Why this function doesn't report exception to the given status bar?

[kutlesh]

I am making my own utils project with static functions to use. I have this utility function:

Public Sub OpenRecordSetForwardReadOnly(ByRef recordSet As ADODB.Recordset, ByVal sql As String, ByRef dbConn As ADODB.Connection, Optional ByVal statusBar As ToolStripStatusLabel = Nothing)
        Try
            recordSet.Open(sql, dbConn, ADODB.CursorTypeEnum.adOpenForwardOnly, ADODB.LockTypeEnum.adLockReadOnly, ADODB.CommandTypeEnum.adCmdText)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Dim funcName As String = System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod().Name
            Dim msg As String = funcName & ": " & ex.Message & ", Source: " & ex.Source & ", StackTrace: " & ex.StackTrace

            Console.WriteLine(msg)

            If Not IsNothing(statusBar) Then
                statusBar.Text = msg
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub

which of course seems fine, but it doesn't report the error message to the given ToolStripStatusLabel component when I call it like so:

Private Sub checkExistingDataBtn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles izlezBtn.Click
     Dim rs as new ADODB.RecordSet
     myUtils.OpenRecordSetForwardReadOnly(rs, someSelectSQLString, db2Conn, Me.statusbarTB)
End Sub

Instead it breaks the application with exception that the operation is not allowed when the object is closed(accessing table that doesn't exist with the given name.)

Well I can add Try/Catch block

Private Sub checkExistingDataBtn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles izlezBtn.Click
try
     Dim rs as new ADODB.RecordSet
     myUtils.OpenRecordSetForwardReadOnly(rs, someSelectSQLString, db2Conn, Me.statusbarTB)
Catch ex As Exception
     Dim funcName As String = System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod().Name
     Dim msg As String = funcName & ": " & ex.Message & ", Source: " & ex.Source & ", StackTrace: " & ex.StackTrace

     Console.WriteLine(msg)
     statusBar.Text = msg
end Try
End Sub

but that is not the point of the utils function since it has its own Try/Catch block.

How can I report exception message to status bar without adding additional Try/Catch block?