September 26, 2021 • 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time www.holyangelsbasehor.org

Church 15408 Leavenworth Road Basehor, Kansas 66007

Holy Angels

Church Office ................................................. (913) 724-1665

15438 Leavenworth Road

Fax ............................................................... (913) 724-4148

Office Hours

Monday thru Thursday ........................... 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Friday ..................................................... 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Rectory ......................................................... (913) 724-3122

15440 Leavenworth Road

Pastoral Staff Pastor ............... Rev. Richard McDonald

................ pastorholyangels@gmail.com

Parish Business Administrator

............................................ Paul Rittof

.................... pbaholyangels@gmail.com

Pastoral Assistant ............ Dana Beinlich

.............. holyangelsbasehor@gmail.com

Director of Religious Education

Cathy Kern ................... (913) 481-5447 .......................... cathy.kern@gmail.com

Director Adult Education & Formation

RCIA Coordinator

Christine Brown ........... (913) 724-1665 holyangelscatholicformation@gmail.com

Youth Ministry Coordinator

Kevin White .................. (913) 724-1665

Music Director

Laura Beeves ................ (913) 441-8489 .................... lbpianomusic7@gmail.com

Choir Director ................. Hayley Pedroza

Organizations Finance Council Chair

David Dugan... davidldugan@gmail.com

Pastoral Council Chair

David Hornick............... (816) 830-5679

Altar Society

Melissa Milhon ………...(913) 708-4925 ................... melissa.milhon@gmail.com

Catholic Women's Organization

Cathy Gilewitch ............ (913) 416-3996

............................. clmg583@gmail.com

Cemetery Sales

Keith Creten ................ (913) 788-2096

Food Kitchen Coordinator

Nick Gaspers ............... (913) 724-1186

Knights of Columbus

Chuck Whipple ............. (816) 835-2740 Dan Clegg, 4th Deg ....... (816) 805-4028

Legion of Mary

Janice Gaspers ………... (913) 724-1186

Special Needs Advocate

Shauna ........................ (913) 721-1249

Pro Life Committee

Greg & Judy Beck………(913) 683-3520

Confessions welcomed by appointment and Saturdays, 3:45 - 4:15 pm.

Daily Mass - Regular weekday Mass in little church 8 am Mon. – Thurs.

and at 9 am on civil holidays. Fridays at 8 am when a priest is available. There will not be a daily Mass when there is a funeral.

Rosary after weekday Mass

Our Lady Queen of the Holy Angels Adoration Chapel open 24/7 with key-

card availability to those signing up for a holy hour

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotion Tuesdays after morning Mass

Youth Group Sundays, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Little Church basement

Men’s Prayer Group Saturdays, 7:00 am, Little Church basement

Legion of Mary 3rd Wednesday of the month 5:30 pm, modular bldg.

Ladies Faith Group Monday evenings at 6:30 pm, Little Church basement.

Friday mornings at 9:30 am, Little Church basement.

Due to the Archdiocesan Priests Convocation, there will be no daily 8:00 am Mass on Tuesday,

Sept. 28– Thursday, Sept. 30.

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Monday, Sept. 27 St. Vincent de Paul

8:00 am † Tony Vielhauer

Tuesday, Sept. 28 St. Wenceslaus

8:00 am NO MASS

Wednesday, Sept. 29

8:00 am NO MASS

Thursday, Sept. 30 St. Jerome

8:00 am NO MASS

Friday, Oct. 1

8:00 am † Holy Souls in Purgatory

Saturday, Oct. 2

4:30 pm † Dale Kreutezer-NK

Sunday, Oct. 3

8:00 am † Marvin Randa

10:30 am All parishioners of Holy Angels

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 - 4:30 PM

Servers Josh and Kathryn Steinlage

Lector 1 Therese Horvat

Lector 2 Sara Steinlage

EMHC (4) Sara Steinlage, Minnette Chmielarski,

Therese Horvat, Steve Suarez

Ushers (4) Lyle Lauritsen*, Ben Wano, Mick Vitt,

David Land

Sacristan Sara Steinlage

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 - 8:00 AM

Servers Emma Flory and Helen Habjan

Lector 1 Jill Elfgren

Lector 2 Jeri Gregory

EMHC(4) Jill Elfgren, Jeri Gregory, Curtis Pahls,

Sharon Peltzer

Ushers (4) Chuck Magaha*, Dennis Moore,

Tom Phalen, Charlie Rees

Sacristan Alisha Brewer

10:30 AM DEDICATION & BLESSING OF ORGAN

MC Terry Thomas, Aaron Waldeck

Servers Tyson Heffley, Josh Brandenburg,

Nathanael, Gabriel, Ethan, and Elijah

Jones

Lector 1 Jeri McDonnell

Lector 2 Craig Gaffney

EMHC (4) Terry Thomas, Jeri McDonnell,

Ushers (4) Ron McMillian*, Keith Mark,

Mike Eskina, Chuck Whipple

Sacristan Tracy Clegg

Collection Counters:

Sept. 27- Beverly Brown, Joyce Bowlin and

Maria McBratney

Oct. 4– Joyce Bowlin, Veronica Stallbaumer and

Gene Klingele

HEADPHONES AVAILABLE FOR THE HARD OF HEARING.

