Mass With Fr. Don

At Alvin Brooks Center

In partnership with Rockhurst University, we invite you to join Father Don Farnan for weekly Mass each Thursday at 12:15 p.m. (beginning June 11) at the Alvin Brooks Center Mabee Chapel (5401 Troost Avenue, Kansas City). All are welcome! Learn more about the Alvin Brooks Center.

This weekly gathering connects people from across parishes and the city to share in the Eucharist, strengthen community, and support ministries serving our urban-core neighbors. It's a simple but meaningful way to deepen faith and fellowship in the heart of Kansas City.

Make this part of your summer rhythm. Come as you are, bring a friend, and take a mid-day pause for prayer and community. Stay for conversation or step in for a quiet moment of prayer. Our Kickoff Gathering on June 11 will offer Mass followed by a light lunch. Guests are welcome to stay and socialize or take lunch to go.

Sacred Heart

& Futbol

While in our nation, the month of June is known for numerous causes: National Safety, LGBTQ-Pride, PTSD & Men’s Health, Gun Violence Awareness, etc., in the Catholic Church, June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This ecclesial devotion focuses on Christ’s boundless love depicted in His exposed human heart, often artistically displayed with flames to express the radiating power of God’s divine mercy.

Our modern devotion to the Sacred Heart is rooted in the seventeenth century visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French nun who proclaimed that meditative prayer upon the heart of our Lord would help the world move from indifference and ingratitude to compassion. According to the story, Jesus instructed her to encourage private and public piety around the image of His heart so that we will better encounter the heart of the Gospel. In this way, we will realize what is at the heart of our faith: love, mercy, care for one another, and ultimate salvation. Read the Full Post.

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