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The children from St. Joan of Arc Day and Boarding School in the village of Mawuuki, Uganda, meet Dr. Mike Feder for the first time in 2008. The Feder family, members of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Leawood, founded a nonprofit organization called Gotta Have HOPE to change lives and empower people in impoverished communities. Their three children sparked the idea at young ages when they wanted to help the school’s founder, Father Simon Peter Kyambadde, with his mission. Gotta Have HOPE has received help from hundreds of people — donors, volunteers, directors and other supporters — who believe in its work.

HOPE YOU CAN HELP

Gotta Have HOPE started with family, makes international impact

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By Jessica Langdon jessica@theleaven.com TILWELL — A lifetime of bad hygiene and intense poverty has taken a heavy toll on many of Father Simon Peter Kyambadde’s contemporaries.

Former classmates in his native Uganda are missing teeth, lacking education, and even facing the threat of early death.

Those stories could have easily been his, too.

But he received a chance many didn’t — to study for the priesthood in America at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago — because someone believed in him, he said.

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Today he serves in the Diocese of KiyindaMityana in Uganda and dedicates his life to giving people in his community their own chance at a better life, largely through education.

And he continues to find people who not only believe in him, but join him in his charge to improve lives through real change.

He returns to the United States, where he has many contacts from his seminary days in the Kansas and Illinois areas, and visits parishes seeking mission support.

From the moment they first met Father Kyambadde in 2006, the Feder family of Stilwell counted themselves among his supporters.

But the parishioners of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Leawood had no idea how their own lives would change when — at the request of >> See “HEALTH” on page 6

HOW TO HELP

From the annual garage sale (Gotta Have HOPE’s largest fundraiser) to the “Hope CAN Help” recycling initiative (which funds medication for students at St. Joan of Arc Day and Boarding School in Uganda) to corresponding with the young students to providing technology and medical supplies, there are many ways to help support Gotta Have HOPE. The nonprofit organization got its start and has its international headquarters in Stilwell.

Prayers are also always appreciated.

To learn more about making a donation or helping in another way, visit the website at: www.gottahavehope.org; send an email to: info@gottahavehope.org; or call (913) 2266958.

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Welcome home

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Alumni breakfast brings Bishop Miege grads back to their alma mater

By Jessica Langdon jessica@theleaven.com

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Aug. 2 Mass — Holy Spirit, Overland Park Aug. 3 Installation of Father Michael Hermes — St. Paul Parish, Olathe

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OELAND PARK — Amy Ruffini entered Bishop Miege High School here as a junior — and the ’88 grad loved those two years so much she jumped at the chance to connect with fellow alumni over breakfast.

“It’s neat to network and see people we haven’t seen in years and get back in touch,” said Ruffini, a parishioner of Curé of Ars Parish in Leawood. “Nowadays, with the social media, we do tend to keep a little more in touch — but it’s nice to actually see them face to face.”

About two dozen Miege graduates attended the first alumni breakfast at the school on July 14.

Though few were from the same class — graduation dates spanned decades — attendees were still able to place faces, recognize family names, and were quick to strike up conversations.

Andrew LeRoy, a ’97 Miege grad, had heard about another school’s alumni get-togethers and wanted to give the Miege community a similar opportunity to connect and support the school.

So LeRoy and Mike Mohlman (’88) got the ball rolling, contacting leaders at Miege who happily helped make it happen.

The Stag spirit runs deep in Mohlman — his dad was a longtime teacher and administrator at Miege.

But even he found that family and career kept him out of the loop for about a decade after college.

He believes something like this alumni breakfast just might have drawn him back to his alma mater even sooner.

The school building has changed a lot, he discovered.

“It’s interesting to have the nostalgia of seeing things that you really remember — and then feeling like you’re in a completely different school at times,” said Mohlman.

The mission Catholic schools started with some 150 years ago — to pass along the faith to future generations — remains as important as ever in today’s consumer-driven society, Dr. Joe Passantino, president of Miege, told the alumni.

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Aug. 4-8 Seminarian pilgrimage to Santa Fe, New Mexico Aug. 10 Installation of Father Bruce Ansems — St. Theresa, Perry Aug. 12 Luncheon and meeting with retired priests — Savior Pastoral Center Aug. 13 St. Francis Health meeting — chancery Donnelly College trustees meeting — Cerner Continuous Campus PHOTO BY TERESA STOCKTON

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann visits with Bill Meador and Maureen Alexander following the Miege alumni breakfast on July 14 at the high school.

TV, music, movies and more tempt young people with messages that are contrary to what parents, educators and the church want for them. But Catholic schools help them process those while receiving a quality education, he said.

“In a Catholic high school, they are taught and shown, day by day and hour by hour, the value of living the Gospel message,” said Passantino.

Alumni help support today’s students through their generosity, he added, so Miege can continue to serve families of all different income levels.

Students are also assisted, said keynote speaker Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, by the new parish assessments introduced last year to help with youth formation.

Through the contributions of parishioners at their parishes, an extra $350,000 is made available annually for distribution between the seven Catholic schools in the archdiocese for tuition assistance.

Archbishop Naumann hopes students in Catholic schools will grow in friendship with Jesus and, as disciples, draw others to know him.

“You have great memories, I’m sure, of your time here at Bishop Miege, and

RECONNECT WITH MIEGE Organizers of the first Bishop Miege alumni breakfast are already brainstorming possible speakers for future events.

Dr. Joe Passantino, school president, challenges each attendee to bring two guests to the next event, which is yet to be announced.

Any alumni interested in attending, helping with, or suggesting a speaker for a future Miege alumni event may contact Susan Tremonti, vice president of development, by email at: stremonti@bishopmiege.com.

I’m here to tell you I believe there continues to be a great, vibrant Catholic community here that you as alums can continue to be proud of and continue to support,” he said.

Ruffini is excited that her own daughter will start school at Miege in the fall. She was drawn to the diversity, and Ruffini likes that her daughter — as she experienced, herself — will be surrounded by people who will nurture her faith.

“They welcome you in as family,” she said.

Aug. 14 Hope Distribution Center ribbon cutting — Kansas City, Kansas Aug. 15 Feast of the Assumption — Holy day Blessing of renovated auditorium — Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City, Kansas Aug. 16 School of Faith Mass at Scott Hahn event — Ascension, Overland Park 17th annual Kelly Youth Rally — St. Bede, Kelly Aug. 17 Installation of Father John Torrez — St. Matthew Parish, Topeka Religious Sisters’ Appreciation Day — St. Patrick, Kansas City, Kansas

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KELEHER Aug. 2 Boy Scout Mass — Osceola, Missouri Aug. 3 Boy Scout Mass — Osceola, Missouri Aug. 9 Mass — St. Sebastian, Florida Aug. 10 Mass — St. Sebastian, Florida

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An Iraqi Christian family fleeing the violence in Mosul sleeps inside Sacred Heart of Jesus Chaldean Church in Telkaif, Iraq, Mosul July 20. Pope Francis called for prayers, dialogue, and peace, as the last Iraqi Christians flee Mosul.

Patriarch decries ‘mass cleansing’ of Mosul by ‘a bed of criminals’

By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service

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ASHINGTON (CNS) — Syriac Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, in Washington to meet with federal government representatives and members of Congress, decried the “mass cleansing” of Christians from Mosul, Iraq, by what he called “a bed of criminals.”

“We wonder how could those criminals, this bed of criminals, cross the border from Syria into Mosul and occupy the whole city of Mosul . . . imposing on the population their Shariah [law] without any knowledge of the international community,” Patriarch Younan said July 25, referring to Islamic State fighters, formerly known by the acronyms ISIS or ISIL. “What happened is really kind of a cleansing based on religion. You have heard about what they did: proclaim — they announced publicly with street microphones, the ISIS — there’s no more room for Christians in Mosul, that they either have to convert, pay tax, or just leave. And they have been leaving now since then with absolutely nothing,” he added.

“It is a shame that in the 21st century, you have such kind of behavior,” the patriarch lamented. “It’s mass cleansing based on religion, not only for Christians, the Christian minority, but for other minorities,” among them

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the Yezidi, an ethnic group of 700,000 based in Iraq’s Mesopotamia region.

In Mosul itself, “there is no more Christian presence,” Patriarch Younan said. “It’s tragic because it’s the largest Christian city in Iraq; it was what you call the nucleus of Christian presence for many centuries. And we have at least 25 churches in that city. All are abandoned. No more prayers, no services, no more Masses on Sundays in Mosul because no clergy, no people there that are Christian.” The Islamic State, he said, “took advantage of the Christians who are defenseless in that country, and they have no other means to stay in that country. They have nowhere else to go. They have been taken out with force and injustice.

“Christians used to make at the time of Saddam [Hussein], especially before 1980, about 2.5 percent. That means almost 1.4 million. Now they account for less than 300,000. This is a kind of tragic dwindling of their number,” Patriarch Younan said. “It’s just because of Christian belief and that they are different from the majority,” he added.

Mosul’s Christians have fled to neighboring Kurd-controlled areas.

“The Kurdistan government took care of them, trying to help them,” Patriarch Younan said. “Of course they are still in dire need for assistance for those refugees being forced to leave without any means.”

The patriarch visited them June 27.

He said he “urged them to take refuge

and go back to their home city” because of Kurd assurances of protection.

Among Patriarch Younan’s appointments in Washington was one with Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, who is crafting a bill calling for internationally protected zones for threatened religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East.

