Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord 21 April 2019

Christ is Risen

ALLELUIA!

St. Michael Catholic Church & School Gastonia, NC

This Week at St. Michael’ Sacred Liturgy Meetings & Events

Sunday, April 21 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord

7:00 AM Holy Rosary 7:30 AM Holy Mass—Deceased members of the Cherry Family

10:00 AM Holy Mass—† Gary MacMillan

12:00 PM Holy Mass (Spanish)—Priest Intention

2:00 PM Spanish Dance Practice 7:00 PM SAA: C-Hall

Monday, April 22

8:00 AM Lauds 8:15 AM Holy Mass—† Marina Valentina Topel

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED 6:30 PM Missionary Ministry Mtg.: C-Hall 6:30 PM Legion of Mary: HFR 7:00 PM Fraternus/Fidelis: Ch/Gym/MC

Tuesday, April 23

Fr. Rossi away 6:00 PM Holy Mass (Spanish)—Priest Intention

6:30 PM Emmaus Groups: C-Hall/PC 7:00 PM Ultreya (St. Helen’s)

Wednesday, April 24

Fr. Rossi away

6:30 PM Span. Youth Coordinators Mtg:C-Hall 7:00 PM Adult Choir Practice: Ch

Thursday, April 25

Fr. Rossi away 5:30 AM TMIY: PC/K 7:00 PM Span. Pastoral Family Mtg.: C-Hall 7:00 PM Respect Life: HFR

Friday, April 26

Fr. Rossi away

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

1:30 PM Homeschool PE: Gym 6:00 PM Fidelis Retreat: Ch/Gym/K

Saturday, April 27

8:00 AM Lauds 8:15 AM Holy Mass—Miriam Micheli 8:45 AM Miraculous Medal Novena 3:30 PM—4:45 PM Confessions 4:30 PM Holy Rosary 5:00 PM Holy Mass—† Joseph Stanton

6:00 AM Fidelis Retreat: PC/K 8:30 AM Span. 1st Communion Retreat: SMCS/K 10:00 AM Baptism: Ch 11:00 AM Salinas-Villegas Wedding 2:00 PM Spanish Baptisms 2:30 PM Cursillo: HFR 8:00 PM AA Meeting: C-Hall

Sunday, April 28 Divine Mercy Sunday

7:00 AM Holy Rosary 7:30 AM Holy Mass—For the People

10:00 AM Holy Mass—St. Michael Catholic School

12:00 PM Holy Mass (Spanish)—Priest Intention

8:45 AM FF English: SMCS/C-Hall 8:45 AM Donuts & Dogma: PC/K 10:00 AM FF Spanish: All buildings 2:00 PM Spanish Dance Practice: Gym 7:00 PM SAA: C-Hall

All Mass intentions requested for this week will be honored.

Please Remember in your Prayers 

Parish Members & Friends:

