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2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time January 15, 2012
Prayer Corner
Names of Persons to Pray for:
MASS INTENTIONS
January 17, 2012 -- January 22, 2012
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
WSeann Flynn by Patricia Reilley
WMegan Mortell by Thomas & Valerie
Mortell
WLawrence Cristelli by Joseph Lippis
& Family
WJettie Tallman by Ted & Nancy 
Schiel
Schiel For all Parishioners
WKandace Martin by Ted & Nancy Schiel
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF January 15, 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Next Sunday
1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/Jn 1:35-42
1 Sm 15:16-23/Mk 2:18-22
1 Sm 16:1-13/Mk 2:23-28
1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51/Mk 3:1-6
1 Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7/Mk 3:7-12
1 Sm 24:3-21/Mk 3:13-19
2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27/Mk 3:20-21
Jon 3:1-5, 10/1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR WEEK OF
January 17, 2012 ~ January 22, 2012
9:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m
3:15 p.m.
Communications Committee Meeting
Sunday Bible Readings
New Life Prayer Group
Music Ministry Meeting
FR. KEVIN’S SCRIPTURE STUDY
Centering Prayer
FR. KEVIN’S SCRIPTURE STUDY
Building & Grounds Committee Meeting
KOC Social
Adult Confirmation
Mass
Mass
Children/Youth Classes
Marian Prayers for Priests
Andres B. Abalos, Sr.
Sally Abalos
Ed Abeyta
Cipriano O. Alvarado
Becky Baer
Rebecca Baldwin
& Girls
Harlie Barnes
Clara Burris
Joanna Chamberlain
Margaret Colarelli
Lupe Cortez
H. W. Cowan II
Jo Deason
Tammy Derbort
Herb Dierks
Irene Dierks
Maria Dierks
Julia Evans
Jody Gallagher
Emily Garcia
Cory Gill
Leonard Gill Family
Renee Hall & Family
Bill Hammell
Bill Holt
Ron & Rick Hunt
Bob Kennec
Barbara King
William Kinney
Juanita Kinney
Annie Krasovec
Patricia Kunselman
Maria Lance
Becky Martinez
Leonard Martinez
Laura McDaniel
Charles McFadden
Gary McMillan
Marge Merlino
Judy Minnick
David Moore
Richard Moore
Fr. Michael Murray
Marilyn Murray
Erna Nield
Robert Olona
Elizabeth Ortega
Glen Penka
Peyton Pallord
Ken Putzer
Eric Richardson
Cory Richardson
Linda Ruder
Dan Schaefer
John Schmidt
John Shaffer
Vera Shaffer
Lori Skau
Taylor Smallwood
Frances Stevens
Ruth Sullivan
Elias Tarango Virginia Thebert
Hilary Timko
Flo Valdez
Gertrude Valdez
Rita Valdez
Pauline Weigel
Christine Westfall
Rob Westfall
Reva Wheeler
Harold Whitehorn
Jack Zielinski
PRAY FOR PEACE!
2011 DIOCESAN MINISTRY FUND
(Reminder to pay off your DMF Pledge)
Our 2011 DMF assessment is $76,595 and parishioners pledged $80,838.17. As of November 30, St. Michael has a balance of $10,679.60 to be paid by January 31, 2012. Any shortfall will be paid by the Parish Operating Account. Any excess will be returned to the Parish. Thank you for your generous support of the Diocesan Ministry Fund.
PRISON MINISTRY ~ WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Support the Backpack Program: Buy a new backpack or donate items to be put into backpacks (new socks, male and female underwear, towel, washcloths, wallet, notebook & pen, comb, shave cream and razor, toothbrush, small sizes of shampoo, toothpaste, soap, tissue). Put donations in marked boxes in the Gathering Space.
Minister to Offenders through Communion Services, Bible Studies, etc.
Visit Offenders
Write to Offenders
Mentor an offender before and after release.
Call Sheila or Becky Rollins at Mercy Today Ministries 276-9242 for more information.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE of St. Michael’s Church is to set an atmosphere and a mood for Seasonal Liturgical Celebrations throughout the year. We are re-organizing our committee and are in need of our parishioners, both men and women to be involved. We have a coordinator (Pat Ruder) and now need the help of many parishioners with ideas and commitment . . . many makes lighter work for all!! Please prayfully consider this stewardship opportunity and call the office at 275-7549.
Christmas Environment was completed this year by very few people and we would like to Thank each and everyone who participated in the decorations this year, without your help we would not be able to achieve our goal to make our Worship Space, as well as the Gathering Space, a beautiful place for this year’s Liturgical celebration.
