ` ` ` `

` `

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 abuse:

• Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1-(800) 392-3738, if the victim is under 18 years of age.

• Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911

• After reporting to the aforementioned law enforcement

authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, at

816.812.2500; 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 Kathleen Chastain, Diocesan Victim Advocate at (816) 392-0011 or

victimadvocate@diocesekcsj.org for more information.

Procedures, Sacraments and Information for Guardian Angels Parish

Pentecost Sunday June 9, 2019| 5

6|Guardian Angels Parish Kansas City, MO

Sunday, June 9

12:00 pm............... Potluck for Fr. Carlito, Fr. Garry,

............................. Deacon Tyrone and Fr. Ed

Thursday, June 20

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

Thursday, July 18

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

Saturday, August 10

5:30 ...................... Horse Races by Holy Name Society

Thursday, August 15

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

Thursday, September 19

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

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

To report abuse in the Diocese:

Omsbudsman

(816) 812-2500

Guardian Angels Staff Members

Parish Office (816) 931-4351

Upcoming Events

Please visit our parish website at

https://guardianangelskc.org/

Grief Support Weekend

Widowed, Divorced or Separated? One weekend can make all the

difference with how you feel! A seminar dealing with grief will

take place June 28-30, 2019 at the Precious Blood Renewal

Center, 2120 St. Gaspar Way in Liberty, MO 64068. To register

or for additional information, go to register.bekc@gmail.com.

This Weekend

Fr. Ed Wills begins his duties as pastor at Guardian Angels Parish

this week. Fr. Ed has decided that we will have three masses on

Sundays, beginning this Sunday, June 9. The masses will be at

8:30 am, 9:45 am and 11:00 am. The Saturday mass will stay at

4:00 pm. During the Sunday, 9:45 am service, Fr. Ed will use the

Divine Worship Missal; this is much like a “high mass.”

Guardian Angels will also have new parishioners who will be

attending masses. They were previously with Fr. Ed at Our Lady

of Sorrows Church, as members of the Ordinariate community of

Our Lady of Hope. Please be sure and introduce yourself to Fr.

Ed and any new faces at mass and make them feel welcome.

Help is Available

In the U.S., in 2016, there were 44,965 recorded suicides, up

from 42,773 in 2014. If you, someone you love or someone you

know is contemplating suicide, please don’t delay calling for

help. Call the Suicide Awareness and Survivor Support line,

serving both Kansas and Missouri. Immediate help is

available by calling (913) 681-3050.