Fr. James Ebright, Fr. George Kloster, Sister Mary Olivia Shirley, Sr. Josepha Whi y, Amy and children, Anna Ashworth, Janet Atherton, Ace Beam, Joe Bell, Joseph Michael Berta, Janice Black, Burton & Beth Bradley, Jeffrey Brown, Mark Bue ner, Mildred Caruso, Eneida Ceballos, Hilario Chegue, Steven Cherry, Chuck Deal, Gail Driscoll, Be y Dow, Glenda Downey, Elizabeth Eddie, Nicholas Escandón, Pete & Rebecca Files, Shannon Frazer, Steve Gnandt, Kathy Geoffroy, Penny Godwin, Aleyda Gómez, William Gustashaw, Fred Halek, Lynn Hamm, Gwen Hart, Calvin Hebert, Dorothy Henley, A. Bevendez, Kevin Hornbeck, Beverly Hornbeck, Judy Horton, Eric Hunter, Connie Hu er, Margaret Jacobs, Buddy James, Linda Johnson, Robin Johnson, Roberta Jones, Briceida Juya, Debbie Kerpsie, Kay Landry, Olivia Levesque, Lucas Lowe, Kent Lupton, Maureen Lupton, Cookie Lynn, Antonia Marin, Frank Markus, Josefina Mar nez, Rita Mascarenhas, Doris McFee, Sadie Messer, Micheli Family, Andrew Milewski, Heather Monteleagre, Marion Moore, Wayne Moore, John Moore, Jack Neerincx, Kathy Olijnyk, Gerald Orazem, Hernán Ortega, Mary Packard, Charles Pasour, David Peace, Henry Phillips, Ivo Raimundo, Penny Ramsey, Maryely Rebolledo Ceballos, Lauren Riley, Lynn Roberts, Sue Ruocco, Bill Saluke, Jo Santoro, Marie Seager, Gemma Servin Vega, Maureen Setlock, Jim Sneska, Pat Splawn, Bob Stauss, Michael Stone, McKenzie Reese Tapper, Maerene Thomas, Tinsdale Family, Emperatriz Vidal, Steve Wells, Joan Williams, Jacqueline Wood, Paul & Marion Yager

For all in service to our country: Stefan Zapata, Derrick Dobbins, Ma hew Barker, Kevin Haskins, Jeffrey Kaldah, Stephanie Miller, Derek Rey, Mar n Spalding

Highlights

April ~ May 2019

Location: St. Michael Catholic Church Campus, Unless Otherwise Noted

FOR A FULL LIST OF EVENTS, VISIT OUR PARISH CALENDAR: https://teamup.com/ksfd5ubh6g3picv3i4

Tuesday, April 23rd at 7:30pm - Ultreya at St. Helen’s Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28—Diocesan Youth Conference, Black Mountain, NC April 27 at 6pm—Diocese of Charlotte Young Adults Cookout St. Mark Catholic Church Huntersville, NC Sunday April 28—Divine Mercy Sunday Monday April 29—J Club Catholic Book Fair - SMCS Media Center Tuesday, April 30 at 6:30pm—CCWG Evening Reflection with Fr. Jason Barone at CCHS Thursday, May 2nd at 7:30am—Prayer Breakfast at Warlick Family YMCA Matthews Chapel Sunday May 5 at 10am—First Holy Communion

READINGS FOR THE WEEK 4/22—4/29

SERVERS OF THE SACRED LITURGY

A Prayer for Our Priests

Eternal Father, we li up to you our priests and all the priests of the world. Sanc fy them; heal and guide them;

mold them into the likeness and holiness of your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to

You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE

Wednesdays: 5:00—5:50 PM Fridays: 9 AM (after Holy Mass) Saturdays: 3:30 PM—4:45 PM

ON THE COVER: The Resurrection (c. 1440) Public Domain By: Bl. Fra Angelico (1400-1455)

Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15

Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18

Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35

Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48

Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27; Jn 21:1-14

Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15

Sunday: Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24;

Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Jn 20:19-31

Saturday, April 27 5:00 PM Mass

Greeters: Lisa Hughle Lectors: Sue Neerincx, Laure a Boccio Gi s: John Murawski EMHC: Jeff Templeton

Sunday, April 28 7:30 AM Mass Greeters: Indeg Berdusis Lectors: Joanna DeLaquil, Lee Ann MacMillan Gi s: Arlene Sellers

Sunday, April 28 10:00 AM Mass Greeters: Jane Sheppard Lectors: Russ Stevens, Patrick Valen ne EMHC: Roger Shepard

Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy may be prayed at any me, but our Lord specifically asked

St. Faus na to urge people to pray it as a Novena, especially on the nine days before the Feast of Mercy, the second Sunday of Easter.

Jesus promised: “By this Novena I will grant every possible grace to souls.”

~ Diary, 796

Confirmation Retreat 2019

Around our Diocese & School It is me for the

Annual Spring Sales Event At the Catholic Shoppe at Belmont Abbey College

Everything in the store is on sale from

March 15th through Wednesday May 15th!

