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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: I am surprised to hear that some of you do not know that we have monthly visitations to the sick and the homebound in our parish. I followed Fr. Carneys schedule on this! Regularly I visit them in the morning of every second and fourth Friday of the month to our catholic residents at the Heritage and the rest on their houses. Added to that, our Eucharistic Ministers bring communion to them every Sunday. If there are other parishioners whom you know would benefit from this ministry please call our parish office and give us the contact information or you can tell me right after mass. There also arose questions about mass intentions especially for our deceased brothers and sisters. Some people have asked when the mass for the intentions of their loved ones be said. To answer this we have to understand first that there is a diocesan policy that mass intentions should be celebrated within one year from the date it was received. After one year, that mass intention should be given to other priests, especially the missionaries, with no mass intentions when they celebrate the mass. The reason for this is based on Canon 946 which states that those who give Mass stipends are contributing to the good of the Church, for they share in the Churchs concern for the support of its ministers. A major concern of the Church is that there be no appearance that Masses are being bought or sold. Canon 947 notes that even the semblance of trafficking or trading in Mass offerings is to be entirely avoided; and someone who traffics in Mass stipends for profit may actually be punished with a censure (c. 1385). Based on the aforementioned, we schedule the mass intentions on a first come first served basis. However, we give consideration for family requests on occasions of death anniversaries and other special occasions. For this you have to call our parish office and express your request - the earlier the better. If you have more questions with these please feel free to visit with me and I would be willing to discuss this matter in detail. Please take note for the incoming events: July 22-27 - Totus Tuus July 22 Senior altar servers appreciation at the 10AM mass; pizza party afterwards with families July 28 - Mission Statement Recollection; also, Sr. Imelda Schmidt will be sharing with us in all of the masses this weekend about the mission activities for our awareness and prayer and financial support. Next Sunday(7/22/2012) 10:00 AM Max Adams, T. Paoni, E. Wilson, J. Hey, E. Doherty, B. Coomes, L. Gorentz, John Duling Joan Davied Doug Lopeman Robert & Alice Davied August 1 - Virtus Training -6:30PM at St. Michael Hall, Girard. Those who have not attended this training yet, please call the parish office to register! August 12 Junior HS Catechists meeting after the 10AM mass at the hall August 19 HS Catechists meeting after the 10 AM mass at the hall August 26 all catechists are invited to attend the Catechists Fair at Our Lady of Lourdes September 8/9 Bishop Jackels will be visiting our parish and will celebrate the weekend masses with us; September 9 Mass will be at 10:30 AM with Bishop Jackels; installation of our catechists within the mass; Parish Picnic follows at the hall and church ground food, band, and games! Please plan ahead and unite with one another! September 12- CCD Classes starts God bless us all! Fr. Roger Angels Among Us Angels Among Us will be cooking chicken again this year at the Crawford County Fair and they have asked the St. Michaels Altar Society to provide pies. All proceeds go There will be a sign up sheet in the back of the Church. More information to follow. Thank you in advance!

Next Saturday(7/21/2012) Altar Servers: 5:30 PM J. Brokob & B. Leritz

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

Rhonda Stonerock Tony Stonerock Brian & Jill Davied

Mass Schedules & Intentions for July 14th-22nd:

July 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 7:00 AM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 8AM-6:00PM 8:00 AM 8:30AM-4PM 7:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Frances & Ann Krusich Mary Davied Joseph A. Klinkon Pro Populo Tony Kavcich Julia LaSota Verl Diskin Eucharistic Adoration Shaylon Bennett Eucharistic Adoration Tony Kavcich Pat Neil Marion Lowe Pro Populo Kathryn Arthur Arma Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Arma Girard Arma Girard Arma Girard

