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St. Michael Catholic Church

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
Tuesday-Friday: 9:00 am - Noon
Closed Mondays
(620) 724-8717
STAFF Pastor: Fr. Roger Lumbre
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

!Rosary Altar Society

Knights of Columbus
4th Monday of Month 1st Tuesday of Month
6:30pm in hall
7:00pm in hall

!Helping Hands

Daughters of Isabella
Carrie Smith
Marilyn Bradshaw
724-6684
724-7133
Kapauns Men: Fridays at 6:00am in the hall

From the Pastor

Happy Feast day of the Corpus Christi or the Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus!
I have mentioned it several times in my homily to remember Chapter 6 of Saint Johns Gospel as
regards the biblical basis of the churchs teaching on the Eucharist! As Jesus spoke about eating his
flesh and drinking his blood, the response was less than enthusiastic. How can this man give us
his flesh to eat? (Verse 52). This is a hard saying, who can listen to it? (Verse 60). Jesus did not
run after the deserters saying, Come back! you got me wrong! During the Roman
persecutions, the early Christians were accused of cannibalism. It is because they heard that the
early Christians met weekly to eat flesh and drink human blood. They did not defend themselves
by saying: Wait a minute, its only a symbol! It was Saint Justin who explained the Eucharist to
the Emperor around 155AD: "For we do not receive these things as common bread or common
drink; but as Jesus Christ our Savior being incarnate by God's word took flesh and blood for our
salvation, so also we have been taught that the food consecrated by the word of prayer which
comes from him . . . is the flesh and blood of that incarnate Jesus. In the Middle Ages, St.
Thomas Aquinas offered the classic explanation of transubstantiation: the appearances of bread
and wine stay the same, but the very essence of these realities, which cant be viewed by a
microscope, is totally transformed. What starts as bread and wine becomes Christs body and
blood. But why did Jesus arrange for this transformation of bread and wine? It is because He
intended another kind of transformation. The bread and wine are transformed into the Body and
Blood of Christ which are, in turn, meant to transform us. We heard the phrase: you are what
you eat. Christ desires us to be transformed from imperfect individuals into the Body of Christ,
come to full stature. Our non-Catholic Christian brethren speak often of an intimate, personal
relationship with Jesus. There is nothing more personal and intimate than the Eucharist we receive
at communion! We receive the Lords body into our physical body that we may become Him
whom we receive! This awesome gift, though we celebrate it as often as we come to mass, deserves
its own feast. We should be grateful that back in the days of Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of
Assisi, Pope Urban IV instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264.

Congratulations and welcome to our Catholic community Elizabeth Bridget Graham, daughter
of Doug and Kristen Graham of Saint Michael in Girard who receives the sacrament of baptism
this Sunday! Please pray for the child and the Graham family!

You will find an insert in this weekends bulletin, the picture and article about Fr. Max Biltz, our
incoming pastor this July 1st. This was taken from St. Francis of Assisi Parishs website. If plans
push through, Bishop Kemme will be coming to St. Michael at the 10 AM mass for the installation
of the new Pastor on July 12! Mark your calendar! Once more I know it is not easy to all of us to
undergo all these changes. As I pray for all of you, please include him and me and all the priests
affected by the changes in your prayers!






God bless you! Fr. Roger

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4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am
Monday
7:00am
Tuesday
5:30pm
Wednesday 6:30pm
Thursday 8:00am
8:30am-3:00pm
Friday
7:00am
8:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am

Geno Marchetti
Patricia Haderlein
No Intention
For the People
Joe Hofer
No Intention
Vera Diskin
No Intention
Adoration
Verdan Davied
No Adoration
Francis Buche
Joe Hofer
Kathleen (Davied) Evan
For the People

A reception will be held for Fr. Roger following the 10:00am

mass on Sunday, June 28 in the Parish Hall. The St. Michael
Altar Society will provide the main dish. Families with last
names A-M are asked to please bring a dessert. Last names NZ, please bring a vegetable side dish. We hope you will join us
in expressing our gratitude to Fr. Roger for all he has meant to
our parish, and to wish him the best of luck in his new
assignment.

