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Weekly Bulletin

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Saint Joseph Church, Arma

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Notes from the Pastor:

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

Congratulations to our children in Girard who received their first communion this Sunday: Ethan Brokob, Allison Davied, Mackenzie Droessler, Caroline Kunshek, Makayla Mukwindidza, Leonardo Ortiz, Broc Scales, and Evan Sisney For Arma, we have Max Weatherly to receive his first communion this May 19 th! Congratulations also to our parents for fulfilling their promise to God and the Church to bring up their children in the faith. This is indeed a great blessing to these kids, to their families, to our parish, and to the whole Church. This big event is an opportunity for us to reflect once more of the centrality of the Eucharist in our Catholic Christian life. Based on the scripture especially on John chapter 6, our Lord Jesus spoke about His flesh as real food and His blood as real drink and that whoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood will have everlasting life. We know for a fact that what we eat makes us what we are. Hence, receiving the body and blood of our Lord will really convert us closer to God and orient us towards the mission that God has entrusted us. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) in fact has emphasized this that the eucharist is the source and summit of Christian life. (CCC 1324) This is what our children will be receiving and with that the hope that they will grow spiritually as followers of Christ. Moreover, this is also the time when parents are reminded of their spiritual obligations to their children that they are their childrens first catechists. The note on General Directory of Catechesis(GDC) title, Parents, primary educators of their children, references chapter 3 of this Part, the family as an environment or means of growth in the faith, where the characteristics of family catechesis are analyzed; here, more consideration is given to parents as agents of catechesis. Cf. canon law 226 2; 774 2. GDC 226 is built on three principles elucidated by Pope John Paul II in his 1979 document Catechesi Tradendae. The witness of Christian life given by parents in the family comes to children with tenderness and parental respect. Children thus perceive and joyously live the closeness of God and of Jesus made manifest by their parents in such a way that this first Christian experience frequently leaves decisive traces which last throughout life. Next Sunday(5/6/2012) 8:00 AM Chase & Tejay Cleland Dave & Dustin Ashmore Cindy Ashmore Marcel Normand Frank Grano & Mary Jo Anderson
Arma Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Girard Girard Arma Arma Girard Arma Girard Arma Girard

Next Saturday (5/5/2012) Altar Servers: Ushers E. M. E. Lectors: Gift Bearers 4:00 PM Trevor Graham Aaron Kreutzer & Emil Pronier Sharon Giacometti Laurie Graham Virginia Rowland & Sharon Cizerle
4:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 AM Sunday 10:00 AM 7:00 AM Monday 5:30 PM Tuesday 6:30 PM Wednesday 8AM-6:30PM 8:00 AM Thursday 8:30AM-4PM 7:00 AM Friday 4:00 PM Saturday 5:30 PM 8:00 AM Sunday 10:00 AM Saturday

Mass Schedules & Intentions for April 28th-May 6th:

April 28 29 May 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 Ruth Wingebach Mary Oplotnik Roy, Pauline, & David Harman Pro Populo Past & Present Altar Society Members Unspoken Special Intention Mary Oplotnik Eucharistic Adoration Frank Doue NO Eucharistic Adoration Tony Kavcich Shayne Miller Ben Bradshaw Pro Populo Tony Kavcich

This childhood religious awakening which takes place in the family is irreplaceableIt is consolidated when, on the occasion of certain family events and festivities, care is taken to explain in the home the Christian or religious content of these eventsIt is deepened all the more when parents comment on the more methodical catechesis which their children later receive in the Christian community and help them to appropriate it. Indeed, family catechesis precedesaccompanies and enriches all forms of catechesis. (Catechesi Tradendae 68) GDC #226. Finally, congratulations to their teacher, Janel Scales for accompanying these kids in their journey and for those who help our second graders CCD Michelle Puckett, Joan Davied, Faith Paoni and all our CCD teachers and helpers, including those parents who help prepare the hall and other things for this big event! God will certainly bless you for working in His vineyard. Fr. Roger

SAVE THE DATE! MAY 6! Spaghetti Feed at St. Joseph Church Hall from 11:00-2:00.

