Annual Pilgrimage
Please mark your calendars: Our Annual St Rose Philippine Duchesne pilgrimage to Mound City and the shrine will be on September 13th.

Fr. Wolfe On Vacation
Fr Wolfe will be gone for the next few weeks on vacation.

Classes Resume In September
Adult classes will resume in the middle of September, as will Youth group.

Additional Daily Mass In September
In the middle of September we will start offering a 6:30 AM daily Mass; also, in order to pray for vocations, on Tuesdays immediately after the noon Mass, we will have approximately 15 minutes of Exposition, during which time we will pray the Memorare, sing the Litany of the Sacred Heart and then end with Benediction. Precise dates for all this will be upcoming soon.

Back To School Mass
The Back to School Mass will be on September 2nd at Noon. Everyone is welcome! There will be a picnic following at the Herman Laird Park. It is located on Johnson Drive & Cody in Shawnee. Please bring your own lunch and drinks for your family. Those with any questions may call Maria Perez.

Confirmation Class Resumes Today
We are resuming earlier this year since Confirmation Day is fast approaching. For those preparing at home, if you have not already done so, please contact Tony or Christine Funk for testing and interview information. Students must be 12 years old by Confirmation Day, Oct. 4. (Other catechism classes will begin after Labor Day, Sept. 7)

Burse Collection Next Sunday
If you would like to contribute to the Burse, you can give your donation to Greg Gomer, Kevin Fogarty, Roger Marrs or John Watkins.

Promises Of Our Lord In Favor Of Those Who Honor His Holy Face
1. All those who honor My Face in the spirit of reparation will by so doing perform the office of the pius Veronica.  According to the care they take in making reparation to My Face, disfigured by blasphemers, so will I take care of their souls which have been disfigured by sin.  My Face is the Seal of the Divinity, which has the virtue of reproducing in souls the image of God.  2. Those who by words, prayers or writing defend My Cause in this Work of Reparation I will defend before My Father, and will give them My Kingdom.  3. By offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the conversion of many sinners will be obtained.  4. By My Holy Face, they will work wonders, appease the anger of God and draw down mercy on sinners.  5. As in a kingdom they can procure all that is desired with a coin stamped with the King's effigy, so in the Kingdom of Heaven they will obtain all they desire with the precious coin of My Holy Face.  6. Those who on earth contemplate the wounds of My Face shall in Heaven behold It radiant with glory.  7. They will receive in their souls a bright and constant irradiation of My Divinity, that by their likeness to My Face they shall shine with particular splendor in Heaven.  8. I will defend them, I will preserve them and I assure them of Final Perseverance. +

Send Your Angel To Holy Mass
O Holy Angel at my side, go to church for me, kneel in my place at Holy Mass.  At Offertory in my stead take all I am and own, and place it as a sacrifice upon the Altar Throne.  At Holy Consecration’s bell adore with Seraph’s love, my Jesus hidden in the Host come down from Heaven above.  Then pray for those I dearly love and those who cause me grief, that Jesus’ Blood may cleanse all hearts, and suffering souls relieve.  And when the Priest Communion takes, O bring my Lord to me, that His sweet Heart may rest on mine, and I His temple be.  Pray that this Sacrifice Divine may mankind’ sins efface, then bring me Jesus’ blessing home, the pledge of every grace.  Amen

Avoiding Encounters With Sin On The Internet
About 2/3 of the Internet is filled with completely unacceptable & mortally sinful images.  One glance and your child’s purity has been stolen forever. There are 2 services available that can’t be overridden, that are updated on a daily basis and that block unacceptable sites.  The first is a filter service that costs $40/yr and works irrespective of your particular service provider.  You can go to www.afafilter.com and learn more about this filter.  The second is a service provider available here in the KC area .  You can learn more about this internet service provider at www.familink.com.

From Thomas á Kempis
The wise men of the world, the men who lust for the flesh, are wanting in Your wisdom, because in the world is found the utmost vanity, and in the flesh is death. But they who follow You by disdaining worldly things and mortifying the flesh are known to be truly wise, for they are transported from vanity to truth, from flesh to spirit. By such as these God is relished, and whatever good is found in creatures they turn to praise of the Creator. But great -- yes, very great, indeed -- is the difference between delight in the Creator and in the creature, in eternity and in time, in Light uncreated and in the light that is reflected.

O Light eternal, surpassing all created brightness, flash forth the lightning from above and enlighten the inmost recesses of my heart. Cleanse, cheer, enlighten, and vivify my spirit with all its powers, that it may cleave to You in ecstasies of joy. Oh, when will that happy and wished-for hour come, that You may fill me with Your presence and become all in all to me? So long as this is not given me, my joy will not be complete.