CTK School will be saying a rosary every Wednesday at 2:30 since October is the month of the Rosary, please join us.

Rosary from Coast to Coast: On October 7 each year, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is this Sunday. The Bishop has asked that all parishes participate this year in an event called “Rosary from Coast to Coast”. This Sunday, Oct. 7, let us gather as a parish family in our church at 3:00 p.m. to pray the Rosary in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.

CTK's 7th & 8th grade Volleyball team took a break at Spangles between their games at St. Thomas. This coming weekend is the last weekend of the regular season! Thenit is tournament time! Their current record is 4 and 4. Way to go girls. We are proud of you!

Kitchen Volunteers Needed!

Would you be available to help serve lunch to the school children a few hours a week 10:30am - 1:00pm? We could certainly use your help. Please call the school office for details at
943-0111

Pumpkin Story Time

Our next preschool story time will be on Wed. Oct. 10

from 3:00-3:30 in the Christ the King School Library. Story, rhymes,

songs, and a craft. See you soon, you little pumpkins!!

Gerber, Bishop Emeritus Eugene J. the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, died Saturday, Sept. 29 in Wichita. He was 87. He was bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas, from 1976 to 1982, when he was named the ordinary for the Diocese of Wichita. He retired in 2001. Open-casket viewing will be available at Downing & Lahey East Mortuary on Sunday Oct. 7, from 2:00 - 8:00 pm; and after the noon Mass Monday, Oct. 8, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita. Viewing begins at 1:30 p.m. and concludes at 6 p.m. An all-night vigil begins with solemn vespers at 6:30 p.m. A rosary will be prayed at 8:30 p.m. Viewing and visitation will be possible until 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Cathedral. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m. at Ascension Cemetery in Wichita. Eugene John Gerber was born at a hospital in Kingman, Kansas, on April 30, 1931, to Cornelius and Lena Tiesmeyer Gerber. They lived on a farm at Waterloo about 10 miles east of Kingman. He was the fourth of seven children. Two days after his birth, on May 1, Eugene was taken to St. Louis Church in Waterloo, where Father Bernard Garmann baptized him. He graduated from St. Louis School in Waterloo, a school staffed by Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. Eugene began high school studies in the fall of 1945 at Conception Seminary in Conception, Missouri. As the result of a football injury, he returned home and finished his high school education at Kingman High School where he graduated in 1949. After a year at Wichita University, he began studies for the priesthood at Conception Seminary in Conception, Missouri, and continued at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver. He was ordained on May 19, 1959, at St. Patrick Church in Kingman by Bishop Mark K. Carroll. He served St. Anne and Church of the Magdalen parishes in Wichita before being named vice chancellor in 1961. Father Gerber taught religion at Mt. Carmel Academy from 1961 to 1963 when he was named an assistant at Holy Savior Parish in Wichita. He returned to the Chancery in 1963 as vice chancellor. The next year was named an assistant to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Wichita, and as assistant to Bishop David M. Maloney. Father Gerber was once again named vice chancellor in 1965. He served as business manager for the Catholic Advance beginning in 1967 and was named an assistant at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception the next year. In 1973 Father Gerber was named pastor of Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Wichita. He was named chancellor in 1975, while continuing as pastor of Blessed Sacrament. Several months after his appointment as chancellor in 1975, Bishop David M. Maloney announced that Father Gerber had been assigned to post-graduate studies in theology and scripture at the St. Thomas Pontifical University in Rome, known as the Angelicum. Father Gerber returned to Wichita in February 1976, after receiving a licentiate in theology. He was 45 years of age when he was appointed to serve as the third bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City. Bishop Gerber was ordained to the episcopacy on Dec. 14, 1976, by Bishop David Maloney at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita. The following day, installation ceremonies were held in the Civic Center in Dodge City. Bishop Gerber was the first native of Kansas to lead the Dodge City diocese. On Nov. 23, 1982, after six years in Dodge City, Bishop Gerber was appointed to lead the Diocese of Wichita. He was installed Feb. 9, 1983, at Century II in Wichita. Bishop Gerber is best known for his oversight of the stewardship way of life in the diocese, the establishment and The Lord's Diner, a food ministry founded on Feb. 14, 2002, that has served 5 million meals to the poor. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with: The Lord's Diner, 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS, 67214; Spiritual Life Center Endowment, 7100 E. 45th St. N., Bel Aire, KS, 67226; Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Education Fund for Seminarians, 424 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS, 67202; Newman University, Bishop Gerber Institute, 3100 McCormick, Wichita, KS 67213. Downing & Lahey East Mortuary. Share tributes online at: www.dlwichita.com

Learning the Fun Way!

Miss Pascal's 4th graders challenge their math skills by playing Multiplication Squares.

The Phantom Returns

CTK students assembled last Friday to learn the proper, courteous, and safe way of selling raffle tickets put on by the older students. The highlight was the appearance of the Phantom. Purchase your raffle tickets to Fun Night soon! It is our biggest fundraiser of the year for the school.

Check out the awesome raffle prizes!

Fellowship with Friends

Guild 6 gets together on a monthly basis to go over Altar Society events, plan their schedule, enjoy each others company, snacks, and play games.

Miss Kraft's 2nd graders learned about managing a business as Jason Lansdown from Chic-fil-A answered their many questions.

Stewardship in Action

Ariann Goebel was caught in the act of re-stocking the books and cds for our parish in the Kiosk. Please take advantage of these great materials. They are very reasonably priced.

Become Like the Sequoia Trees

Our call this week, is to try to recognize where is that sin in our life? What do we need to root out? Where is that dead wood that is piling us down? ...Let us take the fight to that dead wood, and root that out of our lives, so we can become the saints we are meant to be.
--Father Ed Herzog

A Better Choice Open House

October is Respect Life Month and A Better Choice is expanding sonogram services to promote a culture of life in Wichita! We’d like to invite you and your parishioners to our new building open house with a special blessing by Bishop Kemme. The dedication will be on Thursday, Oct. 11th 2 – 6 pm with Bishop’s blessing at 4 pm at 3001 E Central, Wichita. I have attached a pdf of the event for your convenience. Will you please consider placing this exciting news in your next parish bulletin where space allows or post it on your website? Thank you!

Fall Festival and Trap Shoot

St. Mary's, Aleppo parish is having their annual Fall Festival on Sunday, October 14th. There will be food, trap shoot, cards, games, bingo, and a raffle....something for the entire family! The fun begins at 1:00 pm with the raffle drawing at 8:30 pm.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence contact Harbor House’s toll-free hotline anytime day or night at (316) 263-6000, or call the national hotline at 1-800-787-3224.

On Thursdays, wear purple and post your pictures to the hashtag #PurpleThursdayICT or email giving@CatholicCharitiesWichita.org.

Are You Serving at Mass This Weekend?

If you are unable to serve your ministry, please find a replacement