Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Pentecost Sunday May 24, 2015 Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson

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1 Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Pentecost Sunday May 24, 2015 Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy it; you may even find yourselves fighting against God. Acts 5:38b-39b Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil - 4pm Sunday - 8 am & 10:30 am Copper Basin K-8 School N. Main Street San Tan Valley, AZ Daily Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday - 8:30am at the Parish Office/Rectory Confessions before Mass or upon request Mailing Address 270 E. Hunt Hwy Ste. 16 #328 San Tan Valley, AZ Parish Office N. Poseidon Rd. Florence, AZ Phone: (520) Fax: (520) Parish Office Hours 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Noon - 6pm Thursday TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Marriage is ideally a parish event today, but in the first three centuries of the church's history, it was a household celebra on guided by civil law and pagan customs. Changes happened quickly a er the Peace of Constan ne in 312, and the fresh air a er long persecu- on brought some crea vity. The speech that the father of the groom's family gave before dinner or the veiling or crowning of the bride (or even the spouse's arrival at the honeymoon suite) a racted a prayer of blessing. With amazing rapidity, worship was propelled out of the in mate se ng of house churches to large public gathering spaces, and some parts of the marriage ceremony began to migrate with the growing community to the new spaces. In Rome, the veiling of the bride with the customary daily headgear of a married woman became the central liturgical act, accompanied by a biblical prayer for her integrity and frui ulness. There were no vows as such (just as there are no vows to this day in the Orthodox marriage rite). In the liturgy, a er hearing John's Gospel account of the wedding at Cana, the bride was veiled and blessed, and the priest gave the kiss of peace to the husband, who then gave it to his bride. The liturgy of Rome traveled far, and everywhere it went, marriage became a church celebra on. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. Are you new to St. Michael the Archangel Church? We welcome you and we ask that you please take a few moments to register. Registra on forms are located at the Greeters Table or can now be found and submi ed online. Visit our website and click on the link, Parish Registra on Form, found at the bo om of the home page and follow the instruc ons.

2 Sacramental Policies ANOINTING OF THE SICK At the 8:30am Mass on the first Friday of each month. BAPTISM Parents will need to provide a copy of the child s birth certificate and participate in a class. Baptismal Classes are held on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 11 am in the Church office. Parents must call the church office to register for the class. Godparents must be practicing Catholics who are confirmed and married in the Church, if married. CONFESSION Confessions are offered one-half hour before all Masses, or anytime upon request. CONFIRMATION Confirmation will be given students in 8 th grade or above. They must have completed the 8 th grade religious education class and optimally the 7 th as well. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics who are already confirmed and married in the Church, if married. Parents should not be sponsors for their own children. For information on Confirmation preparation for adults please contact the pastor. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION First Holy Communion will be offered to children in Grade 2. Children must attend CCD regularly throughout Grade 2 in order to receive the Sacrament in May of that year. Students will also be prepared for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Grade 2. MARRIAGE Both parties are expected to participate in the preparation program. Parties must notify the pastor at least one year prior to their proposed marriage date. Please meet with the pastor for a fuller explanation and to make arrangements. MASS ATTENDANCE 690 People attended Mass on May 16th & 17th Readings for the Week Monday: Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: Sir 35:1-12; Ps 50:5-8, 14, 23; Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mk 10:32-45 Thursday: Sir 42:15-25; Ps 33:2-9; Mk 10:46-52 Friday: Sir 44:1, 9-13; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Mk 11:11-26 Saturday: Sir 51:12cd-20; Ps 19:8-11; Mk 11:27-33 Sunday: Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Ps 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20 Mass Intentions May 23rd 4:00 pm Joseph DeStefano 4:00 pm Francisco Gomez May 24th 8:00 am Pro Populo 10:30 am Stephanie Gonzales May 30th 4:00 pm Joseph DeStefano May 31st 8:00 am Joseph DeStefano 10:30 am Pro Populo June 5th 8:30 am Stephen Curkendoll June 6th 4:00 pm Pro Populo June 7th 8:00 am Joseph DeStefano 10:30 am Stephanie Gonazles Pro Populo - La n: for the people Deceased Contact the Parish Office to place a Mass Inten on ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL MINISTRIES & COMMITTEES ALTAR SERVERS Bert Pampanin, BertandPat@AOL.com, (480) BULLETIN bulle n@stmichaels77.org or (520) CCD Reajean Porter CCD@stmichaels77.org (480) COMPLIANCE OFFICER Jan Trbovich, dalerussel@msn.com, (480) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Virginia Bombolino, ginbaby2003@aol.com, (480) GREETERS Jodi Slupski, jodeelyn1@msn.com, (480) HOSPITALITY Lisa Green, hospitality@stmichaels77.org, (480) LECTORS Suzanne Bai nger, lectors@stmichaels77.org (480) LIFE TEEN youthgroup@stmichaels77.org (520) MUSIC Diana Albert, Dialbert2@aol.com, (480) PARISH SECRETARY/NOTARY PUBLIC Sandra Ramirez, Sandra@stmichaels77.org (520) PASTOR Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson, pastor@stmichaels77.org, (520) PRAYER CHAIN Virginia Bombolino, ginbaby2003@aol.com (480) RCIA Bob Butchko, Bob.butchko@centurylink.net (480) RED HAT MICHAELETTES Sue Bai nger, redhats@stmichaels77.org; (480) SACRISTANS Polly Von Esse, pvonesse@aol.com (520) (includes Set Up/Take Down) USHERS Darrell Stonerook, sstonerook@live.com (602) WEBMASTER Craig Rudko webmaster@stmichaels77.org (480) P P C : Diana Albert, Sue Bai nger, Bob Butchko, Virginia Bombolino, Jodi Slupski, Lisa Green, Bert Pampanin, Sandra Ramirez, Craig Rudko, Jenny Rudko, Darrell Stonerook, Mary Teese & Polly Von Esse Pastoral Council mee ngs are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month & all are welcome to a end.

