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106 N. Western Ave.
Girard, KS 66743Tel. (620)724-8717
Weekly Bulletin
of
Saint Michael Church, Girard
www.stmichaelgirard.com
Saint Michael Parish Mission Statement:“We the parishioners of Saint Michael the Archangel, through leadership and strong traditio
are faithful disciples of the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church. We commit ouselves to be generous stewards of our faith, our parish, and our community. We strive to involv
all members to be united in one parish family for the salvation of all.”
Notes from the Pastor: Thank you again to all who in one way or another helped in making our Christm
celebration successful and meaningful. Thank you also for your cards and gifts. They are certainly spiritualuplifting! I appreciate all your love and care! I forgot to include in my thanks, Mary Ann Duling, for puttinthat holy family in front of the church with its lighting. Thank you Mary Ann! I also miss to include one mowinner in our Stewardship raffle draw: Marilyn Bradshaw won the “table top last supper” in glass mount.
Congrats Marilyn and thank you for your stewardship form.The new year is here! We should celebrate it with gratitude and hope. Gratitude! After all we are a stew
ship diocese, consequently a stewardship parish. As Christian disciples we are grateful for all the blessings received in the year 2012! – Meals In His Name, First Communion, High School and 8 Grades Recognition
Totus Tuus, parish picnic/PSR bash, Bishop’s Visit, Fall Bazaar, to mention a few and especially the involvment of so many of you! We are grateful to all your support as we are grateful to God!
It is with hope that we now focus on 2013! This year we are preparing our High School PSR kids for thereception of the sacrament of confirmation. It is set on April 21 at 4PM here at Saint Michael. We are bles
with 35 kids from first year to 4th year to be confirmed. Four of them are from Arma. We are also looking foward to the Easter Vigil where three of our candidates will be baptized and two will receive the sacrament oconfirmation. What a blessing!
The year 2013 is also our year of preparation for our celebration of the Saint Michael’s present church buing’s 50th year anniversary of its construction! This church was built in 1964: groundbreaking ceremony wMay 3rd, and the construction was completed December 11, the altar was consecrated on December 16, and
first mass was celebrated on December 19, although this Church was officially dedicated on January 24 th, 19Written records showed that this is our third church building. The first one was built in 1879 at the old site the southeast corner of Cherokee and Walnut. It was a small frame building 40 x 20 feet. The second churc
was built in 1926 at the same place. It was consecrated by bishop Schwertner in October 17, 1926 where healso confirmed 32 kids on that occasion.
As your pastor, I am privileged to be guiding you to this celebration which should focus mainly and more
Altar Servers:
E. M. E.
Lectors:
Gift Bearers
5:30 PM L. Martin,
E. Sisney, B. Leritz
Rhonda Stonerock
Tony Stonerock
Volunteers
10:00 AMT. Paoni, C. & C. Puckett,
E. & J. Brokob,
C. Sevart, P. Amershek
Marilyn McCracken
Beth Wilson
Volunteers
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Mass Schedules & Intentions for January 5th-13th:
importantly on spiritual aspects – how have Saint Michael grspiritually as a body of Christ? With the help of the pastoral
council, hopefully we can finalize our plan for the spiritual renewal of the parish! But we have also to pay attention to thematerial aspect of the church. Materially, is there a need to im
prove our Church facility that may help our parish grow as a
parish community? We have been mentioning a bit of this th past months and now it has come to the time that we have todiscuss this as a congregation.
There has been a lot of interest regarding updating the faci
ties of the St. Michael Catholic Church. There are many aspeto consider. With the Finance and Pastoral Councils, we have
been developing concepts. Please listen and watch for announments in February regarding parish meetings to elicit your inp
Final concepts will be presented to the parish and the Bishop consideration this Spring 2013.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to Jerry Hanson and hfamily for the death of his mom, Dorothy Hanson, in the early
morning last December 31. The funeral was set for Saturday
January 5th. Eternal rest grant unto Dorothy, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of
the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen!Congratulations to Jerry Davenport who is fully incorporat
into the Body of Christ in the catholic church. He has been taing classes starting with Fr. Thissen and continued the procesformation with Fr. Stroot in Frontenac and received the sacra
ments of initiation at the Sacred Heart Church Saturday, Janu5. He and his family continue to be a member of Saint Michaand he receives his first communion here in our Church at the5:30 mass Saturday, January 5th! Congratulations Jerry and t
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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 HoursTues-Fri 9AM-Noon
Closed on Mondays
Tel. (620) 724-8717
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COLLECTIONS
Last Week July 2012 to date
tributions $4,413.70 $81,293.70
dren's Offering $18.79 $797.61
nses-Dec $11,101.24 $85,074.64
r/ (Under) ($2,983.33)
Saint Michael’s Upcoming Events
ance Council Parish Council
y Stonerock-Chair Dale Coomes-Chair Jan. 15th, at 6:30pm
ary Altar Society Knights of Columbus
t meeting, TBA 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm:30pm in the Hall. St. Michael Parish Hall
ping Hands Daughters of Isabella
d help or want to volunteer, Call Marilyn Bradshaw,Carrie Smith, 724-6684 724-7133
t Man in You Friday mornings at 6am
Knights of Columbus - there will be a meeting Sunday, January 6 at 7:00pm
the parish hall.
