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May 31 , 2020• Pentecost www.holyangelsbasehor.org
Church 15408 Leavenworth Road Basehor, Kansas 66007
Holy Angels
Pastoral Staff Pastor ............... Rev. Richard McDonald
................ [email protected]
Deacon .................. Rev. Mr. Luke Doyle
.............................. [email protected]
Parish Secretary/Charity Coordinator
........................................ Joyce Bowlin [email protected]
Pastoral Assistant .... Dana Brandenburg
............. [email protected]
Director of Religious Education
Cathy Kern ................... (913) 481-5447 ......................... [email protected]
Director Adult Education & Formation
RCIA Coordinator
Christine Brown ........... (913) 724-1665 [email protected]
Youth Ministry Coordinator
Paul Stallbaumer ................ [email protected]
Music Director
Laura Beeves ................ (913) 441-8489 ............................... [email protected]
Finance Council Chair
Craig Gaffney ................ (913) 449-0730
Pastoral Council Chair
David Hornick .............. (816) 830-5679
VIRTUS Coordinator
Sara Steinlage .............. (913) 745-6294
Pro-Life Committee
Gary Johnson ......................................
Food Kitchen Coordinator
Nick Gaspers ............... (913) 724-1186
Legion of Mary
Janice Gaspers ............ (913) 724-1186
Special Needs Advocate
Shauna ....................... (913) 721-1249
Cemetery Sales
Keith Creten ................ (913) 788-2096
Organizations
Cathy Gilewitch, CWO . (913) 416-3996
............................ [email protected]
Chuck Whipple, K of C.. (816) 835-2740
Ron McMillian, 4th Deg. K of C ............. .................................... (913) 710-2830
Confessions welcomed by appointment, and Saturdays 3:45 - 4:15 pm.
Baptisms Three months notice before baptism. Baptism are held on
the 2nd Sunday of the month. Baptismal Preparation Classes are re-quired and scheduled individually with parents (only). Call Chris at the office (913) 724-1665 to schedule a class time.
Weddings Contact Chris Brown nine months before proposed wedding
date. Call the office to make an appointment, (913) 724-1665.
Little Church is open for prayer 8 am to 4 pm, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays. Social distancing guidelines to
be followed while in church.
Church Office .......... (913) 724-1665
15438 Leavenworth Road
Fax ....................... (913) 724-4148
Office Hours
Monday thru Thursday ........................... 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Friday ........................................................................ Closed
Rectory ......................................................... (913) 724-3122
15440 Leavenworth Road
Daily Mass will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays at
8:00 am in the main church.
M a s s e s T h i s W e e k
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Monday, June No Mass
Tuesday, June 2 Sts. Marcellinus and Peter
8:00 am † Robert Evans
Wednesday, June 3 St. Charles Lwanga
8:00 am † Sharon Magaha
Thursday, June 4
8:00 am † Joanne McCrary
Friday, June 5 No Mass St. Boniface
Saturday, June 6
4:30 pm † Jan Stallbaumer
Sunday, June 7
8:00 am † Carolyn Vogel
10:30 am All Parishioners of Holy Angels
Pentecost , May 31, 2020
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Dear Parishioners and Friends of Holy Angels,
“Creator Spirit, come visit the souls that are yours; fill with heavenly grace the hearts that you created!”
During the singing of that divine chant known as the Veni Creator Spiritus that is attributed to Rabanus Maurus from the end of the eighth or start of the ninth century, I was privileged to confirm in our main church on the Vigil of the Ascension last weekend in a special private Mass the adults in our parish who so patiently have waited throughout Easter Season for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in their lives in this great Sacrament. My doctor had allowed me to ease back into ministry and this seemed the perfect way to do it, with three adults longing to receive the Sacraments in a small congregation. (For the great number of children—more than twenty five percent larger than the largest classes—awaiting Confirmation, we need to deter-mine how things shake out by the first of June regarding the look of group sizes permitted at large gatherings to see if we need to break this down to three or more ceremonies and at that time also determine how to proceed with our children’s First Holy Communion.)
One of that number of adults Sat., May 23, also was received into the Catholic Church and received First Holy Communion: Ashley Toplikar, who wrote a moving article in last week’s bulletin. It was a graced moment for everyone, for those being confirmed, for the sponsors, and for the transitional deacons, Rev. Messrs. Doyle and Chadwick, who assisted me and thus who were for the first time acting as clerics in one of the most important roles for which they have trained during seminary.
