Ministry schedules have been posted.  GO TO "QUICK LINKS" (located on the right side of this web page) and click on Ministry Schedules. 

To serve at The Lord's Diner one must be at least 12 years of age and obtain a Food Handlers Card from The City of Wichita. Once you have your card please contact Andrea Rottinghaus at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 722-3501 to get on the list to be called to serve.

UPCOMING FOOD CLASSES:                                                                                                                                                                                                       Sat. Sept. 11 at Pine Valley  Christian Church, 5620 East 21^st St. North at 9:30 am

Sat. Nov. 13 at Riverwalk Church of Christ.  1^st and Waco at 9:30 am

Food Classes at the Health Department - http://www.wichita.gov/CityOffices/Environmental/FoodProt/classes.htm                                                                                  Food Handler Classes at the Health Department are held on the first and third Saturday of each month at 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM, and on the first and third Monday of each month at 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM. In the event that a holiday falls on a regularly scheduled class day, the class will be moved to that day in the following week. This will NOT change the other regularly scheduled class. The classes are approximately 2 hours in length, and students will receive a Food Handler Card at the conclusion of the class.

Students need only attend one session, and there is no pre-registration taken for classes. There is no fee for taking the class. Spanish-speaking classes are held the first Tuesday of every month. Please call for dates and times, or download the schedules below. A two-week notice is needed in order to provide an interpreter for American Sign Language.

Classes are held in the auditorium at the City of Wichita Office of Environmental Health, 1900 East 9th Street North, Wichita, KS 67214. Parking is available in the lot east of our building, and you can access the auditorium via the east entry door by the flagpole. Please do not bring children under the age of 6.

 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at (316) 268-8351.

This year's fair is Saturday, Oct. 2.  It is a great time for shoppers, crafters & parishioners alike.  Look for volunteer sign up sheets on the bulletin board in the gathering space.  We will also have a listing of prize drawing packages with tickets forthcoming.

We can use your help:

Tuesday, Sept. 7 from 6 to 9 PM Mailer Workshop in the school library.

Thursday, Sept. 16 from 5 to 10 PM Meat Making Workshop in Fr. Kocour Hall Kitchen (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE)

Saturday, Sept. 18 from 8 am to 10 PM Bierock Making Workshop in Fr. Kocour Hall & Kitchen

Friday, Oct. 1 from noon to 9 PM Crafts & Food Fair Set up on the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Campus

Sat., Oct. 2 from 8 AM to 8 PM Crafts & Food Fair on the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Campus

Craft Fair Co-Chairs: Joyce - 721-5061 & Annette 729-9341

Booth Rental: Amy 773-3378

Home Booth: Lisa 729-2514

Volunteers: Joni 773-3571

Fr. Yancey will be the guest speaker at our meeting on September 9th.  We will meet in the Bishop Gilmore room at 7:00 p.m.  All ladies of the parish are invited.   This is a great opportunity to get to know Father in a small setting.  We hope to see you there. 

We will be serving at the Lord's Diner September 22

and September 26 and October 24 & 27.  If

you can work at the Diner, please call Kathy at

721-1245 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Thank you.

Food Handler's Classes are: September 11 at Pine Valley Christian Church at 5620 E. 21st St. North at 9:30 AM and November 13 at Riverwalk Church of Christ at 1st & Waco at 9:30 AM.  No need to register.  Call Andrea at 722-3501 with questions.

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E-Mail Addresses Needed! 

If you are Knight with our Knight Of Columbus council 10483 and do not have, or have recently changed your e-mail address, we would like to have it on file.  Please send your e-mail address to Mike Sullentrop at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Religious Education Parents,

Our Religious Education school term is about to begin!  Religious Education classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. on September 15, 2010 with a dinner and a  session on “Family Prayer” with Fr. Ken.  Please RSVP to the parish office (721-1686) if your child will attend Religious Education classes for the 2010-2011 school term and how many family members will attend the dinner on September 15.  If you have not already registered, we are continuing to enroll students in the parish office, Monday-Friday. You may also contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 Second Grade Parents:

Preparing for First Communion is a very important time in the lives our second grade students.  I know they are in great anticipation of when they will be able to receive the Lord in the Eucharist.  To help the students prepare, please keep the following dates on your calendar:

January 12 and 13- 6:30 p.m.  Parent Meeting-Reconcilation (Daily Mass Chapel); attend one evening

February 10 and 17- 6:30 p.m.   First Confession (Church)/Reception (Mother Seton Hall); attend one

Aprill 6 and 7- 6:30 p.m.        Parent Meeting- First Communion (Daily Mass Chapel); attend one evening

May 5- 6:30 p.m.                   First Communion Practice (Church)/Ice Cream Social (Fr. Kocour Hall)

May 7- 11:00 a.m.                     First Communion Mass

If I may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at the Parish office. 

