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Saint Michael Church, Girard

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

CONFESSION Sat. 2:00-2:45pm 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

Notes From the Pastor: Happy Birthday to all of us! Happy birthday to the Church! I consider Pentecost Sunday or the descent of the Holy Spirit the birthday of the Church! Before the apostles received the Holy Spirit they were scared and hardly understood what our Lord have taught them and what had happened to Him. When they gather together they kept the doors locked and the windows closed. But when they received the Holy Spirit everything changed. They became courageous and remembered and understood everything that our Lord taught them. They opened the windows and doors and proclaimed the Gospel of Christ. Since then the body of Christ continued to grow and the church lives on forever, as Christ have promised. Many powers that persecuted the church, like the Roman Empire, have come and gone, yet the Church continues to live. As the Holy Spirit is actively doing His work, for sure the devil continues to oppose it. This explains the all the troubles we are encountering through the history of the Church. Nowadays, with the present problems the Church is facing with, some people say and feel that our present church does not reflect Christ anymore. Some became lukewarm in their faith. A few chose to abandon the Church. Does this mean the Holy Spirit has abandoned us? Certainly not! The only condition is we have to surrender our freedom to Him, that is, we have to cooperate with His presence that He may be able to work in us and continue to do the mission of Christ. In our liturgical celebrations, Pentecost ends the Easter Season and once more we are back to the Ordinary Time of the year. But the Holy Spirit continues His work of sanctification and inspiration to all of us. Like the apostles at Pentecost, may we dispose our minds and hearts to His presence that we may be transformed into the will of God in our lives and the world. On a jubilant note, we are happy to hear the good deeds of Joe and Kim Curran in saving the lives of the car accident victims. Their heroic actions was printed in the Morning Sun last May 23, in case some of you have not read it. We are happy and proud of them. May God bless them and their family always! Thank you also for all your cards, greetings, and gifts for my birthday. You are spoiling me. They certainly made my birthday a happy and memorable one. While I thank God for the gift of life He has given me, I thank Him too for the love you have shown me. Next Sunday(6/3/2012) 10:00 AM L. Gorentz, J. Duling, Cory Puckett, C. Muia E., C., A. Doherty *** Joan Davied Doug Lopeman Stan & Theresa Thomas Family
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Next Saturday(6/2/2012) Altar Servers: 5:30 PM R. Ziegler & L. Martin

May God bless you in return for all your love and kindness. Thank you for all your well wishes in my trip to Spain this weekend. Please continue to pray for our group on this trip and see you all when I come back. God bless you all! Fr. Roger Memorial Day Weekend Mass will be said at the Greenbush Cemetery on Friday, May 25th at 7:30pm. On Monday, May 28th, the rosary will be said at the Greenbush Cemetery at 9am. Girard Community Blood Drive ++The next blood drive will be on Tuesday, May 29th, from 12pm to 5:30pm in the St. Michaels Parish Hall. Please visit call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are always welcome! ++St. Michaels Altar Society has been asked to host the canteen at the blood drive. We will need about 24 dozen cookies at the hall by 11am on the 29th. Sign up sheets are in the back of the Church. Thank you so much for helping us out with this very worthy event. Let us pray for the eternal repose of the soul of Father Charles Harvey, a retired priest of the Diocese of Wichita, who died May 22.

Ushers E. M. H. C. Lectors: Gift Bearers:

*** Rhonda Stonerock Tony Stonerock Kevin & Rachel Ausemus Family
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Mass Schedules & Intentions for May 26th-June 3rd:

May 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Francis Buche USA Novena Intentions John Busse Pro Populo NO MASS NO MASS NO MASS NO Eucharistic Adoration NO MASS NO Eucharistic Adoration NO MASS No Intention Vera Diskin No Intention Pro Populo