Epiphany: The Three Kings Pay a Visit
The word, Epiphany, means to reveal, or a flash of insight. In this case, it is
feast day commemorating the revealing of Jesus as the Christ to the Gentiles. I
God made manifest, that He is to be found in all creation--present in the world
Prior to 1984, the celebration was on January 6 each year, no matter which we
day it was. But in Nov. 1983, the USCCB approved the transfer of the solemn
of the Epiphany to the first Sunday after Jan. 1. The Vatican reviewed the tran
and made it official for 1984.
At the most fundamental level, the three kings represent all the nations of th
earth. These nations come and share with Jesus their treasures. In the early
Church, there were many legends about the three wise men. Paintings of them
appeared in the catacombs (underground burial place) of Rome in the 2nd cent
ry. These wise men came from the mysterious East and were thought to be sci
tists, astronomers, and interpreters of dreams and visions. The number of the w
men (now also called kings) was three, based on Psalm 72 in the Bible which
speaks of kings bringing gifts - “rulers from Tarshish, Sheba, and Seba”. Their
names were Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar.
Melchior was an old man with flowing beard who wore a violet tunic and
cloak. Gaspar was a young man, fair and beardless, wearing a red cloak. Bal-
thasar was dark of skin and hair, who wore a red tunic. The fact that one of the
was black came from Psalm 68 that said, “Princes shall come out of Ethiopia a
bow down before Him.” St. Jerome, in the 4th century, furthered the story of t
wise men. There were three continents known to the ancient world where Gen
tiles lived: Europe, Asia, and Africa and the wise men became symbols of thes
races who, Scripture said, would come to worship the newborn Messiah.
These wise men brought three gifts: gold was for a great king; frankincense
was for the true God, and myrrh for the child’s future suffering and death. The
made the long journey with many hardships, and it speaks to us of the long and
difficult trek that we must undertake to find the presence of God. We are not p
fect, but the Lord doesn’t demand perfection. He asks for progress and for an
honest effort on our part.
St. Raymond: Centenarian Saint 1175-1275 Raymond was born in 1175, at Penafort, Catalonia, Spain. He had been a br
liant student and by the age of 20, he had become a professor of philosophy at
Barcelona. After his ordination as a priest, he earned a doctorate in both canon
(church) and civil law. At 47, he joined the newly founded Dominican Order.
Pope Gregory IX called him to Rome to be his Confessor. He was tireless in h
labors, preaching, instructing, hearing confessions, and converting heretics, Je
and Moors (Muslims) to the faith. So successful were his papal teachings that
rule of the Moors in Spain was eventually overthrown. He was promoted to Ar
bishop by the Pope in 1235 and three years later, he was elected head of the D
minican Order, only the second man to follow St. Dominic, himself! Just three
years later, he asked the Pope to be relieved of his responsibility, citing age as
factor, for he was 65. However, he lived 35 more years, continuing to convert
thousands to the Church, including the Moors in Spain. He was most influentia
in getting St. Thomas Aquinas to write his “Summa”. Raymond died in Barcel
na on January 7, 1275, at age 100, a rarity among people of his time. He was
canonized in 1601 by Pope Clement VIII. Articles by Marcel Norm
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entire family and a full welcome to the Catholic church!
this New Year, may you be guided by your strong faith in God,with hope in His presence, and powered by the experience of HisGod bless you all! Fr. Roger
March for Life Send-Off Mass re excited to announce that St. Michael's was chosen as the site for EK Send-Off Mass for area March for Life participants. You ared to join us on Wednesday, Jan. 23 as we send our youth and chap-s off to Washington D.C. to represent us in the National March for
After mass, we will feed the pilgrims and their guests with a chilir in the parish hall. Non-perishable items that the pilgrims can takehem for the long bus ride are also very much appreciated. We are
g for your help with this, in the form of bottled water, granola bars,dually packaged snack crackers, fruit snacks, small chip bags,
Please place donated items in the basket in the back of h. Thanks!!
2012 Christmas Season - St. Michael’s Angels
ichael’s Angels would like to thank and bless everyone for their osity this past Christmas season. We were able to give neededand gifts to 28 children this holiday season. Each family was very
appreciative. We couldn’t have completed our goal as Angels if itn’t for all of the support we receive from everyone. Thank you allur prayers and donations during this special time of the year. Once, the Angel Tree was a success and we appreciated those of you
ook an Angel and shopped for items on the list.
MICHAEL, DEFEND US IN ALL OUR BATTLES!