Welcome to All!
Welcome to all our visitors. If you would like to join one of our parishes, or need anything during your stay, please notify the office directly. God bless you all!
Emergency After Hours Phone Contacts
For Sacramental Emergencies please contact Father at 620-757-6824. Thank you and God bless you!
Aug 12 - Virtus Training
VIRTUS Safe Environment Training is a free but also MANDATORY training for all volunteers in the Archdiocese that will teach, substitute, chaperone, or volunteer and have direct contact with youth (CCD, Youth Ministry, VBS, Totus Tuus) or our homebound (Ill & Shut-in Eucharistic Ministers) as well as Catholic Charities volunteers.
The next Virtus trainings hosted in our area will be held at the following parishes:
- Sacred Heart (Emporia) 101 Cottonwood, Parish Hall - Tuesday, Aug 11 from 6 - 9pm
- St. Francis Xavier (Burlington) Parish Hall, Wednesday, Aug 12 from 6 - 9pm
Pre-registration and completed online documents are required to secure your seat.
You can go here to register as a 1st Time Registrant: www.virtusonline.org
To attend either session you need to register and complete your background check as well as all the required documents.
If you are a youth volunteer (16-17yrs old) please contact each parish office for more information as you have an additional requirement to attend.
Please plan to arrive prior to the session starting because once it has begun no one will be admitted. You must also stay the entire time in order to earn your certificate.
REMINDER: All previous trained volunteers need to be current on Virtus bulletins in order to remain active. For help to register or check your active volunteer status, please contact Angela in the office # 620-364-5671
Aug 15 & 16 - NEW Mass Times!!!!
As we end our fiscal year and begin anew, we will have a new Mass schedule for all parishes starting this August.
The weekend Mass schedule will change beginning the weekend of August 15 & 16. The new Mass times will be as follows:
Saturdays 4:00pm - St. Patrick
Sundays 8:00am - St. Joseph
9:30am - St. Teresa
11:00am - St. Francis
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, weekday Masses and Feast Day Masses will remain the same.
Changes for days and times of Reconciliation and Religious Education will be posted for each parish as more information becomes available.
Other parish reminders:
- If you have a student entering 2nd grade or making the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist this year, the office needs a copy of their Baptism turned in or pulled from our parish archives. For information or help obtaining the record from another location, contact Angela or Cyndy at the office.
- If you are interested in joining the Church, please contact the office or Father directly as OCIA classes will begin in September.
- If you are not signed up currently for Flocknote messages please contact the office and we will get you signed up. If you think you’re signed up or have a new email and are not receiving messages, please let us know and we can check the Flocknote parish email roster.
- If you have any further questions, please speak to Father or the office directly.
Aug 26 = Catholic Charities Mobile Bus
Catholic Charities Mobile Bus will return to the parish hall at St. Francis Xavier on Wednesday, Aug 26 from 9:30am to 1:30pm or until all supplies are gone. Please share within our community and contact the office (620-364-5671) if you need a call-in for after hours pick-up.
Items vary but can include: milk, meat, eggs, fresh fruit/vegetables, bread, canned goods, diapers, wipes, clothing, household and seasonal supplies.
Sept 11 = Red Cross Blood Drive
Red Cross Blood Mobile sponsored by St. Francis Xavier will be held Friday, Sept 11 at the parish hall from 11am – 5pm.
There are 36 spots open and all blood types will be taken. To schedule a donation, call the Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS, the office or contact youth coordinator Nevaeh Myers.
Register here under the "Find A Blood Drive" in the upper right hand corner: https://www.redcrossblood.org/
Thanks for helping save lives!
God's Storehouse Donations
We are reminded to continue to pray for all those in need and if you can help those in our community by donating, it is greatly appreciated.
God's Storehouse can use the following donations: creamed soups, chunky soups, pasta sauce, crackers, hamburger and tuna helper, spaghetti, sloppy joe, egg noodles, boxed cereal, applesauce, canned fruit, flavored oatmeal, cake and brownie mixes, sauerkraut, spinach, canned asparagus, rice a roni, ramen noodles, rotel, chili beans, baked beans, dish soap, laundry detergent, paper towels, tissues, hygiene products (shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, dental floss, toothpaste, toilet paper, tampons, feminine pads), any shoes or boots, seasonal clothing (taking summer clothing and swim suits at this time) and plastic bags.
Donations can be dropped off at God's Storehouse directly during the week during the open hours of 9am - Noon - Monday to Friday and Tuesday evenings from 5 - 7pm. Thank you!
Anointing of the Sick
If you know you are being admitted to a hospital, please inform Father prior to hospitalization and ask for the sacrament of anointing of the sick. This is a sacramental opportunity for all Catholic patients no matter the age, not to be confused with Last Rites which are for those in danger of death. So, please contact Father, if you know you will be hospitalized in the near future, and request to receive this sacrament before hospitalization.
If you are admitted to the hospital in an emergency, you can ask for Father to come to the hospital, or in a larger area / hospital, ask for the Hospital Priest.
Also, if you know someone that is ill and home-bound but would still like to be anointed, this opportunity is also available. Please contact the office directly and we will schedule an appointment with Father.
May God bless you all!