3 ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL FINANCIAL REPORT Capital Campaign Pledges Amount Pledged $1,067, Amount Paid $282, Pledge Balance $785, Registered Families Who has pledged: 199 Registered Families 46 non-registered families Parish Debt Obligations $242, Debt on the House $524, Debt on the Land $889, Construc on Debt-DOT $1,656, Total Current Debt 10% of our collec on contribu ons go toward the Church Building Fund. Contribu ons May 10, 2015 Parish Offertory 2, Building Fund $25.00 Building-Books $ Building-Pens $ CCD Registra on $60.00 Office Supplies $7.00 Missale es $7.00 2nd Collec on for Poor $ Total $4, Please note If you have made a pledge to the Capital Campaign & are making a payment, please write Capital Campaign in the memo field of the check. Thank you MARRIAGE HELP Stress in Your Marriage? Retrouvaille is a program for married couples that feel bored, disillusioned, frustrated, or angry in their marriage. Some experience coldness. Others experience conflict in their rela onship. Most don t know how to change the situa on or even communicate with their spouse about it. This program has helped thousands of couples experiencing difficul es in their marriage. For confiden al informa on about or to register for the next program beginning with a weekend on August 7th-9th, 2015, call Art or Valerie Flores at or valartrosa@gmail.com Visit the web site at for more informa on. There are different kinds of spirit al giſts but the same Spirit Corinthians 12:4 Online Giving...If you would like to give online please visit our website, and select the Online Giving tab. MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER I prayed that this weekend would help bring us back to how we were when we were first married. It didn t. Instead, we are be er than when we first married!! Strengthen, renew, and rekindle your marriage sacrament by a ending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on May in Tucson or July in Phoenix. For other dates and more informa on visit Para los fines de semana en español, visite ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL Goal for St. Michael the Archangel Church is $7,640 Number of Donors who have pledged = 69 Total Amount Pledged = $9,250 Percentage to Goal = 121% Amount fulfilled to date = $7,645 Percentage of Goal Fulfilled = 100% Percentage of Pledge fulfilled = 83% Pledge report as of the end of business, Fri., May 15, 2015

