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Last Week Contributions Children's Offering Expenses-March Over/ (Under) $3,324.00 $16.59 $17,611.42

July 2013 to date $98,909.95 $667.27 $97,735.30 $1,841.92

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Girard Community Blood Drive The next blood drive will be this Tuesday, April 15th, from Noon to 5:30pm, in St. Michaels Parish Hall. Walk-ins welcome! Altar Society Meeting If you are interested in running for an officers position for next years St. Michaels Altar Society, please call Nominating Committee Coordinator, Teresa Davenport at 362-3042. Nominations and election will be held at the May 5th meeting. Please join us at 6:00pm at the Mexican restaurant in Girard. **Attention**Save the Date! On April 26th, we will celebrate the 28th Anniversary of Father Rogers Ordination to the Priesthood. Mass will be at 5:30pm followed by a celebration to benefit the victims of the Philippine Hurricane. Free will donation. Please join us for a fun night of music, food, games, dancing and fellowship. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion There will be a Formation Session on May 4th at 1:00pm at St. Francis Church in St. Paul. This session if for individuals who are either renewing their 5-year commission or are requesting a mandate for the first time. If you are interested please contact Father Roger or the parish office, so you can be registered. Thoughts During Holy Week This weekend, we enter the holiest week of the Church Year with PALM SUNDAY, when Jesus began His final preparations for our redemption. This little story illustrates its importance: Two men are sentenced to die in the electric chair. At the last moment, their sentence is commuted to life. They fell on their knees and cried out, Thank you, Jesus! We were under the SAME sentence. In fact, we were ALL sentenced to death. But Jesus came and died for us. He commuted our sentence to LIFE! Palms are sacramental, the equivalent of any other blessed article such as water or candles. Be sure to take one home with you and place a piece in every room of your home. They will remind you through the year that our triumphal entry into Heaven will come through the Cross. On HOLY THURSDAY, the Church relives the mystery of the institution of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders, as well as the night of the Passion of Our Lord. We focus on the humility of Jesus, as he tells us to love one another and if you do, you should serve one another. When Christ instituted the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, St. John Vianney wrote: All our good works put together can never equal the Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Even Martyrdom is nothing compared with the Mass, for martyrdom is the sacrifice which Man makes to God for his life, while the Mass is the sacrifice which God offers for man of His Body and Blood. How sublime (inspiring) is the office of the priest! If we had faith, we should discern (recognize) God hidden in the person of the priest, like a light behind a glass And then comes GOOD FRIDAY, and I always recall Fr. Donald Thissens description: What a way to love a Son, Son though He was, He learned obedience from what He suffered. All His trust was in God. God loved His Son through it all! On Calvary, He gave us the power to live. We must wait now to see why the Father loved the Son so much. On the Cross, the Church was born.! HOLY SATURDAY EVENING, the night our Savior arose triumphantly from the dead, is the holiest night of the year and the liturgical ceremonies of the Easter Vigil are the most beautiful and symbolic of the entire week. It is the victory of Christ over the darkness of sin and death. The Church comes back to life! RCIA ends, the catechumens are baptized, we repeat our baptismal vows, all receive the Eucharist, the Triduum ends, and we begin a 50 day celebration known as Easter! Article by Marcel Normand

Saint Michael Parish Mission Statement:

Saint Michaels Upcoming Events Finance Council Tony Stonerock-Chair TBA Rosary Altar Society Next meeting, TBA At 6:30pm in the Hall. Helping Hands Need help or want to volunteer, Call Carrie Smith, 724-6684 Parish Council Dale Coomes-Chair TBA Knights of Columbus 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm St. Michael Parish Hall Daughters of Isabella Call Marilyn Bradshaw, 724-7133