Our own holy deacon of God, Rev. Mr. Luke Doyle, had assisted me the evening previous in blessing and con-validating the Sacrament of Marriage with the spouse and one of the confirmandi before Confirmation was conferred on Saturday. That was the first time our deacon was involved as a cleric in the blessing of a marriage.
For myself it is always moving to witness marriage blessings and to receive persons into the Church after their long process of discern-ment. So, it was even more meaningful to return for my first time since my injuries to preside at such a Mass as that with the good people of God (although due to the Orders from above in much lesser numbers than all would have liked), to confer Sacraments that
are done once in a lifetime, and to have assisting me two very able and good men in whom we can all be proud that they, along with their third classmate ordained with them, will be clerical servants of God for decades to come.
The diaconate ordination ceremony done May 16 was a very moving Mass as it was so intimate. I have come to know Deacon Thomas Maddock, who was here at Holy Angels with Totus Tuus as a semi-narian a few years ago and who stood godfather for a relative of mine as I baptized him; and Deacon Keith Chadwick, who our Knights of Columbus have supported all his way through seminary, and, with my doctor’s permission, I was privileged and honored to vest in his Archdiocesan diaconal stole and dalmatic at his ordination. Deacon Luke Thomas Doyle, who we are privileged and honored to come to know this summer, was the third man ordained. The other two vest-ing priests have been good friends for a long time: one, ordained my same year and with whom I have vacationed and known forever, Fr. Brian Schieber, and one who was the deacon here at Holy Angels for my own Mass of Installation as a pastor and whom I am most sad-dened to see return to his home nation of Italy to serve in the Diocese of Rome, Fr. Alessandro Borraccia, formerly of the Apostles of the Interior Life. He will be sorely missed here in our Archdiocese but he will do great things as the holy priest he is in his country of origin.
The beautiful ordination ceremony was further enlivened by the great parade of forty some cars involved with St. James Academy, of which each of the three deacons has been intimately associated, that transpired in front of the doors of the cathedral immediately after the three new deacons emerged from the cathedral with the Archbishop.
We all look forward to going forward out of this social isolation into a summer of much greater normalcy, God willing. One of the ways we at Holy Angels look forward to doing that is to prepare for Sunday, June 14, at the end of the governmental orders of restrictions, for a rousingly reverent Solemnity of the Most Sacred Body and Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, known popularly as Corpus Christi, and to have after the 10:30 Mass a Eucharistic procession with our Fourth Degree Knights ending with the two holy deacons of God, Deacon Luke Doyle and Deacon Keith Chadwick, assisting in unveiling the completed, glorious, façade mural on Our Lady Queen of the Holy Angels adoration chapel facing Leavenworth Road. Even if the Archbishop’s restrictions are not lifted by that time to resume adoration in there, on this most special “day of days” for the Holy Eucharist, we still plan after the unveiling to have a blessing of it, health permitting, by Archbishop Emeritus, James P. Keleher. That evening as it darkens, probably around 9 p.m., we hope to have a ceremonious turning on of its lights that help the facade illuminate brightly so as to be a car-stopper as one goes by on Leavenworth Road — or better yet a destination point to see — that is a true witness to our most beautiful Catholic faith.
Again, I want to thank you for the great meals — every one of them a masterpiece, and the desserts, all phenomenal — that have aided as well the seminarian and deacon who have been assisting me. I cannot thank you all sufficiently for the prayers, the cards, phone calls and emails, all which have touched me profoundly. This is a parish full of magnanimous hearts.
As we celebrate the end of the most holy season of Easter, let us ponder the great consoling words of another chant from our Church — ever ancient, ever new — for the great Solemnity of Pentecost. Although it is a much more modern hymn than the ancient one men-tioned before, it is equally sublime. This is ascribed to Pope Innocent III “just a few years ago” in the latter of the twelfth or start of the thirteenth century, Veni Sancte Spiritus:
“Come thou Holy Spirit, come! And from thy celestial home shed a ray of divine light! Give them virtue’s sure reward; Give them Thy salvation, Lord; Give them joys that never end.”
Joy to you in Our Gracious Father, in Our Lord Jesus, and in the grace of the Holy Spirit in wishing you the most abundant Pentecost blessings!
Collection Counters:
June 1 - Beverly Brown, Linda Land & Jennifer Loechler
June 8 - Jennifer Loechler, Veronica Stallbaumer & Gene
Klingele
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Diaconal Ordination Reflection by Deacon Luke Thomas Doyle
On Saturday, May 16th, by the grace of God and the
fruit of the prayers and support of all of our families,
friends, clergy, and parishioners throughout the Archdi-ocese of Kansas City, three men—including myself—
were ordained as transitional deacons to be “sacraments
of charity” (St. John Paul II) for the people of God in
N.E. Kansas. As I reflect back on the ordination Mass, I
am humbled by and deeply grateful for the overwhelm-
ing love and support of all those that joined us physically
and spiritually via prayer (with the help of live-stream!)
as we made the most pivotal step to date towards our
priestly ordination which will take place, God-willing, in
May 2021.
