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Notes from the Pastor: Happy and Blessed Easter!

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/Marcel Normand Bookkeeper/Bulletin Editor Judy Smerchek Secretary Rectory Office Hours Wednesdays 9AM-Noon Tel. (620) 347-4525

Easter is the feast of all feasts! For me, it is even more meaningful than Christmas! Try to imagine this: you were joyful at the birth of your child. What if your child died, then after three days the child come back to life. The joy would certainly be unimaginable and immeasurable! This is the joy of Easter! And this is the good news to all of us, especially those among us whose loved ones have already departed: they are alive! The proof? Our Lords resurrection! Whats the proof that Jesus rose from the dead? I questioned that before when I was growing up. But as many people have realized, I found the answer with the lives of the apostles their witnessing: how they lived and how they died! According to the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles, they lived like brothers and sisters, loving, helping, forgiving, and united to one another in the name of Christ! How they died? They chose to die a martyrs death: stoned, beheaded, crucified, flayed alive, burned at the stakeif they were spreading a lie that Jesus rose from the dead, would they be willing to die a horrible death for the sake of a lie? Think about that! But of course this is a matter of faith. And I always say: for those who believe, no proof is needed. For those who do not believe, no proof is sufficient! And the most wonderful news of all: Jesus death and resurrection saves us and restores us back to God! Thats why we are called an Easter People because of our Easter faith! Without Christs resurrection, we will not be here! Now the challenge is on us! God calls us to live and, if opportunity provides, die like the Apostles and many Christians did! We are called to be His witnesses! I thank all the people who made our Holy Week celebrations successful and meaningful! For Girard: special thanks to Joan Davied and all volunteers to be lectors, EMEs, gift bearers, sacristans; to Faith Paoni and all our altar servers especially to Lucas Gorentz; to Nancy Hofer and those who helped her decorate our church, and to Ruth Duling and all our musicians and choir; to Michelle Puckett and our CYM kids for the Easter Egg Hunt! I thank the 12 volunteers for the washing of the feet! Thanks for the humility! Next Sunday(4/15/2012) 8:00 AM Kaylee Bogina Greg Bogina & Mike Ashbacher Tracey Bogina Linda Broyles Barbara Doue & Mary Sayre
Barbara Free Ruth Wingebach Pro Populo Elsie Elmer William & Pauline Tierney Elsie Elmer Eucharistic Adoration Frank Grano Eucharistic Adoration Past & Present Altar Society Roy, Pauline, David Harman Verl Diskin Ruth Wingebach Pro Populo Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Arma Girard Arma Girard Arma Girard

Next Saturday (4/14/2012) Altar Servers: Ushers E. M. E. Lectors: Gift Bearers 4:00 PM Noah Popejoy Bill Harman & Dave Petrey Sharon Giacometti Renee Popejoy Margaret Setina & Gay Kranker
Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8:00 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 7:00 AM 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 8AM-6PM 8:00 AM 9AM-4PM 7:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 AM 10:00 AM

For Arma: special thanks to our musicians Jan Harman and Sharon Doherty; to Joan Barbieri and her Art and Environment committee in decorating our church and covering the statues! Thanks to all those who donated or contributed for the Easter lilies! God bless you all! Fr. Roger Door Prizes-Along with the Spaghetti Feed tickets, we are selling door prize tickets for a $1.00 donation or 6 for $5.00. The prizes will include cash prizes from area merchants, some merchandise from area merchants, and a hand made quilt by Cindy Keith. A complete list will be issued soon. Planning Committee-The last meeting for the Planning Committee for the Spaghetti Feed will be Monday, April 9th, at 6:00 in the rectory. Those who need to attend are as follows: Betty Rons, Karen Pryer, Joan Barbieri, Margaret Setina, Linda & Joe Broyles, Debra & Tom Amershek, Cindy Keith, Pat Westhoff, Judy Smerchek, Emil Pronier, Joan Black, Barbara Esposito, and Mary Ann Boyd. Cooks Meeting-There will be one more Cooks Meeting, Monday, April 16th, at 6:00 in the hall. The names to attend will be in next weeks bulletin.