On a separate front, the patriarch said he has suggested a joint meeting of Eastern Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs to advocate for the region’s vulnerable populations, most of whom are adherents to their respective faiths.

“We have to take our responsibility very seriously together,” Patriarch Younan said. “We are on very good terms, the patriarchs. We are aware of the biggest challenges we are facing or our communities are facing, and we have to go throughout the world and bring the voice of our people to those who have a word to say on the international scene, whether the United Nations, United States, European Union, Russia, China, the Vatican” — and even top Sunni leaders in Egypt and Shiite leaders in Iran.

“We have to tell them that we have been here for millennia. We don’t have any ambition to fight any people, any community, or have ambition to govern or to make coup d’etat, but we have the right to live peacefully in the land of our forefathers as we did for the past 2,000 years,” Patriarch Younan said.

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EW YORK — Catholic Near East Welfare Association has launched a campaign to rush emergency assistance to tens of thousands of Christians forced to flee their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Ordered by ISIS extremists of the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate to convert, pay a special tax or die, Mosul’s Christians have instead fled to the Christian villages of the Nineveh Plain — some just a few miles from Mosul — or to the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

“These Christian families have arrived with only their clothes, having been forced to leave everything behind in Mosul,” said CNEWA’s regional director for Jordan and Iraq, Ra’ed Bahou. “Fleeing the city on foot, ISIS militants then stole whatever dollars they had in their pockets, even their passports and identification papers.”

Christian families have found refuge in churches, convents and monasteries, he added. With Syriac Catholic Archbishop Yohanna Moshe of Mosul and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena — themselves homeless — the clergy, religious and villagers are trying to provide the basics. But the refuge, especially in the villages of Alqosh, Bakhdida (Qaraqosh), Bartella and Tel Kaif is tenuous at best, as ISIS has cut the electricity and water supply, and has announced its intentions to overrun the region. “These villages are in the hands of God,” Mr. Bahou said, “as ISIS says their next ‘gift’ will be the villages of the Nineveh Plain.”

CNEWA’s president, Msgr. John E. Kozar, announced CNEWA will rush support to the bishops, clergy and religious, “who in the frenzy are courageously providing water, food, mattresses and medicines to their flock,” wherever their flight takes them.

Fewer than 150,000 Christians remain in Iraq from a high of more than a million before 1991.

An agency of the Holy See, Catholic Near East Welfare Association works throughout the Middle East, with offices in Amman, Beirut and Jerusalem. On behalf of the pope, CNEWA works for, through and with the Eastern churches, rushing aid to religious caring for orphaned and abandoned children; caring for displaced or refugee families; providing maternity and health care for the poorest of the poor; offering formation and catechetical programs for children and young adults; supporting the education of seminarians, religious novices and lay leaders; and assisting initiatives for the marginalized, especially the elderly and disabled.

CNEWA has been active in Iraq for more than 50 years. Donations can be made online at www.cnewa. org, by phone at (800) 442-6392, or by mail, CNEWA, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022-4195.

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Scott Hahn to kick off catechesis classes

By Jill Ragar Esfeld jill@theleaven.com

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VERLAND PARK — School of Faith Director Mike Scherschligt is convinced the Scott Hahn event scheduled at Church of the Ascension here will “just sell itself.”

Partly because it’s free, which is always an attractive price — but mostly because it’s Hahn.

“I think Scott is probably the most well-known Catholic speaker in the country,” Scherschligt said. “He connects with audiences of every age.

“I would say anybody from 12 to 112 would benefit from this event.”

School of Faith is bringing in Hahn to kick off its lineup of fall adult catechesis classes, which will include offerings on Scripture, the new evangelization, and discipleship.

“For the Year of Faith,” said Scherschligt, “there were about 3500 people from the archdiocese who studied the Catechism [of the Catholic Church] in the different parishes.

“As a follow-up to that, we wanted to offer people a chance to know the Bible better.”

To that end, School of Faith is going to be offering classes all over the archdiocese to help Catholics better understand the Scriptures.

Hahn is also here to support efforts in the archdiocese to promote the new evangelization — an undertaking first launched by Pope John Paul II, then continued by Pope Benedict, to reintroduce Christ to the modern world.

Pope Francis incorporated the movement into his pontificate in his first apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”).

In it, the pope outlines the church’s mission of evangelization today saying, “I invite everyone to be bold and creative in this task of rethinking the goals, structures, style and methods of evangelization in their respective communities.”

“What we mean by evangelization is just that Jesus wants to be in a friendship with everybody,” explained Scherschligt. “Friendship with him is for everyone.

“But it always comes through another human person. So, we’ve all got a role to play.”

But how do we play that role?

“We really want to take the heart, the letter of Pope Francis, and live it out,” said Scherschligt. “That’s something Scott is going to focus on.”

This past April, America magazine published an article by Hahn, titled “Mass Evangelization.”

In it, Hahn stressed the importance of evangelizing.

“We must evangelize,” he wrote.

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Aug. 15 • 7 p.m. Mass (solemnity of the Assumption of Mary) • 8 p.m. Dr. Scott Hahn — “Hail Holy Queen”: Everything we know and believe about Mary is rooted in what we know and believe about her Son. Hahn will explain from Scripture why Mary, the Queen Mother, is an integral part of Christ’s kingdom.

Aug. 16 • 8:30 a.m. Mass with Archbishop Naumann • 9:45 a.m. Dr. Scott Hahn “‘The Joy of the Gospel’ and the new evangelization”: What is the new evangelization and why is it such a priority of the church at this time? How do we as Catholics understand the need for — and the process of — conversion? This talk also looks at why Scripture matters and how we can share our faith with family members, friends and co-workers.

Location Church of the Ascension 9510 W. 127th St. Overland Park

SCHOOL OF FAITH CLASSES 2014-2016 ABOUT SCOTT HAHN Popular speaker and noted Scripture scholar, Dr. Scott Hahn is the author of over 40 books, including best-selling titles like “Rome Sweet Home,” “The Lamb’s Supper,” and “Hail Holy Queen.”

Hahn holds the Michael Scanlan Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio, where he has taught theology and Scripture since 1990.

“It is the church’s urgent and importunate call. Like the church, we exist in order to evangelize.

“Like St. Paul, we cannot be ourselves, we cannot be happy; we will never be satisfied in life if we neglect to reach out to our neighbor: ‘Woe to me if I do not evangelize’” (1 Cor 9:16).

The kickoff event featuring Hahn will span one evening and one morning on Aug. 15 and 16.

Friday night’s talk will focus on the role of Mary throughout Scripture. “[Participants] will understand more clearly why Mary has such an

important place in our faith,” said Scherschligt.

“They’ll learn how to explain that to their family and friends, as well as how to have a better relationship with her, who is our mother,” he added.

On Saturday morning, Hahn will speak on knowing the Bible and evangelizing Catholics.

“He’s going to really focus on helping us to be able to share our faith with our family and friends,” said Scherschligt. “And he’ll talk about how to evangelize those who have maybe fallen away from the faith.

“I think we’ve all got family and friends who are not as involved with the faith as we wish they were.”

Because each of Hahn’s talks covers a different subject, people are free to come to one or the other, or both.

“I hope that after a long summer where we might have taken a vacation from our faith,” said Scherschligt, “this event will inspire people to be excited about getting to know Jesus better through the Bible and developing a deeper friendship with him in prayer, and wanting to share him with others.”

Thanks to generous donors, the Holy Family School of Faith will offer sacred Scripture classes from fall 2014 to spring 2016 at 50 percent of cost.

The upcoming classes will be held throughout the archdiocese.

To check times, dates, locations, and/or to register, go to: www. schooloffaith.com/registration, and click on “register online.”

Classes begin the week of Sept.

6 in Topeka, Lenexa, Olathe, Atchison, Shawnee, Leawood, Sabetha and Kansas City, Kansas.

Classes begin the week of Oct. 27 in Baldwin, Overland Park, Leawood, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas.

Two options will be offered. The first is a six-week evening option for $40 per segment (or semester). The second is a 12-week daytime option at $75 per segment (or semester).

Additionally, two other courses will be offered. “The Catechism: A Pilgrimage of Faith,” will be offered at St. Agnes Parish in Roeland Park, and “A Clear Vision for a Happy Life” will be offered at the Church of the Nativity in Leawood.

For additional information, call Denise Ogilvie at (913) 310-0014, ext. 13, or send an email to: denise @schooloffaith.com.

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Santa Marta experience broadens horizons for Donnelly students

By Jessica Langdon jessica@theleaven.com

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LATHE — Michell Summers remembers holding a needle with shaking hands as she prepared to give her first flu shot early on in her nursing studies.

But the more time Summers spent in clinical settings through her program at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, the more confident she felt in her skills.

As she prepared for graduation from her practical nursing program in August, Summers felt good about the future — especially after she and 11 other Donnelly students spent weekends for several months learning from staff and residents at Santa Marta, the continuing care retirement community sponsored by the archdiocese in Olathe.

Aspiring licensed practical nurses at Donnelly need 135 hours per semester in clinical settings over the 14-16 months of their program.

But those settings aren’t always easy to find — especially because Donnelly’s program is a relative newcomer in a city in which many nursing programs and health care facilities have already established long-running partnerships.

But a new bond between Donnelly and Santa Marta — both Catholic entities within the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas — proved this year to be a win for both.