COLLECTIONS Last Week Contributions Expenses Over/ (Under)

Saint Josephs Upcoming Events Finance Council Next Meeting, May 8th St. Ann Altar Society Next meeting, May 16th 6:00PM in the Church Hall Parish Council Next Meeting, May 15th Knights of Columbus 1st Tuesday of Month, 7pm St. Michael Parish Hall

July 2011 to date $52,950.67 $50,039.28 $2,911.39

$887.00

May Day! May Day! Most older folks know that May 1 has always been known as May Day. Its a secular holiday, and if youve raised any girls in the past 50 years, you probably heard about May baskets and the Maypole. Girls used to pick small bouquets of flowers, knock on a neighbors door, then scurry away! In some schools, especially Catholic ones, a May queen is usually chosen. In a history of the University of Kansas, entitled, The Years on Mr. Oread, theres a picture of the first May celebration in May in 1908, said to be an important record of student life then. The history Parish Finance Council: went on, The white-gowned girls, gracefully winding the Maypoles Chair Fred Bogina Members Bill Harman, Judy Wingebach, Linda Broyles on the pleasant lawn in front of Fraser Hall and Blake Hall, are bordered by the famous lilac hedge. There was also a picture attached showing the first photograph of an automobile on the KU campus. In the 20th century, the Communists of Russia took over May Day God and Mother Nature as THEIR day, using it for marching, displaying military might and God oftentimes gets blamed for the awful things that happen. speeches in memory of their leaders such Lenin and Stalin. Thus, the Some blamed the dreadful tornado that hit Joplin last May on Him. Other natural disasters that bring death and destruction are charged to reason that Pope Pius XII established May 1 as the Feast of St. Joseph, the Worker. Him. He also gets attacked for car accidents, heart attacks, and even cancer! We often hear, How could God let such a thing happen? Flowers This is all wrong. God, who is goodness, itself, cannot will evil. He The Arts and Environment Committee is working to beautify the detests human misery and suffering. God allows events to occur that Church. If you would like to make a donation to help defray the cost are evil because He respects the free will He has given us. Much of the injustice we see comes from the evil intent of Man. It began with of this project you will find envelopes at the back of the church Adams sin and nature came under the influence of evil. God doesnt marked Flowers, or you may use your own envelope indicating the contribution is for flowers. If any one has garden flowers they would act the same way we do. He lets the sun shine and the rain fall on both the good and evil. He hopes the evil persons will respond to His like to donate or if you have any questions, call Joan Barbieri at 347goodness, but when they dont, He still allows them to go on, but He 8664. doesnt will the evil they do. Terrible destruction took place in Joplin last spring, but God didnt will it. Creation was in revolt and the perfect storm was set in motion which formed the tornado. Jesus reminds us that Gods ways are as far from Mans ways as earth is from Heaven. Think of this when you overhear someone talk about God punishing a person or a country. That is Mans way. It is NOT Gods way.

Parish Pastoral Council Officers: Chair Pat Westhoff Members at Large Emil Pronier, Betty Rons & Marcel Normand Secretary Karen Pryer Worship Committee: Chair Karen Pryer Lectors Marcel Normand E.M.Es Joann Black Music Jan Harman Ushers/Greeters Bill Harman Sacristan Larry Pronier Altar Society: Judy Smerchek

St. Joseph, the Worker Just last month, we celebrated the feast of St. Joseph, husband to Mary and foster father to Jesus. Yet, in 1955, Pope Pius XII instituted the Feast of St. Joseph, the Worker, to be celebrated on May 1, as a counterpart to the communist celebrations in Moscow on May Day. This feastday has become increasingly more popular as a reminder of the dignity of labor and Christian values in the workplace. Jesus was a carpenter trained by Joseph. When we think of a carpenter, we imagine someone hoisting studs and hammering the planks to them. Joseph was a skilled workman who made tools and furniture, as well as toiling on various large projects in his village. As the late Sir Laurence Olivier, the famous actor, said: Id like people to remember me for a diligent, expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman, and God is a workman. In May, we should give Joseph of Nazareth, the most diligent and expert of workmen, his rightful due.

ST. JOSEPH, PRAY FOR US!

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