As you know ,the Catholic Education Foundation gives invaluable financial assistance to St. Matthew Catholic School and 18 other Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.  Their assistance is offered to any who not only demonstrate the need, but are also willing to practice stewardship in our parish  by sharing their time, talent, and treasure. One of their most important fundraising events, Guadeamus ("Let us Rejoice"), will be held on October 30 in Overland Park. St. Matthew is one of the three schools who have the opportunity to show our appreciation for CEF's generous support by supplying hand-knotted rosaries to be blessed and given to the Gaudeamus attendees.  CEFs has donated the supplies to make the rosaries, we just need some of your time and talent to put together this special attendee gift.

To provide a time and place to try to get as many rosaries done as possible, St. Matthew is hosting a "Rosary Bee" on Saturday, September 11 from 8:00 a.m. - noon in the St. Matthew Parish Hall. Please prayerfully consider bringing your children to help in this effort also. If you are unable to attend but are willing to help by completing rosaries at home, please contact the school office at 235-2188.

We currently are looking to fill two positions at the St. Matthew Early Learning Center.

• Lead Pre- Kindergarten teacher who is energetic, organized and outgoing.  Must have a CDA / AA in early childhood education or education in a related field.  Prefer applicants who have experience in Creative Curriculum approach and Conscious Discipline.
• Preschool teacher who is energetic, organized, and enjoys working with children.  Must have a CDA / AA in early childhood eduction or education in a related field.  Prefer applicants who have experience in Creative Curriculum approach and Conscious Discipline.

Applicants can email resume to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or stop by the St. Matthew ELC and pick up an application.

As a community of faith, we respond to our call to be good stewards in many different ways. For some it might be teaching RE or mowing the grass, for others it might be assisting as a liturgical minister at Mass or helping to serve lunch to our school students. It might be sorting food for our "Simple Abundance" food pantry or planting and caring for the flowers around the church property. Whatever it is, we are all called in one way or another to be involved in the life of our parish, and you don't have to look too hard to see that there is something for everyone.

Right now we have a desperate need for help and it might be just the opportunity you've been looking for. As you may or may not know, our beautiful church is cleaned every week by a group of very faithful and dedicated volunteers who do a wonderful job of insuring that when we walk through the doors of our church, we all have a clean and presentable environment in which to worship. We have had two groups coming in regularly to do the cleaning; one group, headed up by Marty Conner, comes in on Sundays following the 10:30am Mass to clean up after the weekend's activities, and the other group, headed up by Kelly Lee, comes in on Fridays after the 8:05am Mass, to get the church ready for the following weekend. Because of various circumstances, we have lost or will soon be losing some of these wonderful volunteers, and we're looking for people who would be willing to step in and and fill their shoes.

Ideally, we would like to have two teams (one for Sunday and one for Friday) of 3-4 people per team. The Sunday team is usually here from roughly 11:30am-1:30pm, and the Friday team is usually here from about 9:00am-noon. Of course, these times may vary depending upon the number of people who come to help. Duties include sweeping and vacuuming the floors, washing windows, dusting, polishing, cleaning and restocking the restrooms, doing whatever it takes to make our church sparkle.

Right now, we need one or two more people for Sundays, and three or four people for Fridays. We did have a team of three individuals cleaning the church on Fridays, but two of the helpers had to recently discontinue their service, so right now Kelly is pretty much doing all the cleaning on Fridays by herself and in a few short weeks she is also going to have to give that up. So you can see the need is great! For one person, it's a pretty big task, but it's definitely one of those things where the more help we have, the less that everyone will have to do and the easier the work becomes.

So if you've got some time to offer on Sundays or on Fridays, even if it's just for an hour or two a week, and you feel called to support your parish in this important ministry, please contact Kelly Lee at 266-8144, or call the Parish Office, 232-5012. We have been blessed with a beautiful church, but it's up to us as parishioners to make sure that is stays looking that way. 

The lunchroom at St. Matthew Catholic School is in need of lunchroom volunteers!  If you are able to help any weekday from 10:45 - 1:00, please contact Cindi Hewitt at 217.4447 or contact the school at 235.2188.

The Liturgical Ministry Schedule for July, August & September is available online. Go to "NEWS" on the menu bar above and click on Ministry Schedules. 

We are very fortunate to have so many people who have a desire to serve our faith community by serving in one of the various liturgical roles... servers, greeters, ushers, readers, ministers of Holy Communion, catechists in our Children's Liturgy of the Word program and musicians. Without their involvement it would be impossible to provide the beautiful liturgies that we have all grown accustomed to here at St. Matthew's. The next time you see one of our liturgical ministers, be sure to thank them for all they do for our community of faith.

We are truly blessed in many, many ways!