PLEASE ASK AN USHER OR GREETER.

M a s s e s T h i s W e e k

M i n i s t r y S c h e d u l e

G i f t s F o r G o d Weekly Collection Income Needed ................... $12,300.00

Sept. 18-19 ......................................................... $13,939.00

Excess (Shortfall)……………………………………… .$1,639.00

Our sincere thanks to those who are doing their part!

+Pax+

Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

Dear Parishioners and Friends of Holy Angels,

Thanks to the Medical Sisters of St. Joseph, most especially Sr. Susmitha, for coming last weekend to all the Masses and telling the story of their origin and their apostolate of mercy here and around the world. What great missionaries these religious sisters are! What angels of mercy we have in them at our Archdiocesan owned and run Villa St. Francis for the elderly and the infirm! I hope that you give generously to the Mission Appeal we are having this weekend in our second collection to help these and other missionaries fulfill their work for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I also ask you to pray for

their success in their holy work.

There are always people to pray for and causes to champion. Thank heavens we have our wonderful Prayer Chain that Pat Scheibe and Judy Goens administer so lovingly to express our needs and desires in the spiritual realm. Unfortunately, however, into each person’s

life come shocks that shake us to the core. Prayer is so important

for each of these shocks.

I ask that you especially continue to remember in prayer the parishioners of our neighboring church, St. Francis de Sales, in Lansing, their new parochial administrator, Fr. Balachandra Miriyala, known as Fr. Bala, and our long-time neighbor, native of Leavenworth County, alumnus of Immaculata High School and beloved priest of our Archdiocese for decades, Fr. Bill Mc Evoy, as he transitions from being pastor there and goes to Mayo Clinic on a leave of absence. May God be with all of them and guide them

always.

Most sadly and unfortunately, we have suffered in our presbyterate an inordinately high number of priests of late asking for and receiving a leave of absence. I ask you to pray for all of them and for our presbyterate who goes for the first time in two years to Conception Abbey, more than a hundred miles away, for this coming week, for convocation. Because of that, we will not be able to have 8

am daily Masses Tuesday through Thursday of this coming week.

I also ask your special prayers for the family of a seminary classmate and dear friend whom many of you encountered not even a year ago last October when he came here and delivered a great presentation in our church on Covid-19 and the Church’s response to it: Fr. (and Dr.) Tad Pacholczyk. He asks for prayers for the soul of his nephew and consolation and comfort for his entire family in this most soul-searing time for them. Tragically, we know that since this time of pandemic with the restrictions, quarantines, and isolation of so many, in which normal and good personal and social interaction has been cut off to make so many too solitary in their life, the statistics have soared for those who have taken the most tragic route because of it – most especially and sadly among young

people. We need to continually reach out to the most vulnerable because of this – but sometimes we cannot detect who those most

vulnerable are – as we see here.

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October is Mary, Queen of Victory and The Holy Rosary and (fittingly) “Respect

Life Month”

Archbishop Naumann has asked that parishes

reinvigorate their pro-Life Committees and

distribution lists as he leads our archdiocese in the pro-Life battle preparing for next August's "Value

Them Both" Kansas Constitutional Amendment

vote.

Monday, Sept. 27: Holy Angels Day for 40 Days

for Life on the sidewalk at 4840 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS

Sat, Oct. 2: Liberated by Truth: Pro-Life

Conference by Renown Author and speaker Terry Beatley, followed by the Life Will Be

Victorious Celebration with Archbishop

Naumann, St. Michael the Archangel Parish in

Leawood

Sun, Oct. 3: National Life Chain Sunday,

2:30-3:30 on 4th St in Leavenworth.

Dear Holy Angels Parish,

After three long years of saving, fundraising,

applying for grants and a whole lot of praying, we finally have the handicapped converted van, we

needed, for Emma. Words can not express our

gratitude, for all your help, in making this dream

come true. Please join us in celebration, Sunday

October 3, as Bishop Conley and Fr. McDonald

bless our van!

Much love, gratitude and prayers.

The Shay Family

(Nathan, Brieanna, Ethan, Emma, Eli and Elliott.)

Many times, we classmates ask for our brother priest’s prayers for various things. Rarely does one of us ask specifically for the efficacy of a Mass for an intention as we know how important each Mass intention is and we restrict the request for a Mass from another of us for only the most important spiritual matters. Listen to my friend’s request

for prayers.

