106 N. Western Ave.

Girard, KS 66743
Tel. (620)724-8717
Weekly Bulletin
of
Saint Michael Church, Girard
www.stmichaelgirard.com
Saint Michael Parish Mission Statement:
We the parishioners of Saint Michael the Archangel, through leadership and strong traditions are
faithful disciples of the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church. We commit ourselves to
be generous stewards of our faith, our parish, and our community. We strive to involve all members
to be united in one parish family for the salvation of all.

Notes from the Pastor - Thank you for all your prayers for the success of the Annual Fall Convocation
of all the priests in the diocese of Wichita with our new bishop. It was indeed a wonderful week of prayer,
learning and fraternity. Monday afternoon, the bishop welcomed all the clergy for the first time. He told us
his real experience as a priest during a first confession of kids. It was a face to face confession but one of
the kids sat in front of him for a while and never said anything. So the then Fr. Kemme said ok let us start,
in the name of the Father, and of the Son The kid followed the hand gesture but did not say anything.
So Fr. Kemme said ok, you remember how to start it Bless me father for I have sinned The kid con-
tinued to stay mum. Fr. Kemme repeated, This is how you start, bless me father for I have sinned. This is
my first confession. The kid finally responded quickly, This is my first confession too!
His welcome talk was really a wonderful first. He emphasized the importance of the relationship be-
tween bishop and priests. That we will be united and that the relationship should be based on honest, sin-
cere, mature, and mutual respect for each other. At the last part of the talk he gives us an update of our
brother priests: those who are serving outside the diocese and those who are sick. Like, we are told about
Fr. Carney, our former pastor. He is doing good serving as a chaplain at a monastery somewhere near Kan-
sas City. Every day we are joined together in morning, noon, and evening prayers, and we have mass at 11
in the morning. On Tuesday, the mass was celebrated for the priests who celebrated their 25
th
, 40
th
, 55
th
, and
60
th
jubilee as a priest this year. One of them was Fr. Chris Ah-maung the pastor of Columbus and Scam-
mon who celebrated his 40
th
anniversary. Then on Wednesday, the mass was celebrated in honor of and for
the intention of the newly ordained priests Fr. Sam Brandt and Fr. Andy Walsh who were just ordained
last May. Then Thursday our mass was celebrated for the intention of our brother priests who died this year
Fr. Donald Thissen our former pastor, and Fr. Bob Larsen.
As I have mentioned in the bulletin last weekend the topic for our reflection in this conference is on the
New Evangelization. We had two wonderful speakers both based in Denver, CO: the first one was Edward
Sri, a lay theologian from Saint Augustine Institute of Theology. He explained to us that the New

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Gift Bearers
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S. Goble & M.K. Smith


Rachel Ausemus
Mary Twarog

Butch & Mary Reif Family
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E. Wilson, B. & K. Scales


Eileen Bland
Beth Wilson

Wayne & Marilyn
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Mass Schedules & Intentions for October 25th-November 2nd:
Saint Michaels Upcoming Events

Finance Council Parish Council
Tony Stonerock-Chair Dale Coomes-Chair
TBA TBA

Rosary Altar Society Knights of Columbus
Next meeting, Oct. 27th 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm
At 6:30pm in the Hall. St. Michael Parish Hall

Helping Hands Daughters of Isabella
Need help or want to volunteer, Call Marilyn Bradshaw,
Call Carrie Smith, 724-6684 724-7133

Kapauns Men Friday mornings at 6am!
St. Michaels Fall Bazaar
A Great Big Thank You to all who helped with our parish Fall Bazaar. The hard
work and cooperation of everyone made it a very huge success. We served
1,045 people. Thank you again for everyones help. Thank you God for the
beautiful weather, it was perfect!

St. Michael Altar Society
St. Michaels Altar Society will meet Monday, October 27th at 6:30pm. Please
come and join us with ideas that we need to change and new ideas for 2015 Fall
Bazaar. Also, we will be deciding the Charities and organizations, etc. that we
will be supporting. Hope to see you there!

Birthday Wishes
Thurma Massers 103rd birthday will be November 5th. Her family would love
to have cards sent to her at: Thurma Masser, 12018 Bennington Avenue,
Grandview, MO 64030-12330. Happy Birthday Thurma!!

"The Joy of the Gospel: Faith Working Through Love
October 26, 2014
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ex: 22:20-26; 1 Thes 1:5c-10; Mt 22:34-40
Love your neighbor as yourself. These words come from Jesus as second in
importance only to the command to love the Lord with one's whole heart, soul
and mind. In Christ's answer to the testing by the Pharisees he summarized the
entirety of the law and prophets contained in the Hebrew Scriptures. While the
scholars of the law knew that the wrath of God would visit them if they preyed
upon widows, orphans, aliens and their poor neighbors, they did not understand
the law as a command to love their neighbor. Jesus' words reach us today as a
reminder that a person in need is our neighbor and we have a duty to address
those needs. St. Paul praises the Thessalonians for taking the message of the
Gospel to heart and serving each other in faith and love. As we contemplate the
words of our Lord, may his light show us the path to the Kingdom.

