FIRST COMMUNION PHOTOS

St. Michael Catholic Church

MASS SCHEDULE GIRARD
Saturday
5:30 pm
Sunday
10:00 am

ARMA
4:00 pm
8:00 am

CONFESSION
GIRARD
ARMA
Saturday
2:00-2:30 pm 3:15-3:45 pm
Weekdays before Mass, anytime by appointment
RECTORY HOURS & INFORMATION
Tuesday-Friday: 9:00 am - Noon
Rectory: (620) 724-8717
STAFF Pastor: Fr. Floyd McKinney
Secretary: Faith Paoni
Bookkeeper: Janel Scales
Bulletin Editor: Nancy Bauer
PARISH WEBSITE:
www.stmichaelgirard.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Finance Council
Parish Council
Tony Stonerock, Chair Dale Coomes, Chair
TBA
June 14 @ 6:30pm

!Altar Society

Knights of Columbus
4th Monday of month 1st Tuesday of month
6:30pm @ Daltons
7:00pm in hall

!Helping Hands

Daughters of Isabella
Carrie Smith
Marilyn Bradshaw
724-6684
724-7133
Kapauns Men: Will resume meeting in the fall

June 4 Saturday
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4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am
Tuesday
5:30pm
Wednesday 6:30pm
Thursday 7:00pm
8:30am-3:00pm
Friday
12:00 noon
8:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am

106 N. Western Ave.

Girard, KS 66743
(620) 724-8717
Pastor: Fr. Floyd McKinney

Bob Pazzie
Jim Peak
Joe & Betty Youvan
For the People
No Mass
No Mass
No Mass
No Adoration
No Mass
No Adoration
Frances Buche
Verdan Davied
Cathy Lepoglow
For the People

When our regular mass schedule resumes with Fr. McKinneys

arrival, there will no longer be a Monday morning mass at St.
Michaels.

WITNESS TO ORDINATION: THE HIGHEST LOVE

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Altar Ministers for Next Weekend

Next Saturday (6/11/16)

!Altar Servers:
EMHC:

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Lector:
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Gift Bearers

5:30 pm

Contributions

MASS SCHEDULE CHANGE

Last Saturday, Bishop Carl Kemme ordained the Rev. Mr. Gabriel Greer to the priesthood. He
also ordained ten young men to the transitional diaconate. Two individuals, close to Helen and
me, attended the ordination: our daughter-in-law, Caryn Normand, who works in the
administrative offices at Our Lady of Lourdes in Pittsburg; and St. Josephs own Pat Westhoff,
president of our Church Council, and his wife, Connie. Both parties described the Ordination
Mass as impressive and moving. Fr. Gabe had just attended the St. Marys-Colgan graduation
on May 18 and I had the opportunity to visit with him that evening. Hes a wonderful young man
who will be a priceless asset to our diocese. We share this pride and joy with his Mom, Cheryl, and
brother, Derek, because Fr. Gabe is a Pittsburg native who attended and graduated from
St.Marys-Colgan schools. Other young men, who are in the seminary from our diocese, also
attended Colgan and are members of Our Lady of Lourdes parish. While only one priest was
ordained last Saturday, we look forward to the ordination of TEN priests at this time next year if
all goes according to plan.
Since the ordination of a new priest is such a momentous occasion, I took this opportunity to
write about vocations. The term comes from the Latin, vocare, which means to call. The two
main vocations in the Church are marriage and the religious life, the latter including priests, nuns,
and brothers. When the Church speaks of vocations, it does so in a special way because it means
this: God calls--men and women respond. In other words, vocations in the life of the Church are
Gods doing. God calls men to the priesthood; God calls men and women to marriage. GOD
CALLS THEM. Man doesnt. Vocations come from families. John Paul II said that the home is
the sanctuary of life.Our former priest, Fr. Donald Thissen, said the following about vocations:
What does the average family do to foster a vocation? Do they speak of vocations in the home?
Do they pray for vocations? A group of Catholic high school students, when asked, gave these
reasons as to why many students do not accept a religious vocation: attraction of material goods,
a gradual decline in morality, an overemphasis on social activities, a lack of inspiration on the part
of the religious, and a fear of what others will think.
We should always pray for vocations. Who will make present Our Lords sacrifice or who will
absolve us from our sins with a priest shortage? The Holy Spirit, no doubt, nudges many of our
boys and girls to consider a religious life and follow Him. Families need to pray that these young
folks will have the courage to say yes to Him. It was the great St. Bernard who wrote about
powers and responsibilities of priests. He said of them: God has exalted you above kings and
emperors. He has elevated your rank above all other ranks. He has raised you above angels and
archangels, above the dominions and powers, and all the angelic hosts of heaven. Fr. John
Reinkemeyer lived to be 90 and he once told me that he offered Mass for his parents several times
a month since their deaths. I knew that they had passed decades before, yet their priest-son
continued to remember themwhere it matters most. What an investment those parents made in
that son! Long gone to God, they had left behind them a priest, who, day and night, mentioned
them to God at Mass. Its a wonderfully reassuring matter to know that you have a son who will
not forget, who will remember you in the most perfect way!
Marcel Normand

Mass Schedule and Intentions for June 4 - 12

Collections

First Communion photographs have arrived and may be

picked up in the church entrance at St. Michael's.