1) Save 20% off one regular price item of your choice. (Offer can be used once a day everyday) 2) Take 10% off all other items in your purchase.

3) Take advantage of hundreds of items recently marked down to 30%, 40%, 50% and 75% off!

4) Men on you saw the sale in your parish bulle n and receive an addi onal 10% off everything including sale items!

Shopping hours are 10 am - 5 pm Monday - Saturday. For more informa on call 704-461-5100.

The St. Michael Catholic School Media Center will be hosting a

J Club Catholic Book Fair Monday, April 29th

7:30 am – 3:30 pm A special ONE DAY event for our

St. Michael School and Church Community

Some First Communion items will be available for purchase.

Students will hear exciting, faith-based book talks and learn about vocations from the Daughters of St. Paul. On this day, students will be able to choose from a variety of Catholic resources including: fiction, biog-raphies, Bible stories, Bible time travel, Lives of the Saints, videos, and CDs. Students will place orders on this day, and the books will be shipped to the school a few days after the fair ends.

CCWG Evening Reflection

All women of the Diocese of Charlo e are invited to a end the Charlo e Cath-olic Women’s Group (CCWG) Evening Reflec on on Tuesday, April 30th, at Charlo e Catholic High School. Rosary will begin at 6:30 pm in the Chapel.

Refreshments and a reflec on by Fr. Jason Barone at 7 pm in the library. RSVP is requested via our website: www.charlo ecatholicwomensgroup.org.

Ultreya - Tuesday April 23 2019, 7:00 pm at St. Helen's in Spencer Mt. Dallas, NC. Witness will be offered by Julia Farris and Alicia Munson. Join us for prayer, music and fellowship!

In Loving Memory

or

In Honor Of:

FamiliaHernandez,FamiliaTejada,JoyceSchwartz,theSoulsinPurgatory

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.JoseAyala

George,Margaret,AndreaBalog,SisterTeresaBenedicta,OCDrequestedbyMs.NoelleBalog

AngeloMiceli“Gramps”requestedbyMr.&Mrs.BrendanBlatchford

SalvatoreandTheresaTranchinarequestedbyLaurettaBoccio

MichaelGabrielBrakefieldrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.ZacharyBrakefield

ForthelivinganddeceasedmembersoftheBurrandDowFamilies

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.RobertBurr

MargothMoncalcano,Ricardo,Olga,AmparoandGladysCabrerarequestedbyMargaritaCabrera

LarryCarpenterrequestedbyMrs.DonnaCarpenter

EdandIreneCharcut,LottieSiekarequestedbyMr.&Mrs.PhilipCharcut

NickCaruso,CarusoandPelzerFamilies

requestedbyMildredCaruso

Mr.&Mrs.ManuelLopes,Mr.&Mrs.OscarCharetterequestedbyGloriaCharette

MarjorieandRobertRosencrans,AliceandClemGrilliot,ElviraSchwabrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.KeithColeman

DeceasedMembersoftheCherryFamilyrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.JoeDeaton

DeceasedMembersoftheKahenyandDelFierroFamiliesrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.RaulDelFierro

JosephandAudreyDeLaquil,MaryNeelyrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.JosephDeLaquil

Joseph&AudreyDeLaquilrequestedbyPatriciaDeLaquil

KathyGeoffroyandRobertCarothersrequestedbySusanDenny

BillandBeckyTomko,PhilipandTerryDesmaraisrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MichaelDesmarais

LeeDobbs,BeatriceHurst,NickandMildredCaruso,Allen,MarciaandBiancaClark

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.JohnDobbs

RoseFuqua,MelissaWilson

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.ChrisDobbins

FranandEdDriscoll,MaryDriscollRyanBenandMarieCorriveau,PaulCorriveaurequestedbyMr.&Mrs.StephenDriscoll

Dr.RichardMartocci,WillardandGraceBoehm,JohannasDerr,JackKirker,requestedbyDr.&Mrs.GaryDubisky