“The connection was almost instant,” said Kerry Bledsoe, RN, director of occupational health at Donnelly College.

The partnership was suggested by one of the college’s nursing program’s instructors, and Bledsoe was impressed from her very first meeting with Ryan Grace, the administrator who oversees the licensed areas at Santa Marta.

The first set of 12 practical nursing students from Donnelly shadowed mentors in the skilled nursing and memory support areas of Santa Marta from January through April.

Catholic connection “I felt comfortable going into a Catholic facility,” said Summers, a parishioner of St. Patrick Parish in Kansas City, Kansas. “It makes you feel connected already, even before you meet the resident.”

She felt the common ground made it easier to strike up conversations.

Chet Surmaczewicz, executive director of Santa Marta, finds it hard to say who benefited most from the partnership — the students or the residents.

He loves the culture of learning and hospitality that Santa Marta exudes, where everything — from wonderful residents to caring staff to a faith-based

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Donnelly College nursing student Jamie Jackson is learning by doing as she assists Santa Marta resident Betty Ackerman with her medication. Donnelly College’s nursing program has paired with Santa Marta in Olathe to give its students practical experience in a clinical setting. environment to beautiful grounds — stands out to him.

“How could you not want to share that with young adults who are thinking about or working in the health care field?” said Surmaczewicz.

It was the relationships the young nurses formed with the residents, however, that stood out to Grace.

“They live here for many, many years,” said Grace of residents at Santa Marta. “You get to know them well.

There’s a lot of wisdom. It just makes for some really, really neat relationships.”

Cheryl Myrick, who graduated from Donnelly in May, was surprised by how much she enjoyed working with the elderly; she now feels that is her calling.

“They have a lot of stories, and we gain a lot of experience from their stories,” she said.

In return, the nurses help the residents enjoy as high a quality of life as possible.

“Every day when you go to work with them, you want to give them a good experience,” said Myrick.

Summers learned to do that through her experience at Santa Marta. There, she talked to a dementia patient for the first time, gained confidence in her skills, and actually rid herself of the “tunnel vision” she’d entered nursing with. Now, instead of assuming she’s headed toward hospital work, she’ll be

considering career possibilities in longterm care facilities as well.

“When you go into a room and you know you can put a smile on their face, that feeling is really good,” she said. “Interacting with them has really shown me how to get them to open up to me so I can help them.”

Part of a team The Santa Marta staff welcomed the students with open arms as well.

Although students were soon passing out medications, assisting with showers, and enjoying lunch with the residents, the staff was careful to teach the students how to do everything properly.

“They taught us the correct way,” confirmed Myrick.

And though the student nurses hadn’t yet graduated or received their licenses, she noted, the staff gave them important work to do — and treated them with the respect that work warranted.

“We weren’t part of their team, but they made us feel like we were part of their team,” said Myrick.

There’s a significant need in today’s world for geriatric care, said Bledsoe, and practical nurses are well suited to bedside nursing at facilities such as Santa Marta.

Licensed practical nurses often also work in hospital-based clinics, doctor’s

offices and home health companies.

Their duties could include assessing patients, maintaining medical records, administering medications, monitoring vital signs, performing wound care, and supervising certified nursing aides, explained Bledsoe.

Students must already be certified nursing aides before entering the practical nursing program (which is an evening/weekend program, so adults are able to work during the week) at Donnelly. Some students plan to work as practical nurses after graduation, and others plan to pursue higher degrees in nursing.

As seniors, the Donnelly students had already worked in other clinical settings before coming to Santa Marta.

But they gave high marks to their experience there.

One student told Bledsoe this was one of the best rotations she’d had.

“I think they’ve just gotten confidence,” said Bledsoe. “It makes them feel like, ‘I can do this. This is what I’m meant to do, and I can do it.’”

And both Donnelly and Santa Marta hope the partnership will continue to thrive.

“When our students become licensed and begin working as LPNs, their wages double from that of a CNA,” said Bledsoe. “It is a life-changing program, and we are thankful Santa Marta has partnered in changing their lives.”

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Health care, education become focus of Feders’ outreach >> Continued from page 1 then-pastor Father Bill Porter — they invited the visiting priest from Uganda over for a meal after Mass.

Dr. Mike and Joyce Feder had been looking for some new ways to be of service to others: Their three kids — although still young and in school — were growing more independent by the day.

But it was actually the kids — Jon, Annelise and Emily — who got the ball rolling.

Father Kyambadde captured the children’s attention in the family’s backyard with stories of the realities of life in Uganda and his dream of opening a school.

“I just remember being amazed by his story,” said Annelise, who was in grade school at the time, but is now a junior at St. Louis University, studying theology, Spanish and public health.

“We just wanted to help him,” she said. “We just wanted to be a part of it.”

The kids were as good as their word when, in 2008, St. Joan of Arc Day and Boarding School in the village of Mawuuki opened with 267 students.

With help from their neighbors, the Feders sponsored a huge garage sale, with everything they made going straight to the school. The profits helped pay for the solar power that runs the school — and that first garage sale was only the beginning.

From it sprang something bigger than they ever imagined — an international organization called Gotta Have HOPE.

Abject poverty On the heels of their first garage sale, the Feders were already excited about planning the next.

They kept in contact with Father Kyambadde through email, and soon their pastor had an even bigger idea for them.

“Father Bill encouraged us to go over and take a look,” said Joyce.

And so, in November of 2008, Mike and Joyce flew to Uganda to see for themselves how support from the Heartland was helping.

“I didn’t believe they were going to come,” admitted Father Kyambadde.

“That was exciting.”

The schoolchildren at St. Joan of Arc immediately captured the couple’s hearts.

“I remember a little girl was tugging on Mike’s shirt and saying, ‘Dr. Feder, thank you for our solar system!’” remembered Joyce.

Mike, a longtime leader in emergency medicine in the Kansas City area, and Joyce, who is also in the medical field, toured the school, the diocese and area medical clinics.

Mike was shocked.

“They were trying to treat malaria without any medication, just treating the symptoms,” said Joyce.

Health workers boiled their instruments over the fire.

Babies were born in these conditions.

A nun turned to him and said, “Dr. Michael, you have to help us.”

“I will,” he told her, and medical access and improvements immediately became part of their mission.

During visits, he spent long hours caring for people who lined up to see a doctor — some for perhaps the first time.

“We have never experienced abject poverty like that,” said Joyce. “So when

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Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Ebo Kpiebaya, of Tamale, Ghana, visits with, from left, Annelise Feder, Emily Feder, Kaitlin Long and Erin Collar during the Feders’ huge garage sale this summer. The archbishop was visiting St. Michael the Archangel Parish that week and was shopping for dresses for his nieces. The proceeds from the garage sale benefit the St. Joan of Arc Day and Boarding School in the village of Mawuuki. we came home and we really showed the pictures to our family and our friends, they were all the more dedicated.”

Organizing HOPE The second garage sale in 2009 added more solar power capabilities to the school, and subsequent sales have addressed critical water needs and launched other major projects. The growing school today serves more than 600 children of all faiths.

About three years in, and with the garage sales proving to be enormously successful, the Feders heeded friends’ advice and applied for designation as a nonprofit corporation.

“This is not just a Feder thing,” emphasized Joyce, adding that hundreds of people have — from the very beginning — poured their hearts into the cause.

The outreach had already branched out in so many ways — to include schooling, medical needs, access to clean water, and more — that the family struggled to aptly name the new organization.

“We were trying to figure out a way that we could, with a little bit of everything, help people help themselves — help them be the best they can be,” said Joyce.

Finally, niece Katie Weimer hit the nail on the head while talking to a discouraged Joyce during a group Skype meeting.

“Aunt Joyce, you’ve gotta have hope,” she said.

“One of the kids goes, ‘That’s it!’” said Joyce.

“HOPE” encompasses the entire mission, standing for Healthcare, Opportunity, Potential, and Education.

And on April 26, 2011, Gotta Have HOPE’s designation as a nonprofit arrived in the Feders’ mailbox.

‘Just doing the Lord’s work’ The exciting news couldn’t have come at a better time, because the Fed-

er family was facing a new struggle of its own.

Mike had been diagnosed with brain cancer.

Suddenly, the doctor who had dedicated his life to healing others and improving lives through Gotta Have HOPE — often saying he was “just doing the Lord’s work” — found himself on the receiving end of well-wishes from around the world.

As Mike underwent chemotherapy, the family and countless supporters continued their work for the people in Uganda.

In 2012, Mike was feeling well enough for the family to now make a dream of his come true.

Right after wrapping up the annual garage sale, the profits from which would help purchase a 60-seat bus for the school, they all flew off to visit Uganda.

Although he and Joyce had traveled there before, the children had yet to experience it.

“He wanted to be a part of it, and be there for them and with them, because it was so near and dear to his heart,” said Joyce.

The trip was everything he dreamed it would be.

“It was heaven on earth,” said Joyce.

The schoolchildren were ecstatic about the many books the family had brought for them.

“They’d read a page and pass it,” said Emily, who graduated in May from St. James Academy in Lenexa and will study nursing at St. Louis University.

“It was the cutest thing I’ve seen. They were so excited about it.”

“Literally, I witnessed glee,” agreed Joyce.

Another particularly evocative experience was attending Mass — in the traditional garb Father Kyambadde’s family had dressed them in.

