Our Gifts to God Last Week July 2019 to date Contributions $ 6,481.75 $236,055.15 Operating Budget $ 5,885.00 $270,710.00 $ 596.75 $-34,654.85

Please Pray For: Cathy Horsch Brayden Macias Mike Murphy

Mark Conrad

Those in the Military:

Nathan Garner Kyle Weaver Cody Reichenberger

Javen Mellington

May 24th ~ The Ascension of The Lord

May 24 The Ascension of the Lord celebrated

May 25 Memorial Day—Parish Office closed.

May 27 Adoration, 9:00 a.m.-7:00p.m.

May 31 Pentecost Sunday—wear red Outreach Sunday—Food Bank and Kontum Missionary & Friendship

St. Anthony/St. Rose Calendar

Sweep/Mop: Angela Cooper

Vacuum: Eichelberger family

Bathrooms: Mary Ruebel

Pews: Betty Zeka, Valerie Ledesma

St. Anthony/St. Rose Church Cleaning

We will resume leading the Rosary before weekend Masses at a later date. Gifts will NOT be carried up at Offertory time until the Bishop once again permits it.

Rosary Leaders/Gift Bearers

Liturgy Assignments for May 30th and 31st, 2020 Time Servers Reader Music

Ministers Extraordinary Ministers

Sacristan Ushers

5:00 pm Kaiden Hernandez Trevan Hernandez

Jesse Montenegro Pam Robinett Pam Montenegro

Lisa Zavala Lisa Zavala Manuel Ramirez Jacob Wetta

8:30 am Gus Wiens Cole Wiens

Mark Conklin Ginger Wilson Lucas Kuchar

Kristi Horsch Connie Jaramillo Mike Horsch Ryan Jenkins

10:30 am Heidi Gulick Haley Gulick

Hollie Gulick Ellie McComb Lucas Kuchar

Kathy Ford TJ Roberts Jeffrey Schmidt Ross Meeker

St. Rose Scholarship Applications are now being accepted for the St. Rose Scholarship. If you are Hispanic or of Hispanic heritage and an active member of St. Anthony/St. Rose Parish you are eligible to apply. Also, if you are a past recipient and still

attending college you may re-apply. Applications are available at the church office or on the parish website, www.stanthonychurchwellington.org. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Stearns at 620.440.7796.

Applications are due by June 30, 2020.

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Totus Tuus Sadly, we have received notice that Totus Tuus is cancelled for this summer. There are too many uncertainties about how and when gatherings will be permitted.

A full description was in the May 1st Catholic Advance.

First Reconciliation & First Communion When Bishop Kemme allows us to gather in groups once again, the class will meet to wrap up preparation and receive each of these sacraments.

2020 Graduates We still wish to recognize our 2020 graduates. The Parish will host a gathering near the time when USD353 holds graduation.

Spring & Summer Notes

Outreach Sunday Bring your non-perishables for the Food Bank to Mass next weekend and deposit them in the back of the church. Cash donations should be made payable to “Wellington Food Bank.”

KMF provides food, clothing, healthcare, and education support to the needy of Central Vietnam. Envelopes are with the brochures in the rack or you may go to www.helpkontum.org

Please Pray For: Clarence & Pat Schmidt Susan Dvorak

Weekly Collection

May 17th $ 2,315.00

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS PARISH

Mon C 8:30 AM Bobby Taboada

Tues W 8:10 AM Special Int. of Jeannie Weber

Tues C 5:00 PM Jerry Wainscott

Wed W 8:10 AM Connie Parrick

Wed C 8:30 AM Wotbag club members

Thurs W 8:10 AM William Johnson

Fri W 8:10 AM John Jay Abasolo

Fri C 5:00 PM Hiram Grant

Sat C 9:00 AM Anciong Bacon

Sat W 5:00 PM Bill Allton

Sun W 8:30 AM People of St. Anthony/St. Rose Parish

Sun C 9:00 AM People of St. Martin Parish

Sun W 10:30 AM Special Int. of Jeannie Weber

St. Martin of Tours Calendar May 24 The Ascension of the Lord celebrated

May 25 Memorial Day

Rosary Sundays, 8:40a.m.

Mass Sundays, 9:00a.m.

Mass Intentions

May 25th-May 31st, 2020

& St. Martin St. Anthony/St. Rose

Please pray for

Cord Schmidt and Laila Crampton

who will celebrate

First Holy Communion

During the 9:00 a.m. Mass on May 31st

Please Pray

May 24th ~ The Ascension Sunday Bible Reflections by Dr. Scott Hahn

The Good News

In today’s First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke gives the surprising news that there is more of the story to be told. The story did not end with the empty tomb, or with Jesus’ appearances to the Apostles over the course of forty days. Jesus’ saving work will have a liturgical consummation. He is the great high priest, and He has still to ascend to the heavenly Jerusalem, there to celebrate the feast in the true Holy of Holies.

The truth of this feast shines forth from the Letter to the Hebrews, where we read of the great high priest’s passing through the heavens, the sinless intercessor’s sacrifice on our behalf (see Hebrews 4:14–15).