MASS SCHEDULE
GIRARD Sat. 5:30pm Sun. 10:00 am ARMA 4:00pm 8:00 am

We the parishioners of Saint Michael the Archangel, through leadership and strong traditions are faithful disciples of the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church. We commit ourselves to be generous stewards of our faith, our parish, and our community. We strive to involve all members to be united in one parish family for the salvation of all. Notes from the Pastor: Thanks be to God and praise be to Him as we enter into this Holy Week! The highest point of this week is the celebration of the Sacred Paschal Triduum. It is the three most solemn days of the liturgical year; Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. These most holy days celebrate the Paschal Mystery, first, the passion, suffering, and death of the Lord Jesus, followed by his resurrection, the triumph of the holy cross, and Christs decisive victory over sin and death. These days rank at the head of the liturgical calendar. They celebrate the most sacred mysteries of our faith, and they ought to be celebrated with the community at liturgy. The Jews have three high holy days, three pilgrimage feasts, Passover, Pentecost, and Booths, and those who lived outside of Jerusalem made pilgrimage to the Temple to celebrate these solemn occasions. The three days of the Triduum are our high holy days, our pilgrimage feast, and we ought to make pilgrimage from our homes to church to commemorate and honor how the Lord Jesus laid down his life for us, his friends, for our salvation. Please make it a top priority to go to church to celebrate the Triduum this year. Reserve the time. Rearrange your schedule if necessary. Take some personal time off from work. Suspend errands or jobs around the house. Drop everything. Plan to attend the Mass of the Lords Supper on Holy Thursday, the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. These days may be optional, but none are more important. I am posting here again our Holy Week Schedule, with one additional mass in Arma at 8AM, Holy Wednesday: Palm Sunday: - Saturday Vigil Masses 4PM Arma, 5:30 PM Girard; Sunday Masses 8:00AM Arma, 10:00 AM Girard Holy Monday - 7:00AM Girard Holy Tuesday - 11:00AM Chrism Mass- Cathedral Next Sunday(04/20/14) 10:00 AM
G. Born, L. Arthur, Volunteer Marilyn McCracken Denny Heidrick Chris & Nancy Hofer Family

CONFESSION Sat. 2:00-2:30pm 3:15-3:45pm Weekdays before Mass; anytime by appointment.

STAFF Fr. Roger Lumbre Pastor Janel Scales Bookkeeper/Bulletin Editor Faith Paoni Secretary Rectory Office Hours Tues-Fri 9AM-Noon Closed on Mondays Tel. (620) 724-8717

That Man in You Friday mornings at 6am

Next Saturday (04/19/14) Altar Servers: E. M. E. Lectors: Gift Bearers 5:30 PM E., A., C. Doherty Rhonda Stonerock Tony Stonerock Chris & Connie Sponsel Family

Holy Wednesday

Mass Schedules & Intentions for April 12th-20th:

Apr 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Saturday 4:00 PM 5:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Monday 7:00 AM Tuesday 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Wednesday 8:00 AM 6:30 PM Thursday 8:00 AM 8:30AM-3PM 7:00 PM Friday 12:00 PM 6:00 PM 8AM-6PM Saturday 4:00 PM 8:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Geno Marchetti Greg Evans Jim David Verl Diskin Special Intention NO Stations of the Cross NO MASS Ad Dantis Verl Diskin NO MASS Eucharistic Adoration Don Born Ad Dantis Shirley Foster NO Eucharistic Adoration NO MASS Don Born Pro Populo Pro Populo Arma Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Arma Arma Girard Arma Arma Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Girard Arma Girard

Arma, Mass at 8AM Girard, Mass at 6:30PM Holy Thursday - Girard, 7PM -Mass of the Last Supper, Washing of the Feet, and Adoration of the Eucharist until midnight Good Friday: Arma - 12 Noon - Stations of the Cross followed by Veneration of the Cross and Communion Girard - 3PM Stations of the Cross 6PM - Veneration of the Cross and Communion April 19th -Saturday Night, Easter Vigil Girard 8:30PM Easter Sunday Masses: 8:00AM Arma, 10:00AM Girard Note: Easter Egg hunt in Arma right after the 8AM Mass and Girard right after the 10AM mass on Easter Sunday, April 20th! Congratulations to four of our kids at Saint Michaels in Girard who made their first reconciliation Saturday, April 12th: Kolton Droessler, Anne Martin, Carly Reif, and Jake Towner. Congratulations also to their parents for making this possible and for fulfilling their promise to the Church during their wedding and when the kids were baptized to bring them up in the Catholic faith. Congratulations and thank you also to all our catechists especially to our second graders cathechist, Janel Scales, for their sacrifice of their time, talent, and treasure to teach these kids every Wednesday! God bless you a hundredfold as He has promised!

These kids and four from Arma will be receiving their first communion on Sunday April 27th. Include them in your prayers. Better late than never: Congratulations to Cooper Puckett for being awarded as Outstanding Catholic Youth for Region 1 last March 23 during the Diocesan Youth Conference in Wichita. May God bless you always Cooper and may other youth follow your good example! This April 18th, is my 28th year anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Pray for me and all the priests as we thank God for the gift of the priesthood for the community. As it falls on Good Friday, we are moving the celebration on April 26 th, Saturday at the 5:30 mass at Saint Michael and the banquet following the mass at Saint Michael grounds. We will be having food (Asian and American; my friends will be roasting two whole hog-with the head on it-yikes!) and lots of activities for a free will donation. All the proceeds will be added to the money we have received since November last year for the victims of Hurricane Haiyan in the Philippines. I will take the donation myself when I visit the Philippines on May 12 and make sure it will go to where it is mostly needed. Come all and join the celebration! God bless you all! Fr. Roger

St. Michael, defend us in all our battles!

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