A lot of people go to Mass expecting to get something out of it, said Annelise. But this demonstrated to her, instead, a new level of excitement and participation that can be put into it.

“I think the point is to give thanks to our God, to praise — and that put a whole new spin on it,” she said.

A lasting legacy The homecoming was bittersweet.

Mike’s cancer had returned.

As in love as they’d ever been, he and Joyce still prayed the rosary together every day.

“Mike would say, ‘Joyce, don’t worry — I’ll be your greatest intercessor in this,’” she said.

Dr. Mike Feder died in November 2012. But his legacy remains an important part of Gotta Have HOPE. Joyce and the kids are key parts of the team heading the effort — Joyce is president of Gotta Have HOPE — but their partners in this work are now legion. And Mike’s influence is felt always, and part of that is his strong commitment to education.

Jon will start teaching this fall at Arrupe Jesuit High School in Denver, for example, as part of the Jesuit Alumni Service Corps.

The Feder family returned to Uganda for two weeks this past June. When they got back home, they launched immediately into preparations for this year’s annual garage sale. It turned out to be the biggest and best yet, netting more than $43,000 that will go toward a library for the Ugandan schoolkids.

HOPE for the future From an infusion of technology (through the help of Feder nephew Joe Gaudutis) to a new library to an orchard that will soon bear fruit, Father Kyambadde’s dreams have only gotten bigger since he first met the Feder family.

He would eventually like to open a high school, for example.

It all comes down to having people who believe in a cause, he said, to truly make a difference.

“Someone believed in me, and this is where I really appreciate Joyce and Mike,” said Father Kyambadde. “They believed in what I was doing. They have actually visited many times.

“And most amazing?

“They brought the children.”

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KC AT THE BAT There was no joy in the archdiocese as the priests from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas fell to the priests of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in the first Pitching for Priests softball game.

THE BIG GUY

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann applauds the effort of archdiocesan priests in the first Pitching for Priests softball game July 14 at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.

ON DECK

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Father Jamie Zarse, associate pastor at Christ the King Parish in Topeka, waits his turn to bat in the on-deck circle. Father Zarse would hit an inside-the-park home run in the game.

HAMMER TIME

Father Andrew Strobl, director of evangelization for the archdiocese, takes a good cut at the softball. Father Strobl would finish with one hit in the ballgame.

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f anyone thought that the inaugural softball game between the priests of two Kansas City dioceses was going to be anything but a bad blood affair, those thoughts went out the window in the fifth inning when Bishop Robert Finn ordered his pitcher to throw a brushback pitch at Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann.

Of course, this being slow pitch softball, the archbishop had time to get out of the way Story by — and eat a hot dog, make a few phone calls and sign some TODD HABIGER autographs — before the Photos by pitch hit him. OK, so maybe it wasn’t that slow. NevertheLORI WOOD HABIGER less, the strategy worked, and the archbishop popped up to the catcher on the next pitch.

“I was still quaking from when he dusted me off,” the archbishop deadpanned after the game.

Actually, there was no bad blood between the two teams as they both enjoyed the camaraderie and competition in a close, hard-fought game. In the end, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph triumphed over the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas by a score of 27-25 in six innings. The game was sponsored by Catholic >> See “INAUGURAL” on the next page

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INTROS

Father Daniel Schmitz, associate pastor at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Leawood, is introduced to the crowd of more than 2,400.

Inaugural softball game a hit

>> Continued from previous page

Radio Network 1090 AM and was broadcast live. It raised money for, and promoted, vocations in both dioceses.

“I thought the game was a great success,” said Msgr.

Michael Mullen, coach for the archdiocesan team. “The crowd was enthusiastic, and the priests had a really good time.”

The 77-year-old priest — who came to bat each time with a crowd chant of “MonSeen-Your . . . Mon-SeenYour” — did his best to keep his team in the game, ripping off a couple of base hits (with a little help from a pinch runner).

The rules of the game were simple: Each team sent up 10 batters each inning. And there were no strikeouts or walks, which made for an offensive explosion, much to the delight of the crowd of more than 2,400 at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.

“It was awesome how many people showed up,” said Father Andrew Strobl, archdiocesan director of evangelization. “That really felt great as a priest to know that we had that much support. They were really into the game.

SAFE AT THIRD

It was great to see that they were really engaged and really supportive. That’s awesome to feel.”

For the priests, the game was a chance to loosen up their collars, so to speak, and have some fun with their fellow priests.

“I don’t get to see a lot of these guys,” said Father Quentin Schmitz, associate pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Shawnee. “I went to seminary with many of them but haven’t seen a lot of them over the past year. It was great to be able to get out here and be with these guys, and the Kansas City-St. Joe priests as well.”

Despite the feel-good nature of the game, the priests went out and played hard.

The game featured hard slides, diving catches, collisions at home and a few pulled hamstrings.

“I was so excited to see so many priests and to see how much fun they were having and how much they got into it,” said Father Scott Wallisch, archdiocesan vocation director. “Everyone came out and played hard.

“It made for a good, exciting and close game.”

The game started slowly for the archdiocesan team as members could only muster

two runs in the first inning to KC-St. Joe’s four. But after that, the team hit its stride, knotting it up at seven in the second inning before taking a 12-10 lead in the third.

In the fifth inning, down by a few runs, the archdiocese brought in a ringer — former major leaguer Diego Segui — to pinch hit. But Segui, who made his name as a pitcher, not a hitter, grounded out. Despite the setback, the archdiocese managed to fight its way back to tie the game at 21-21 at the end of the fifth.

Unfortunately, Kansas City-St. Joseph exploded for six runs in the top of the sixth, while the archdiocese could manage only four. At the end of the inning, the scheduled seven-inning game was called because of darkness, with KC-St. Joe ahead.

“I would have liked to have had one more inning to have a chance to tie or take the lead,” said a disappointed Father Wallisch.

The evening ended with the presentation of a traveling trophy to Bishop Finn and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph . . . that archdiocesan ballplayers hope will be traveling west this time next year.

Abbot James Albers, superior of St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, beats the relay throw to third base easily with a hard slide. The abbot finished the game 1-for-3.

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THE DEFEATED

Archbishop Naumann and the priests of the archdiocese leave the field after their 2725 defeat. The hard-fought game featured many lead changes. The game was called after six innings because of darkness.

STRETCH

Father Anthony Ouellette, pastor of All Saints Parish in Kansas City, Kansas, stretches out his hamstrings between innings.

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YOU’RE OUT

Father Adam Wilczak, associate pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Olathe, tags out Father Matthew Bartulica at home plate right after having tagged out Deacon Ryan Koster (on the ground).

BASE HIT

Msgr. Michael Mullen, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Kansas City, Kansas, reacts happily to his first base hit of the evening. Msgr.

Mullen would go on to record another hit in his next at bat. He finished the game 2-for-4.

HELPING HAND

Father Scott Wallisch, archdiocesan vocation director, offers his opinion to the umpire on a close play at third base.

The umpire disagreed, and Deacon Gabriel Lickteig was called safe.

BAND OF FATHERS

Father Andrew Strobl watches his teammates bat from the dugout of Community America Ballpark.

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GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT

Archbishop Naumann congratulates Bishop Robert Finn on the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph’s 27-25 victory. The diocese received a traveling trophy.

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Capital punishment

Gains being made on another pro-life issue

By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service

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ASHINGTON (CNS) — People don’t seem to count gains and setbacks on the death penalty issue with quite the same intensity as they do with other issues. Even so, slowly but surely, gains are being made — and more gains than setbacks.

Even the setbacks can, ironically, be counted as gains.

One notable case in point is the July 23 execution of Joseph Wood in Arizona. Wood’s attorneys had briefly won a temporary blockage of his execution by demanding to know what kinds of drugs were planned for use by the state in the death chamber.

The state successfully challenged the stay and Wood, convicted of two 1989 murders, was executed according to schedule, but hardly according to plan.

After the drug cocktail was injected in him, it took an hour and 57 minutes for Wood to die. Although a relative of one of the victims witnessing the execution said Wood was snoring, others witnessing the scene said Wood was gasping. Wood’s lawyers tried, albeit without success, to get the Supreme Court to order the state to halt the execution process as it was taking place, calling it cruel and unusual punishment.

Arizona ultimately called for a review of the process.

The Wood case echoed that of an Oklahoma death-row prisoner, Clayton Lockett, who writhed in agony for 40 minutes before being unhooked from the drug dispenser in the death chamber. Lockett soon died of apparent heart failure. The incident prompted Oklahoma officials to review its execution procedures. Oklahoma recently moved ahead of Virginia, taking second place in a list of the states with the most executions; Texas is still in first place.

Arizona has said it also will review its procedures.

Death penalty opponents have already made headway with physicians, almost all of whom now will refuse to assist at an execution. Opponents’ next step is getting pharmacists and pharmaceutical companies to stop supplying the drugs used in lethal injections, saying drugs should be used for healing, not for killing.

States have fought efforts like those made by Wood’s attorneys to keep the drugs and their sources secret, claiming suppliers will be harassed and intimidated.

Even so, the initial Arizona ruling “was full of nuance — getting in to the moral aspect of it,” said Karen Clifton, executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network Against the Death Penalty. “The practice is just cruel and

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Deacon John Flanigan holds a sign during a vigil outside St. Louis University College Church Jan. 28 ahead of the execution of Missouri death-row inmate Herbert Smulls of St. Louis. Smulls, 56, was executed after midnight Jan. 29 at the penitentiary in Bonne Terre, Mo. A 1994 Gallup poll showed that 80 percent of people supported for capital punishment in 1994. A more recent Gallup poll showed that has dropped to 60 percent. unusual. . . . It goes against our Constitution as cruel and unusual punishment.

