FIRST COMMUNION PHOTOS

St. Michael Catholic Church

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First Communion photographs have arrived and may be

picked up in the church entrance at St. Michael's.

106 N. Western Ave.

Girard, KS 66743
(620) 724-8717
Pastor: Fr. Max Biltz

MAY CROWNING/8TH GRADE

RECOGNITION:
8th

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
Fr. Maxs cell: (316) 708-9473
Fr. Maxs email: thomas.becket.fan@gmail.com
STAFF Pastor: Fr. Max Biltz
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

!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

THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

This weekend, the Church celebrates the great feast of Corpus Christi, which interpreted, means
the Feast of the Body of Christ, the Blessed Sacrament. This feast celebrates NOT AN EVENT,
BUT A FACT! Christ offers Himself to God, the Father. He allows us to participate by instituting
this incredible sacramentHis sacrifice of the Altar. The Holy Eucharist is not only Christs
presence, but also His promisethe promise of eternal inheritance. The two are so related that
Our Lord identified them: He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life everlasting and I
will raise him up on the last day Our very custom of making a devout genuflection or bow
before receiving Holy Communion, shows outwardly our faith in Christs Real Presence in the
Blessed Sacrament. He is truly present in the Holy EucharistBody, Blood, Soul, and Divinity,
under each particle of the Eucharist and each drop of the Precious Blood. At the moment of the
consecration (Jesus words instituting the Eucharist), the entire reality of bread is changed into the
reality of Christs Body; the entire reality of wine is changed into Christs Blood. Only the
appearances of bread and wine remain. The reality is the glorified Christ. It isnt the mere
eating and drinking which brings us lifeJesus also said that the flesh profits nothing.
In order to benefit from receiving Holy Communion, we must give ourselves to the Lord,
meaning that we must be free of serious sin. We should desire with all our heart to be free from all
attachment to sin and want to serve Him in every way possible. When we attend Mass, we are
renewing our covenant in the Lord Jesus Christ. Our part of the covenant is to heed and do all
that the Lord has commanded us. We need to have this spirit when we come to Mass and
Communion. God is a giver and He has to have a receiver for His giving and that is why He
made us. That is why He chose Mary, in order to have someone to put Himself in flesh. He chose
the Eucharist to put Himself in us. This confused the Jews of the day, and even TODAY, many
Catholics remain perplexed as to HOW can He give us His body and blood? Every Catholic has
heard the explanation many times and it was a pure and simple act for Jesus: He took bread,
blessed and broke it, and giving it to His disciples, said, Take and eat, this is My body; then he took
the chalice of wine, blessed it, and giving it to them, said, all of you drink this, for this is My blood
of the new covenant which is being shed for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in
remembrance of Me. We, as Catholics, believe this because His words clearly say so: This is My
Body, not This is a symbol of My Body. He made the Apostles priests at the Last Supper by
saying to them, Do this in remembrance of Me. He commanded them and their successors to
renew till the end of time what He had just performed.
All our good works put together can never equal the Sacrifice of the Mass, because they are the
works of humans, while the holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the work of God. St. John Vianney, the
Cure dArs, France, said: Martyrdom is nothing in comparison with the Sacrifice of the Mass, for
martyrdom is the sacrifice which Man makes to God of his life, while the Mass is the sacrifice which
God offers, for Man of His Body and Blood. Or, put more simply, this story: A little child was
preparing for her first Holy Communion and was asked the difference between a crucifix and the
Blessed Sacrament. The innocent child answered, the crucifix looks like Our Lord, but it is not He.
The Blessed Sacrament does not look like Our Lord, but It is He, Himself ! - Marcel Normand

Altar Ministers for Next Weekend

Mass Schedule and Intentions for May 28 -June 5

May 28 Saturday
29
30
31
June 1
2
3
4
5

4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am
Monday
7:00am
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

Cathi Lepoglow
Don Pyle
No Intention
For the People
No Mass
No Mass
No Mass
No Mass
No Adoration
No Mass
No Adoration
Bob Pazzie
Jim Peak
Joe & Betty Youvan
For the People

Arma
Girard
Arma
Girard
Girard
Arma
Girard
Girard
Arma
Girard
Girard
Arma
Girard
Arma
Girard

Next Saturday (6/4/16)

!Altar Servers:
EMHC:

!
Lector:
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Gift Bearers

5:30 pm

Next Sunday (6/5/16)

10:00 am

Abi, Ethan & Carter

Doherty

Sara Goble, Carly

& Macy Reif

Sharon Giacometti

Anna Goble

Linda Moore

Ruth Duling

Mary Ann Lepoglow

& Marilyn Bradshaw

Randy & Lisa

McAtee

Congratulations to our
grade students as they begin their
high school journey. Thank you to all the 8th grade students
and families for helping to honor Mary as queen of heaven
and earth in our May Crowning ceremony!

Davis Davenport
Marcy McDonald

Josh Duling
Macy Reif

Heston Kavanaugh

!Also our thanks and congratulations to Heston Kavanaugh for

having perfect attendance all year long!
!
MEMORIAL DAY MASS

There will be a 9:30am mass on Memorial Day, May 30, at St.

Aloysius Cemetery. Fr. McElwee will be the celebrant.

WELCOME, GAVIN!

Please help us in welcoming the newest member of St.

Michaels parish, Gavin Ryker Scales, who arrived on
Wednesday, May 25. Congratulations to the Scales family!

TOTUS TUUS: JULY 10-15

Please mark your calendars for a fun & energetic week at St.
Michaels parish hall to participate in Totus Tuus! The
program is led by college students and seminarians, teaching
and inspiring youth. This is a FREE program, each family is
asked to bring a bag of cookies the first day. Children grades
1-5 meet Monday-Friday from 9-3 and youth grades 6-12 meet
Sunday-Thursday in the evenings. Enrollment forms will be
available in the back of the church. All are invited to attend
the potluck dinner on Wednesday. Parishioners are needed for
dinner hosts and to provide lunch for the team each day.

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

If you are a high school junior or older, come on a journey

with your peers through the Paschal Mystery of Christ through

Last Week

July 2015 to date

Contributions

TBA

TBA

Childrens Offering

TBA

TBA

Expenses

$122,206.40

Over / (Under)

TBA

Building Fund Contributions

TBA

Building Fund Loan Balance

$216,777.63

stories, discussions, Mass, prayer, music, game activities and

fun. TEC is a high energy, Spirit-directed Faith experience.
There are 2 retreats offered this summer: June 25-27 in
Hutchinson, & July 16-18 in St. Paul! For more information,
visit http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/faith-tec/tec or call
Paula Sevart at 620.724.7585. Parents, please encourage your
youth to attend!

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISHIONERS

Please pray for parishioners Herman Masser, Thurma Masser,

Rosemary OToole, Tom Weston, and Judy Widner who are ill
or in need of prayers.

VISITING PRIEST
Fr. McElwee will be our visiting priest next weekend, June 4
and 5. Please make him feel welcome, and thank him for
being here!

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.

ST. PEREGRINE ITEMS AVAILABLE

St. Peregrine cards, medals and tokens are available free of

charge for persons with a cancer diagnosis or cancer survivors.
St. Peregrine is the patron saint of persons suffering from
cancer. If you would like one for yourself or a loved one, call
Teresa Davenport at 362-3042.

ALTAR FLOWERS DONATIONS

If you would like to make a donation in honor of a loved one

that will be used to purchase flowers for the altar, please
contact Faith at the parish office, 724-8717. The flowers will
remain as long as they are fresh, and the memorial information
will be included in the bulletin.

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