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September 2018

2018 Religious Sisters Appreciation Day

Photos by Gary DeHaemers & Robt Luchi

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September

12 Regular meeting, Painted Hills, speaker:

TBA

17 C.O.R.E. Golf Tournament – Lions Gate

(see notice)

18 Regular Board Meeting – 9:00 A.M. Cure

of Ars

26 Regular meeting, Painted Hills, speaker:

Fr. Don Cullen – Inspirational Message

October

9-11 Visit to St. John Vianney – see Announcement

28 Priests Appreciation Sunday

November

4 Vocational Mass – St. Agnes

14 Memorial Mass – Milburn Country Club

28 Regular meeting, Painted Hills, speaker:

Jim Burns – District Governor

December

12 Regular meeting, Painted Hills, speaker:

Archbishop Naumann

28 Seminarian Parent Mass and Luncheon?

CALENDAR

President’s Message

Presidents Letter

September starts by celebrating Labor Day, a

public holiday to honor the workers and laborers

of our great country. It’s a tribute to the Ameri-

can Labor Movement and the contributions

workers have made to the strength, prosperity,

laws, and well-being of our country. The unity

of people working together for the common good

has had amazing results.

Recently we celebrated with our religious sisters

the good works they perform everyday for our

communities and for the church. They are a

shining example of how commitment, hard work,

and faith have become a cornerstone of the

church, and throughout history part of our core

values. The sisters truly are a blessing and ap-

preciated as we continue praying for them.

Likewise, through commitment, hard work and

dedication the Serra Club was established and

has become a pathway of prayers for vocations.

We remember and honor all those who contrib-

uted their time and talents to make Serra a world-

wide organization dedicated to prayer and our

religious way of life.

This is a challenging time for the Catholic

Church and our prayers for seminarian’s, sisters,

priests, and all those in religious life worldwide

are needed now more than ever.

We pray for solutions, healing, leadership and

God’s grace for all Catholics and for our faith.

Our board of directors is undertaking an evalua-

tion of the overall status of our club. We will be

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Priest Appreciation Day Volunteers Needed

Laura Forbes August 15, 2018

Good Afternoon-

I know that most of you might not know me, but I am on the CORE committee and

will be organizing the volunteers this year. I first of all want to thank everyone for

their past commitments to volunteering for this event. The event would not be pos-

sible without the support of all the volunteers.

This year we are doing the same schedule as we implemented last year (see be-

low). Below is also the volunteer tasks and schedule, similar to Homers from past

events. Please let me know if you are able to help out this year and what your top 2

-3 tasks you would like.

September 17th CORE Event Schedule:

LionsGate Golf Course

10:30 am – Registration

11:00 am – Lunch

12:00 pm – Shotgun Start – Four Person Scramble

1:00 pm – Texas Hold ’em & Gin Rummy

St. Michael’s Porter Hall

5:30 pm – Cocktails (At St. Michael the Archangel – Porter Hall)

6:00 pm – Jack Stack BBQ & Awards Presentation

Thank you and I look forward to this year’s event!

Laura Miller Forbes

CORE-Event Coordinator

816.308.4536

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Our annual seminary visit is Tuesday, October 9th, 10th and October 11th.

October 9, 2018

Travel Day

October 10, 2018

Five Seminarians Breakfast at hotel

Mass at Seminary

Tour of Seminary

Lunch at Seminary

Tour of Basilica of Immaculate Conception

Tour of Colorado’s Craft Beer facilities (for those interested – don’t think there is a fee)

Take Seminarians out to dinner

October 11, 2018

Travel Day

Hotel

See attached flyer from Hyatt Place

Hyatt Place Denver/Cherry Creek

4150 East Mississippi Avenue

Glendale, Colorado, 80246

denvercherrycreek.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html?corp_id=G-JCOS Phone: (303) 389-6075

For the more adventurous, consider extending to see

Mother Cabrini Shrine is a shrine to Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, known as Mother Cabrini, located in Golden, Colorado, United States. 20189 Cabrini Blvd, Golden, CO 80401 303-526-0758

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To book under the special rate of $139.00 you must book by September 6, 2018. To book under the group block you must do so by computer using the link https:// denvercherrycreek.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html?corp_id=G-JCOS

Then follow the directions:

1. Click reservation link, this will take you to the Hyatt Place Website

2. Select your length of stay to the right of the screen

3. Your groups discount code will auto populate under ‘group code’. Press ‘Check Availability’

and then ‘select’ one of the guest room options.

