Welcome to Saint Michael Parish Thank you for celebrating the Fourth Sunday of Easter with us! April 29, 2012

Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep...” John 10:11

Pastor’s Notebook: April 29 Pastor’s Column from VBS Headquarters! VBS Participants Ages: 4 year old – 6th graders in September 2012 No Registration Fee Registration Includes: Mission Possible T-Shirt VBS Passport, Photo I.D., Lanyard Stories from our Missions Crafts, Service Projects, The Trek, Games Songs & Snacks Register Online in May!

Volunteer Agents! Minimum Age: 7th Graders in September 2012 Attend 1 VBS Orientation: May 20 after 9:30 Mass in Parish Center Room 8 or May 23 from 7 – 8:30 pm at the Westside Childcare available for younger children of volunteers! Register Online Today!

St. Michael Parish@ the Westside Vacation Bible School 2012 June 25-29 from 9am-Noon

Your Mission,

Use

should you choose to accept it,

Your Gifts

is to explore… St. Agnes Primary School, Chipole, Tanzania

to Serve Others! 1 Peter 4:10

Holy Spirit Community Center, Juarez, Mexico Our Lady of the Pacific Parish, Nakhodka, Russian Our Sister Parish, Ngoc Dong, Vietnam Youth Migrant Project, Burlington, WA

Contact Information Register Online at SaintMichaelParish.org -Faith Formation - bible school 2012 - scroll to bottom of web page - complete form and click “register” e-mail [email protected] ph. 292-7114

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Stewardship of Prayer Please Pray for: The Morris Family John McKillip Hal Denny Nadine Jellé Ashley Strong Donna Carano Karin Arnold Ruby Seehas Renee Greco Martha Cejka Karine Martin Gordon Dvorak Mark Hembree Ellen Abrejera & family Eddy Harrison John Harris Linda Iverson Sharon Barrows Bert Brdahl Georgene Muxen Elizabeth York Marjorie Prentice Ngoc-Lan Nguyen Chi Nguyen Peg Plummer Paul Noel Mande & Family Robert J. Brown Jan Putnam Ann Doyle-Gray Gene Putscher Hilary Borngesser Patty Hernandez Laura & Jed

Herman Ronnie Ferguson Mariann Krug Frances Dana Julie Larson Perlis Triozzi Betty & Russell Davidson Richard Monohon Matt Massoth Ngoc-Loan Thi Nguyen Michele Schneider Jenna Borngesser Larry & Lynette Gagnon Mimi Frick Pheobe Fair Ricky Weber Ashley Lynn Strong Marcus Fowler Gurt Dunham Patsy Selders Don & Paula Beerman Jim Hughes Nancy Keifer LaBouff Family Bob Evan Jenny Ehren Dave Hall Eileen Kapust Francescan Maiano

Sandra Gallo Jo Ann Brown John Stewart Lynette Kostechka Marvin Burns David Gates Eve Kurczak Phyllis Hayes John Hamblen Maria Hanson Helene Gladys Spurrell Mary Johnson Kitty Thomsen Hamilton Lewis Lorraine Dlouhy Don Alder Eileen & Bob Hood Tony Beck Kyle Stull Jane Lorenzo Francine Tom & Cathy Amoroso The Herbig Family Marie Sadac JoDee Hanson Theresa Jess Mary Farranti Sandra Corentto Nellie Fox Lynn Ojtem-Gertes Gary Bunce

REFLECTION MOMENT

Mass Intentions April 29 through May 6 Sunday 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30AM 1130AM 5:00PM Monday Noon Tuesday Noon Wednesday Noon

April 29 Rose Mary Peak Barbara Bohn Maria Bay Nguyen The D. Nguyen Georgine Wilfong The People of St. Michael April 30 Russell deForest May 1 Gloria Tousigant May 2 Living & Deceased Members of the Altar Society May 3 Faustino Rosales May 4 Virginia Hays May 5 Russell deForest Candida Granados May 6 Catalina Dalia & Alberto Isiordia Ruben Marti Richard Lee Isaacson The D. Nguyen Ronald Williams The People of St. Michael

Thursday Noon Friday 9:00 AM Saturday 9:00AM 5:00 PM Sunday 7:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30AM 11:30AM 5:00PM = R.I.P.