Indeed, His intercession will lead to the Holy Spirit’s descent in fire upon the Church. Luke spells out that promise in the First Reading for the feast of the Ascension: “in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit” ” (Acts 1:5). The Ascension is the preliminary feast that directs the Church’s attention forward to Pentecost. On that day, salvation will be complete; for salvation is not simply expiation for sins (that would be wonder enough), but it is something even greater than that. Expiation is itself a necessary precondition of our adoption as God’s children. To live that divine life we must receive the Holy Spirit. To receive the Holy Spirit we must be purified through Baptism.

The Responsorial Psalm presents the Ascension in terms familiar from the worship of the Jerusalem Temple in the days of King Solomon: “God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord” (Psalm 47). The priest-king takes his place at the head of the people, ruling over the nations, establishing peace.

The Epistle strikes a distinctively Paschal note. In the early Church, as today, Easter was the normal time for the baptism of adult converts. The sacrament was often called “illumination” or “enlightenment” because of the light that came with God’s saving grace (see, for example, Hebrews 10:32). Saint Paul, in his Letter to the Ephesians, speaks in terms of glory that leads to greater glories still, as Ascension leads to Pentecost: “May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened,” he writes, as he looks to the divinization of the believers. Their “hope” is “his inheritance among the holy ones,” the saints who have been adopted into God’s family and now rule with Him at the Father’s right hand.

This is the “good news” the Apostles are commissioned to spread—to the whole world, to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem—at the Ascension. It’s the good news we must spread today.

God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

Psalm 47

Grieving with Great Hope is a Catholic bereavement resource offering hope and healing to those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. Whether you have lost a spouse, a child (including pregnancy loss), grandchild, parent, another family member or a friend, you will find strength for the journey in this grief support resource.

Grieving with Great Hope helps you navigate your way. Your guide is the Holy Spirit. Your bridge is The Seven Intentions of Mourning. You will be encouraged to pray. You will learn ways to redefine yourself and have an enduring relationship with your loved one. You will come to understand and accept your emotions, but process them through. The Seven Intentions of Mourning will help you grieve with great hope, make wise choices and maybe even make new friends They will help you chart your course through the valley of grief, where the only way out is in.

Join this six week series; Mondays, June 1– July 6; 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Spiritual Life Center, 7100 B, 45th St. Bel Aire, KS

Sign up by Saturday, May 30th at midnight at www.slcwichita.org

Grieving With Great Hope

Catholic Education Development Coordinator, Office of Development and Planned Giving

The Diocese of Wichita is seeking an outstanding individual to serve as Catholic Education Development Coordinator for the Office of Development and Planned Giving.

Responsibilities include promoting, managing and administering the tax credit program for Support for Catholic Schools, Inc. This will include oversight of scholarship recipients, board reports, coordination with the State of Kansas and donor stewardship.

This is a grant funded position. Deadline for accepting resumes is on or before, noon on June 23, 2020. For information regarding requirements, please check our job posting at http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org, Administration/Human Resources/Careers.

New Position at Chancery Office

Project Rachel Ministry will begin the Hope Lives Bible Study on Sunday, June 14, 2020.

A Time to Heal, Learning How to Laugh and Play Again is a Bible study for women who have had abortions. The Bible study explores the lives of women from the Old Testament and displays God’s ability to heal and transform lives. The group process allows participants to recognize God’s mercy and find forgiveness and peace.

The Bible Study is free and confidential. Contact (316)269-HOPE (4673) for more information.

Healing after Abortion

This twelve week series may begin on Wednesday, June 3 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 124 N. Roosevelt, Wichita.

The cost per person is $40 which includes the Complete Resource Guide and 6 months access to the streaming videos.

To register, call the Parish Office at 316-682-4557, email calledandgifted@blessedsacramentwichita.com (please give your name, email address, phone number and your home parish), or to go the parish website and click on Called and Gifted.

Called and Gifted

A New Marriage Date Night Series – anytime in the comfort of your home!

Join top Marriage Champions from around the country for a 5 part marriage enrichment and renewal series. During this time of social isolation, our Domestic Church is in even greater need of relationship with God and others. This is our time as married couples to shine and be the light to those in our homes and communities. Let your marriage BE LIGHT! For more information and to register go to: https://witnesstolove.org/belight.

Second In-Home Date Night Opportunity

Quarantine and social distancing can be hard on relationships - reconnect with a romantic date night. This Date Night offers mouthwatering recipes to cook together, questions to get the conversation flowing, then kick-back and laugh with Paul Harris and a couples’ comedy special.

To learn more and to register go to https://datenight.communio.org/register-at-home-date-night/.

Two Marriage Date Night Ideas

Thank You to the people who have already accepted the invitation to join Realm, our new Parish database software.

We have created many of the Parish groups and entered parishioners in some of the groups that we know they are active in. By no means are we done with this process.

If you would like to join Realm, see what’s going on, and add yourself to the groups you would like to be in, you would be MOST welcome. Here’s the link:

https://onrealm.org/stanthonychurchwellington

Thank You!