| Please join us via live stream, by clicking here as we continue to celebrate daily Mass at 7:00am, daily Adoration at noon, and weekend Masses at 4:30pm on Saturday and 8:15am on Sunday. As an added live stream we will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday at 3:00pm with the Exposition and Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Divine Mercy Sunday is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the risen Christ and offers to humanity. The devotion to Divine Mercy Sunday grew rapidly after its designation by Pope John Paul II and is now widely celebrated by Catholics. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make you feel more connected during this uncertain time. The entire Church of the Ascension Family is in our thoughts and prayers. Since you will not be receiving a hard copy of the bulletin please read it here. |
A MESSAGE FROM FATHER TOM
| I trust that all of you are doing well in the midst of this difficult and uncertain times. Please know that you are remembered daily at prayer as we celebrate the Eucharist and Adoration. My apologies for the absence of the daily Mass and Adoration Wednesday and Thursday. Evergy was in the process of disconnecting and reconnecting the electricity so the entire facility was without power and therefore we could not live stream. My apologies. But now the electricity is flowing so we are back to normal. Hopefully most of you are doing well with working from home or otherwise. However, I am sure that some of you have been furloughed or laid off or find yourself otherwise in difficult financial situations. Please be aware of the Good Samaritan Fund which can assist with some basic needs for parishioners. Thanks to the generosity of fellow parishioners the Fund is there as a backup support. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are experiencing financial difficulties because of Covid19. The Fund may not be able to provide for major needs, but can assist with some of the basics. Contact me at 913-681-3348 x 137 or at frtom@kcascension.org. Let us pray for one another during these challenging times. Easter blessings! Fr. Tom |
STAY CONNECTED AND HELP WHERE YOU CAN
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DRIVE UP FOOD COLLECTION APRIL 18. Church of the Ascension and Catholic Charities is offering an opportunity to help feed the hungry in our community. On Saturday April 18, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, we are hosting a “drive up” food drive. The Catholic Charities truck will be in the Ascension parking lot. Just pull your car up and “pop” the trunk and our volunteers will take your food donations and load them into the truck! The items needed most continue to be: macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, jelly, cereal, pancake mix, spaghetti sauce, pasta, rice, canned meat, canned tomatoes, canned black beans, canned tomato soup, canned tuna, canned peas and canned fruit. For questions, call Joe or Johnette Martin 913-481-8663. OUTDOOR CONFESSION TIMES Outdoor confessions are held on Saturday’s from 3:00pm to 4:00pm and Thursday’s from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Now that Lent is over there will no longer be confessions on Wednesday evenings. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 3:00PM, EXPOSITION AND CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY will be streamed and recorded live. Please join us by clicking here. If you are not able to join us live, you can view on the Video Recordings button under the livestream. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, APRIL 19, RESOURCES Join the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet and asking God to shower his mercy upon us. Watch as Fr. Michael Gaitley walks us through the history of God’s love and mercy. As he shares the transformative message of St. Faustina, the miraculous appearance of Mary at Fatima, Maximilian Kolbe’s witness of Marian devotion, and how Pope St. John Paul II’s papacy and devotion to divine mercy helped change the world. (A great book that goes along with Fr. Gaitley’s Divine Mercy is The Second Greatest Story Ever Told.) If you are not logged into FORMED, then you will need to sign up before the links below will work. Click here to sign up for your free FORMED account. If you need help accessing FORMED please email Ed at ebellamy@kcascension.org or call 913-681-3348 ext. 133. PRAY: Divine Mercy Chaplet by clicking here. WATCH: Divine Mercy with Father Michael Gaitley by clicking here. READ: The Second Greatest Story Ever Told by Michael E. Gaitley clicking here. WATCH: The Face of Mercy by clicking here. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION BEGINS APRIL 20. Vacation Bible School will be moved this year to July 6-10. Registration for youth volunteers and for morning and afternoon sessions will begin Monday, April 20. Please email woleary@kcascension.org if you have any questions. CALLING PARISHIONERS BEGINNING THE WEEK OF APRIL 20. During this unprecedented time, we want to reach out to our parishioners, to connect, check-in and see how everyone is doing. To that end, we will be starting a calling campaign the week of April 20 to reach out and contact parishioners by phone for a quick, friendly chat. If you would like to make phone calls from your home to your fellow parishioners, please email Liz Willman, Director of Adult Faith & RCIA at: lwillman@kcascension.org Happy Easter! SUMMER YFF We are still monitoring the COVID-19 situation and for now are planning on having Summer YFF from June 15-25. You can find the registration on the front page of the parish website. ALL WEEKLY YFF AND FAMILY FORMATION, YEAR I AND YEAR II information is being communicated through email from the YFF Office. LIFE RUNNERS During these times of staying at home, what a better way to get outdoors and support life and the unborn by joining the newly formed Ascension Chapter of LIFE Runners! For more information and to sign up, go to https://www.liferunners.org/ . Under “Which local chapter are you joining?”, click the drop down and select “KS-Overland Park Church of the Ascension”. Contact Dawnlee Maurer at dmaurer@kcascension.org with questions. REMEMBER The Unborn Jer 1:5 SENIORS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND OR SHUT-IN If you are a senior and are homebound or shut-in and are in need of assistance to get groceries or prescriptions, we have volunteers who are willing to help. Please notify Patty in the office at pbillinger@kcascension.org. Stay in and stay healthy! CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD DONATIONS NEEDED NOW Do you want to help but do not know how? During these uncertain times, the need for food for those who are without continues. Catholic Charities absolutely needs your food donations. How can you help? The Catholic Charities food bin is now located in the vestibule (hallway) just in front of the door to the St. John room. The southwest outside back entrance will be open daily from 7:00am-7:00pm. The items needed most are: pasta, rice, peanut butter, canned meat, canned fruit, canned tomatoes, canned black beans and pancake mix. For questions, call Joe or Johnette Martin 913-481-8663. MOM BLOG Calling all Moms! We would love to hear from you. All perspectives are welcome; and – No! – you do not need to be an accomplished writer to contribute. Tell us how you are you navigating faith and family life during this unprecedented time. Topics could include: silver linings, gratitude, dealing with grief or loss, practicing faith at home, spirituality, self-care, balance, or humor. Find contribution details here. New articles are posted daily here. WARNING EMAIL/TEXT SCAM Attention parishioners! Catholic churches in Johnson County, including Church of the Ascension, have been part of an email and now text scam that we want to make you aware of. If you receive an email or text from our pastor, associate pastor, a pastor from a nearby parish, or a staff member requesting any sort of financial assistance especially in the form of a gift card, please delete it immediately as it is a scam. All staff emails at parishes end with something that includes all or part of their church names such as @kcascension.org. The scam email addresses are ending in gmail.com or yahoo.com or other email providers. Please always use caution when you are asked for monetary donations via email or text. CLEANING CLOSETS AND ROOMS WHILE AT HOME? The Church of the Ascension garage sale is coming in June. Clean out a corner of your garage or room to store everything for our June drop off. See the bulletin for more details. DIVORCE SUPPORT: Called to Love Again will be offering helpful video content and virtual prayer meetings during the corona virus restrictions for those suffering the tragedy of a broken relationship due to divorce or separation. Please check our FB page or email us to stay connected. calledtolove143@gmail.com DRIVING MONSIGNOR MCGLINN Your assistance in driving Monsignor McGlinn to and from dialysis (and other miscellaneous medical appointments) is greatly appreciated. If interested, click here to sign up. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Would you like to do some service as a family or individual? Check out our current list of volunteer opportunities by clicking here. |