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St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church Address: P.O. Box 289 / 430 N. Main / Caldwell, KS 67022 Parish Website: stmartincaldwell.org Facebook Page: St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church - Caldwell, Kansas USA Father Thomas Hoisington: (620) 845-6763 Email address: [email protected] Divine Mercy Sunday — April 11, 2021 FROM FATHER ❧ Volunteers are needed to help with the First Communion reception after Mass on Sunday, April 25. This is a very important day in the lives of our young people and needs to be celebrated fittingly. Please contact our Altar Society President, Pat Thurman, to volunteer your time. ❧ Regarding the numbers on the hymn board, please note that if a number is 99 or lower, the hymn comes from the back of the missalette. If the number is 100 or higher, it comes from the hymnal. ❧ It would be better if everyone would leave his or her missalette/hymnal at church. However, you are welcome to take one of the missalette/hymnals home if you have health concerns. But if you do, you will need to bring it with you each weekend for Mass. Otherwise there will not be enough for everyone. PLEASE PRAY FOR: Jo Ellen Schmidt, Clarence & Pat Schmidt, Don & Dorothy Schmitz, Dixie Metzinger LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION: $ 2,472.00 BISHOP’S EASTER COLLECTION: $ 1,330.00 MASS INTENTIONS Mon Apr 12 8:00 am Delbert & Verena Larson † Tue Apr 13 PRIVATE MASS Wed Apr 14 6:30 pm Jack & Teresa Brooks † Thu Apr 15 8:00 am For Vocations Fri Apr 16 6:30 pm Jack & Teresa Brooks † Sat Apr 17 5:00 pm Leon & Helen Blubaugh † Sun Apr 18 9:00 am Pro Populo PARISH CALENDAR Sun Apr 11 Coffee & Donuts after 9:00 am Mass Sun Apr 25 First Holy Communion at 9:00 am Mass CONFESSIONS ARE HEARD SATURDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 4:00-4:30 PM Requiescat in Pace Please pray for the repose of the soul of Deacon Roger Metzinger, who died this past week. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. LITURGICAL ROLES April 10 April 11 Rosary : Chris Blubaugh Carol Schmitz Lector : Shawna Schneider Leo Schmitz Servers: Keelen & Laila April 17 April 18 Rosary : Kathy Blubaugh Leo Schmitz Lector : Cheryl Warner Linc Crampton Servers: Zak & Cord The Rosary starts 20 minutes before Mass. FROM SCOTT HAHN There is something liturgical about the way today’s Gospel scenes unfold. It’s as if John is trying to show us how the risen Lord comes to us in the liturgy and sacraments. In both scenes it is Sunday night. The doors are bolted tight, yet Jesus mysteriously comes. He greets them with an expression, “Peace be with you,” used elsewhere by divine messengers (see Daniel 10:19; Judges 6:23). He shows them signs of His real bodily presence. And on both nights the disciples respond by joyfully receiving Jesus as their “Lord.” Isn’t this what happens in the Mass—where our Lord speaks to us in His Word, and gives himself to us in the sacrament of His body and blood? Let us approach the altar with joy, knowing that every Eucharist is the day the Lord has made—when the victory of Easter is again made wonderful in our eyes.