St. Joan of Arc - Burned at the Stake Born to a peasant farmer and his wife on the Feast of the Epiphany, January Last Week July 2011 to date 6, 1412, Joan of Arc lived in the village of Domremy, near Lorraine, France. She Contributions $2,051.00 $137,248.94 was uneducated except in household skills and prayer. At age 13, while watching Children's Offering $27.00 $1,480.77 her sheep, she began to hear the voices of St. Michael and St. Margaret. She kept secret for nearly five years what these saints revealed to her. At the time, the Expenses $118,893.84 English controlled parts of France, mainly at Orleans. At age 18, she told what Over/ (Under) $19,835.87 the saints had asked of her: to save France by restoring Charles VII as the rightful heir to the throne, and driving the English from her country. She convinced Charles to allow her to lead a troop of men into battle, and to everyones surSaint Michaels Upcoming Events prise, the armored woman was victorious at Orleans. She had ridden into battle with her banner, Jesus, Mary, raised above her. This opened the door for Finance Council Parish Council Charles to be crowned king after the English generals were driven out. Tony Stonerock-Chair Dale Coomes-Chair Sadly, this triumph quickly followed with tragedy as St. Joan fell into the 1st Thursday of Month, 5pm Next Meeting, TBA hands of the English who declared her a heretic and a witch because she had sworn that she spoke to the voices of past saints. She was burned at the stake on Rosary Altar Society Knights of Columbus May 30, 1431 at age 19 in Rouen, France. With her eyes on a crucifix, she cried Next meeting, TBA 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm out, Jesus, Jesus through the flames. She is the Patron Saint of France with her At 7pm in the Hall. St. Michael Parish Hall feast day this Wednesday, May 30.

COLLECTIONS

Helping Hands Need help or want to volunteer, Call Carrie Smith, 724-6684

Paying Respect at the Cemetery All over the U.S., the sound of Taps and the crack of rifles will be heard as we pay tribute to Americas fallen. Memorial Day began some 150 years ago to honor the soldiers who died in the Civil War, but it has expanded to include those who have perished in later wars from Lexington and Concord to Baghdad and Kabul. When I was a kid in the 40s and 50s, we observed Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) by going with our parents to the cemeteries to place flowers on USA Novena Prayer loved ones. We also honored those who had given their lives in the military to O Father, Author of Life, we forever entrust and consecrate our preserve our freedom, usually held at the Garden of Memories. But, in that time, State and the USA to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The govern- the special day was always May 30. I called that the B.C. period, Before Congress meddled with the date. It had been a set date on equal footing with Indement is threatening our Religious Liberty by mandating we viopendence Day or Flag Day. But in 1971, Congress set Memorial Day on the last late our conscience, and more importantly has taken away the Monday in May. This change might seem small to some, but as time passed, it Right to Life of unborn children. By this Novena, we pray for became evident that what had once been a day to honor the nations war dead, Religious Freedom, Make Reparation for Our Nations Sins had become an opportunity for many to enjoy a three-day weekend for boating, Against Life and Ask You to End: Abortion; Human Embryo grilling, or whatever. In 1999, Congress tried to fix what theyd done and restore Research; In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) which freezes & kills the date to May 30, but lacked the votes. extra children; Human Cloning; Euthanasia; and Contraception. Memorial Day falls on May 28 this year--one of the few days of the year that Dear Lord, help married couples realize contraception harms their we should take time to honor our own dead and those who died to allow us to marriage, by preventing the total gift of self to each other and enjoy the freedoms we have. If we hope to continue the tradition, we have an obligation to teach the youth in our care about honor and remembrance. When says, No to You, who may deign to bring a child into the world. our three lived at home, we took them to visit the cemeteries annually, probably Father, we have not been told the truth that chemical contraceptives prevent a child from implanting in the mothers womb with- because our parents took us. Now, they keep it going by bringing their children and joining us on that day for visitation. They clear their calendars ahead, so that in 6-10 days of fertilization, and so the child, You created dies, without the mother knowing she was pregnant. Father, once they all the children can attend. Several of them are under 10, and I doubt that they fully understand what were doing, but the tradition, the habit, is being set. If I sorrowfully realize this truth, forgive them for they know not learned anything as a parent, it is that kids pick up much faster on WHAT YOU what they are doing. Grant young people may live abstinence and DO than WHAT YOU SAY! Sometime this weekend, visit the graves of depurity, rather than promiscuity. O Merciful God, guide the leaders ceased members of your family and take the kids. Find a grace where a soldier of our nation and all Americans to forever establish a Culture of lies and tell them of the sacrifices of men and women who served our country. Explain to your kids and grandkids about people who decided that the U.S. was Life, Love and Liberty. We ask this through the intercession of Mary, the Immaculate Conception, the Patroness of our country, worth dying for. We respect their memory this weekend. We can never honor them too much. and through the intercession of St. Joseph, Guardian of the Articles by Marcel Normand Church, in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen!

Daughters of Isabella Call Marilyn Bradshaw, 724-7133 That Man in You Friday mornings at 6am

ST. MICHAEL, DEFEND US IN ALL OUR BATTLES!

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