During the ordination rite, I made a series of seven
promises—six that began with the words: “Do you
resolve...” to which I responded each time: “I do.” These
promises are not simply a promise that I made only on
that day. They are a commitment and resolution that I am now called to take up each and every day, each and
every moment of my new life as a minister of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. These promises are meant to be the
foundation for a constantly lived commitment to Jesus
and to His people entrusted to my care. The first
promise that I made was to become “consecrated for the
Church’s ministry”—namely, evangelizing the whole
world by baptism and the proclamation of the Gospel
(Mt 28:19-20). That word, “consecrated”, literally means
“to be set apart.” Thus, the first promise that I made on
the day of my ordination was an expression of my will-
ingness to be “set apart” by God that I may, with His
help and by His grace, more fully devote my life to the
mission of His Church; the proclaiming of the Gospel
and the work accompanying it to ensure the salvation of
souls. Much like a church, an altar, or a chalice is
consecrated for particular and sacred use, now I also
have been oriented for this specific purpose: to aid in the mission of the Church and, even more precisely; to
aid in the mission of the church of Holy Angels in
Basehor, KS. for the summer of 2020!
There are, primarily, five speaking parts proper to the
deacon within the celebration of the Mass, and, coupled
together, they provide an overview of the Christian life.
The first part is during the Penitential Rite at the
beginning of the Mass, when the deacon leads the
congregation in prayer, begging God for the gift of His
Mercy. Every Christian—especially an ordained minister—
must never forget that we are fallen and wounded. We
are all sinners, desperately in need of the Father’s
Mercy. Secondly, is the proclamation of the Gospel; the
telling of the gift of Mercy given to the whole world in the person of Jesus who, according to Pope Francis, is “the
face of the Father’s Mercy.” We are all called to become
bold proclaimers of the Gospel—perhaps even more so
today as our culture continues to become increasingly
secularized and indifferent to Jesus’ invitation to abun-
dant life. Thirdly, it is ordinarily the deacon, when
present, who announces the Prayers of the Faithful
during the Mass. Traditionally, one of the deacon’s chief
responsibilities is to focus his ministry on those in the
Christian community who are most in need. Thus, it is
his privilege to announce the needs and intentions of
God’s people; uniting the entire congregation
in prayer for these particular intentions. Fourth, the
deacon is the one who invites: “Let us offer each other
the sign of peace.” The universal sign of our peace is
none other than Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace who
is the only one that can give us the gift of true and ever-
lasting peace; a peace that the world does not know
apart from Him. You and I are invited to receive Him
who is our peace every moment of our lives and, most powerfully, when we receive Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
Finally, the deacon dismisses the congregation at the
end of the Mass with one of four options, but all directed
towards mission.
My classmates and I have been ordained—that is,
ordered and consecrated—for these reasons: to help
God’s people become aware of their need for Mercy, to
proclaim the Good News, to be cognizant of and to serve
all—especially those most in need, to call for us to share
the sign of peace, and to remind us all of our mission as
Christians. While we have been ordained to speak during
these parts of the Mass, these parts encompass what
can rightly be seen as the whole of the Christian life!
If you saw pictures from my ordination day, you might
have seen the socks and t-shirts that each man who was
ordained wore, as well as the priests that vested us as we took our place in the sanctuary as new deacons. We
wanted to invoke Mary, the Queen and Mother of all
clergy in a simple but real way, and so our socks and
t-shirts were in her honor! As I took on this new office in
the Church, I could not help but hear the words of Our
Lady to St. Juan Diego when she appeared to him as
Our Lady of Guadalupe: “Hear and let it penetrate into
your heart, my dear little son: let nothing discourage
you, nothing depress you. Let nothing alter your heart or
your countenance…do not fear any illness or vexation,
anxiety or pain. Am I not here who am your Mother? Are
you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your
fountain of life? Are you not in the folds of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else that you
need?”
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us that we may
receive in full all that your Son has accomplished for us!