4 May 24, 2015 Pentecost Sunday Fundraising Opportunity We now have all of the books from the Angelic Letters Series, available at the Greeters Table. To date we have raised over $7,400 dollars with the sale of this book series. Encourage your friends and family to read the books or give them away as gifts. Author and winter parishioner, Henry Ripplinger, has generously donated the books in order to help raise money for our Building Fund. You can also purchase the books during the week at the church office. Great Gift Idea Looking for a great Graduation gift? Stop by the Greeters table and purchase a beautiful Commemorative Pens. Each pen is unique and made of the Mesquite wood harvested from the property. Personalize your gift with up to 25 characters and give something that will help them remember their graduation. The cost is $50 per pen plus $5 if you choose to personalize it. Brothers and sisters, live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want. Galatians 5:16-17 Office Closed The Parish Office will be closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. Caution: Spirit at Work If Pentecost celebrates the gifts of the Spirit, it can tempt us to separate the Spirit from the Father and Jesus. Sometimes we think of the Father as the God of the Old Testament, Jesus as center of New Testament, and the Spirit as God of the present age, almost as if the Father and Jesus were enjoying their retirement. Actually, all three persons share one God-life. Instead of three gods debating the fate of the universe, we have one God who is over all and in all. The Spirit has been active in all ages. The prophets were empowered by the Spirit to proclaim God's word to Israel. Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit led Jesus into the desert at the beginning of his ministry. (Search the word "spirit" in the four gospels and it appears 75 times.) Jesus was filled with the Spirit as he preached and worked miracles. Then at Pentecost the disciples were filled with the Spirit. So what about Pentecost? It is really about using our gifts and sharing the good news. The Spirit gives us the power, courage, and energy to do this. The Spirit's gifts are meant to be shared. The prophets could not help proclaim God's message. Jesus shared all he knew with his disciples. The disciples went out to the world to spread the news of Jesus' death and resurrection. So we, too, are given gifts to be shared. The greatest gift we have been given is the news of our salvation. This feast reminds us to share that with others. We may do that by example, as when we worship together, forgive others, give to the poor or help someone in need. We can also share that news by teaching our children about God and his love for them, teaching them to pray, or sharing our faith with other adults. As we come to realize how much God has done for us and how close he is to us, we will want to share that with others. Obviously, we can't make everyone believe in Jesus. But how sad would it be if someone we know was looking for the truth and we neglected to offer it? Tom Schmidt, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

5 May 24, 2015 Pentecost Sunday CCD NEWS First Communion Rehearsal Schedule Saturday, May 23 rd 5:15 to 6pm for Students First Holy Communion Date Registration for the school year begins June 7th Sunday, May 24th, 10:30 am CCD Registration for School Year Registration begins June7th. Our DRE, Reajean Porter, will be available before and after mass on June 7th if you have any questions about CCD. CCD Registration forms will be available at the Greeters Table. You will also be able to register online beginning in June. Teachers Needed If you are interested in being a CCD Teacher, please contact Reajean. If you have other questions regarding CCD contact Reajean Porter (480) (leave message) or ccd@stmichaels77.org A Great BIG To the honest, kind gentleman who turned in the wallet after mass last week. The wallet had a week s worth of grocery money and everything was accounted for. On behalf of Mary Sevigny, May God Bless You for your kindness. A Prayer to the Spirit Holy Spirit, who sent Christ Jesus to carry the Good news to the poor, we pray to you: Help us to continue your work by serving the poor, our brothers and sisters. --From Come, Lord Jesus by Lucien Deiss, CSSP, copyright (c) 1976, 1981, Lucien Deiss. Published by World Library Publications. p.181 Congratulations to the students who made their First Holy Communion this weekend. Thank you to the parents for also making the commitment this year. Patrick Agcon Ariana Carrillo Ary Corona Michael Crucitt Antonette Dacoco Rosette Dacoco Abigayle Flanagan Brooklyn Gameros Weston Griffen Anelie Havens Michael Kirchoff Allison Luu Brianna MacIver Benjamin Miller Havyn Morey Hunter Morrill Ella Nuenke Anthony Parazzolli Christian Pascual Christine Pascual Brekken Pifer Tessa Robert Sophia Rudko Cheyenne Schilling Austin See Haven Vela Kaithleen Vicencio