Yvonne,Hermond,Gillian&NicolerequestedbyLunelleDurham

DeceasedmembersoftheHager&ElmoreFamiliesrequestedbyMrs.PauletteElmore

ArchieandOpalBourque,TommyandDorisEudyrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MartinEudy

DeceasedMembersoftheFarris,Eskridge,NicholandMosesFamilies

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.JohnFarris

LarryBonillarequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MarlonFranco

RoseandMichaelPetruccellirequestedbyMr.&Mrs.JohnGaeto

JosephA.GallantrequestedbyMrs.LoisGallant

TheGarrutoandWagnerFamiliesrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.RussellGarruto

Paul&RoseGerhard,Cletus&BeatriceGildea

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.PaulGerhard

Ourparents,Frank&SophieGuzekandStuart&MaryIronsrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.FrankGuzek

DeceasedmembersofthePhelan,HeidenreichandFinkFamiliesrequestedbyMr.WilliamHeidenreich

MaryJaneWalsh,TheWalshesrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MichaelHooper

RandyMilks,TedandIrmaMilks,DouglasV.Seamans,Sr.

requestedbyMs.MarjorieHooper

JosefHorvath,BetzFamily,HungarienOmarequestedbyMrs.JulianaHorvath

SamuelFrianeza,IsabelDeLaCueva,NilsandKarinKullberg,

FernandaFrianezarequestedbyDr.&Dr.LennartKullberg

JulioHernandez,JacintaRodrıguez,JuventinoLopez,TeresaMendozarequestedbyLuisLopez&MarıaCortez

JacksonEaker,ourgrandson,requestedbyMr.&Mrs.BobbyLutz

TheChmuraandLutzFamilies,ElizabethSummey,Ourchildren,grandchildrenandgreatgrandchildren

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.RobertLutz

WithLovingMemoriesofmyhusband,GaryMacMillanrequestedbyMrs.LeeAnnMacMillan

EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS

RobertJ.,HelenE.andThomasA.McCarthyrequestedbyTimothy&JanetMcCarthy

RafaelMiguelMartınez,EmiliaJosefaPeratta,LuzUribe,DulceMarıaPeratta,FamiliaMarte

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.JuanMarte

BobandUrsulaLutz,OdellandEllaLouiseMesser,Thelovedonesgonebeforeus

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.TommyMesser

JeannineandJosephMonteleone,PatandDorothyCooke,HomerandEdithWard,CarlandOcieGanttrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MicahMonteleone

DeceasedmembersoftheMooneyandMekolitesFamiliesrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.VincentMooney

JohnCedricMoorerequestedbyMs.BartenisMoore

StephenMurrayandFamily,Mr.&Mrs.AnthonyDiLorenzoandFamily,

Mr.&Mrs.JosephDaleoandFamily,Mr.&Mrs.DomMarsicanoandFamily,Mr.&Mrs.JosephSacchieriandFamilyrequestedbyMrs.MaryannMurray

PaulBui,HoeBuirequestedbyFantasyNails

CatherineAndersonrequestedbyMr.&Mr.JackNeerincx

PearseO’Daly,MargaretKane,PhilipandHelenWaxRequestedbyMr.&Mrs.JohnO’Daly

RichardO’NealrequestedbyMrs.VeronicaO’Neal

TerrenceFoxrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.PaulOplinger

Felix&Rauol,DanyPatel,DanielL.,WarrenA.,TerryO.PaulMcGlauphlin,Peter,Carol,KristinrequestedbyMr.DavidOrlandella

DavidC.Packard,AmandaRamırez,Eva,GloriaandAlfredoRobletorequestedbyMyrnaPackard

TheRileyFamilyrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.ThomasRiley

BrianAnthonyrequestedbyMs.EllenRoberts

ArleneRobinson,MichaelGuffeyrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MichaelRobinson

