VISITING PRIEST

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 & 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

Apr. 30 Saturday
May 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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

106 N. Western Ave.

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

This coming Thursday, May 5, the Church observes the great Feast of the Ascension of Our
Lord into Heaven. In many dioceses of the world, it remains a Holy Day of Obligation. Other
dioceses observe the date as an Easter Weekday and transfer the solemnity to the following
Sunday, May 8. The Easter season is coming to a close and Jesus spent 40 days on earth after His
Resurrection. Some believe that His stay on earth for so long was to make certain that sufficient
people knew of the Resurrection. That truth had to be solidly established, for ALL of the other
truths of Our Holy Faith depend on it! Jesus said He was going to prepare a place for us and
also to present Himself to His heavenly Father in our behalf. Can you imagine Our Lord doing
this, presenting His wounds to the Father and saying: This much I have loved them, do Thou
deal mercifully with them.
His Ascension was necessary, however, so we could receive His Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The
Risen Christ, in the act of leaving the world and returning to heaven, commanded His disciples:
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded you. I am with you always, until the end of the world. Every follower of Christ
must show Christ within him. Each of us must be another Christ. Our thoughts, words, and
deeds must be that of Christ. It is a large obligation for He meant that we should REPLACE him
on earth so that by our own goodness, we might bring graceless people and sinners to God.
That is our primary obligation. When we give bad example or live a life contrary to Christs
teachingsthis will be our most deplorable condemnation.
Jesus, at His Ascension, also told the disciples, I go to prepare a place for you You can
understand why this feast takes on considerable importance for us. I surely hope that the Lord
has a place for me and all of you in heaven! If we remain faithful, the Lord will never need to
give our place to anyone else.
I recall an analogy that Fr. John Reinkemeyer once explained to me about space travel and
the Resurrection: Remember when the world thrilled at the words, blast off as our scientific
genius made possible the travel of man in outer space? We could think of Our Lords ascension
(and our own, someday), as a blasting off from this earth on the strength of grace and virtue
instead of rocket fuel! It could be like the weightlessness of the astronauts in outer space, but in
our case, it would give us an understanding of what a glorified body would be like. Therefore, to
insure a perfect blast off when your time comes, prepare yourself well, have all of your parts in
working order (like the rocket), for unlike space travel where they postpone a liftoff if something
is wrong, there will be no postponing our take off , our flight from earth. Well go in whatever
shape our souls are in at the time!
Lets celebrate the Ascension, for Jesus is with us through His Spirit and His Sacraments. Try
to attend Mass somewhere next Thursday.











- Marcel Normand

Wally & Betty Rons

Cathrine Madl
For the People
Patricia Haderlein
No Mass
No Mass
No Mass
No Mass
No Adoration
No Mass
No Adoration
Francis Buche
Steve VanLeeuwen
Mary Ginardi
For the People

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Altar Ministers for Next Weekend

Next Saturday (5/7/16)

Next Sunday (5/8/16)

!Altar Servers:

5:30 pm

Davis Davenport
& Sara Goble

Carly & Macy Reif,

Carson Sevart

EMHC:

Sharon Giacometti

Eileen Bland

Teresa Davenport

Michelle Puckett

Brian & Jill Davied

family

Mike & Joni Benso

family

!
Lector:
!

Gift Bearers

Contributions

PARISH HALL NEWS & CONCERNS

Childrens Offering

The Hall will be out of service from June 3rd through the 5th
as the floors are being stripped and waxed.

JESUS ASCENSION: BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS

Mass Schedule and Intentions for Apr. 30 - May 8

Collections

Fr. Bob McElwee will be our visiting priest this weekend.

Please thank him for being here and make him feel welcome!

10:00 am

! Ladies who have left a pan for funeral dinners, please pick
them up,they are starting to stack up!
! Anybody wishing to borrow something from the Hall or
Kitchen, please call the office first. We are missing about 50
amber colored glasses from the kitchen as well as the plastic
tubs used to bus tables. If you have information regarding the
missing items, please call the parish office. Unfortunately,
because of these issues, we will be keeping the Kitchen locked
from now on. Anyone needing access should call the parish
office.

MAY CROWNING

May Crowning will be this Sunday, May 1, 2016. The 8th

grade class will lead our Marian procession at the 10:00am
mass.

TOTUS TUUS SCHEDULED

Save the date! Totus Tuus is scheduled for the week of July
9-15, 2016! There are brochures in the back of church with
additional information.

$2,660.00

$108,511.87

$12.00

$658.82

Expenses

$112,501.39

Over / (Under)

($3,330.70)

Building Fund Contributions

$700.00

Building Fund Loan Balance

$218,736.67

ST. PEREGRINE ITEMS AVAILABLE

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.

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness

of the lily do not rob the little violet of its
scent nor the daisy of its simple
charm. If every tiny
flower wanted to be
a rose, spring
would lose its
loveliness.

MIDWEST CATHOLIC FAMILY CONFERENCE

The 17th Annual Midwest Catholic family conference will be

held Aug. 5-7 in Wichita, Ks. Call the parish office for more
information or visit catholicfamilyconference.org.

3RD ANNUAL LIFE RUN

Join us for the 3rd Annual Life Run, May 7, 2016, at Sedgwick
County Park. There is something for everyone: a 5K run and
1.5 mile family fun run, lots of activities and family friendly
vendors. For more information or to register, go to
www.liferunwichita.org. Contact the Respect Life and Social
Justice Office at (316) 269-3935 with questions.

July 2015 to date

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.

!
!

Last Week

- St. Therese
de Lisieux

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISHIONERS

Please pray for parishioners Mia Karhoff, newborn daughter

of Mark and Katy Karhoff, and for their family, Herman
Masser, Thurma Masser, Rosemary OToole, Tom Weston,
and Judy Widner who are ill or in need of prayers.

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