Parish Office: 115 E. 5th. St Holton, KS 66436 Office phone: (785) 364-3262 Rectory phone: (785) 362-7026 (sacramental emergency only) Parish email: parish.jacocatholics@gmail.com Parish website: www.jacocatholics.com Office Hours: 8:30am - 11:30am (Tues/Fri)

RECONCILIATION: 30 mins prior to each weekend Mass OR by appointment

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Jonathan Dizon jdizon@archkck.org Secretary: Kay Ludvicek Accountant: Tena Brucken Dir. Rel. Ed: Barbara Berg

DAILY and SUNDAY MASSES: (via Facebook Live) Tuesday – Sunday 9:00 AM ADORATION and ROSARY: (via Facebook Live) Tuesday AND Thursday 6:00 PM RECONCILIATION: By Appointment only at this time BAPTISM. Those requesting baptism for their chil-dren need to be registered parishioners and are required to take a baptismal prep class prior to the child’s baptism. Please call the parish office. MARRIAGE. Weddings require six (6) months no-tice to fulfill the archdiocesan marriage program. Consult with the pastor BEFORE any plans or deci-sions are made. DECLARATION of NULLITY, ANOINTING of the SICK and FUNERALS. Please call the parish office.

4 t h S u n d a y o f E a s t e r

M a y 3 , 2 0 2 0

MASS INTENTIONS

May 2 (Sat), Saint Athanasius Susan Nelson+ May 3 (Sun), 4th Sunday of Easter For All Parishioners May 5 (Tues), Tuesday of the 4th Week of Easter Damian Levings+ May 6 (Wed), Wednesday of the 4th Week of Easter Bob Sosna+ May 7 (Thu), Thursday of the 4th Week of Easter Joe and Elizabeth Kennedy+ May 8 (Fri), Friday of the 4th Week of Easter Bob Hood+ May 9 (Sat), Saturday of the 4th Week of Easter For an end to the Coronavirus pandemic May 10 (Sun), 5th Sunday of Easter For All Parishioners

JOSHUA 24:15 FAMILY CORNER “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”

Please consider this activity for your family this

month of MAY 2020: REGINA CAELI. The Angelus prayer is a Marian devotion prayed everyday at very specific hours: 6AM, 12NN and 6PM. During the Easter season, this devotion is replaced by the Regina Caeli prayer recited just before going to bed. Strive to pray it together as a family each day this month.

“WHILE YOU ARE GONE.” Parish volunteers took advantage of this rare opportunity to do some repairs, maintenance and cleaning of our worship space. St Dominic volunteers replaced malfunctioning ceiling fans and painted our newly-plastered walls and ceilings and while St. Francis Xavier volunteers waxed and cleaned our hall floors and did some minor maintenance work. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!!

“I am the GATE for the

SHEEP” John 10:7

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is tradi-tionally celebrated as Good Shepherd Sunday. The Gospel passage this Sunday, however, speaks of Jesus claiming He is the Gate of the Sheep. Is this contradicting the idea of Jesus as Good Shepherd? And how about that time when John the Baptist calls Him the Lamb of God? How can He be the lamb, the shepherd and the gate all at the same time? It is a thought-provoking question, which is profoundly answered when Jesus says: I am the way, the truth and the life. As the sheep gate, Jesus is the only way to the Father. As the good shep-herd, Jesus is the truth whose voice we follow. As the Lamb of God, He takes away the sins of the world so that we may have life and have it more abundantly.

Fr. Jonathan

Holton 524 Pennsylvania Ave.

(785) 364-2141

Wayne & Karen Leiker Dave Ashcraft Kay Hodison Dan Fiedler Chris Koger Gregg Moser Dixie Wege

Jonnie Turley Sandra Silver Sharon Gabriel

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PARISH STEWARDSHIP

April 26, 2020

Saint Dominic

St Francis Xavier

Envelopes $4,480.00 $960.00

Week of Apr 19 $2,175.00 $1,690.00

Week of Apr 12 $2,200.00 $550.00

Week of Apr. 5 $2,525.00 $3,622.58

*envelopes + direct deposits

Aver. weekly expenses for this fiscal year $2,719.11 $1,971.04

ARCHBISHOP’S CALL to SHARE (As of April 24, 2020)

Saint Dominic

St Francis Xavier

Target Goal $15,794.00 $9,138.00

Pledges to Date $16,048.00 $5,655.00

Target % Achieved 102% 62%

Participation % 34% 35%

PRAYER INTENTIONS

Intentions of the Holy Father for April 2020: Freedom from Addiction. We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied.

Intentions of Archbishop Naumann for April 2020: • For all those who have suffered from the Coronavirus, that they may be

surrounded by our loving support and lifted up in our prayers. • For our teachers, students and parents, that they can successfully

adopt distance learning methods so that our students may continue to grow in love for Jesus and His Church as well as to develop the gifts and talents that God has entrusted to them.

Intentions of Fr. Jonathan for May 2020: Patience. For an increase in the virtue of patience during this time of pandemic, that we may learn to wait and endure sufferings gracefully.

Prayers for Health Issues: Parishioners: Sonya Bergman; George Bolz; Rick Cole; Terry Craig; Estella Danner; Francis DeVader; Steve Devlin; Mildred Eisenbarth; Sheila Fernkopf; Brad Fiedler; Dan Fiedler; Dennis Fiedler; Warren Fiedler; Barb Grau; Mary Harris; Pat Hasenkamp; Ed Hrenchir; Adrian Koch; Mike and Karen McClas-key; Mary Morford; Lynne Mulroy; Calvin and Elizabeth Page; Emma Schirm-er; Evelyn Sullivan; Janie Teetzel; Gregg Watkins Relatives of Parishioners:

Prayers for our Men and Women in Active Duty:

Prayers for our Men and Women in Health Care: Debbie Ashcraft, Margaret Blevins, Mandy Bontrager, Joe Curtis, Chris Everts, Rachel Gross, Lindsay Hammes-Williams, Shannon Henry, Kara Hoffman, Amber Howard, Nancy Kathrens, Carolyn Kennedy, Paula Morris, Beth Nelson, Angie Reith, Leigha Sweet, Susan Tanking, Cody Utz, Jeffrey and Malia Warner, Mary Wilhelm, Kaylie Zimmerman

** We are taking this opportunity to ‘RESET’ our parish prayer board and organize them. To place or remove a name on these prayer lists, please email or call the parish office.

MT CALVARY CEMETERY CLEAN UP A couple of generous families volunteered their time to clean up Mt. Calvary cemetery the weekend of May 16-17. We would ask those who have items they want to keep to pick them up before that weekend. Otherwise, most old items and flowers will be collected for disposal. Thank you!

WANTED: HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH LEADERS. The North-east Kansas Rural Youth Council is inviting high school- aged youth to be a part of the rural youth leadership council. This leadership opportunity requires a one-year commitment. If interested, email the pastor at jdizon@archkck.org.