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St. Joseph 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
Wednesdays 9:00 am - Noon
STAFF Pastor: Fr. Max Biltz
Secretary: Georganne Galichia
Bookkeeper: Janel Scales
Bulletin Editor: Nancy Bauer
PARISH WEBSITE:
www.stjosepharma.com
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION:
Thursdays from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Finance Council
Parish Council
TBA
Tues., Sept. 15
6:00pm
6:00pm in rectory

!St. Ann Altar Society
Next meeting TBA
TBA

Knights of Columbus
1st Tuesday of Month
7:00pm, St. Michael hall

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4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am
Monday
7:00am
Tuesday
5:30pm
Wednesday 6:30pm
Thursday 8:00am
8:30am-3:00pm
Friday
7:00am
8:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 4:00pm
5:30pm
Sunday
8:00am
10:00am

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

TBA

$2418.00

Expenses

$0.00

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The following is taken from a homily by Pope Benedict on the Assumption whose feast day is
approaching. I promise to begin writing my own columns next week. God Bless.
The Feast of the Assumption is a day of joy. God has won. Love has won. Love has shown that
it is stronger than death, that God possesses the true strength of goodness and love. Mary was taken
up body and soul into Heaven: there is even room in God for the body. Heaven is no longer a very
remote sphere unknown to us. We have a mother in Heaven. The Son of God himself made her our
Mother when he said to the disciple and to all of us: "Behold, your Mother!". In the Gospel we
heard the Magnificat, that great poem inspired by the Holy Spirit that came from Mary's lips,
indeed, from Mary's heart. This marvelous canticle mirrors the entire soul and personality of Mary.
We can say that this hymn of hers is a portrait of Mary, a true icon in which we can see her exactly
as she is. This great canticle begins with the word "Magnificat": my soul "magnifies" the Lord, that
is, "proclaims the greatness" of the Lord. Mary wanted God to be great in the world, great in her
life and present among us all. She was not afraid that God might be a "rival" in our life, that with his
greatness he might encroach on our freedom, our vital space. She knew that if God is great, we too
are great. Our life is not oppressed but raised and expanded: it is precisely then that it becomes great
in the splendor of God. The fact that our first parents thought the contrary was the core of original
sin. They feared that if God were too great, he would take something away from their life. They
thought that they could set God aside to make room for themselves. This is also the great temptation
of the modern age. More and more people have thought and said: "But this God does not give us
our freedom; with all his commandments, he restricts the space in our lives. So God has to
disappear; we want to be independent. Without this God, we ourselves could be gods and do as we
please". It is thought and believed that by setting God aside and being autonomous, following only
our own ideas and inclinations, we can truly be free to do whatever we like without anyone being
able to give us orders. But when God disappears, men and women do not become greater; indeed,
they lose the divine dignity, their faces lose God's splendor. In the end, they turn out to be merely
products of a blind evolution and, as such, can be used and abused. This is precisely what the
experience of our era has confirmed for us.. With Mary, we begin to understand that only if God is
great, is humankind also great. Thus, we too will become divine; all the splendor of the divine
dignity will then be ours. Let us apply this to our own lives. Let us make God great in public and in
private life. This means making room for God in our lives every day, starting in the morning with
prayers, and then dedicating time to God, giving Sundays to God. We do not waste our free time if
we offer it to God. If God enters into our time, all time becomes greater, roomier, richer.
A second observation: Mary's poem - the Magnificat - is quite original; yet at the same time, it is
a "fabric" woven throughout of "threads" from the Old Testament, of words of God. Thus, we see
that Mary was, so to speak, "at home" with God's word, she lived on God's word, she was penetrated
by God's word. She was penetrated by divine light and this is why she was so resplendent, so good,
so radiant with love and goodness. She always listens to us, she is always close to us, and being
Mother of the Son, participates in the power of the Son and in his goodness. We can always entrust
the whole of our lives to this Mother, who is not far from any one of us. On this feast day, let us
thank the Lord for the gift of the Mother, and let us pray to Mary to help us daily. Amen.
 