I hope there is another judge in another state that has a conscience and will make a similar ruling on it.”

Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, noted the “slow erosion of support” for capital punishment in public-opinion polls.

A Gallup poll question registered 80 percent support for capital punishment in 1994. “That has dropped to 60 percent very recently — the same Gallup poll, the same question,” Dieter said.

He also cited an ABC NewsWashington Post poll showing more respondents choosing life without parole over the death penalty for convicted murderers when given the choice.

Catholics “used to be right up there” with the rest of the country in their support for capital punishment, Dieter said.

Now, “they are more opposed to the death penalty than the average among voters. In some polls, they appear to be against the death penalty,” he added.

The U.S. bishops, who have long advocated against capital punishment, began an ongoing Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty in 2005.

One long-held argument for capital punishment was that “it’s an essential part of the criminal system,” Dieter told Catholic News Service. It’s ceased being part of that, if it ever was. . . . It’s a marker rather than an essential element that people feel in some personal way. And courts are a little reluctant to get too far ahead, lest they do wrong in reading the public opinion.”

The Catholic Church has taught

clearly that while the death penalty might be allowed if it were the only way to protect society against an aggressor, those cases, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, are “very rare if practically nonexistent.”

One big test of public opinion is likely to come in 2016, when Californians will vote on a referendum, the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act, that could abolish the death penalty in the nation’s most populous state.

The last execution in California was in 2006. Later that year, a federal judge imposed a moratorium on executions in California, which has continued to this day. A 2011 study said the state had spent $4 billion trying capital cases. On July 16, another federal judge declared the state’s death penalty unconstitutional, saying it was arbitrary and plagued with delay.

A 2012 referendum that would have abolished capital punishment in the Golden State was rejected by a 52 percent to 48 percent margin.

California falls into a significant group of states with a death penalty still on the books, but with no executions in recent years. A half-dozen states have only executed prisoners who said they wanted to be put to death for their crimes. In other states, governors or courts have imposed moratoriums on capital punishment.

“The judges are now starting to look at the states that now have moratoriums as repeal states,” said Clifton of the Catholic Mobilizing Network. Eighteen states have banned capital punishment, she added, but “the numbers are far greater . . . when you factor in all these states have a moratorium.”

Archbishop Chaput says pope will visit Philadelphia in September 2015

By Nancy Wiechec Catholic News Service

F

ARGO, N.D. (CNS) — Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Pope Francis has accepted his invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in the U.S. next year, even though the Philadelphia Archdiocese still has not received official confirmation from the Vatican.

Archbishop Chaput made the announcement July 24 before giving his homily during the opening Mass of the Tekakwitha Conference in Fargo.

“Pope Francis Archbishop Chaput has told me that he is coming,” said the archbishop as he invited his fellow Native Americans to the 2015 celebration being held in Philadelphia Sept. 22-27.

“The pope will be with us the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of that week,” he said.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said July 25 Pope Francis has expressed “his willingness to participate in the World Meeting of Families” in Philadelphia, and has received invitations to visit other cities as well, which he is considering. Those invitations include New York, the United Nations and Washington.

“There has been no official confirmation by the Vatican or the Holy See of Pope Francis’ attendance at the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia,” the archdiocese said in a statement. “We still expect that any official confirmation will come approximately six months prior to the event.”

It said Archbishop Chaput “has frequently shared his confidence in Pope Francis’ attendance at the World Meeting and his personal conversations with the Holy Father are the foundation for that confidence.”

“We are further heartened and excited” by Father Lombardi’s comments, it added. “While Archbishop Chaput’s comments do not serve as official confirmation, they do serve to bolster our sincere hope that Philadelphia will welcome Pope Francis next September.”

Some Mexican media have cited government officials saying a September trip to North America also could include stops in Mexico, but Father Lombardi said that at this moment “nothing operational has begun relative to a plan or program for a visit to the United States or Mexico. Keep in mind, there is still more than a year to go before the meeting in Philadelphia.”

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Belongings sorted, boxed and labeled, items hauled or taken for recycling, trash bagged. For before and after photos, visit: www.swalmsorganizing.com. Over 20 years of organizing experience; insured. Call Tillar at (913) 375-9115.

DRC Construction We’ll get the job done right the first time.

Windows - Doors - Decks – Siding Repair or replace, we will work with you to solve your problems. Choose us for any window, door, siding or deck project and you’ll be glad you did.

Everything is guaranteed 100% (913) 461-4052 www.windowservicesoverlandpark.com drcconswindows@gmail.com Detail construction and remodeling - We offer a full line of home remodeling services. Don’t move — remodel! Johnson county area. Call for a free quote. (913) 709-8401.

NELSON CREATIONS L.L.C. Home remodeling, design/build, kitchens, baths, all interior and exterior work. Family owned and operated; over 25 years experience. Licensed and insured; commercial and residential. Kirk and Diane Nelson.

(913) 927-5240; nelsport@everestkc.net House painting Interior and exterior; wall paper removal.

Power washing, fences, decks.

30 years experience. References. Reasonable rates.

Call Joe at (913) 620-5776.

STA (Sure Thing Always) Home Repair - Basement finish, bathrooms and kitchens; interior & exterior repairs: painting, roofing, siding, wood replacement and window glazing. Free estimates. Call (913) 491-5837 or (913) 5791835. Email: smokeycabin@hotmail.com. Member of Holy Trinity, Lenexa.

Custom countertops - Laminates installed within 5 days. Cambria, granite, and solid surface. Competitive prices, dependable work. Call the Top Shop, Inc., at (913) 962-5058. Members of St. Joseph, Shawnee.

Adept Home Improvements Where quality still counts!

Basement finishing, Kitchens and baths, Electrical and plumbing, Licensed and insured. (913) 599-7998 The Drywall Doctor, Inc. - A unique solution to your drywall problems! We fix all types of ceiling and wall damage — from water stains and stress cracks to texture repairs and skim coating. We provide professional, timely repairs and leave the job site clean! Lead-certified and insured!

Serving the metro since 1997. Call (913) 768-6655.

Local handyman and lawn care - Mowing, painting, wood rot, power washing, staining, gutter cleaning, Honey-Do List, HVAC and windows. FREE estimates. Member of Holy Angels Parish, Basehor. Call Billy at (913) 927-4118.

Home improvements - Thank you to all my customers for being patient as I underwent a life-saving liver transplant. If there is new work or warranty work, please don’t hesitate to call. We do windows, siding, doors, decks, exterior painting and wood rot. There is no job too big or too small. Call Joshua Doherty at (913) 709-7230.

CAREGIVING Caregiving - We provide personal assistance, companionship, care management, and transportation to the elderly and disabled in home, assisted living and nursing facilities.

We also provide respite care for main caregivers needing some personal time. Call Daughters & Company at (913) 341-2500 and speak with Laurie, Debbie or Gary.

CALL THE “GO GO GIRLS” - Maybe you aren’t driving as much or at all; we can help. If you need to GO to the doctor, dentist, hairdresser, barber shop, grocery store, etc., let us know. If you don’t want to GO yourself, we can run your errands for you. We will GO to your home, if you need someone to sit with a loved one, while you get away. Just give us a call to discuss your needs at (913) 469-6211 or (816) 806-0564. Johnson County only.

Looking for high quality home care? - Whether you’re looking to introduce care for your family or simply looking to improve your current home care quality, we can help.

Our unique approach to home care has earned us a 99% client satisfaction rating among the 1,000-plus families we have assisted. We are family-owned, with offices in Lenexa and Lawrence. Call Benefits of Home - Senior Care, Lenexa: (913) 422-1591 or Lawrence: (785) 727-1816 or www.benefitsofhome.com.

Retired nurse - Former CNA, CMA, massage therapist will do private care including hair care, body care, manicure, pedicure, massage, meal preparation, laundry, meds, travel companion, respite care. $20 an hour. Johnson County area. Call (913) 384-2119. Excellent current references.

Retired nurse - Will provide and manage the home. Order and give medicine. Schedule doctors’ appointments.

Shop for the home and prepare meals. Recent references.

Call (913) 579-5276 or (913) 322-4297 to schedule an appointment. Available for live in. Will consider hourly work in Johnson County area.

Caregiving - Caring, responsible 43-year-old Catholic woman looking to care for your loved one. 15 years experience; excellent references. I treat my clients with care, respect and love, and find working in this field very rewarding. Flexible hours available, and nights and weekends. If interested, please call Kara at (913) 909-6659.

WANTED TO BUY Wanted to buy - Lionel trains. Call (913) 485-6700.

Will buy firearms and related accessories - One or a whole collection. Honest evaluation and top prices paid.

Contact Tom at (913) 238-2473. Member of Sacred Heart Parish, Shawnee.

Wanted to buy - Antique/vintage jewelry, lighters, fountain pens, post card collections, paintings/prints, pottery, sterling, china dinnerware.

Renee Maderak, (913) 631-7179.

St. Joseph Parish, Shawnee ANTIQUES WANTED - I buy older wrist- and pocket watches, silverware, antique toy banks, crock jugs, postcards and photographs, Babe Ruth autographs, pharmaceutical drug store soda fountain and military items. Call (913) 6428269 or (913) 593-7507.