Next Sunday (6/12/16)

10:00 am

Davis Davenport &

Luke Martin

Broc & Kaleb Scales,

Josh Duling

Linda DeGarmo

Chris Sponsel

Teresa Davenport

Doug Lopeman

Randy & Donna

Little family

Ryan & Paula

Sevart family

$4,770.00

$121,455.87

$21.73

$713.05
$122,206.40

Over / (Under)

CATECHISTS NEEDED
Please consider volunteering to become a catechist or cocatechist (team teach with another) and sharing our Catholic
faith with the children in our parish. You will receive training,
support and a weekly lesson plan to follow. We are in need of
catechists, co-catechists and substitutes for grades 15 (Sunday
mornings) and for high school grades 9-12 on Wednesday
evenings. Call Michelle Puckett at 724-4364 for more info.

TEENS ENCOUNTER CHRIST (TEC)

If you are a high school junior or older, come on a journey

with your peers through the Paschal Mystery of Christ through
stories, discussions, Mass, prayer, music, game activities and
fun. TEC is a high energy, Spirit-directed Faith experience.
There are 2 retreats offered this summer: June 25-27 in
Hutchinson, & July 16-18 in St. Paul! For more information,
visit http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/faith-tec/tec or call
Paula Sevart at 620.724.7585. Parents, please encourage your
youth to attend!

July 2015 to date

Expenses

TOTUS TUUS: JULY 10-15

Please mark your calendars for a fun & energetic week at St.
Michaels parish hall to participate in Totus Tuus! The
program is led by college students and seminarians, teaching
and inspiring youth. This is a FREE program, each family is
asked to bring a bag of cookies the first day. Children grades
1-5 meet Monday-Friday from 9-3 and youth grades 6-12 meet
Sunday-Thursday in the evenings. Enrollment forms will be
available in the back of the church. All are invited to attend
the potluck dinner on Wednesday. Parishioners are needed for
dinner hosts and to provide lunch for the team each day.

Childrens Offering

Last 2 Weeks

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISHIONERS

Please pray for parishioners Marjorie Giefer, Herman Masser,

Thurma Masser, Rosemary OToole, Tom Weston, and Judy
Widner who are ill or in need of prayers.

VISITING PRIEST
Fr. McElwee will be our visiting priest this weekend. Please
make him feel welcome, and thank him for being here!

($37.48)

Building Fund Contributions

$91.00

Building Fund Loan Balance

$216,777.63

FREE LUNCH FOR CHILDREN

The Federal Meal Program will be offering a free lunch for
children ages 18 and under at the Girard Public Library, from
11:30AM-12:30PM Monday-Friday, June 6th-July 29th.

ST. PEREGRINE ITEMS AVAILABLE

St. Peregrine cards, medals and tokens are available free of

charge for persons with a cancer diagnosis or cancer survivors.
St. Peregrine is the patron saint of persons suffering from
cancer. If you would like one for yourself or a loved one, call
Teresa Davenport at 362-3042.

ALTAR FLOWERS DONATIONS

If you would like to make a donation in honor of a loved one

that will be used to purchase flowers for the altar, please
contact Faith at the parish office, 724-8717. The flowers will
remain as long as they are fresh, and the memorial information
will be included in the bulletin.

MIDWEST CATHOLIC FAMILY CONFERENCE

The 17th Annual Midwest Catholic family conference will be

held Aug. 5-7 in Wichita, Ks. Call the parish office for more
information or visit catholicfamilyconference.org.

IRELAND & ITALY PILGRIMAGE

You are invited to hear more about this Holy Year of Mercy
trip to the Shrines of Ireland, including Our Lady of Knock
and the homeland of St. Patrick. In Rome, we will visit St.
Peters Basilica, Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, attend a
Papal Audience, the Coliseum, plus much more. In Orvieto we
will see a Eucharistic Miracle. Trip is in October 2016. There
will be an informational meeting on Sunday, June 12th at
11:00a.m. or Monday, June 13th at 6:00p.m. at St. Patricks
Parish Hall in Parsons. For a brochure or more information
please call Suzie Diskin at 620-449-2783 or 423-0615.

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