NorrisFamilyrequestedbyBeverlyRupp

RogerMcQuageandImogeneSalottirequestedbyMrs.ElaineSalotti

TheDeceasedmembersandShut‐insofSt.Michael’sParish,Fr.Kieran,KatieMeseroll,AnneTinsdale,MichaelStone,Allthepoorsoulsinpurgatory,MarySalukeandotherDeceasedMembersoftheSalukeandMcIntoshFamilies

requestedbyDr.JuliaSaluke

SuzanneBriegel,SuzanneSchmidlin,CharlesHornus,JacquelineRisch,SoeurMarie‐RosineMunchrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.MichelSchmidlin

Mr.andMrs.J.Okwudiafor,EstherMonu,MartinaJohnson,TopoMartine,ZoboHenriette

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.PatrickSery

TheShirley&MannFamiliesrequestedbyElizabethShirley

SmirzandIgnatFamilies,JoSantororequestedbyMrs.ReineSmirz

JosephStantonrequestedbyBelindaStanton

HelenaStevens,JohnandIsabelDeVanerequestedbyMr.&Mrs.RussellStevens

RitaMarieJamesrequestedbyMr.&Mrs.JeffTempleton

Houston&InellTolbert,Fred&EdithCanipe,Enrique&JulianaGador,Abundio&CeceliaNocos

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.TreyTolbert

Mr.andMrs.AnthonyNilitellorequestedbyMr.&Mrs.BruceUrban

DeceasedMembersoftheCondrack,FooshkillandWelleFamilies

requestedbyMr.&Mrs.LarryWelle

LivingandDeceasedMembersoftheMicheli,Vicioso,Navas,Soto&WestoverFamiliesrequestedbyLissetteWestover

Monetary Donations Also Received From

Mr&Mrs.ChristopherAlbaneseMr.&Mrs.JesusAlvarezMartınAvalos&AngelicaCruzMr.&Mrs.HectorAlvare‐CastilloMrs.DaciaEspinozaBeaverOsorioBernardino/CiprianaVillaMr.TimothyBiddixandMaryMr.&Mrs.ToddBrakefieldMr.&Mr.StevenBuckleyMr.&MrsSamirCaloucheOswaldoCarmona&HaydeeMunozCarolynCarrollJoseLuisCeballosMr.&Mrs.GeorgeDavisMr.&Mrs.DinoDimeoJuanMFlores&LisaLin‐LiShen

Mr.&Mrs.GeraldGagnonMr.&Mr.GeraldGenoveseCatherineGreenSaraGuillen&OscarCuevasArnulfoHernandezandAlejandraLopezMr.CharlesJenkinsMr.&Mrs.JaimeLaverdeMr.&Dr.PeterMagennisFrangiMarin&PaulinaDomınguezNoraMarreroMr.&Mrs.StanMascarenhasMr.&Mrs.JaimeMontealegreMr.&Mrs.FranciscoMontesRafaelaMoranEdsonOcampo&TeresaBlanco

TrieuThanhNguyen&DiemTranngocPhamMr.&Mrs.MichaelPotutoMarioRivera&ElpidiaHernandezMr.&Mrs.ArielSalazarSantiagoSegura&AlejandraOleaMr.&Mr.KeithSheppardDr.&Mrs.WilliamThierfelderFlorencioTrujillo&LiliaGomezMr.&Mrs.PatrickValentinePaulinoVasquez&CeciliaCruzRomanVillafuerteMr.&Mrs.SantosVillafuerteIsidraVillafuerte&DavidOsorioUbaldoVillegas&JuanaCruzMr.&Mrs.RobertWeaver

Mr.&Mrs.JerryWestMr.&Mrs.GradyWilliams

Thank you to everyone who made a donation. Please note that we make every effort to spell the names contained in this list correctly and sincerely apologize if we were not able to read your intentions accurately.

You may give electronically at www.stmccg.org Prayerfully consider giving at least one hour's wage

per week to the Lord.