“If you might be able to offer prayers and a Mass for the repose of the soul of my 17-year-old nephew, Owen Luke Weldy, I would be grateful. He took his own life in Phoenix and I did his funeral and committal yesterday. Such a bright, promising fellow, being pursued by Harvard, Yale and Stanford, an athlete, outstanding violinist, and the only person in Arizona to receive a letter for early acceptance from West Point.” I was honored to celebrate a

Mass for Owen’s soul today.

These shocks to our system remind each of us never to think we really know the struggles of another and to continually reach out to others – even those we think may

be doing quite well – because we never know in what state their soul and mind really are. Remember that we all need to pray for each other, and that we all need others in our lives and to reach out to those who may seem isolated. Please, if any of you know of parishioners who seem

isolated or in need of company, let our office or me know.

After so much isolation, we offer up prayers for a wonderful, festive Patronal Feast of the Holy Angels “2 Fer One” celebration next weekend. We exult in our parish reuniting and coming together again as we celebrate the parish’s feast day to enjoy each other’s company and to rejoice in the significant addition to our church and to our liturgical rites in the blessing and first use of the pipe

organ in the 10:30 Mass.

Many months ago, in the last part of spring, our parish office issued a survey asking folks how they – after restrictions were lifted on Mass attendance – would best like to come together again as a parish family. The majority that responded to the 600 surveys that were sent said that they most desired returning to Mass and for an “adult parish celebration”. With our festive gathering at the Angelus Hour next weekend on Sunday Oct. 3 for all parishioners and all who are at 10:30 Mass, we hope to fulfill the desire of those parishioners who responded to the survey by enjoying adult beverages offered at our parish’s

noon patronal feast celebration.

Next weekend’s celebration, however, is really more of a “3 Fer One” in that we rejoice in having the blessing immediately after 10:30 Mass of the handicapped-accessible van our parishioners in great part aided in

purchasing for our then-parishioner Shay family’s special-needs daughter, Emma. How wonderful to have that beautiful family be part of our parish celebration! Please see the great photo of them thanking us and the

accompanying note from them to us in today’s bulletin.

Finally, may we exult in the start of the glory of beautiful

autumn weather!

In the Holiest Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

Please pray for the following people

listed on the prayer chain… David Brewer, Eve Cope, Jim Cope, Tom Dickinson,

Lloyd Dreiling, Jim Hubbel, Jerry Kavanaugh,

Herschel Keithline, Joe Kennedy, Jeanine

Lauritsen, Jane Miroslaw, Alyce Payne, Joyce

Oswald, Isaac Umsheid, Mary Alice Wells, Susan Wiley, Bill Kirchner, Kimberly Wenger, Sarah

Rodriguez, Jerry Martincich, Mary Durham,

Dave Durham, Jerry Long, Anna Mary Landauer,

Janet Green, Rosie, Gwen Smith, Nick, Bridget,

Cari, Mila, Chris Dearinge, Donna Bileck, and

Amy VanGosen.

**Prayer requests will appear in the bulletin for only

2 – 4 weeks (depending on need) from the date received.

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Prayer Chain Requests

Jackie Cortright, 913-710-7860,

BretJackieCortright@yahoo.com

Sharon Peltzer 913-462-0779, spelt4@yahoo.com

Session 2

A Cause Greater than

Yourself

October 2, 7-8 am

C a l e n d a r o f Upcoming E v e n t s

Sept. 27– 40 Days for Life 7 am-7 pm,

4840 College Blvd.

Oct. 3– Blessing and Dedication of Pipe Organ,

then Mass to follow, 10:30 am, with

reception at the parish hall at noon.

Oct. 17– Retirement reception after 10:30 Mass for Joyce Bowlin & Nick Gaspers

Oct. 23-24— Volunteer Fair after Masses

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

On Monday, September 27, 2021, Holy Angels

will participate in the 40 Days for Life fall

campaign from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Please

plan to spend a couple prayerful hours on the

sidewalk at 4840 College Blvd., Overland Park

to help save a baby. Please go to the Holy Angels web site and click on the Signup Genius for

your much needed prayerful time.

Catholics - Did You Know?

We’ve probably all heard the name “Purgatory”,

but may lack an understanding of what that

means. Although the word itself is not in the

Bible, the concept is. In the Old Testament there

are instances where the Jews mentioned offering

prayers and even alms to help cleanse the souls of the departed. Jesus and his Apostles grew up

with this faith. In the New Testament, Jesus

references Purgatory in Matthew 12:32, where He

states, “[W]hoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” This implies that forgiveness of some sins will happen after death. It makes sense this would happen before one could enter Heaven, meeting God face to face. So what happens in Purgatory?