July, A Time to Slowdown? July opens the second half of 2012, right in the midst of summer, and accordLast Week July 2012 to date ing to some sociologists, an ideal time to slowdown, block out some leisure time Contributions $2,257.50 $5,840.45 for you and your family, and just savor these few weeks when school isnt in Children's Offering $46.50 $46.50 session, summer ball leagues are over, and no major holiday is facing us with its particular demands. You see, many of us have morphed into workaholics withExpenses $0.00 out realizing it. We dont feel theres enough leeway in our schedules for just Over/ (Under) $5,886.95 relaxing. Well, summer provides that opportunity where we can seriously plan some fun for a short time without feeling guilty. Are we living by a work ethic that says we must be doing something useful Saint Michaels Upcoming Events every minute? Shouldnt we have some time to wonder or think? The great poets, artists, and inventors usually found time to dream. Summer heat begs us to Finance Council Parish Council slowdown for a spell. Rejuvenation might even occur that could make our return Tony Stonerock-Chair Dale Coomes-Chair to work thrice blest! Give it a serious try sometime this summer to shed the re2nd Thursday of Month, 5pm Next Meeting, TBA sponsibilities (not Mass!) and really have a few days of family fun. It doesnt have to be expensive, just so you and your family are alone, together, minus Rosary Altar Society Knights of Columbus lifes daily burdens. And, please, leave cellphones at home! Next meeting, Aug. 27th 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm At 6pm in the Hall. St. Michael Parish Hall Saint Camillus * Patron of the Sick and of Nurses This coming Wednesday, July 18, the Church observes the Feast of St. Camillus, although not well-known, led an interesting life, going from roughneck Helping Hands Daughters of Isabella gambler to a great saint and lovable human being. He was born in Italy in 1550 Need help or want to volunteer, Call Marilyn Bradshaw, and his mother died when he was a child. His dad was a soldier and often away Call Carrie Smith, 724-6684 724-7133 from home, neglecting his son. Camillus spent his younger years gambling and That Man in You fighting. Friday mornings at 6am By age 17, he was a robust young man, 6 foot 6 inches tall with a lot of muscle. He posed a threat to many in his village and some were glad when he left to Totus Tuus Announcements join his Dad as a soldier. However, while in the army, he acquired an incurable ++Our Totus Tuus week is scheduled for July 22-27. Registration disease where his legs broke out in painful sores that got infected, forcing him to forms are in the back of the Church or you can register your child admit himself to a hospital in Rome. This was a humiliating experience for him, the first day of Totus Tuus. Grades 1-6 will meet from 9:00amwho had been a proud soldier, but gambled most of his earnings away. Now, he had to work as an attendant at the hospital in exchange for treatment. He could3:00pm, Monday through Friday. They will need a sack lunch nt seem to beat his vices and finally he was kicked out of the hospital for being each day except Friday when the parish will provide lunch. Grades 7-12 will meet in the evenings from 7:30pm-9:45pm start- quarrelsome and gambling. His legs werent completely healed at the time. In the next few years, he fought in various armies, then gambled away his money, ing on Sunday, the 22nd, ending on Thursday, the 26th. Please and usually found himself hungry and homeless. remember to bring one bag of cookies per family on the first day. Around the age of 25, he underwent a dramatic conversion. He was working Contact Nancy Bauer with questions, 724-8533. for a Capuchin friar who had taken pity on him. The friar witnessed Camillus ++We are in need of volunteers to feed the Totus Tuus team for fierce temper one day, and knowing about his gambling habit, he took him aside the week of July 22-27. We need both lunch and dinner for most and spoke plainly to him about God. Whatever the friar said must have suddenly of the 7 days. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the Church if opened Camillus eyes for he sank to the ground and wept. He wanted to become you would like to provide a meal or you can call Nancy Bauer at a Capuchin, but couldn't because of his incurable disease. He decided to devote himself to the care of the sick and returned to the hospital that had once dis724-8533. Thanks! missed him. In those days, hospitals were purgatory on earth, as one writer put it. They Sisters Visit were filthy with the smell of death and usually no nurses and only a few doctors. In compliance with the Bishops Missionary Cooperation in the Most attendants hated their job and were poorly paid. Patients were often misWichita Diocese, Sister Imelda, a Dominican Sister of Peace from treated and left without food or water. Camillus fought evil with good and beGreat Bend, will be sharing about her Communitys missing became a devoted caretaker of the poor. He took on the difficult tasks in the hospigun in 1956 in Nigeria, Africa, specifically about Hope for the tal and lovingly nursed the sick. He advanced to the superintendent of the hospiVillage Child. Sister spent eleven years ministering there and her tal and fellow attendants vowed to imitate his example. In 1584, Camillus was ordained a priest and founded the Order devoted to the last visit was a few years ago. care of the sick. An epidemic raged through Rome and Camillus and his brothers distributed food and cared for the sick. When he retired, he had eight hospitals A Meal in His Name The Knights of Columbus have volunteered to help clean up eve- under his care. He died on July 18, 1614, at age 64 and was later named the pary fourth Thursday of the month. Any Knights who are available tron of the sick and of nurses at his canonization. Articles by Marcel Normand

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