April 2025

Capital Campaign Save the Dates

Curé of Ars invites you to participate in an upcoming Capital Campaign Informational event. Each event will include a time of community, food, drink and an opportunity to give your input at a deeper level regarding the campaign projects. These are working events with the architect, so come prepared to share your ideas!

APRIL 23

10 am after all school Mass in the Fr. Burak Room

APRIL 24

6:30 pm in the Fr. Burak Room

MAY 17 and 18

after All Masses in the Fr. Burak Room

Other Key Capital Campaign Dates

Packet Pick Up at Church - June 7th & 8th 

Prayer and Discernment - June 8th - 22nd

Commitment Weekend - June 21st & 22nd

Lenten Penance Services

This is a great opportunity to make reconciliation a priority in your Lenten journey to Easter. You will be welcomed with compassion as you receive the grace of forgiveness whether it has been several weeks or 25 years. Curé of Ars Communal Penance Serice is April 6 at 3:00 pm. See below for other locations around Johnson County.

School of Religion

Lenten Project

COLLECTION WEEKEND

April 5 & 6

Please Donate Items in Designated Boxes in Church Vestibule

ITEMS REQUESTED:

Single-packs (not multi-packs):

• Toothbrushes
• Razors
• Combs

Travel-sized:

• Toothpaste
• Kleenex
• Shampoo, Body Wash & Lotion
• Deodorant

Snacks (multi-packs are great):

• Granola bars
• Peanut butter sandwich crackers
• Cheese sandwich crackers
• Easy Pull-Off Lid: Tuna or fruit cups

Other Items:

• New Men’s socks— (black or white)
• Band-Aids

School of Religion hopes to assemble 200 Blessing Bags!

The Blessing Bags will be handed out to those who are homeless by Operation Uplift. Also, the children will be including a message with the Good News of Jesus Christ in these bags.

Respect Life

Are you interested in parish pro-life ministries and desire to develop friendships with others who want to support pro-life endeavors?

Send a note to respectlife@cureofars.com. Opportunities are available with Walking with Moms in Need, Foster Care Ministry, Respect Life Month, and increasing prayers & awareness for all life issues. Please join the Curé Respect Life Team!

Bilingual Speakers needed

Do you speak a language other than English? We would love for you to participate in our unique Pentecost Readings at Masses on June 7th and 8th. Our Lectors Ministry will be presenting the reading in Acts 2:1-11 depicting the Apostles being filled with the Holy Spirit, by speaking it in several different languages. In order to present the reading in this way, we need multiple volunteers willing to speak the reading in another language. Any language is welcome.

There will be 4 rehearsals in advance where we will bring together the main, English speaking, Lectors as well as 3-5 others who will speak the same reading individually in another language as well as all together illustrating the amazement of the Apostles hearing the words of God in their own tongues. The readings do not need to be memorized. The rehearsals are scheduled: May 27 at 6:30 pm, May 31st at 10:00 am, June 2nd at 6:30 pm and June 5th at 6:00 pm.

Please contact Lillian Klein in the Parish Office at 913.521.9360 if you are interested in participating, have any questions or need more information.

Rosary Help

We will be collecting Rosaries for Catholic Charities and St Mary’s Food Kitchen during Lent. Do you have extra rosaries you could donate? Please place your rosary in a small plastic baggie and put it in the Rosary collection boxes in back of church or Adoration Chapel. We will take rosaries needing repairs if all pieces are there.  

Volunteers needed for Holy Week

Now is the time to sign up to volunteer for assignments at all Masses and Services during Holy Week and on Easter. All Liturgical Ministries have openings. Sign up for available assignments at:  

 https://www.rotundasoftware.com/ministry/cureofarsleawood/schedules/819750

Please reach out to Lillian Klein in the parish office with any questions at 913.521.9360.

Training for EMHC and Lectors

Join us to support our priests and faith community at Mass by volunteering to be an EMHC or Lector. Training sessions are coming up: EMHCs on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00 pm in the Church, Lectors on Monday, April 28th at 6:30 pm or Tuesday, April 29th at 6:30 pm.

Contact Lillian Klein in the parish office with any questions at 913.521.9360. You can register ahead of time at this link: https://cureofars.com/volunteer-for-a-liturgical-ministry

Lost and Found in Vestibule

Our Lost and Found is overflowing! If you have lost your keys, are missing a rosary, or an umbrella, we may have it! We also have prayer books, earrings, rings, gloves, hats, and much more! Please check the tables in the vestibule for any missing items. Items such as keys and jewelry can be claimed in the Parish Office during business hours.  

Curé of Ars BSA Troop 395 will be selling trash bags throughout the year. Bags are $14 per roll. Sizes available: white: 15-gal (65/roll); yellow: 39-gal (25/roll); blue: 55-gal (16/roll). We also have paper yard waste bags at $5 per pack of 5. Please support this fundraiser to support this parish youth leadership program. To make multiple roll purchases, contact Brian at 312.480.6620 or brianbklein@gmail.com. We accept cash, checks and credit cards. Free delivery within Curé of Ars Church boundaries. Pick up can also be arranged.

Holy Hours and Novenas

Holy Hour - Saturday, April 5

• 2:30 pm Exposition and Adoration; Silent Meditation
• 3:00 pm Rosary; Benediction; Closing
• Priests available to hear confessions from 2:30 – 3:30 pm
• Anointing of the Sick from 3:30 – 3:45 pm

Holy Hour - Sunday, April 27

• 2:30 pm Divine Mercy Sunday Chaplet

Novena and Rosary - Tuesday, April 1, 8, 22, and 29

• 5:30 pm Rosary
• 6:00 pm Novena
• 6:30 pm Mass on April 1 and 8
• 7:00 pm Testimony on April 1 and 8

Volunteers Needed

Join parishioners as we feed the hungry in our community. The Hope Distribution Center Food Pantry is open Monday - Thursday from 9am to 4pm. Shifts are 9am-12:30pm or 12:30pm-4pm. People are needed to sort food, stock shelves, and help clients shop. Work one day a week or twice a month. We would be glad to visit with you about The Food Pantry. Please call Jeanette Schneider at 785.214.1682 or Vicki Carson at 314.406.8173.