“What shall I return to the Lord for all the Lord has given to

me?” (Psalms 116:12)

Because of early bulletin deadline, the financial information will be

updated next week.

Your pledge to the Diocesan Support Appeal is shared with the educa onal , mul cultural, voca onal, housing, and social service ministries of the diocese. Thousands of people depend on your generosity. You may go to charlo ediocese.org/dsa to make a gi online or complete a pledge envelope and return it to the Parish Office.

Christ is Risen!! Alleluia! Invite the risen Christ into your marriage. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are Jun 21-23, 2019 in Cary, NC and Sep 20-22, 2019 in CHARLOTTE, NC. Early sign up is recommended. For more informa on visit our website at: h ps://NCMarriageDiscovery.org or contact us at applica ons@NCMarriageDiscovery.org or 704-315-2144.

BULLETIN DEADLINE:

All material for publica on in SMCC Sunday Bulle n must be submi ed to Lisse e Westover, Parish Secretary, at secretary@stmccg.org in editable form, (pictures in JPEG) no later than 12 Noon, Thursday, ten (10) days prior to publica on date. Contact informa on, i.e., name, email and/or phone number must also be included.

Thank you for your coopera on!

¡Jesucristo vive! Juan 20, 1-9

Oración introductoria Jesús mío, yo te busco en mi peregrinar por este mundo. Concédeme la gracia de poseerte con plenitud y no permitas que me separe de tu amor. Por favor, Jesús, ayuda a nuestros familiares y a todos aquéllos que se hayan olvidado de ti. Petición Señor, que de ahora en adelante te busque en cada acontecimiento de mi vida. Reflexión apostólica Los discípulos corrieron al sepulcro vacío y creyeron. En mi vida diaria estoy llamado a correr, también, al encuentro del Señor. En la resurrección de Cristo tenemos la certeza de que nuestra vida no se acaba en el vacío. Nuestra existencia es un continuo peregrinar hacia el encuentro definitivo y eterno con Dios. Nos hiciste Señor para ti e inquieto está nuestro corazón hasta que no descanse en ti (cf. San Agustín). ¿Qué fue lo que vio esa mañana? Seguramente la sábana santa en perfectas condiciones, no rota ni rasgada por ninguna parte. Intacta, como la habían dejado en el momento de la sepultura. Sólo que ahora está vacía, como desinflada; como si el cuerpo de Jesús se hubiera desaparecido sin dejar ni rastro. Entendió entonces lo sucedido: ¡había resucitado! Pero Juan vio sólo unos indicios, y con su fe llegó mucho más allá de lo que veían sus sentidos. Con los ojos del cuerpo vio unas vendas, pero con los ojos del alma descubrió al Resucitado; con los ojos corporales vio una materia corruptible, pero con los ojos del espíritu vio al Dios vencedor de la muerte. Lo que nos enseñan todas las narraciones evangélicas de la Pascua es que, para descubrir y reconocer a Cristo resucitado, ya no basta mirarlo con los mismos ojos de antes. Es preciso entrar en una óptica distinta, en una dimensión nueva: la de la fe. Todos los días que van desde la resurrección hasta la ascensión del Señor al cielo será otro período importantísimo para la vida de los apóstoles. Jesús los enseñará ahora a saber reconocerlo por medio de los signos, por los indicios. Ya no será la evidencia natural, como antes, sino su presencia espiritual la que los guiará. Y así será a partir de ahora su acción en la vida de la Iglesia. Eso les pasó a los discípulos. Y eso nos ocurre también a nosotros. Al igual que a ellos, Cristo se nos “aparece” constantemente en nuestra vida de todos los días, pero muy difícilmente lo reconocemos. Porque nos falta la visión de la fe. Y hemos de aprender a descubrirlo y a experimentarlo en el fondo de nuestra alma por la fe y el amor. Y esta experiencia en la fe ha de llevarnos paulatinamente a una transformación interior de nuestro ser a la luz de Cristo

