Farnan Spirituality Center - Kansas City, MO

You're invited to join us for Holy Week in the Heart of the City. Experience the Cathedral of the Streets—a vibrant collaboration of three historic urban Kansas City Catholic parishes living the Gospel in a new way.

Holy Thursday (April 2nd - 7 p.m. - Fr. Don Farnan) at St. Therese Little Flower Parish, Good Friday (April 3rd - 7 p.m. - Fr. Gary Richmeier) at St. James Parish, and Easter Vigil (April 4th - 8 p.m. - Fr. Don Farnan) at St. Francis Xavier Parish.

Easter Sunday Mass (April 5th) at St. Therese Little Flower (9 a.m. - Fr. Don Farnan), St. James (10 a.m. - Fr. Garry Richmeier), and St. Francis Xavier (10:30 a.m. - Fr. Don Farnan - *Prelude to music begins at 10 a.m.).

Go To Galilee

The fifty days of Easter celebrated in Christianity each year mirror the fifty days of the first disciples following the death of Jesus. During that time, the acts of the Apostles changed from those of despairing lost souls to those of courageous people of faith. It began at the tomb where the stone had been rolled away. Mary Magdalene, who went there early in the morning, encountered an angel who said, “Why are you looking for the living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen.” Soon thereafter she saw and recognized the Risen Lord who instructed her to send the disciples to Galilee where He would meet them again.

Father Ron Rolheiser, in his book Insane for the Light, explains that Christians do not spend much time in cemeteries after the burial of loved ones because we don’t believe that they are to be found there. We believe, instead, that they are with Jesus—that they have, in a sense, gone to Galilee to meet Him. “Apostle” means one who is sent.

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Father Don and his sister, Barbie, drop a podcast about podcasts, particularly this podcast, Upon This Rock, as we pause operations to assess its impact and how the church can reach people in our twenty-first-century virtual society. They reminisce about messages from the hundred-plus conversations and how we can encourage people to talk with one another about matters of faith and faith that matters to us, our families and friends, our community, and our world.

Direct Link. Listen on Apple and Spotify. Download the MP3 file.

Listen to all the Upon This Rock episodes. #uponthisrockpodcast

Saint Thomas More (STM) Parish has a sister community relationship with San Andrés Itzapa, a rural parish in south-central Guatemala. STM Parishioners Phil Smith and Marla Byrne have visited frequently in recent decades, often leading groups on work retreats and pilgrimages of faith that support foreign friends. The STM group has escorted thousands of Kansas Citians, including over a thousand teenagers, to Central America to encounter brothers and sisters who struggle in ways that open their eyes and hearts.

Direct Link. Listen on Apple and Spotify. Download the MP3 file.

Listen to all the Upon This Rock episodes. #uponthisrockpodcast