Mass Schedules & Intentions for April 7th-15th

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The Resurrection: Foundation of our Faith Most of us take the Resurrection for granted. Weve heard the story so often and have attended Mass on so many Easter Sunday Contributions $1,562.92 $49,344.67 mornings that the reality of what actually happened can escape us. Expenses $3,939.92 $50,039.28 We have to step back to that FIRST Easter morning and relive those Over/ (Under) ($694.61) events with the apostles before we can begin to appreciate the fantastic event were celebrating at the Saturday vigil and on Easter SunSaint Josephs Upcoming Events day! Finance Council Parish Council Jesus died on Friday in a humiliating execution. His enemies were Next Meeting Next Meeting, Tuesday, April 17th happy for they had won their battle against the Teacher. His followTBA 6:00 in the rectory ers were shocked, for they believed He was the Messiah. Now, instead of leading His people, on this FIRST Easter Sunday morning, St. Ann Altar Society Knights of Columbus His followers were hiding, fearful of arrest. It wasnt supposed to end Next meeting, 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm this way. Jesus, Himself, had told them differently, but no one lisWednesday, April 18th St. Michael Parish Hall tened and no one believed. He had told them of His own impending death. Now, the women who had followed Him were returning to the Parish Pastoral Council Officers: tomb to complete the Jewish burial rite. They found the huge stone Chair Pat Westhoff rolled back and the tomb empty. They hurried back to the Upper Members at Large Emil Pronier, Betty Rons & Marcel Normand Room and told Peter and the others that the body was not there. Secretary Karen Pryer Something had happened and they didnt quite know what. But, by days end, theyd be faced with the most alarming fact in the history Worship Committee: of the world! Chair Karen Pryer Lectors Marcel Normand Mary Magdalene had stayed behind at the tomb when the other E.M.Es Joann Black Music Jan Harman women had left and what she saw frightened her beyond belief. As Ushers/Greeters Bill Harman Sacristan Larry Pronier she wandered, she came across a man she thought was the gardener. Altar Society: Judy Smerchek She inquired as to where the Masters body had been taken, and she heard the living voice of Someone she knew was dead. Oh, my Parish Finance Council: God! she exclaimed, for there in her midst was the man she had seen Chair Fred Bogina Members Bill Harman, Judy Wingebach, Linda Broyles executed just two days before! Jesus told her, Go and tell Peter and the others that I have risen, as I told them in Galilee. Still shaking, she ran to tell them that Jesus was alive. The apostles were skeptical, some did not believe her. Peter and John ran to the tomb and returned Tickets for Spaghetti Feed-Joe and Linda Broyles will be handing to say the tomb was, indeed, empty. The apostles were afraid that the out the Spaghetti Feed tickets for those who did not get them last authorities would blame them for the missing body; therefore, they weekend. They will be in the back of the church after Mass. remained in the upper room all day, fearing that Roman soldiers were Lawnmower Bids-We are taking sealed bids on a Grasshopper lawn looking for them. Toward evening, they grew hungry and sat at table with the bread and honey that they had. In the middle of the meal, mower. It is a 23 horse power 61 cut. Any parishioner may drop a sealed bid in the collection basket or mail the bid to St. Joseph Catho- they heard a strange sound and Jesus was suddenly standing there lic Church. If you wish to see the mower contact Fred Bogina at 347- before them. He told them not to be afraid and showed them the 4443. All bids need to be received by April 10th. The Finance Coun- marks of the nails and the wound in His side, saying, See, it is really me; I have died, but I am risen from the dead. cil has the right to accept or reject any bids. That is the startling fact upon which our whole faith is based. Instead of His death being the end of His work; it was just the beginEaster Lilies-The lilies on the altar this morning are in memory of ning. His Resurrection had turned the whole world on end. The aposthe following: Kenneth Harris, Kenneth E. Harris, Ray Barto, Oscar tles were commissioned to go to the four corners of the earth, bringCleland, Bill & Florence Talarico, Beverly Talarico Jenkins, Frank Ales, Isadore Stefanie, Emma Marchetti, John Varsolona Sr., Rose & ing His message to everyone. They had been a small band of frightened, confused disciples and on Easter morning, they became the Jack Podpeckan & family, the families of Ron & Joan Black, the messengers of the Living God. Our Faith was born that day and families of Sam & Joan Barbieri, Bogina families, Blazic families, through the years, weve built our whole Christian life around this Keith families, Sweeny families. faith that will carry us to the glory of eternity! Article by Marcel Normand
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