In today’s Gospel reading we hear Jesus referring to himself as “the good shepherd.” His sheep know him, trust him, listen to him and follow him; having faith that no harm will come to them as long as they stay close to him. We reaffirmed our faith in Christ when we renewed our baptismal promises at Easter. As stewards of our relationship with Jesus Christ, are we, like the sheep , willing to listen to Jesus, follow him, trust him?

Scriptural Readings This Sunday

Next Sunday

April 29 4th Sunday of Easter Gospel: John 10:11-18

May 6 5th Sunday of Easter Gospel: John 15:1-8

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Stewardship of Time, Talent, & Treasure

Parish Sacrificial Giving 2012

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL 2012 Your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal will help provide the much needed resources to thousands of individuals this year—specifically to our retired priests, our seminarians, Catholic Community Services and many others. As we face challenging economic times, be aware that some of our fellow parishioners will not be able to financially support the Appeal this year. If you are in a position to do so, please consider an increase in your gift to make up for those who cannot give. Fr. Jim is asking that everyone return a pledge card this year so that “many hands make light work”. With 100% participation by our parish families we will reach our goal—a total of $257,082 plus $50,000 for our Shoulder to Shoulder Ministry and our parish St. Vincent de Paul Society! To learn more and donate today please visit: www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Stewardship/ACA/ Donate.aspx

In gratitude for the gifts we have received from God, parishioners and visitors made a joyful return to the Lord: Weekly Stewardship Offertory Goal

$52,959.00 Sunday Offertory April 22, 2012

$45,133.00 Little House Collection

$340.00

MARRIAGE Weddings are special and joyful times for brides and grooms, for their families and friends, and for the parish community. A wedding is a new beginning, filled with love, promises, and hope. The wedding celebration is a special and grace-filled time in our lives. The Church welcomes its members to celebrate and solemnize their marriages in the context of our prayer as Christians. Great care is taken to see that the prayer for this special moment is reverent, graceful, beautiful, and open to the movement of the Spirit of God in our midst. In this spirit, St. Michael Parish provides the tools for planning weddings in our parish. Please call the Parish Office or visit our Marriage page on the parish website at the time of your engagement to allow sufficient time to fully prepare for the Sacrament of Matrimony in the Catholic Church

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Parish Happenings

“Bridge of Hope” GRIEF SUPPORT MEETINGS Are you, or someone you know, grieving? Struggling with the loss of a loved one, illness in your family, suffering with family problems, divorce, job loss, or other life issues? Whether faith brings you support while grieving or whether grief causes your faith to tremble, please join us. We gather to learn about the grief process, to support one another, and to share our thoughts and feelings, sustained by our faith and enlightened by Christ. “BRIDGE of HOPE” consists of a cycle of 8 FREE weekly meetings. Contact Benedetta at (360) 292-7143, or e-mail at [email protected] , if you wish to participate.

….and remember: Permitting yourself to honestly experience grief is an important step towards healing, both for men or women.

Welcome Neophytes! A neophyte is a beginner. Our recent beginners at our parish here at St. Michael’s are the three women who received the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. Lillian Blake, Tracey Stephens, and Maya Wharton were baptized, confirmed, and received first Eucharist that night. Please keep them in your prayers as they begin another stage of their faith journey in the Roman Catholic Church. Are you considering becoming Catholic? Our Spring Inquiry sessions are now starting on Monday evenings from 7-8:30 pm at the downtown church in gathering space room #3. All are welcome. You can find brochures with the dates of our meetings in the Good News stand. For further information, contact: Debs Pokos Dugan, Steward for RCIA at 292-7117.

