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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
In case of Emergency: (785) 917-1828
STAFF Pastor: Fr. Floyd McKinney
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
6:00pm @ Daltons
St. Michaels hall
!Helping Hands
Daughters of Isabella
Carrie Smith
Marilyn Bradshaw
724-6684
724-7133
Kapauns Men: Friday mornings at 6am
All Saints Day, the day on which Catholics celebrate all the saints,
known and unknown, is a surprisingly old feast. It arose out of the
Christian tradition of celebrating the martyrdom of saints on the
anniversary of their death. When the number of martyrs increased
during the persecutions of the late Roman Empire, local dioceses
instituted a common feast day in order to ensure that all martyrs, known
and unknown, were properly honored.
By the late fourth century, this common feast was celebrated in
Antioch, as Saint Ephrem the Syrian mentions it in a sermon in 373. In
the early centuries, this feast was celebrated in the Easter Season and the
Eastern Churches, both Catholic and Orthodox, still celebrate it then.
The current date of November 1 was instituted by Pope Gregory III
(731-741), when he consecrated a chapel to all the martyrs in St. Peter's
Basilica in Rome and ordered an annual celebration. This celebration
was originally confined to the diocese of Rome, but Pope Gregory IV
(827-844) extended the feast to the entire Church and ordered it to be
celebrated on November 1.
In the church, we also celebrate the vigil or the evening before a given
Holy Day. From many years ago the church has celebrated more than just
the day of a feast; this may be one explanation for our celebrating on the
eve of All Saints. We give it a different name but the idea is to celebrate
in anticipation the feast of the following day. Some have connected
Halloween with pagan beginnings and some say it is all about belief in
the saints. I simply enjoy the idea that we are remembering those who
have been an example for us, those who lived their faith in a way that
calls me to follow in their footsteps. I pray that I will be able to live as
they lived, always with a desire to be closer to God.
31
Nov. 1
2
3
4
5
6
4:00pm
Cathi Lepoglow
Arma
5:30pm
Melissa Grant
Girard
Sunday
8:00am
For the People
Arma
10:00am
Dave Gall
Girard
Monday
NO MASS
Tuesday
7:00am
All Saints
Girard
12noon
All Saints
Arma
6:30pm
Jim Peak
Girard
Wednesday 6:30pm
Patricia Haderlein
Girard
Thursday 8:00am
Carol Kavcich
Arma
8:30am-12:30pm Eucharistic Adoration
Arma
Friday
7:00am Altar Soc. members living, deceased Girard
8:00am-6:00pm Eucharistic Adoration
Girard
Saturday 4:00pm
Francis Buche
Arma
5:30pm
Don Pyle
Girard
Sunday
8:00am
Harold VanLeeuwen
Arma
10:00am
For the People
Girard
5:30 pm
10:00 am
Dawson Stegman,
Broc & Kaleb Scales
Camden Leonard,
Cory Puckett, Carson
Sevart
EMHC:
Janel Scales
Nancy Hofer
Lector:
Linda Moore
Ruth Duling
Gift Bearers
!Altar Servers:
Contributions
STEWARDSHIP RENEWAL
Childrens Offering
Over the next few weeks, our parish family will again be
invited to reflect on how we can live our lives as Christian
stewards and to renew the annual written pledge of our gifts to
God through our parish. Please prayerfully consider how you
might recommit yourself to being a good steward of all the
gifts God has entrusted to you and your family.
Last Week
$2,743.50
$44,106.50
$25.05
$261.82
Expenses
$36,981.45
Over / (Under)
$7,386.87
$65.00
$154,259.78
DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
HELP WANTED
St. Francis Parish in St. Paul will be having their Fall Festival
and Turkey Dinner, Sunday, November 6th from 11:00 to 1:00
at St. Francis Parish Hall.
Oct. 29 Saturday
Collections
CHRISTIAN CONCERT
952 W. 47 HWY
Girard, KS 66743