WELCOME, FR. MCKINNEY!

St. Michael Catholic Church

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

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4:00 pm
8:00 am

CONFESSION
GIRARD
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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
TBA, 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 25 Saturday
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28
29
30
July 1
2
3

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

John Varsolona
Bill & Tillie Niggemann
No Intention
For the People
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Adoration
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Adoration
Cathi Lepoglow
Don Pyle
For the People
Jim Davied

Altar Ministers for Next Weekend

Next Saturday (7/2/16)

!Altar Servers:
EMHC:

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Lector:
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Gift Bearers

5:30 pm

Childrens Offering

As our regular mass schedule resumes, please note that there is

no longer a Monday morning mass at St. Michaels.

THOUGHTS ON PURGATORY

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Contributions

MASS SCHEDULE CHANGE

This weekend, with the arrival of our new priest, Fr. McKinney, our parishes will begin anew
so to speak. When people speak of new beginnings, they usually mean more than a physical start,
but a good mental overhaul. What better way to raise the curtain on a new you than to clear
your conscience of any past sins and set your mind on a path toward positive living. Of course,
this will lead you to think of life and death, how short life is, and how long eternity is! A serious
Catholic is aware of what transpires at deathwe will meet Christ who will make it plain to us
whether our eternal condition will be one of misery or happiness. We will be judged: So each of
us shall give account of himself to God, Romans 14:12. Just how God will do it is still a mystery,
but He will inform us whether we are ready for eternal happiness in heaven, whether we must
undergo further purification in purgatory, or whether we must spend eternity in hell. This has
been known as the Particular Judgment in the Church, this meeting with Christ at the time of
our death. Since we dont know when well die and be judged, we ought to be preparing for this
meeting constantly. As was said earlier, now is a good time to re-set your path toward Christ and
the first step would be to go to Confession, or Reconciliation as it is now called.
The Catholic Church teaches that Purgatory exists, and the people detained there are helped by
the prayers of the living here on earth, but principally by the prayer of the Mass. Purgatory is not
mentioned in the Bible; however, Christian tradition going back to the 2nd century was strong in its
belief of a place of purification for those who died with no mortal (serious) sin, but still had
venial sins. Remember, nothing defiled can enter into the Presence of God in heaven (Isaiah 25:8
and Rev. 21:7). Sin would be such a defilement. But, were ALL sinners, thus prompts the
question: Who, then, can be saved? The word, purgatory, may not be found in Scripture, but
the idea is. In the Old Testament, we read: It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the
dead, that they may be loosed from their sins, 2 Mach 12:46. This CANNOT refer either to
those in heaven or those in hell, for in heaven, there is no sin, and in hell, there is no hope. St.
Paul, in the New Testament, says of certain ones that they shall be saved yet so as through fire, 1
Cor 3:15. It infers that slight sins are purged (washed) away, hence the name, Purgatory. These are
all clear, biblical references to purgatory to attain ordinary justice. Without purgatory, a majority
of us would be hoping in vain for life eternal in heaven.
Purgatorys pains are quite realit is not heaven! The comforting thought is that the
punishment is only temporary, for all who go there will at some point be with God. The souls
there cannot help themselves very well; they can only endure. But the faithful on earth can help
them through prayer. Purgatory is the masterpiece of Gods MERCY. He knows were not perfect
and He doesnt regard purgatory as punishmentin His eyes it is PURIFICATION of the soul.
The main suffering is the loss of the sight of God and realizing it was due to our own choices on
earth, and that NOTHING can be done about it now, short of peoples prayers on earth. It is an
INTERNAL burning to be with Him. We can lessen our Purgatory by simply doing Gods Will
which includes obeying His Commandments, following his Precepts and going to confession at
least monthly. Fr. John Reinkemeyer once told me, Our actions determine our eternitywill it be
smoking or non-smoking?




--Marcel Normand

Mass Schedule and Intentions for June 25 - July 3

Collections

We are very excited to have a resident priest at St. Michael and

St. Joseph parishes once again! Please introduce yourself to Fr.
Floyd McKinney and make him feel welcome.

Next Sunday (7/3/16)

10:00 am

Bailey & Brandon

Leritz

Broc & Kaleb Scales,

Teddy Paoni

Sharon Giacometti

Joan Davied

Marilyn McCracken

Faith Paoni

Mike & Kathy OToole Kerry & Tammy

OBrien

$2,634.01

$129,547.88

$13.95

$737.50
$131,073.75

Over / (Under)

NEWEST PARISHIONER

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.

Mark your calendars! Children grades 1-6 have Totus Tuus

Monday thru Friday (July 11-15) from 9am to 3pm. Middle
and high school youth meet Sunday evening (July 10th) thru
Thursday (July 14th) from 7:30-9:45pm.There is no charge. If
you want to help support the event, you can send a snack item
like fruit, crackers, or cookies for the youth to enjoy.We need
volunteers to feed the team - please sign up at the back of
church.Suppers will be at your residence at 5:30pm.For more
info, call Paula Sevart at 620-404-9570. Your support is
important to the success of this program!

PARISH POTLUCK

The entire parish is invited to a potluck dinner on Wednesday,

July 13th at 5:30. The Totus Tuus Team will be present so you
can meet them. Please plan on attending!

$5.00

Building Fund Loan Balance

$214,798.50

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)

Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) is a 3-day catholic retreat led by
a team of youth and adults, with a priest as spiritual director.
On a TEC retreat, you will have the opportunity to grow in
your relationship with Christ through talks, group discussion,
individual reflection and prayer, and sharing in the
Sacraments. Many from St. Michael parish will be attending
the St. Paul TEC July 16-18, which begins at 10:00 a.m. on
Saturday, and ends at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Any youth or
young adult that has finished sophomore year of high school,
college student, or adult that works with youth is encouraged
to attend. Our parish will pay 50% of the cost for parishioners
wanting attend.Applications are in the back of the church or
you can register at http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/faithtec/tec. For more information, see Paula Sevart or Chelsea
VanLeeuwen.

MIDWEST FAMILY CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

The Midwest Catholic Family Conference will be August 5-7,

2015 at Century II, Wichita KS. The conference provides
outstanding presenters in special programs for adults, young
adults, youth, and children. There are pamphlets about the
conference in the back of the church. Register online now:
www.catholicfamilyconference.org or call 316-618-9787. If
you have questions about the conference, you can ask Paula or
Ryan Sevart of our parish 620-724-7585.

CATECHISTS NEEDED
Please consider volunteering to become a catechist or cocatechist (team teach with another) and sharing our Catholic
faith with the children of our parish. You will receive training,

($788.37)

Building Fund Contributions

TOTUS TUUS: JULY 10-15

July 2015 to date

Expenses

We welcome Gavin Scales to the St. Michaels family. Gavin

was baptized by Fr. Roger on Saturday, June 18th.
Congratulations to Gavin and the entire Scales family!

Last Week

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.

IRELAND & ITALY PILGRIMAGE

You are invited to join parishioners from SE Kansas, led by

Father Borkenhagen of St. Patricks parish in Parsons on a
grace-filled pilgrimage October 2-13, 2016. We will visit the
shrines of Our Lady of Knock and St. Patrick, see St. Peters
Basilica, Vatican Museums, attend a papal audience, St. John
Lateran, Coliseum, plus much more. For more info, call Suzie
Diskin at 620-423-0615, visit www.proximotravel.com, or call
1-855-842-8001.

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