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| Upcoming Events |
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| V.P. Communications |
| KEEPING YOU INFORMED - MAY 2012 |
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| Guest Articles |
| Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for MAY |
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| Dates To Remember |
| DON'T MISS THESE SERRA CLUB EVENTS |
| Anniversaries to be Celebrated in MAY |
| BIRTHDAYS TO CELEBRATE IN MAY |
| Schedule of Exposition and Adoration |
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| Priest Anniversaries This Month |
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| Visit Our Club Online |
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| V.P. Communications |
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KEEPING YOU INFORMED - MAY 2012
by THE SEKC CLUB CALENDAR
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| This issue is our Club Calendar and diocesan Church vocation activities information. Included each month will be anniversary and birthday information for priests, deacons and religious. |
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for MAY
by Vatican News Service
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 GENERAL INTENTION: The Family. That initiatives which defend and uphold the role of the family may be promoted within society. .
MISSIONARY INTENTION: Mary, Guide of Missionaries. That Mary, Queen of the World and Star of Evangelization, may accompany all missionaries in proclaiming her Son Jesus. |
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DON'T MISS THESE SERRA CLUB EVENTS
by Marking your Calendar Now
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 APRIL.....SPECIAL REMINDER:
29 - World Wide World Day of Prayer for Vocations World Wide Day of Prayer for and increase in Vocations... TAKE TIME TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR PRIESTS, DEACONS AND MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS THIS WEEK.
MAY
4 - Adoration following the Friday Morning 8:30 a.m. Mass, with Serran HOLY HOUR for Church Vocations at 11:00 AM at St. John Francis Regis Chapel of Repose, 8941 James A. Reed RD, Kansas City, MO.
5 - Blisters for Sisters - 8:30 AM at Church of the Nativity, Leawood, KS --- 6th Annual Blisters for Sisters Walk at the Church of the Nativity (119th & Mission Road) Registration: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Walk: 9:30 to 11:00 am Mass: 11:00 am Lunch: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
8 - 6:30 PM Serra Club Dinner Meeting at Our Lady of Coronation Parish. To Be Announced. Contact Roger Tilling with reservations for dinner, 816-524-8572
15 - SEKC Club Board Meeting at 6:00 p.m. Coronation of Our Lady Parish. Contact Mark LeCluyse if you cannot attend. Ask a member of your committee to attend and bring your report.
17 - DIOCESAN CHURCH VOCATIONS MASS, 11:00 a.m., at Diocesan Center, 9th and Baltimore in the Chapel on the 1st floor. SEKC Club Team 1 will participate. (TEAM 1-Team Captain-Norma Brower, Barbara Eckart, Myron Garth, Tom Hemsath, Tommy Jewitt, Bobbie Ledford, Bernard Lohkamp,
Al St. Germain, Jim Johnson, Jackie Johnson.)
19 - Priesthood Ordination for six Transitional Deacons.
22 - 20th Anniversary of Charter for the Serra Club of Southeast Kansas City, MO and the 2012 -2013 Officer Installation. Bishop Emeritus Raymond J. Boland and the Extension Committee of the Serra Club of K.C, MO established the Club. Bishop Boland will be the Celebrant at the Club's Anniversary Mass at 6:00 p.m.
JUNE
June 20-21 - USA Council of Serra International Annual Meeting and Council 4 Major Committee Meetings - Providence, RI.
June 21 – 23 - Serra International Convention hosted by the Serra Club of Providence, Rhode Island.
June 24 - Permanent Diaconate Picnic, 1:00 PM, St. Patrick's Parish Park in North KC, MO.
LONG TERM CALENDAR:
JULY 11 - Serra Club of Kansas City North is hosting a special COOKOUT for our Seminarians at St. Therese Church, 7207 NW Highway 9, Parkville, Missouri. They will also have a Silent Auction. [MORE INFORMATION SOON!]
OCTOBER 26-28 - REGION RETREAT/CONFERENCE AT CONCEPTION ABBEY - SAVE THE DATE - MORE INFORMATION SOON
OPEN THE LINK BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIRST MASS TO BE CELEBRATED ON MAY 20TH BY OUR SIX NEW PRIESTS. |
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Anniversaries to be Celebrated in MAY
by sending appreciation cards and notes.