We don’t know much about the nature of Purgatory, or how long one would be there. The

Catholic Catechism reassures us that “all who die

in God’s grace and friendship, but still

imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their

eternal salvation; but after death they undergo

purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven” (No. 1030).

God is just and merciful, but death doesn’t free

us from the consequences of what we have done -

or not done. We need to be purified before we

become one of the saints in heaven.

The Catholic Church has a great tradition of “The

Communion of Saints” in Heaven being

connected to the living. On November 2 we

celebrate All Souls Day with Mass (which always

brings Heaven to earth), remembering those who have departed by offering them our prayers.

Every Mass is offered for someone – usually

deceased. During Mass you will hear the priest

calling us to remember the faithful departed “who

have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection”. So, remember this heavenly bridge

can be used as an offering for someone who has

died and may still be in Purgatory, and ask them

in turn to pray for you!

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Bryan Nierman & Sarah Wirtz

who were married on

September 25th.

Lord, bless this couple who have been joined in the

sacrament of matrimony.

Grant them many years

together, that they may be a

sign of your faithful love.

Please pray for the following people

listed on the prayer chain… David Brewer, Eve Cope, Jim Cope, Tom Dickinson,

Lloyd Dreiling, Jim Hubbel, Jerry Kavanaugh,

Herschel Keithline, Joe Kennedy, Jeanine

Lauritsen, Jane Miroslaw, Alyce Payne, Joyce

Oswald, Isaac Umsheid, Mary Alice Wells, Susan Wiley, Bill Kirchner, Kimberly Wenger, Sarah

Rodriguez, Jerry Martincich, Mary Durham,

Dave Durham, Jerry Long, Anna Mary Landauer,

Janet Green, Rosie, Gwen Smith, Nick, Bridget,

Cari, Mila, Chris Dearinge, Donna Bileck, and

Amy VanGosen.

**Prayer requests will appear in the bulletin for only

2 – 4 weeks (depending on need) from the date received.

I n O u r P r a y e r s

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Prayer Chain Requests

Jackie Cortright, 913-710-7860,

BretJackieCortright@yahoo.com

Sharon Peltzer 913-462-0779, spelt4@yahoo.com

Session 2

A Cause Greater than

Yourself

October 2, 7-8 am

C a l e n d a r o f Upcoming E v e n t s

Sept. 27– 40 Days for Life 7 am-7 pm,

4840 College Blvd.

Oct. 3– Blessing and Dedication of Pipe Organ,

then Mass to follow, 10:30 am, with

reception at the parish hall at noon.

Oct. 17– Retirement reception after 10:30 Mass for Joyce Bowlin & Nick Gaspers

Oct. 23-24— Volunteer Fair after Masses

40 DAYS FOR LIFE

On Monday, September 27, 2021, Holy Angels

will participate in the 40 Days for Life fall

campaign from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Please

plan to spend a couple prayerful hours on the

sidewalk at 4840 College Blvd., Overland Park

to help save a baby. Please go to the Holy Angels web site and click on the Signup Genius for

your much needed prayerful time.

Catholics - Did You Know?

We’ve probably all heard the name “Purgatory”,

but may lack an understanding of what that

means. Although the word itself is not in the

Bible, the concept is. In the Old Testament there

are instances where the Jews mentioned offering

prayers and even alms to help cleanse the souls of the departed. Jesus and his Apostles grew up

with this faith. In the New Testament, Jesus

references Purgatory in Matthew 12:32, where He

states, “[W]hoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” This implies that forgiveness of some sins will happen after death. It makes sense this would happen before one could enter Heaven, meeting God face to face. So what happens in Purgatory?

We don’t know much about the nature of Purgatory, or how long one would be there. The

Catholic Catechism reassures us that “all who die

in God’s grace and friendship, but still

imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their

eternal salvation; but after death they undergo

purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven” (No. 1030).

God is just and merciful, but death doesn’t free

us from the consequences of what we have done -

or not done. We need to be purified before we

become one of the saints in heaven.

The Catholic Church has a great tradition of “The

Communion of Saints” in Heaven being

connected to the living. On November 2 we

celebrate All Souls Day with Mass (which always

brings Heaven to earth), remembering those who have departed by offering them our prayers.

Every Mass is offered for someone – usually

deceased. During Mass you will hear the priest

calling us to remember the faithful departed “who

have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection”. So, remember this heavenly bridge

can be used as an offering for someone who has

died and may still be in Purgatory, and ask them

in turn to pray for you!

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Bryan Nierman & Sarah Wirtz

who were married on

September 25th.

Lord, bless this couple who have been joined in the

sacrament of matrimony.

Grant them many years

together, that they may be a

sign of your faithful love.

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