Please send bulletin articles to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Thank you!

Religious Education forms will be available for pickup following all Masses on the weekends of July 3 and 4 and July 10 and 11.  A downloadable form is also available here on the parish website. Forms will need to be completed and returned at registration on July 17 and 18.  Registration will follow all weekend Masses.

Father Kenneth VanHaverbeke

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Diocese of Wichita

Homily Notes and references:  Corpus Christi 2010

In the beginning…

• God created Adam
  •  
    • The etymology of the word Adam connects it with Adamah, "ground or soil," and with Adom, "red." This suggests that Adam was formed from red soil or clay.
    • Breathed into the clay-imbued (saturated) with divinity!

 In the beginning…

• God walked with Adam and Eve
  • We could “see” God
• God and Man were one
• God was God/Divine;  Man was man/human
• Humans because of the harmony of spirit and flesh, had control over the body

After the Fall

• We could no longer see God, but only saw ourselves, our nakedness, our needs!
• They see God, each other, and the natural world differently
  • God:  They become afraid of
  • Each other:  they lust and use each other
    • The control over the body by the spirit is destroyed
  • Natural world:  seen as an adversary 
• Death enters the world 
  • Romans 8:12: For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹that^[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
  • Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned

The Eucharist

• Only in seeing what Christ has done for us, given to us, can we realize what we have lost (Catholic Catechism #385)

 The Eucharist:

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  • • Element of Bread and Wine
    • Holy Spirit hovers over them – epiclesis
      • Spirit hovered over the waters at creation
      • Spirit hovered over Mary at the Incarnation
    • The priest bows slightly
      • Breathes into the elements of bread and wine
    • The matter becomes alive!
    • We receive this Matter, and we become One with God again
    • But we suffer from concupiscence
      • By our first parents' sin, the devil has acquired a certain domination over man, even though man remains free
      • If we didn’t, we could see God here, now, now in veiled, sacramental form!

In the beginning – Now through the Eucharist

• God do not abandon us to the power of death, but gave us the means to over come sin!
• The Eucharist, the sacraments is that means!

For further reading:

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  1. Catholic Catechism paragraphs # 385- 421

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  1. Saint Thomas Quinas, Opusculum 57, in festo Corporis Christi, lect. 1-4 found at http://www.4marks.com/articles/details.html?article_id=4136;entity_ref=article-4136

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  1. The Holy Father Benedict XVI Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis found at http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html

"Patience and submission are the only way

to gain the blessings of Heaven." 

Mother Seton

Sunday July 25th

through

Thursday July 29th

7:30pm-9:40pm

All 7th- 12th Grade Youth are invited!

"Ignite the Fire" of your Catholic faith!!

FUN! FAITH! FRIENDSHIP!

Sunday nights  5:30-7:30

St Maria Goretti Room

All High School youth (9th -12th grads) are invited; parishioners or non-parishioners, catholic or non-catholic, all are welcome!!

Share a simple dinner & then enjoy a youth group activity of fun, faith, & fellowship!!!

******SATURDAY JULY 24TH******

Youth bring a snack&/or 2-liter bottle of pop

* *Time and Place to be determined* *

LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS!

If you feel you could make a positive impact onthe Youth Group & help make it the bests it can be, then we need you!  Members help plan YG activities & events, promote these things to other youth in their schools, and lead by example by being active in the Youth Group & within the Parish.

Meetings are 1st Sunday of the month immediately following Youth Group.

IT'S PLAY TIME!!

St. Maria Goretti Room

6:30PM-9:00PM

June 19th

July 10th

August 21st

Snacks! Pool! Darts! Foosball! Video Games! Board Games! Card Games!

All youth (6th -12th grade) WELCOME

IT'S PLAY TIME!!

St. Maria Goretti Room

6:30PM-9:00PM

June 19th

July 10th

August 21st

Snacks! Pool! Darts! Foosball! Video Games! Board Games! Card Games!

All youth (6th -12th grade) WELCOME

Summer School

Vacation Bible School - June 14 - 18

Totus Tuus - July 25 - 30

Youth Events

Back Row: Tiffany O'Bannion, Katie Ebberwein, and Michelin Lipinski

Front Row: Sharon Allen, Shelly Maldonado, and Mendy Lubbers

We are looking for a couple to assist with the Parish Baptismal Preparation Classes.  Training is provided.  Should you wish to help in this area, please contact Maria in the Church Office.