FOR SALE For sale - At Resurrection Cemetery, two easements in mausoleum. Today’s selling price is $12,000; offering this space for $9,000. Contact A. Kelly at (913) 649-9691.

Max’s rosaries - Custom-made locally for all occasions – first Communion, confirmation, baptism, graduation. Rosary bracelets and beaded earrings too! I also do repairs.

Member of the Church of the Ascension, Overland Park.

Call (913) 400-3236.

Residential lifts - Buy/sell/trade. Stair lifts, porch lifts, ceiling lifts and elevators. Recycled and new equipment.

Member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Leawood. Call Silver Cross KC at (913) 327-5557.

For sale - Nook HD, 32 gigs, large size, protective screen, 360-degree hard case with cable; was $280 with tax. Used 2 times. You must re-register. Asking $160. Cash only. Call (913) 579-0279.

For sale - 1950s Evening In Paris perfume, cologne, bath powder, opened and unopened, sets and singular. All add up to over $600. Will sell entire collection of mine. Thrill your senses with this nostalgic fragrance. $250 cash only.

(913) 579-0279.

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August St. Casimir Church, 715 Pennsylvania, Leavenworth, will host its annual roast beef dinner on Aug. 2 from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

The cost to attend is $9 for adults; $5 for children. Carryouts are available.

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Sophia Spirituality Center, 751 S. 8th St., Atchison, will host a silent 5-10 directed retreat from Aug. 5 - 10.

Come away for a time and experience the sacred through personal prayer and daily meetings with a Benedictine Sister who is a trained spiritual director. For more information or to register, call (913) 360-6151 or visit the center’s website at: www.sophiaspiritualitycenter.org.

Does your marriage need fine tuning? Do you and your spouse need help improving your communication skills? Marriage for Keeps, an outreach of Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, is returning to St. Patrick Parish in Kansas City, Kansas. Marriage for Keeps offers education, support and resources for couples seeking to improve their marriage and strengthen their family.

Workshops teach couples how to communicate more effectively, reduce conflict, connect emotionally and learn to better meet each other’s needs. Classes begin Aug. 6 and run consecutive Wednesdays from 6 - 8:30 p.m. Registration is required; call (913) 621-5775, ext. 1105.

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Training for new respite volunteers will be Aug. 9 from 9 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Health Center (education center), located at I-35 and State Line Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. Respite is a rewarding ministry giving companionship and care to a person unable to be alone, while allowing their caregiver some much needed time away. Men and women are needed to become volunteers. Respite is sponsored

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by the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. Trained volunteers are insured against liability and serve in their own parish. For information or to make a reservation, call Pat Scheibel at (913) 897-6589.

“Finding Cash,” a four-session class for general financial education, will be offered on four Tuesdays, Aug. 12 - Sept. 2, from 1:30 - 3 p.m. at Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Topics will include budgeting, savings, credit, needs vs. wants, plugging spending leaks and avoiding spending traps. This class is a prerequisite for individuals and families who are income-eligible to participate in Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ 2:1 matched savings account program to assist with first-time homeownership, homeowner occupied housing repair, postsecondary education, specialized skills training, or small business. For questions, visit the website at: www.cashkansas.org, or call Kimberly Simmons, Catholic Charities, at (913) 384-6608, ext. 2577. To register, call (913) 906-8990.

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Keeler Women’s Center monthly book club will meet on Aug. 12 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Author Judith Valente will be present to lead discussion and read from her award-winning book, “Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home, and a Living Faith.” In addition to regular participants, there is a limited number of spaces for additional women who wish to take part. Books will be available at a discounted price. To register, call (913) 906-8990.

“Positive Aging Expo: Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit” will be held Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park. Active and informative sessions include exercise, positive mental health, hobbies, family caregiving and aging with happiness. There is no cost to attend. Annarose Ingarra-Milch,

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author of the bestseller “Lunch with Lucille,” will deliver the keynote address.

Bring a lunch or order online at: www.jfskc. org/expo or call Cindy at (913) 327-8250.

Sponsored by Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St. Joseph and Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City.

A 5K cross-country run/walk, pancake breakfast and family fun day will be held Aug. 16 at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, 11411 Pflumm Rd., Overland Park.

The day will benefit the Guardian Angel Fund. Features include a stroller strut, middle school roundup, kids’ fun run, and the Mikey Needleman Band. For more information, visit the website at: www.sta saints.net/SaintsStampede.

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St. John the Baptist Parish, 708 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will host its annual festival on Aug. 16, beginning after 4 p.m. Mass. There will be games for all ages. Among the prizes are salamis, homemade poviticas and strudels. Enjoy lots of food and drink, with a traditional sarma dinner. A free outdoor polka dance will be held from 9 - 11 p.m. on the museum grounds next door. For more information, call the rectory at (913) 371-0627.

St. James Academy, 24505 Prairie Star Pkwy., Lenexa, will host its inaugural 5K Round-A-Bout run/walk and family fun day on Aug. 16. The morning begins with a 5K run/walk followed by a morning of family and community fun including activities, games and inflatables. Early bird registration is available through Aug. 6 for those participating in the 5K. To register for the 5K or for more information, visit the website at: www.sjakeepingfaith.org.

A memorial liturgy for deceased loved ones will be at 8 a.m. on Aug. 16 at Curé of Ars Parish, 9401 Mission Rd., Leawood.

Following the Mass, the bereavement ministry will hold its monthly support meeting in the Vianney Center, on the

second floor of the building north of the church. Liz Luck will speak on “Life After Death.” For more information, call (913) 649-2026.

Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Marys, will host its picnic and reunion on Aug. 17. A chicken dinner with all the trimmings will be served from 4 - 7 p.m. The cost to attend is $8 for adults; $4 for children under the age of 12. Games and prizes begin at 5 p.m. There will also be a silent auction.

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Christ the King Church, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kansas, will host its annual ice cream social on Aug. 23 after 4 p.m. Mass. Hot dogs and homemade Italian and Polish sausages will be served. There will also be bingo, raffles, a povitica booth, salami booth, carnival games for the kids, ice cream and cake, a DJ and much more.

Come join us for fellowship, food and fun.

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Christ’s Peace House of Prayer, 22019 Meagher Rd., Easton, will 23-24 host a retreat on the Eucharist from Aug. 23 - 24. The retreat will consist of a series of talks, daily communal prayer, eucharistic adoration, and private time for prayer, reflection, and walks.

There will be Mass at the local parish. The cost to attend is $85 per person, or $125 per couple. If you are interested in attending, send an email to: info@christspeace. com or call (913) 773-8255.

Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, 411 Pioneer, Seneca, will host a parish picnic on Aug. 31. A roast beef and ham dinner will be served beginning at 4:30 p.m. The cost to attend is $8 for adults; $5 for children. Carryout meals will be available. Bingo, concessions, games, a beer garden, a live auction and a teen dance will follow. The auction will begin at 8:30 p.m.

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The Tools of the Spiritual Craft September 5 - 6

In his Rule, St. Benedict lists 74 Implements of Good Works by which we can upgrade the quality of our life and our faith. We will discuss some aspects of Benedict’s program of practical good living in the light of contemporary experience.

Father Michael Casey, OCSO, Ph.D., a monk of Tarrawarra Abbey, Australia, explores different aspects of monastic spirituality, writes, and gives conferences throughout the English-speaking monastic world. His many books include, “Seventy-four Tools for Good Living” (Liturgical Press).

Friday, 7:30 pm. to Saturday 4:00 p.m. Program Fee: $ 60 Friday only: $ 20 Saturday only: $ 40 Room: Single Occupancy: $ 42.00 plus tax; Double Occupancy: $ 35.00/person plus tax Breakfast: $ 6.50 plus tax. Lunch: $ 9.50 plus tax

ST. BENEDICT CENTER Located 3 miles north of Schuyler at Hwy. 15 P.O. Box 528 • Schuyler, NE 68661-0528 • Phone: 402-352-8819 • Fax: 402-352-8884 Email: Retreats@StBenedictCenter.com • Web Site: www.StBenedictCenter.com

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MARK MY WORDS

EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Aug. 3 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 55: 1-3 Ps 145: 8-9, 15-18 Rom 8: 35, 37-39 Mt 14: 13-21 Aug. 4 John Vianney, priest Jer 28: 1-17 Ps 119: 29, 43, 79-80, 95, 102 Mt 24: 22-36 Aug. 5 The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major Jer 30: 1-2, 12-15, 18-22 Ps 102: 16-23, 29 Mt 14: 22-36 Aug. 6 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Dn 7: 9-10, 13-14 Ps 97: 1-2, 5-6, 9 2 Pt 1: 16-19 Mt 17: 1-9 Aug. 7 Sixtus II, pope, and his companions, martyrs; Cajetan, priest Jer 31: 31-34 Ps 51: 12-15, 18-19 Mt 16: 13-23 Aug. 8 Dominic, priest Na 2: 1, 3; 3: 1-3, 6-7 (Ps) Dt 32: 35c-36b, 39, 41 Mt 16: 24-28 Aug. 9 Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin, martyr Hb 1:12 – 2:4 Ps 9: 8-13 Mt 17: 14-20 NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Aug. 10 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kgs 19: 9a, 11-13a Ps 85: 9-14 Rom 9: 1-5 Mt 14: 22-33 Aug. 11 Clare, virgin Ez 1: 2-5, 24-28c Ps 148: 1-2, 11-14 Mt 17: 22-27 Aug. 12 Jane Frances de Chantal, religious Ez 2:8 – 3:4 Ps 119: 14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 Mt 18: 1-5, 10, 12-14 Aug. 13 Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs Ez 9: 1-7; 10: 18-22 Ps 113: 1-6 Mt 18: 15-20 Aug. 14 Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr Ez 12: 1-12 Ps 78: 56-59, 61-62 Mt 18:21 – 19:1 Aug. 15 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN Rv 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab Ps 45: 10-12, 16 1 Cor 15: 20-27 Lk 1: 39-56 Aug. 16 Stephen of Hungary Ez 18: 1-10, 13b, 30-32 Ps 51: 12-15, 18-19 Mt 19: 13-15

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Life is both knotty and nice

othing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.”