Our apology to those children and parents who came to assist with the decorations and due to a confusion about the time, were unable to help, thanks for your desire to lend a hand, we appreciated your being there.
The Environment Committee
IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT FATHER MICHAEL MURRAY, his address is:
Life Care Center of Littleton1500 W. Mineral AvenueLittleton, CO 80120-5608CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA COLLECTION ~ Next weekend, January 21/22, 2012, we will take up the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Many unique challenges face the Church in that region. A lack of priests and trained lay ministers, high emigration rates, and the alarming pace at which parishioners are leaving the faith make it difficult for the region’s Church to provide for the faithful. It is more important than ever that we keep faith with the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean. Please give generously. Thank you.
ST. PIUS X GRADE SCHOOL REUNION ~ Did you attend St. Pius X Grade School in Pueblo? Would you like to get together with classmates you may not have seen in a long time? We are planning a reunion for July 14, 2012 and need your help. Let us know if you are interested. If you have any contact information of your former classmates, please share it with us also. Please save the date! The cost is $25.00 per person. We can be reached by email at stpiusxgradeschoolreunion@hotmail.com or visit our website at www.stpiusxgradeschoolreunion.com.
Janice Lynch/Metz (719) 564-7591
Betsy Cowen (719) 542-6235
ST. PIUS X GRADE SCHOOL REUNION ~ Did you attend St. Pius X Grade School in Pueblo? Would you like to get together with classmates you may not have seen in a long time? We are planning a reunion for July 14, 2012 and need your help. Let us know if you are interested. If you have any contact information of your former classmates, please share it with us also. Please save the date! The cost is $25.00 per person. We can be reached by email at stpiusxgradeschoolreunion@hotmail.com or visit our website at www.stpiusxgradeschoolreunion.com.
Janice Lynch/Metz (719) 564-7591
Betsy Cowen (719) 542-6235
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY CHOIR CONCERT
St. Michael Catholic Church is pleased to welcome once again, the Saint John’s University Chorus from Collegeville, MN. They will be here to sing in concert for our community of Tuesday, March 6th at 7:30 p.m. The Saint John’s University has approximately 45 voices, 25 female and 20 male. They travel the world doing concerts of sacred and secular music. The choir asks each parish to provide a potluck before each concert in order to meet and visit with parishioners. Therefore, we will begin our potluck at 5:00 p.m., in the gymnasium prior to the concert at 7:30 p.m. Potluck dishes will be needed and should be provided based on the alphabet system we have used in the past.
A-J ~ Meat, Main Dish
K-S ~ Salad, Side Dish
T-Z ~ Dessert
The singers will also need guest homes to stay for the night. Guest homes will be asked to house 1-4 singers, provide breakfast the next morning and a ride back to the church for their departure at 7:30 a.m. We will need to secure housing for this choir as soon as possible. Please call Laurie Mendon at 276-1285, if you can open your home for choir members to stay on the night of March 6th.
Thank you.
Laurie Mendon
Confirmation
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one can enter into the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit"
(John 3:5)
The presence of the Spirit in the life of the Catholic Christian is intricately involved in the Baptism that precedes it. We are washed, purified and welcomed into the family of Christ and sealed with his promise to be with us always in the laying on of hands and the anointing with the Holy Chrism.
The Second Vatican Council emphasized two important dimensions of the Sacrament of Confirmation. First, Confirmation is intimately connected to the Sacraments of Initiation - begun in Baptism and completed with the reception of the Holy Eucharist. Our use of the word process to describe the developing sense of conversion distinguishes Confirmation as not only a strengthening of the spiritual gifts, but an interaction within a community on the journey to everlasting life.
Second, the focus has changed from being passive recipients of the sacramental graces and gifts to an expectation that having been given the gifts of the Spirit, Catholics of all ages are meant to actively use those gifts and witness to the life of Christ within them and within the community.
(Taken from the Sacramental Guidelines
of the Diocese of Pueblo)
GIFT (Growing In Faith Together)
The GIFT program includes all faith formation—grades K-5, Youth Ministry—grades 6-11.
R.C.I.A. (adults and children), Scripture Study and Sacramental Preparation (Baptism, Marriage, First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Confirmation) as well as all GIFT Teams. All sessions begin with Sunday Mass at 9:00 a.m.,
followed by designated learning experiences (grade level lessons/a GIFT Event/Sacramental Preparation Sessions/R.C.I.A.).
All Faith Formation lessons will be held at the Parish Education Center.
Calendars for individual faith formation programs can be found on the parish website.