resucitado. “El mensaje redentor de Pascua –como nos dice un autor espiritual contemporáneo— no es otra cosa que la purificación total del hombre, la liberación de sus egoísmos, de su sensualidad, de sus complejos; purificación que, aunque implica una fase de limpieza y saneamiento interior –por medio de los sacramentos— sin embargo, se realiza de manera positiva, con dones de plenitud, como es la iluminación del Espíritu, la vitalización del ser por una vida nueva, que desborda gozo y paz, suma de todos los bienes mesiánicos; en una palabra, la presencia del Señor resucitado”. En efecto, san Pablo lo expresó con incontenible emoción en este texto, que recoge la segunda lectura de este domingo de Pascua: “Si habéis resucitado con Cristo, buscad las cosas de allá arriba, donde está Cristo sentado a la derecha de Dios; aspirad a los bienes de arriba, no a los de la tierra. Porque habéis muerto, y vuestra vida está escondida con Cristo en Dios. Cuando aparezca Cristo, vida nuestra, entonces también vosotros apareceréis, juntamente con Él, en gloria” (Col 3, 1-4). ¡Pidamos a Cristo resucitado poder resucitar junto con Él, ya desde ahora! Propósito Haré una oración especial por todos mis familiares y compañeros difuntos. Demostraré mi alegría por la Resurrección de Jesús. Diálogo con Cristo Señor Jesucristo, te pido que nunca me separe de ti. Dame la gracia de amar y tratar a las demás personas con el amor y la bondad con que Tú lo has hecho. ¡Quédate siempre a mi lado, te necesito porque Tú mi fortaleza y mi esperanza. Señor, confío en Ti!

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM If you are interested in having your child baptized, please

contact the church office at 704-867-6212.

SACRAMENT OF HOLY MATRIMONY All weddings are celebrated inside the Church on

Saturdays at 10 AM. Please contact the church office at 704-867-6212 for more information.

MARRIAGE TRIBUNAL ADVOCATE

Please contact Donna Snyder at 704-512-8828 or at donnasnyder1976@gmail.com

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK

Please call the church office (704- 867-6212) to set a time before serious surgery or any time in an emergency.

HOLY COMMUNION AT HOME Please contact Sr. Carolyn Mary Coll at

704-813-1425 or mercy1827.9@gmail.com

FAITH FORMATION & SACRAMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Contact the Director of Faith Formation Theresa Webster at 704-867-6212 ext 114 or

tmwebster@stmccg.org

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA) Anyone interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith or who wishes to become Catholic should contact

the Director of Faith Formation Theresa Webster at 704-867-6212 ext. 114 or tmwebster@stmccg.org

ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH APP Download the app by texting the word “app” to 88202, or by

clicking the QR Code below (you have to have a QR scanner app on your smartphone in order to scan the QR Code), or you can

also download the app to your phone by visiting the App Store or Google Play!

DEVOTIONS

Wednesday: 5:00 PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

5:30 PM Holy Rosary and Benediction

First Fridays: 10 PM Thursday – 7:45 AM Friday:

Nocturnal Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM All Day Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament with Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3 PM

Saturdays: 8:00 AM Lauds & Miraculous Medal Novena

Fridays of Lent: 7:30 PM Stations of the Cross

ATTENTION NEWCOMERS

Have you completed a parish registration form? Do you have any questions?

Please feel free to ask one of our Greeters!

PARISH INFORMATION

PARISH PASTORAL & FINANCE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Pastoral Council Steve Cherry scherry@mrdacpa.com Juan García gaston.instructor@gmail.com Reina Granadino reinaigranadino@hotmail.com John Keating keatingusa@gmail.com

Finance Council

Maureen O’Keefe mokeefe31@gmail.com Dacia Beaver dacia333@hotmail.com John Guglielmetti gccgolfer7@gmail.com Dawn Nielson dnielson1@bellsouth.net Kevin Spalding kevin@bzcoach.com