CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

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
In case of Emergency: (785) 917-1828
STAFF Pastor: Fr. Floyd McKinney
Secretary: Faith Paoni
Bookkeeper: Janel Scales
Bulletin Editor: Nancy Bauer
nbauer@girard248.org
PARISH WEBSITE:
www.stmichaelgirard.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Finance Council
Parish Council
Tony Stonerock, Chair Dale Coomes, Chair
TBA
TBA

!Altar Society

Knights of Columbus
4th Monday of month 1st Tuesday of month
6:00pm @ Daltons
St. Michaels hall

!Helping Hands

Daughters of Isabella
Carrie Smith
Marilyn Bradshaw
724-6684
724-7133
Kapauns Men: Friday mornings at 6am

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106 N. Western Ave.

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

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Altar Ministers for Next Weekend

Saturday (12/24/16)

!Altar Servers:

5:30 pm

Sunday (12/25/16)

10:00 am

According to Sign Up Sheet

EMHC:

According to Sign Up Sheet

Lector:

According to Sign Up Sheet

Gift Bearers

According to Sign Up Sheet

Expenses - Nov.

PSR classes for the Sunday morning program will not meet
Dec. 25 & Jan. 1. Wednesday evening program will not have
classes Dec. 21 & Dec. 28. Merry Christmas!

HOLIDAY MASS MINISTRIES

PENANCE OPPORTUNITIES
Father will be hearing confessions before every weekday mass
during Advent.

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TRAVELING PAINTING
A painting of the Holy Family blessed by the Pope will be
visiting our parish on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Father will
incorporate a brief presentation into the 6:30pm mass. This is
sponsored by the Girard/Arma Knights of Columbus.

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISHIONERS

Please pray for Mary Ita Brown (mother of Judy Widner),
Gary Dowling, Marjorie Giefer, Herman Masser, Rosemary
OToole, Marge Ralph, Tom Weston, and Judy Widner who
are ill or in need of prayers.

$62,244.86

$7.25

$360.49

$5,663.63

$52,331.30

Building Fund Contributions

$100.00

Building Fund Loan Balance

$152,144.85

ROSARY HOSPITAL
If you have a rosary that needs fixed, place it in the Rosary
Hospital box in the back of church. Please include your name
and phone number, in case there are questions. If there are
beads or metals missing, I will try my best to match them.Only
prayer payment accepted. -Paula Sevart 620.724.7585

MASS INTENTIONS
If you would like a Mass said for a loved one, please call the
parish office, 724-8717.

LEARN ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH

Interested in learning about the Catholic Faith? Call me (Fr.
Floyd) or catch me after Mass and we can talk about a starting
time. All are welcome.

FIGHTING FOR YOUR MARRIAGE

The Office of Marriage and Family Life is sponsoring
Fighting for Your Marriage Series beginning on Tuesday,
January 10, 2017 from 6:30 9:30 p.m. at the Spiritual Life
Center. This series of classes will meet for four weeks and the
cost for the class is $130. Brochures are in the back of the
church.
To register or for more information, go to
www.slcwichita.org or call (316) 744-0167.

CHRISTMAS DINNER
The R.J. Taylor Community Christmas Dinner will be at the
Presbyterian Church, 6th & Pine in Pittsburg on Dec. 25th
from 11am to 1:30pm. Dine in, Carry Out or Home Delivery.
Call 231-2920 by 5pm Dec. 23rd to place an order or
volunteer to help.

$2,629.36

$10,274.05

CHURCH DECORATING
Please help get our church ready for Christmas by helping with
decorations on Sunday, Dec 18, following the 10:00am Mass.
We especially could use the help of younger men to move and
hang decorations.

July 2016 to date

Over / (Under)

Volunteers are needed to serve as Eucharistic Ministers,

lectors, servers and gift bearers/greeters during the holiday
season. There is a sign up sheet in the back of the church.

Last Week

Childrens Offering

PSR CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

We talk about electronic 'spam' and even though we are in an

electronic world we still talk of 'junk mail' too. These things are a part
of life, but we live with them. Recently in the mail you received
something that was not junk mail; it was a letter from Bishop Kemme
with an envelope to to be used next weekend at our Christmas
Masses. It is called a Christmas Call to Sharing, I suppose because we
are asked to share over and above our regular giving to help the
diocese in the expenses of caring for our retired priests who have
cared for us in the past and educating the priests who will take care of
us in the future. Some may be thinking that we have stewardship and
that should be enough. For some reason this particular need was not
included in the list of things that stewardship would fund. For me it is
an opportunity for each one of us to remember the priests who have
served us. I remember the pastors that I have worked with and seeing
how they served you the people of God. I remember my seminary
days and wondering how the diocese could 'afford' to pay for my
education, then thinking of all who had contributed to help that
happen. I made it, even though I did not do well in church history
class. As the bishop mentions in his letter, we have ten men who
will hopefully be ordained. Pray for them;
pray for all of us in ministry that we continue
to serve faithfully and with holiness for you
who are looking to grow closer to God. I will
remember you in my prayers; I pray that we
continue to lead lives in accord with what
God has wished for each of us.


Merry Christmas.

4:00pm
Mary & August Bogina
5:30pm
Eugene Scassellati
Sunday
8:00am
Black family
10:00am
Jim Davied
Monday
NO MASS
Tuesday
5:30pm
For the People
Wednesday 6:30pm
Steve VanLeeuwen
Thursday 8:00am
Harry VanLeeuwen
8:30am-12:30pm Eucharistic Adoration
Friday
7:00am Altar Soc. living & deceased
8:00am-6:00pm Eucharistic Adoration
Saturday 4:00pm
Verna Varsolona
5:30pm
Stan Thomas
Sunday
12:00am
Ron Breneman
8:00am
Jackie Amershek
10:00am
For the People

Contributions

From the Pastor

Mass Schedule and Intentions for Dec. 17 - 25

Collections

The mass schedule for Christmas weekend is as follows:

Saturday, Dec. 24 at 4:00pm in Arma, and 5:30pm in Girard.
Sunday morning masses are at 12 midnight in Girard, 8:00am
in Arma and 10:00am in Girard.

FATHER TO BE AWAY

Fr. Floyd will be out of town from January 2 until January 6.

GRIEF SHARE SERIES

The Office of Marriage and Family Life is sponsoring the St.
John The Evangelist Grief Ministry Support Group beginning
on Thursday, January 12, 2017 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at the
Spiritual Life Center. This series will meet for 11 weeks and the
cost for the class is $35. Brochures are in the back of the
church. To register or for more information, go to
www.slcwichita.org or call (316) 744-0167.

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