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Rev. Joseph B. Powers - May 12, 1979
Rev. Paul A. Turner - May 12, 1979
Rev. Matthew Brumleve - May 14, 1988
Rev. Terry T. Bruce - May 20, 1967
Rev. Gerard R. Waris - May 20, 1967
Rev. Louis Farley – May 21, 2011
Rev. James T. Hart - May 22, 1965
Rev. Charles Rowe - May 22, 1999
Rev. John Bolderson - May 23, 1981
Rev. Thomas Hawkins - May 23, 1970
Rev. Michael D. Rice - May 23, 1964
Rev. Thomas W. Wiederholt - May 25, 1963
Rev. Kenneth J. Crique - May 25, 1963
Rev. Charles R. Jones - May 25, 1963
Rev. Lloyd E. Opoka - May 25, 1968
Rev. Richard T. Saale - May 25, 1950
Rev. Charles P. Tobin - May 25, 1968
Rev. Thomas J. Ward - May 26, 1962
Rev. Michael O. Clary - May 27, 1977
Rev. Ralph L. Kaiser - May 29, 1954
Rev. Matthew Benjamin – May 29, 2010
Rev. Phillip Luebbert - May 29, 2010
Rev. R. William Caldwell - May 30, 1968
Rev. Christian Malewski - May 30, 2009
Rev. Duc Nguyen - May 30, 2009
Rev. Robert S. Gregory - May 31, 1969
Rev. Robert A. Rost - May 31, 1974
Rev. Michael E. Tierney - May 31, 1969
Rev. Evan Harkins - May 29, 2010
Deacon Timothy McEvoy - May 6,1994
Deacon Richard Snooks - May 7, 1977
Deacon Joseph Stueve - May 15, 1977
Deacon Tom Powell – May 24, 1975
Sr. Mary Isabel Peters, OSF - May 10, 1939
APPRECIATION CARDS FROM PRINTERY HOUSE ARE AVAILABLE FROM NAOMI KENNEDY...CALL 913-743-8029 |
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BIRTHDAYS TO CELEBRATE IN MAY
by sending appreciation card and notes
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Rev. Peter Savidge - 5
Rev. Alexander B. Sinclair - 9
Rev. Joseph Mancuso - 12
Rev. John Schuele - 15
Rev. Kenneth J. Criqui - 19
Rev. C. Duane Ryan - 25
Rev. Ambrose Karrels - 25
Rev. Robert Rost - 26
Rev. Donald Cleary - 29
Rev. Bradley Offutt - 29
Deacon David Townely - 01
Deacon Jerry Williams - 09
APPRECIATION CARDS FROM PRINTERY HOUSE ARE AVAILABLE FROM NAOMI KENNEDY...CALL 913-743-8029 |
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Schedule of Exposition and Adoration
by Parishes and Religious Communities
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Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and contemplation. Seek the intersession of the Lord of the harvest to call men and women to serve the Church.
St. John Francis Regis Church - Exposition & Adoration - 9 a.m to 9 p.m, First Friday, 8941 James A Reed RD, K.C., MO. 11:00 a.m. - Holy Hour for Vocations led by Serra Club of SEKC,MO.
St. Thomas More Church - 24 Hour Adoration - First Friday following 8:15 a.m. Mass to 8:15 p.m. Mass on Saturday.
Holy Spirit Chapel - Eucharistic Adoration every Friday after 8:00 a.m. Mass until 8:00 p.m. - 1800.W State Route 150, Lees's Summit, MO
Coronation of Our Lady Church - Adoration Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8:00-9:00 a.m., Wednesday after 6:30 PM Mass, Friday 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church - 7009 Blue Ridge BLVD, Raytown, MO, Adoration-Wednesday after morning Mass for 1/2 hour. Adoration on first Friday after the 8:00 A.M. Mass until 3:00 p.m. then Divine Mercy Chaplet will be said followed by Benediction.
St. Bernadette - 9020 E. 51st TER, KC, MO -1st Friday, after morning Mass , 8:45 a.m. to Benediction 1:00 p.m.
Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist - Holy Hour for Vocations on the second Sunday of each month following the 11:30 a.m. Mass; with Benediction of the Holy Eucharist around 1:30 p.m. They are located at 2100 N. Noland Road, Independence, MO.
St. Catherine of Siena - 4101 E. 105th TER, K.C., MO, 3rd Thursday, Holy Hour 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Christ the King Church, 85th and Wornall, Kansas City, MO -7 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month
St. Elizabeth Church, 75th and Main, Kansas City, MO -
7 p.m. the last day of each month
Our Lady of the Presentation, 130 NW Ward RD,Lees Summit, MO, Monday-Wednesday-Friday following Mass 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
St. Peter's Church, 815 E. Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO -
Holy Hour and Adoration every Tuesday 8:45 a.m to 7:00 p.m.
We invite information regarding Adoration and Exposition of Eucharist in parishes. Send information to sekcserra@comcast.net or Call 816-356-1760
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| This Month's Priestly Ordination Anniversaries |
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| Rev. Michael Clary - 5/27/1977 - Holy Spirit Parish |
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| Rev. Adam Haake - 5/19/2012 - St. John Francis Regis |
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| Rev. Gregory Lockwood - 5/31/1969 - Christ the King Parish |
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| Rev. Christian Malewski - 5/30/2009 - Our Lady of Lourdes-Harrisonville |
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| Rev. Lloyd Opoka - 5/25/1968 - St. Matthew Apostle Parish |
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| Rev. Charles P. "Chuck" Tobin - 5/25/1968 - St. Sabina Parish |
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