First Saturday Rosary
Saturday, November 1 is the first Saturday of November and our Diocesan
scheduled day to pray the rosary to end abortion at the South Wind Womens
Center in Wichita. Your parish is scheduled to have a presence there at the clin-
ic on Saturday, November 1. We will begin the rosary around 9:00am. The
address of the clinic is 5107 E. Kellogg, Wichita. Please notify your parish and/
or respect life coordinators of this event.
We understand that, due to travel purposes, it can be difficult to be there at
that time. So if you are unable to be there with us physically, we ask that you
gather together in your parish or family to pray a rosary to end abortion with us
at that time. We must unite our prayers for an end to abortion in this country
and in this world.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Respect Life
and Social Justice Office at 316-269-3935.
We hope you will be able to join us on Saturday, November 1!

Pregnancy and Adoption Services at Catholic Charities
Services are offered at no cost to pregnant women from pregnancy through six
months following birth. We offer assistance with:
Access to medical care; infant supplies, transportation.
Setting goals; education, managing finances, childcare arrangements and
household management.
Education; prenatal/preparing for childbirth, care of newborn, parenting skills,
child development, adoption option.
Counseling; as needed for additional areas of concern.
Call Cheryl Scott, Pregnancy and Support Specialist, at 316-263-6941.

March for Life 2015
There is still time to register, but the deadline is approaching for the 2015
March for Life pilgrimage! Pilgrimage dates are Tuesday evening, January 20
through Sunday, January 25, 2015. Cost per pilgrim is $375. Registration forms
are available to download at www.catholicdioceseofwichita.org/rlsj . Ques-
tions? Call 316-269-3935. Join Bishop Kemme on the 2015 March for Life.







Evangelization contains the same message of Christs love,
forgiveness of sins, and redemption but that there is an ur-
gent need to proclaim the Gospel with "new ardor, method
and expression", as Blessed John Paul II insisted as written
in his encyclical Redemptoris Missio. This New Evangeli-
zation he said engages the present-day culture and modern
man. He provided three circumstances in evangelization as
contained in that document: (1) preaching to those who
have never heard the Gospel (ad gentes), (2) preaching to
those Christian communities where the Church is present
and who have fervor in their faith, and (3) preaching to
those Christian communities who have ancient roots but
who have lost a living sense of the faith, or even no longer
consider themselves members of the Church, and live a life
far removed from Christ and his Gospel. In this case what is
needed is a new evangelization or a re-evangelization.
The second speaker was Fr. Scott Traynor, the rector of St.
John Vianney Seminary also in Denver. He is a noted
speaker on the topic where he emphasized that Relational
Prayer is the foundation of the New Evangelization. He
continued to encourage everyone how we have to do more
than just talk about prayer. He discusses how we must
live our prayer in the union of love within the heart of the
Holy Trinity. That is the goal of Christian prayer.

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Sun. 10:00 am 8:00 am

CONFESSION
Sat. 2:00-2:30pm 3:15-3:45pm

Weekdays before Mass;
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STAFF
Fr. Roger Lumbre
Pastor

Janel Scales
Bookkeeper/Bulletin Editor


Faith Paoni
Secretary

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Closed on Mondays
Tel. (620) 724-8717
COLLECTIONS
Last Week July 2014 to date
Contributions $1,402.00 $39,321.69
Children's Offering $13.00 $136.44
Expenses $39,814.18
Over/ (Under) ($356.05)

We Thank our advertisers for your support!
Thank you to all our Altar Society Ladies and their Spouses
and Families and to all for supporting our successful Turkey
Dinner last Sunday. It was so heartwarming to see all lots of
people from different places joining us and many of our parish-
ioners young and old working hard to help in any way they can.
Congratulations to the winners of the raffle. Thank you to all the
donors of prizes, and congratulations and thank you to the Altar
Society Officers!

November 1
st
(Saturday) and 2
nd
(Sunday) -
All Saints and All Souls:
All Saints falls on Saturday this year. It is one of the three holy
days that, when falling on Saturday or Monday, is abrogated.
Therefore, this year it is not a holy day of obligation. (The other
two that may be abrogated are Jan. 1, Mother of God and August
15, the Assumption). Since it falls on a weekend our schedule
will be the normal mass times!

John Twarog entered eternal life, last Thursday October 23.
Our condolences to John, Jr. and David Twarog and their fami-
lies. If you havent known it, his funeral was Saturday, October
25 at 10:00 in the morning at the Saint Michael Hall. Please
include John and his family in your prayers. Eternal rest grant
unto him O Lord. And let perpetual life shine upon him. Amen.
God bless you all! Fr. Roger

St. michael, defend us in all our battles!