Friday, June 12, there is mass in Girard at 7:00am but NO

Adoration. Father has to leave for Hutchinson again right after
the mass to meet with the pastor there for the upcoming
changes.

ROSARY RALLY

A Rosary Rally for Gods Marriage is scheduled for Saturday,

June 13th at noon. Location to be announced. The first
Rosary Rally was held in 1917. The Rallies coordinate with
the Fatima dates. For more information or to volunteer to
help, contact Herman Masser at 724-4593.

FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM

The 2015 diocesan Fortnight for Freedom will begin June

21.Many activities and events are planned during the months
of June and July, including a Patriotic Rosary Walk, a Freedom
Picnic, a Diocesan Mass, Adoration and Holy Hours! Please
visit our webpage at http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/rlsj,
or our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/
Respect-Life-Social-Justice-Wichita/1467284103534287 for a
full calendar of events, or call the Diocesan Respect Life Social
Justice Office at 316-269-3935. Mary Immaculate, patroness
of our country, pray for us!

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Altar Ministers for June 13 & 14

Next Saturday (6/13/15)

Next Sunday (6/14/15)

!Altar Servers:

5:30 pm

Brandon & Bailey

Leritz

Eric Wilson, Macy

& Carly Reif

EMHC:

Linda DeGarmo

Marilyn McCracken

Lector:

Mary Twarog

Denny Heidrick

Gift Bearers

Alan & Kandell

Amershek family

Anita Doherty family

10:00 am

Contributions
Childrens Offering

NO ADORATION THIS FRIDAY

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH

Please pray for parishioners Ron Breneman, Gerald Davied,

Rosemary OToole, and Stan Thomas who are ill.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA

The Daughters of Isabella will hold their monthly meeting

Tuesday, June 9 at the St. Francis Parish Hall in St. Paul.

Mass Schedule and Intentions for June 6 - 14

June 6 Saturday

106 N. Western Ave.

Girard, KS 66743
(620) 724-8717
Pastor: Fr. Roger Lumbre

SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM

The Girard Public Library will be serving a free lunch for

children every day from June 1st to July 30th from 11:00am to
12:30pm. This program is open to children & teens ages 1-18.

Last Week

July 2014 to date

$1,788.00

$121,908.80

$14.00

$559.24

Expenses

$103,690.40

Over / (Under)

$18,777.64

Building Fund Contributions

$56.25

Building Fund Loan Balance

$240,312.29

TOTUS TUUS
St. Michael Totus Tuus is the week of June 14 - 19. There is a
sign-up sheet in the back of church for anyone who wishes to
provide a meal for the team. Thanks for your help!

POPE FRANCIS ENVIRONMENTAL ENCYCLICAL

Pope Francis is gearing up to release his Papal Encyclical on the
environment this summer and will make the humanitarian and
spiritual case for acting on climate change. The much-anticipated
teaching document will be the first from a pope to be devoted
entirely on creation and human relationship with it. The
encyclical is likely to reference such themes as: the possible causes
of global warming; the human toll on climate change; the need to
repair our relationship with the natural world; the call to view
environmental advocacy as an opportunity for dialogue and
evangelization; and a gospel call to peoples of all faiths to make
lifestyle choices to reduce the existential threat to human beings
from anthropogenic climate change. Pope Francis is calling on the
global faith community to discern, not simply on whether our
lifestyles are promoting care for creation, but also whether our
social, economic, and political choices protect the interests of the
poorest among us.

GACF GARDEN TOUR

The Girard Area Community Foundation is hosting a Garden

Tour on Saturday, June 20, from 8:00am to 1:00pm, featuring
six area gardens. Tickets include 5 raffle tickets, a map and
overview of the gardens. Participants are invited to visit the
gardens in any order and leisurely browse at their own pace.
This is a fundraiser for GACF, a non-profit organization
dedicated to the betterment of Girard area communities.
Contact Nancy Bauer for ticket information. A $6 lunch will
also be available that day from 11am-1pm at the First
Christian Church Park, with proceeds going to the First
Christian Church Building Fund.

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