Welcome!

We welcome you to join our parish community; on this website you will find information about our parish, including Mass Times, how to contact the Parish Office, information about faith formation programs and more.

If you have questions about our church that are not answered on this page, you are welcome to contact the parish office at 816.353-2380.

You can find maps to the parish on the Our Church page, as well as links to pages about our stained glass windows and other artwork.

You will find links to all of the pages on the Our Lady of Lourdes site by clicking Other Pages. There are links to this navigation page in the link bar on the left hand side of every page (it is the second link in the top group on the bar, labeled "Table of Contents.")

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Heritage Festival - Sunday, October 12,  2008

Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 12 from 2:00-5:30 p.m.  There will be a Polka Mass, parade, raffle baskets, moonwalk, and much entertainment and food.  We have six ethnic groups represented and still need a committee for the African Union and Italian.  Tickets will go on sale the weekend of September 13th & 14th.  We still need donations for the three baskets we will be raffling at the event.  To volunteer contact Jane Hunley at 353-2133 or e-mail: jane.hunley@zurichna.com

This is another parish FUNRAISER!

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Super Summer Raffle

The drawing will be held next Sunday, August 17th after the 10:00 a.m. Mass.  Tickets are only $5.00 each.  Your friends and neighbors won’t want to miss out on this chance to win some great prizes….and don’t forget to buy some for yourself!  Ticket stubs must be mailed by Monday, August 11th, brought to the Parish Office, or dropped in the collection basket (please mark “raffle” on the envelope).  Thanks for your help in making this fundraiser a success!

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RCIA sessions will be starting soon.  If you would like to participate in this important ministry as a team member, sponsor, or know someone who is interested in joining the Catholic church, please call Deacon Sam at 353-2380.

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 Journeys -- Photographs from the Altar Society meeting. The Altar Society celebrated Journeys at its 11 June 2008 meeting.  Three men who are very important to the OLL parish family were recognized for the journeys that they are experiencing.

Deacon Jerry Williams, who has served the people of Our Lady of Lourdes for ten years as the Pastoral Associate, will be retiring in July and beginning that journey. Seminarian Adam Haake will be journeying for Rome to continue his formation and education. Father Steven Rogers recently celebrated the second year of his journey as a priest. (Click here for photographs.)

         

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Latest News from the School

Class of 2009 Aluminum Can Drive
The Eighth grade class will be collecting aluminum cans to help Save the Planet, and earn funds for their class trip.  We would love to give everyone an opportunity to lend a hand in the commitment to “go green” and help the 8^th grade at the same time.

Can collection will be the last Saturday of every month. You can drop your cans off starting Friday after 3:15 but no later than 9:30 on Saturday morning in the courtyard in front of the school.  Please be sure to tie the tops of bags, and if at all possible, crush cans to help with room as we will be physically taking these to the recycling center. Can collection started in June 2008.  Through the efforts of those who have participated, 264 lbs of aluminum have not made it to landfills. PLEASE do not leave any cans before 3:15 on Friday or after 9:30 as we do not want to dirty up our school grounds.

If you have questions, please feel free to email snoddy@casstel.net

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Ink & Cell Phone Recycling
Did you know 80% of all printer and fax cartridges end up in a landfill?  These items are made with petroleum based plastics and are not biodegradable.  OLL has teamed up with the “eCycle” recycling program which is designed with kids, teachers and parents in mind. Gather your cartridges and phones and deposit them in the bin in the school lobby!  Earnings are designated to go into the general operating fund.

Enjoy the City Books
Great coupon books that offer a world of discount coupons sold for a two-week period before Thanksgiving. 

Good Search
Search the web with Yahoo-powered GoodSearch.com and they’ll donate a penny to your cause each time you search!  GoodSearch.com is a new search engine powered by Yahoo!  GoodSearch donates 50% of its revenue, approximately a penny per search, to the charities designated by its users.  You use it exactly as you would any other search engine and the pennies add up quickly.  It doesn’t cost the users a thing!  BE SURE TO MAKE GOODSEARCH.COM YOUR HOME PAGE, AND DESIGNATE OUR LADY OF LOURDES AS YOUR CHARITY OF CHOICE. 

Evening of Giving
Holiday shopping will be twice as nice!  Simon Properties “Evening of Giving®” is your ticket to exclusive retailer discounts, food sampling and holiday entertainment. You have the opportunity to purchase tickets from OLL for this exclusive after hour’s event on Sunday, November 23rd at Independence Center.  This is a great opportunity to shop for holiday gifts while helping raise money for OLL.  Additional information regarding tickets and discounts will be provided closer to the date of the event.

Trash Bags
Trash bags are an easy sell - everyone needs and uses them! 

#60 18 Gallon
#29 39 Gallon
#15 55 Gallon

All bags are $9 per roll

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is the only Catholic school serving Raytown, Missouri .  Small class sizes, an experienced staff, and full accreditation by North Central and the National Non-Public School Accrediting Agency with the values given to us by Jesus Christ and his Church, make Our Lady of Lourdes the place for all children to come and grow.

SCRIP UPDATE - Thank you for your support of the Scrip program! The cards will continue to be available for sale after the Masses each weekend.

We also  have trash bags available for $9 per roll. Check it out at the Scrip table or call the school at 353-7062.

Be sure to see the recent Script Program and Schoolpop Online Shopping information! SchoolPop has been recently updated with more info. You can find links to these on the School's page. Click here to go there now.

Help the school earn money by saving box tops -- click here to find out more!

Send 1% of everything you spend to the OLL parish school by using the SchoolPop Visa card! It costs you nothing extra to send this money to the school. Find out more by following this link.

 

GRAVISSIMUM EDUCATIONIS

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Parish office hours are:
8:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Thursday
8:30 am to noon on Friday.