Reverend Mister Luke Thomas Doyle, born in Omaha,
NE. is the son of two medical doctors. In his family,
the Deacon is the eldest son, second eldest of eight
who was reared in Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish in
Topeka. He graduated from Hayden High School,
Topeka, and attended Creighton University in Omaha
and Cardinal Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He studied two years at the Pontifical Angelicum
University in Rome and was formed in seminary at
that time in the Pontifical North American College.
He has taught at St. James High School, Lenexa, and
in School of Faith in our Archdiocese, and was RCIA
Director at St. Michael’s Leawood. He enjoyed doing
a show on Catholic Radio and was last at Kenrick
Seminary, St. Louis, this past year where he will re-
turn in August in preparation for sacerdotal ordina-
tion next May.
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FOR THOSE IN THE JAMES BOND ZIP CODE OF 66007: JAMES BOND ACTOR REITERATES HIS
LOVE FOR THE FAITH. Pierce Brosnan credits his Catholicism for
help with trials of life by John Burger
Pierce Brosnan might be, after Sean Connery,
the best-known James Bond, having portrayed
the British spy in four films between 1995 and
2002 and to television audiences he was known
as detective, Remington Steele. He’s also known as someone in Hollywood who’s not afraid to
proclaim his Catholic faith. His latest profession
came the other day on the Late Late Show, when
he told host James Corden that his Catholic faith
has kept him in “good stead” throughout several difficult times in his life. Brosnan turned 67 on
May 16.
The actor-turned-activist recalled growing up
in County Meath, where he attended Catholic
schools. “I was brought up an Irish Catholic,
which has kept me in good stead throughout the trials and tribulations of my life,” he said.
The former 007 was discussing an Irish
charity, Pieta House, which helps people who are
tempted by suicide. Brosnan advised those going
through emotional trials to “stay in contact with
friends, reach out to people and if you have faith,
some prayers in your heart, God in your heart and entrust God in yourself.”
He also discussed the key to having a long
and happy marriage. “It’s constant work, sup-
porting and loving each other,” he said. He and
his wife, Keely, recently celebrated their 26th anniversary. “We have been blessed with a good
friendship in life but always solving problems
because there is always going to be problems, so
you have to know how to solve them and get on
with it,” he said.
Brosnan’s comments echoed comments he made in 2014, when asked what helped him
through the deaths of his first wife, Cassandra
Harris, in 1991 and his adopted daughter,
Charlotte, in 2013, both from ovarian cancer. “I
would say faith, being Irish, being Catholic, it’s ingrained in my DNA,” he said.
I MISS MY HOLY ANGELS FAMILY
During this two months without Mass at Holy
Angels, I realize how much I have missed seeing
my Holy Angels family. How about you? Whether
we know each other or not, it’s a comfort to see
you all there. My husband Mark and I love watching the children get their bulletins and see
them grow. How are the older folks doing, and
has their health changed? There’s some Knights
we know, and look, there’s a new server ready to
help at Mass. Every Sunday Mark looks forward to a humorous ritual that has developed when he
gets his bulletin from a particular greeter.
I didn’t used to feel this way about parishes I
was in. As a younger adult there were definitely
years when being a parishioner was just showing
up on Sunday, with no real sense of belonging. I
didn’t know others and honestly didn’t make an
effort, maybe because our family would move eve-ry few years. Then once we started to get involved
and participated in church events, we started
talking to people and became friends with other
families. Our friends included people older than
ourselves. Some of the best wisdom and friend-ships I had came from church women friends who
were many years older than me.
Our best friendships have come from our par-
ish family, and we belonged to several over the
years. They have supported our family in friend-
ship over some very happy and difficult
times. Have you had this experience too, or do
you sometimes feel like just another face on Sunday? Having experienced both, I would
encourage you to get to know your Holy Angels
family if you don’t already. You will discover how
friendly this parish is and how much people
care. This time of isolation has shown how much we need people in our lives, especially a connec-
tion with our church family. When we return,
make an effort to say hello to someone you have
seen but don’t know. Introduce yourself (from a
social distance), and ask the perfect icebreaker
question, “How have you been during the quaran-tine?” If someone comes up to you, please
welcome them. I can assure you that creating
some connections and attending some events
(when we are able), will get you thinking of Holy
Angels as your family, with those you care about and who care about you.
I’ve missed my 8am Holy Angels family and look
forward to seeing you soon.
Melanie has been a parishioner since 2005 and has
worked since then in the Vocation Office at the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.
HOLY ANGELS CONGRATULATES AND WELCOMES those who received the
sacraments on May 23, 2020.
Ashely Toplikar was received into full communion
in the church and received Confirmation and
First Eucharist.
Darlene Harrell and Christopher Vallejo were
Confirmed.