4. Move forward with Payment Process

Of course you can still book by phone by calling 888.HYATT.HP (888.492.8847) and reference Johnson

County Serra Club.

Serra Message from Jack Lawrence,

John Spaniol wants to share a minivan for the drive on the Seminary trip scheduled from October 9th to

October 11th.

If you are planning on traveling to the Seminary this is a great chance to lower expenses and enjoy the

companionship of your fellow Serrans.

This is a great chance to advocate vocations at this time of intense need. The more Serrans attending the

more the spiritual awareness may be raised in these young seminarians.

John can be reached at 913 - 383 – 1157 or his email is snowspec@kc.rr.com.

Again, if you can find the time to attend this event give John a call.

This event never fails to increase our spiritual awareness as well.

Thanks, brothers,

Jack Lawrence

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asking our general membership to get involved by giving their input on various topics. We comprehen-

sive questionnaire has been created and will be included with your upcoming dues statement. A major

focus will be on membership. We would really like to have everyone’s input. On September 4, Carroll

Macke and I will participate in a nationwide membership conference call to get new ideas, present our

ideas, and become more aggressive in our membership efforts. There are many other topics of interest,

so the responses from our members are vital. Our objective is to simply strengthen our club and our

activities. There will be more on this subject at upcoming meetings.

We are asking people to attend our seminary visit to St. John Vianney on October 9-11 and hope you

can plan on attending. Information and a registration form can be found in this Newsletter or on the

website.

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Please keep the following people and their families in your

prayers

Priest and Seminarians Birthdays

Rev. Kenneth Kelly September 1 Rev. Duane Reinert, OFM Cap. September 17

Rev. Thomas Schrader, O.Carm. September 1 Rev. John Cordes September 17

Rev. Thomas Kearns September 5 Rev. Mark Mertes September 18

Rev. Michael Zoellner. OSB September 6 Rev. Raymond May September 18

Rev. Adam Wilczak September 6 Brother Timothy McMillan, OSB September 19

Rev. Dennis Wait September 7 Rev. Matthew Francis September 21

Rev. Edward Hays September 8 Rev. Roderic Giller, OSB September 26

Rev. Brian Klingele September 13 Rev. Richard McDonald September 26

Rev. Blaine Schultz, OSB September 17 Rev. Gerard Alba September 27 Rev. Robert Hasenkamp September 17

Seminarians

Keith Chadwick September 8

JoAnne Wheat Wife of Skip deceased John Jurcyk

Beth Conrad Daughter-in-law of Jim Conrad Joe Kolich

Cheryl McGee Daughter of Jim Conrad Bob Gaughan

Lyette Schuchardt Wife of Frank Jim Wilson

Jeff Mize Son-in-law of Tom Sell Bill Myers

Fr. Mike Stubbs Larry Volz

Paula Burger Wife of David Roderick Gonzales

Rita Jurcyk Wife of John Bill McHale

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Frank Schuchardt 9705 Benson Street Overland Park, KS 66212-4035 fjschuchardt@everestkc.net

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Also, the website has a great reference to our traveling crucifix. We are very appreciative of the origi-

nal crucifix donated by Jerry Fladung and the story behind it. Presently we are working with Ft. Storey

at Cure of Ars on a permanent home, at the request of Jerry’s family. The new, smaller crucifix is better

fit for traveling. Thanks to all those that take this home for daily devotions.

Please read the events calendar on the website as there are a couple of important events to keep in mind:

The C.O.R.E. golf outing for clergy on Sept. 17

Rosary for vocations on Sept.29 and Oct. 27

Seminary visit October 9-11

Priests Appreciation Sunday, Oct. 28

Have a blessed September, and may we continue our daily prayers for all the vocations and those in the

religious life, and especially for our church in this time of need.

God Bless,

Tom Spencer

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