This bumper sticker made me laugh out loud the other day. With a new school year just around the corner, I thought it might be good to pass on some pearls of wisdom to returning students (as well as all of us who are students of life): • Two wrongs are only the beginning.

• Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

• No one is listening until you make a mistake.

• The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

• Borrow money from pessimists; they don’t expect it back.

• Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.

• Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.

• If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

• He who hesitates is probably right.

• For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

• If at first you don’t suc-

FATHER MARK GOLDASICH Father Mark Goldasich is the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Tonganoxie. He has been editor of The Leaven since 1989. ceed, then skydiving isn’t for you.

• Some 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

• A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

• Attempt to get a new car for your spouse: It will be a great trade.

• You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

• The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

• If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

• A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

• Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

I hope some of these ob-

now smooth and untangled.

Apparently, the idea originated with St. Irenaeus (d.

202), who wrote a meditation based on the parallel that St. Paul drew between Adam and Christ. Irenaeus then compared Eve and Mary, writing: “Eve, by her disobedience, tied the knot of disgrace for the human race; whereas Mary, by her obedience, undid it.”

Sadly, there is no shortage of knots in life, problems or struggles that seem to bedevil us. So, when your life gets knotty — or perhaps when you’re simply naughty — take a deep breath, focus and ask for a little bit of heavenly help by saying this prayer of Pope Francis: “Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things, may have our hearts placed in him, and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters. Amen.”

And, in conclusion, let me offer one final pearl of wisdom: “A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.”

IN THE BEGINNING

God welcomes us in — free of charge

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hen Sunday’s first reading, Is 55:1-3, is proclaimed at Mass, I imagine that many pastors will hear it and worry that the collection that day will go down. After all, it sounds as though the prophet is suggesting that money is not all that important: “You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; come, without paying and without cost.”

Meanwhile, the pastors have to balance the budgets of their parishes. In that respect, pastors can identify with the struggles of many of their parishioners who have to manage the budget for their families. They face the same issues: finding enough income to pay expenses.

Rather than comparing a parish to a business, as sometimes people will do, it makes more sense to com-

FATHER MIKE STUBBS Father Mike Stubbs is the pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Overland Park and has a degree in Scripture from Harvard University. pare a parish to a family. We should not think of parishioners as customers who shop around from parish to parish for the best deal and the most attractive services.

Rather, parishioners belong to their parish, much as family members belong to their family. At least, that is the model that the New Testament proposes when it applies the terms “brothers and sisters” to members of the church.

Unfortunately, many

POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis urged a group of economists and financiers to help reverse the current “throwaway” culture and put people at the center — not the fringes — of monetary strategies and policies. Children, the elderly and young adults are all being rejected “because they’re

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servations gave you a chuckle or two. One serious “pearl,” though, is that no one has a life where everything goes right all the time. Inevitably, we all experience disappointments, obstacles, trials, heartbreaks, fears and detours on the road of life.

These things are like knots in a shoelace. Usually a knot happens when we’re in a hurry, and the harder we pull on that knot, the more stubborn it becomes. The only way to effectively deal with a knot is with patience, focus and persistence. At times, too, the knot is too much for us and we have to ask for help, for more nimble fingers to undo it.

Shortly after Pope Francis was elected, I heard that he had a favorite Marian devotion that he discovered back in 1986 as a priest studying in Germany for his doctorate.

He visited the Church of St. Peter am Perlach in Augsburg and saw a painting entitled “Mary, Undoer of Knots.” The main image shows the Blessed Mother, flanked by two angels.

The angel on the right is handing her a white ribbon tangled with knots. The angel on the left holds the ribbon as it comes from Mary’s hands,

Catholics have rejected that model, and instead have accepted the business model proposed by the world.

So then, how do the words of the prophet fit into this scenario? Families have bills to pay, just as parishes do?

We might remember the advice that Christ offers in the Gospels — to be in the world, but not of it. Money matters in the realities of this world. We need it to pay the bills, to provide salaries for employees, to manage the budget. In that sense, we operate in the world.

On the other hand, God offers us grace free of charge. God will love us, whether or not we can pay the bills. When we realize that, we are not of the world.

Rather than money. God asks for our full attention: “Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life.”

The reading addresses

not useful,” he said. “Who’s going to be disposed of next? Let’s stop ourselves in time, please,” he said July 12. The pope spoke to a group of experts participating in an international seminar organized by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. About 70 people, many of them leading economists, central bankers, heads of international and intergovernmental organizations and

various deficiencies that a person can experience. Lack of money stands out most strongly for many of us: “You who have no money.”

But the deficiencies do not stop there. God is also appealing to those who are thirsty, those who are hungry, those lacking something in their lives. God promises to supply that which is lacking: “Come to me heedfully, that you may have life.”

While the reading describes God’s gifts in terms of physical needs, food and drink — “Come, receive grain and eat; . . . drink wine and milk” — we should understand God’s promise to extend far beyond that: “I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David.”

God offers us fullness of life. And all this comes by listening, by paying attention to God.

church leaders, came together July 11-12 to discuss ways economic systems and policies could work toward “a more inclusive economy” and the common good. The pope thanked participants for meeting to discuss such important issues and urged them to reflect on the current situation “without fear and with intelligence.”

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AUGUST 1, 2014 | THELEAVEN.COM Glen and Katheryn Fox, members of Annunciation Parish, Frankfort, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house reception, hosted by their children, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Aug. 2 at the Annunciation Cigna Center, Frankfort. The couple was married on July 26, 1954, at Annunciation Church, Frankfort. Their children and their spouses are: Joyce and Kevin Lancaster, Fort Worth, Texas; Galen Fox, Hutto, Texas; Janice Sandmann, Concordia; Cheryl and Michael Bailey, Carolyn and Dan Wullschleger, and Leon and Julie Fox, all of Frankfort; Glenda and Brent Eichman, Wamego; Kenneth and Shawna Fox, Holton; Kevin and Jayne Fox, Hebron, Nebraska; and Jonathan and Melinda Fox, Georgetown, Texas. They also have 26 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Edward and Rita (Dekat) Mailen, members of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, Topeka, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 9 with a Mass of thanksgiving at 4 p.m., followed by a dinner, reception and dance until 10:30 p.m. for family and invited guests. The couple was married on Aug. 8, 1964, at Holy Name Church, Topeka. Their children and their spouses are: Cheryl and Jeff Estes, Keller, Texas; and Dana and James Landavazo, Fort Worth, Texas. They also have five grandchildren. The couple celebrated last fall with a trip to Rome and a Mediterranean cruise.

Iona (Graf) and Dan Baumchen, members of Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Marys, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 7. The couple was married on Aug. 7, 1954, at Holy Cross Church, Emmett. The couple plan to attend Mass on their anniversary and will spend time throughout the weekend with their immediate family. Their children and their spouses are: Chris and Bill Pannbacker, Washington; Paul and LuAnn Baumchen, Lawrence; John Baumchen and Angela Safranek, Canon City, Colorado; Anne and Larry Fitzgerald, Lawrence; Mary Baumchen, Sunrise Beach, Missouri; Joe and Marianne Baumchen, Topeka; and George and Libby Baumchen, Durango, Colorado. They also have 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Jean and Robert Luchi, members of Queen of the Holy Rosary, Overland Park, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on July 19 with a party for friends and neighbors, hosted by their children. The couple was married on July 17, 1954, at St. Monica Church, Philadelphia. Their children and their spouses are: Father Robert J. Luchi, SJ (deceased); Jean M. Luchi; Michael J. and Janet Luchi; and Lauren M. Luchi–Trujillo and Maximilliano Trujillo.

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Gene and Bessie (Stahl) Stevens, members of Immaculate Conception Parish, Louisburg, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 27 with a party at the church hall in Louisburg. The couple was married on Aug. 1, 1964, at Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, Wea, by Father John Schepers. Their children and their spouses are: Kevin Stevens, Owasso, Oklahoma; Kim Stevens, Louisburg; and Kirt and Bernadette Stevens, Louisburg.

They also have seven grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

Bernice (Haug) and John C. Nordhus, members of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Seneca, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Aug. 10 with an 11 a.m. Mass, followed by a family dinner hosted by their children. The couple was married on Aug. 10, 1949, at St. Mary Church, St. Benedict. Their children and their spouses are: Robert and Sheryl Nordhus; Mary Lynn and Arland Stephens; Diane and Jim Schultejans; Deb and Sam Hermesch; Bill Nordhus; Kathleen and Robert Nolte; Julie (deceased) and David Glissman; John and Barb Nordhus; Tom and Melissa Nordhus; Jane Nordhus (deceased); Jerry and Karen Nordhus; and Sharon and David Shumaker.

