HELP NEEDED

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
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
June 14 @ 6:30pm

!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

June 11 Saturday
12
14
15
16
17
18
19

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

Frances Buche
Verdan Davied
Cathy Lepoglow
For the People
No Mass
No Mass
No Mass
No Adoration
No Mass
No Adoration
Connie Morris
Patricia Haderlein
For the People
Dave Gall

A TRIBUTE TO THE PRIESTHOOD

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

Altar Ministers for Next Weekend

Next Saturday (6/18/16)

!Altar Servers:
EMHC:

!
Lector:
!

Gift Bearers

5:30 pm

Contributions

Next Sunday (6/19/16)

10:00 am

Bailey & Brandon

Leritz

Gage Born, Evan

Sisney, Eric Wilson

Rachel Ausemus

Jerry Hanson

Nancy Bauer

Beth Wilson

Bob & Linda Moore

Angie Mukwindidza
family

The church office will be closed next week. Faith can be

reached at 724-2936 if needed.

Expenses - May

MASS SCHEDULE CHANGE

CONFESSION SCHEDULE CHANGE

There will be no confessions at St. Michaels on Saturday,
June18, as there will be a wedding.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA

The Daughters of Isabella will meet on Tuesday, June 14, at

7:30 p.m. at the St. Francis Parish Hallin St. Paul. Chairman:
Marlene Clark, Co-Chairman: Sandy Schoenhofer.

BLOOD DRIVE HELP NEEDED

The American Red Cross Blood Drive will be at St. Michaels

Hall on Tuesday, June 21. The Altar Society will host the
event and we need a few ladies to help. They will be there from
11:30-5:30. Please contact Linda K. Degarmo at 724-8905 if
you can help.

$2,883.00

$124,338.87

$7.00

$720.05

$8,867.35

$131,073.75
($6,014.83)

Building Fund Contributions

$10.00

Building Fund Loan Balance

$214,798.50

CATECHISTS NEEDED

THANKS, KNIGHTS!

A big thank you to the Knights who helped move Fr. Biltz.
You are greatly appreciated!

July 2015 to date

Over / (Under)

When our regular mass schedule resumes with Fr. McKinneys

arrival, there will no longer be a Monday morning mass at St.
Michaels.

Last Week

Childrens Offering

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

In this season of graduations and ordinations, we are naturally focused on careers and vocations.
Our Lady of Lourdes in Pittsburg rejoices with the family of Fr. Gabriel Greer, who was recently
ordained in Wichita by Bishop Kemme. He now becomes Another Christ with a sharing in His
Divine powers of the Eternal Priesthood. All who know Fr. Gabe wish him the highest holiness and
happiness of life in the Priesthood of Christ. He celebrated his First Mass of Thanksgiving to an
overflowing crowd in his home parish of Lourdes last weekend. For the first time, his priestly hands
raised aloft the Body and Blood of Christ consecrated by his own New powers of the Priesthood.
This was his day of glory after many long years of study and training. Fr. Gabe graduated from St.
Marys-Colgan in 2008. Bishop Kemme has placed him at the Church of the Magdalen in Wichita
where he will begin his priesthood. Fr. Gabes younger brother, Derek, whom I taught while at
St.Marys-Colgan, has indicated a strong interest in a similar vocation and has had some seminary
training. Fr. Gabe said that Derek is on track, God willing, to be ordained in three years.
This is a good time to mention that St. Josephs parish at Arma produced a priest in the person
of Fr. Joseph Gorentz. He and I were in the same class in Arma schools from kindergarten through
high school, graduating in 1953. We then commuted to PSU together for three years. He left for the
seminary in our college senior year; however, I wasnt surprised because he spoke of a vocation off
and on beginning in high school. He came from a family of devout Catholics and he took his
religion seriously, to the point of nudging me many times during our years together that I should
join the Church. After nearly ten years of preparation for his lifetime vocation, my dear friend, Joe
Gorentz, became Fr. Joseph Gorentz on a Saturday in late March of 1966. The next day, Palm
Sunday, he returned to his home parish, St. Josephs, to offer his First Mass of Thanksgiving. What
a joyous occasion it was! After a short stint at Holy Name in Coffeyville, he was assigned as assistant
pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes in Pittsburg about 1968. From there, he went to the Newman
Center on the campus of Pittsburg State. Therefore, being near his hometown, we saw a lot of him
in those years before he was moved to Wichita. Often, he would substitute at St. Josephs when our
pastor had to be away. Several times, I was lector for his masses and I recall looking up at him as he
performed his special calling and Id think of those earlier years when we were in high school and
the amusing times we had. Oh, he never let up on me with the Catholic thing; each time he came
home from seminary before and after Helen and I were married in 1962, the conversation would
drift to what had I decided to do about my relationship to God. When our first child was born, Fr.
Joe was there, holding and playing with him. He insisted on our meeting the Arma pastor in 1964,
Fr. John Reinkemeyer. He set up the meeting for us and for my brother, Richard, and his wife,
Nancy. After that first meeting with Fr. John, the die was cast! We were all baptized on Dec. 24, the
night of the First Mass in our present church. He wasnt going to rest until that happened and it
was the most incredible event of our lives and we have Fr. Joe to thank for introducing us to Fr.
John. This is only one instance of Fr. Joes pursuit of souls. Our incoming priest, Fr. Floyd
McKinney, would become another. Fr. Joe worked tirelessly for 13 years evangelizing, but cancer
took him in early 1979. I knew of his potential and I often think of what more he would have
accomplished.




Marcel Normand

Mass Schedule and Intentions for June 11 - 19

Collections

We are in need of volunteers to help with raking and debris

clean-up behind the rectory. Please call the parish office,
724-8717, if you are willing to offer your time and talent in
this way.

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISHIONERS

Please pray for parishioners Marjorie Giefer, Herman Masser,

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

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.

Please consider volunteering to become a catechist or cocatechist (team teach with another) and sharing our Catholic
faith with the children of 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
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!

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.

IRELAND & ITALY PILGRIMAGE

You are invited to hear more about this Holy Year of Mercy
trip to the Shrines of Ireland, including Our Lady of Knock
and the homeland of St. Patrick. In Rome, we will visit St.
Peters Basilica, Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, attend a
Papal Audience, the Coliseum, plus much more. In Orvieto we
will see a Eucharistic Miracle. Trip is in October 2016. There
will be an informational meeting on Sunday, June 12th at
11:00a.m. or Monday, June 13th at 6:00p.m. at St. Patricks
Parish Hall in Parsons. For a brochure or more information
please call Suzie Diskin at 620-449-2783 or 423-0615.

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