Beverly Talarico Jenkens
Doris Hudson
For the People
Jim Davied
Patricia Haderlein
No Intention
Mary Davied
Jim Davied
Adoration
Private Intention
Adoration
Frank & Barb Doue
Betty Strukle
For the People
For the People

July 2015 to date

Contributions

From the Pastor

Mass Schedule and Intentions for July 25 - August 2
July 25 Saturday

100 South 8th Street
Arma, KS 66712
(620) 347-4525
Pastor: Fr. Max Biltz

Last Week

Altar Ministers for August 1 & 2
Saturday (8/1/15)
Sunday (8/2/15)
4:00pm
8:00am
!Altar Servers: Tejay Cleland
Grant Waterman
!EMHC:
Terry Cleland
Joan Black
!Lector:
Anna Meyer
Joe Broyles
!Gift Bearers: Georganne
Galichia Cindy & Dave

!Usher/Greeter:

& Louise Jarboe

Ashmore

Wally Rons &
Emil Pronier

Bill Harman &
Pat Westhoff

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
OFFICERS:
Pat Westhoff - Chair, Karen
Pryer - Secretary, Debbie
Amershek, Dustin Ashmore,
Joe Broyles,, Debbie Shaub

$2418.00

PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL:
Fred Bogina - Chair, Members: Joe Polhlopek, Judy Wingebach,
Linda Broyles

BISHOP’S VISIT & RECEPTION

Bishop Kemme will be here this weekend to install our new
pastor, Fr. Max Biltz. Please join us after the 10:00am mass in
Girard on Sunday at a reception for the Bishop in the St.
Michael’s parish hall. All are welcome!

!

ST. JOSEPH PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

The next Parish Council meeting for St. Joseph is Tues., Sept.
15, following 5:00 Mass.

 
 

HOMECOMING BREAKFAST
The St. Joseph Parish Council is sponsoring the Homecoming
Breakfast on Sunday, August 16, from 9:00 to 11:00 am.  It will
be held in the parish hall.  The cost is a Free Will Donation. 
Carry Outs are available.  Everyone is welcome.  The menu is
as follows: Scrambled eggs, Biscuits & Gravy, Sausage Patty,
Hash Browns, Cinnamon Roll, Juice, Coffee, Milk.

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ST. MARGARET MARY REUNION

St. Margaret Mary School Alumni will hold a Reunion/BBQ
Fundraiser on Saturday, August 15. It will start with Mass at
4:30 p.m., followed by food, drinks and time to reminisce in
the community room. Tours of school will be available. If you
are an alumnus or know any alumni, or have any questions
contact Craig Schmidt @ 316-250-3582 or at
[email protected].  Check us out on Facebook @ St.
Margaret Mary Alumni (Wichita, Ks).

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PRAYERS FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH
 

Please pray for parishioner Verna Versalona and Judy
Smerchek who are ill.

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WORSHIP COMMITTEE:
Chair - Karen Pryer
EMEs - Joann Black
Ushers/Greeters - Bill Harman
Altar Society - Judy Smerchek
Lectors - Marcel Normand
Music - Jan Harman

legs he couldn’t use. He was bored and angry at his long
convalescence, so he began to read the life of Christ and
certain saints.
Because his own life seemed empty and
meaningless in comparison, grace moved him to pray, and
prayer led him to a new vision—not the conquest of land for
his King, but the conquest of lives for Christ—he found his
true calling and humbly pursued it.
Though a grown man, he sat with small boys in Barcelona
and learned Latin grammar. He remained at his studies for
eleven years, got his master’s degree at the University of Paris
and began the great order of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
with five of his companions, including St. Francis Xavier. They
did whatever the Holy Father wished, especially at a time
when many people were falling away from the Church. The
help they gave the Church goes without saying. The following
was taken from his writings: “If we wish to be sure that we are
right in all things, we should always be ready to accept this
principle: I will believe that the white I see is black, if the
hierarchical Church so defines it. For I believe that between
the Bridegroom, Christ our Lord, and the Bride, His Church,
there is but one Spirit which governs and directs us for the
salvation of our souls, for the same Spirit and Lord, who gave
us the Ten Commandments, guides and governs our Holy
Mother church.”
He directed the work of his Society for 15 years, dying on
July 31, 1556, almost totally blind. At his death, the Jesuits had
almost 1000 members. Our own Pope Francis is the first
Jesuit Pope.

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ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA:
FOUNDER OF THE JESUITS

St. Ignatius was born at Loyola, Spain, in 1491, a year
before Columbus discovered America. The youngest of eleven
children, he became a Page in the Court of King Ferdinand
and from there, moved into a military career. During a battle
with the French, a cannon ball wounded one of his legs and
broke the other. This proved to be the turning point in his life,
as well as a blessing in disguise. Here he was, at age 30, with

A personal note: We planned a book signing for: The Lucile
James Story: Portrait of a Remarkable Teacher, for this
weekend. Because several have asked, I will be at the church
hall right after Mass today (Sat) at 5:00, and also tomorrow
(Sun) at 9:00. If any Girard parishioner is interested, please
call me at 620-347-8563 and we’ll work it out.


- Marcel Normand

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