They also have 39 grandchildren (one deceased) and 37 great-grandchildren.

Millie (Coots) and Wilbur Miller, members of St. Patrick Parish, Kansas City, Kansas, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 3 with a reception at the George Meyn Center in Wyandotte County Park, Bonner Springs. The couple was married on Oct. 3, 1964, at St. Leo Church, Horton, by Father Vincent Kongs.

Their children and their spouses are: Vincent and Andrea Miller, Overland Park; Paul and Kimberly Miller, Felton, California; Dale Miller and Zoe Oxley, Schenectady, New York; and Susan and Joe Hodges, Bonner Springs. They also have seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Louise

“Betty”

(Weishaar) and August “Jon” Larson, members of Church of the Ascension, Overland Park, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 20 at St. Andrews Golf Club, Overland Park, with a celebration for family and friends. The couple was married on Aug. 8, 1964, at St. Joseph Church, Nortonville. Their children and their spouses are: Lance and Paula Larson, Nortonville; Shawn and Dwight Gigstad, Nortonville; Erika Larson, Leawood; Dirk Larson, Kansas City, Missouri; and Jessica Larson, Leawood. They also have five grandsons.

Dorothy and George Haskin, members of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Onaga, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 19 with a dinner for family and friends. The couple was married at St. Michael Church, Wheaton, on July 18, 1964, by Father Francis Krische.

Their children and their spouses are: Nancy and Lanny Bosse, Wamego; Janet and Rick Zarndt, El Paso, Texas; and Greg Haskin, Shawnee. They also have three grandchildren.

Kathleen (Monty) and John Hlavacek, members of Church of the Ascension, Overland Park, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 1. The couple was married on Aug. 1, 1964, at St. Mary, Queen of the Universe Church, Salina, by Msgr. Armand Girard.

Their children and their spouses are: Susan and Dave Hanson; Kellee and Jim Tinsley; and Kristin Hlavacek. They also have seven grandchildren and two great-grandsons. A family celebration will be held after Mass on Aug. 1.

Michael and Janet Gafney, members of Holy Spirit Parish, Overland Park, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 3.

The couple was married on July 3, 1964, at Annunciation Church in Kansas City, Missouri, by Father Norman Roetert. The couple celebrated with a cruise to Alaska. A private celebration will be hosted by their children on Aug. 9. Their children and their spouses are: Andrew and Andrea Gafney, Olathe; and Jennifer and Jeff Martin, Lenexa. They also have three grandchildren.

Bonnie (Winterscheidt) and Roger Huerter, members of Church of the Nativity, Leawood, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with family on Aug. 9. The couple was married on July 31, 1954, at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Seneca. Their children and their spouses are: Tom and Mary Huerter and Tim and Barbara Huerter. They also have four grandchildren.

Gary and Pat (Kramer) Saville, members of St. Matthew Parish, Topeka, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family on Aug. 9.

The couple was married on Aug. 8, 1964, at St. Gregory Church in Marysville. Their children and their spouses are: Kelley and Rick Smith, Manhattan; and Nicole and Joel Oliver, Topeka. They also have six grandchildren. Cards may be sent to 3350 S.W. Belle Ave., Topeka, KS 66614.

Cletus and Marcina (Burdiek) Haverkamp, members of St. Bede Parish, Kelly, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 2 with a 6 p.m. Mass, followed by a dinner for family and friends.

The couple was married on Aug. 4, 1954, at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Seneca. Their children and their spouses are: Elaine and Ron Osterhaus; Don and Kris Haverkamp; Jim and Carolyn Haverkamp; Dale Haverkamp; Sandy and Bill Koelzer; and Brian and Kristina Haverkamp. They also have 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

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FOR SALE For sale - Two wicker armchairs with one ottoman. 3-inch cloth cushions. Well made. Were $325. Asking $135. Cash only. Call (913) 579-0279.

For sale - Loons, bird well-known on the lakes in northern Minnesota and in Canada. Hand carved. Variety of sizes.

Cash only. Call (913) 579-0279.

RENTAL House for rent - 2 BR, 1 BA, newer HVAC, bath and hardwood floor. Garage, convenient location, great neighbor. Topeka.

Rent $795 per month. Call (785) 220-3367.

For rent - Beautiful big living and dining room. 1 BR, 1 BA, sunroom, pool, etc. Eat-in kitchen where everything is brandnew: paint job; new carpet; including heat, hot water; big storage; no smoking or dogs. 1- or 2-year lease. $900 per month. Call Elizabeth Booker at (913) 341-8273.

Family home for rent - Available July, Aug. or Sept. for yearly lease. 4 BR, 2-1/2 BA, 2 car, new appliances, new carpet, wood floors, fireplace, formal dining and living areas; around 1,900 square feet, plus full unfinished basement; great neighborhood, walk to Christ the King School. Rent is $1,325 per month on a yearly lease. Owner will consider a sale at $150,000. Address is 5862 S.W. 27th St., Topeka. Call Mr. Salazar to arrange a viewing at (785) 230-2676.

REAL ESTATE Wanted to buy: I NEED HOUSES! I buy them as is, with no repairs. You can even leave behind what you don’t want. We buy houses that need foundation or roof repair. All sales are cash with no strings attached. Please call Mark Edmondson at (913) 980-4905. Holy Trinity Parish member.

House for sale - 8514 W. 88th St., Overland Park/1.5 story, 4 BR, 3.5 BA. Home in GREAT condition. 2 bedrooms & laundry on 1st floor, 2100 total finished sq. ft.! $237,000. Call Marcia Even, BHG Real Estate at (913) 661-1496.

Home for sale - 4 BR, 2 BA, 1-car garage, finished basement; 1218 square feet. Asking $85,000. Christ the King/Ressurection area. If interested, call Samantha at (913) 568-7645.

For sale by owner - 2224 Somerset, Prairie Village. 2 BR, 1 BA, 1-car garage. 1000 square feet. Newer siding, garage door and 2-car drive. Needs paint and carpet. Original bath and kitchen. $102,999. Call (913) 648-1026.

Home for sale - 5 BR, 4-1/2 BA beauty located two blocks from St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Has been totally remodeled with fresh paint inside and out, new granite countertops and new stainless steel appliances. New flooring with hardwoods, tile and carpet throughout. Two utility areas — one on second floor and one in basement. Also new roof, drive, landscaping, lighting and hardware. Call Wayne at (913) 710-5820.

VACATION Branson getaway - Walk-in condo on Pointe Royale Golf Course. Sleeps 6. Close to lakes and entertainment. Fully furnished. Pool and hot tub available. No cleaning fee. Nightly and weekly rates. Discounts available. Call (913) 515-3044.

MISCELLANEOUS Our Lady of Hope. Catholics with an Anglican and Methodist heritage. Formal and friendly. Visitors welcome. Mass Saturdays at 4 p.m., St. Therese Little Flower, 5814 Euclid, Kansas City, Mo. Fulfills Sunday obligation. Father Ernie Davis. Dr. Bruce Prince-Joseph, organist. For more information, send an email to: frernie3@gmail.com or call (816) 729-6776.

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Bishop Ward alumni and friends gathered at the home of Bob and Denise Beaman (both Ward alumni) on June 30 to celebrate surpassing the $5 million mark for the school’s endowment. Incoming president Father Thomas Schrader, O. Carm., is pictured above visiting with benefactors Jim and Zibbie Ferrell.

LEAVEN PHOTO BY DON WOLF

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann emphasizes a point in his homily at the “Fortnight for Freedom” Mass on July 4 at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Leawood.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CATHOLIC KEY

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann joins Kansas City–St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn at the ribboncutting and grand opening for Phase I of St. Michael’s Veterans Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 30. The center will provide permanent housing and a full spectrum of services to homeless and at-risk veterans from all branches of the military. Mayor Sly James of Kansas City, Missouri, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders, Housing Authority board chair Donovan Mouton, former Catholic Charities CEO Mike Halterman and other guests help St. Michael’s Veterans Center board member Art Fillmore cut the ribbon. Phase I, which consists of 58 one-bedroom apartment homes, will be fully occupied by summer’s end. Construction on Phase II, featuring 59 apartment homes with ancillary on-site services, is slated to begin early in 2015.

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Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann presents gifts to Sister Mary Ema Munoz (foreground) and Mother Carmela Sanz of the Sisters, Servants of Mary on the occasion of their 25th and 50th anniversaries, respectively, as Sisters, Servants on July 13 at the motherhouse in Kansas City, Kansas.

Father Ken Kelly, pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Mission, was voted “Best of the Jam” at the Mighty Mo Ukulele Festival near Herman, Missouri, the weekend of July 12. About 20 ukulele acts competed for the honor. His winning song was the Marilyn Monroe classic “I Wanna Be Loved by You.” As a result of his win, Father Kelly got to open for the festival headliners — Flea Bitten Dawgs of St. Louis and Brook Adams of Oregon. Anyone who would like to sing and strum simple songs on their ukulele, says Father Kelly, are welcome at the Kansas City Ukesters monthly meeting on the second Monday of the month from 6:308:30 p.m. at St. Pius, 5500 Woodson Rd., Mission, in the Glowacki Room. For details, see the website at: www.kcuke.com.

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