FIRST BANNS OF MARRIAGE Emily Fischer and Marcus Ayers

ADOPT-A-FLOWER BED MINISTRY 2012 Do you enjoy outdoor exercise in our beautiful sunshine? The Adopt-a-Flower Bed Ministry offers a great opportunity for you, a group of friends or a family to help maintain our parish’s spectacular “first impression” landscape. Right now there are flower bed spaces available for assignment. Enthusiastic participants would inspect and maintain a space as needed on their own time schedule from April until October. Thank you for prayerfully considering this ministry. For more information or to put your “green thumb” or even your “brown thumb” to work in God’s beautiful creation please contact: Flora Pallechio: Westside coordinator 786-0055 or [email protected] Doris Smith: Downtown Coordinator 459-4612 or [email protected] Dean Morgan: Downtown Coordinator 493-1175

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School News!

Congratulations!! Luke Munson was selected as the State Contest Winner for this years VFW Essay Contest! Well done Luke we are proud of you!

2012-2013 School Enrollment We are accepting applications grades K through 8 for the 2012-2013 school year. First priority for enrollment is extended to those who are active and participating at St. Michael Parish. This means: registered in the parish, attending Sunday Mass regularly, and having a Stewardship card on file. We offer an education unmatched by any school in the area and instill within students life-long skills of hard-work, reliability, respect, and responsibility. Tuition scholarships are available. Please call the school office for more
 information.

Did You Know?
 
-A Catholic school education at St. Michael is less expensive than you think; less than what many families pay for daycare. . -Our parish school ranks in the top 15% academically of all schools nationally. 
 -When you select a school for your children you are also selecting a community you will be part of. Our school community is terrific and you will grow along with your children.

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Social Ministries

Summer is Coming and so is the Annual CROP Walk! The CROP Walk to address world and local hunger will be on May 6. The St. Michael's CROP Walk team is sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. CROP Walk information can be found in the Good News Stand or call the St. Vincent office at 352-7554. Thurston County Food Bank and Other Bank Collection – Next Weekend Please bring nonperishable food items and hygiene items next weekend. Cash donations are much appreciated as well. Keep reading to see what your generosity does: “The Thurston County Food bank would like to extend gratitude to your congregation for the donation of $2418 that we received in March. We are grateful for the caring concerned members of the St. Michael ‘s Church congregation and appreciate the support of our mission to feed the hungry in our community. To demonstrate how your donation made a difference in our community we would like to share a few statistics. 37% of the people we serve are on special diets that necessitate gluten free, low sugar or low salt foods. Your donation enabled us to purchase these products to help fill this need.

The Par ish Nu rs e Ministries will be having a free CPR class on Thursday, May 10th from 6-9 pm in room 2 in the gathering space. Please call 292-7104 to register.

FREE FINANCIAL EDUCATION CLASS This 8 session program is given by Enterprise for Equity starting Tuesday, May 8. To register or for more information call 360-704-3375 ext#2 or email [email protected].

SPRING CLEANING? Our Parish Saint Vincent DePaul CLOTHING BANK welcomes your donation of clothing and house wares; especially clean and gently used bedding, towels and shoes. We accept dishes, glassware, and cooking utensils. Please, no appliances larger than a microwave. The donation facility is located in the Boundary St. parking lot adjacent the Rectory Building. All donated items are given to the less fortunate members of our community at no charge. Thank you for your continuing generosity.

…Federal and local cuts to funding left fewer options for people needing assistance. In answer to this problem the Food Bank increased the number and options of client visits to provide more food for those in need. These additions and options were made possible by your continued support.” (Excerpts from a thank you letter from Robert Coit, Executive Director)

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Faith Formation

Faith and Light

Catholic Knowledge Bowl

Faith and Light is a loving community that includes the intellectually disabled, their families and friends. It is an international, interdenominational organization that began with a pilgrimage of parents and their disabled children, led by Jean Vanier and Marie-Helene Mathieu, to Lourdes in 1971. Since then, 1,600 groups have sprung up in 77 countries around the globe to share friendship, pray together, and celebrate life. Faith and Light at St. Michael Parish meets on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 1:30-3:30 in room 7. All are welcome! Call Leanne : 292-7112 for more information.

June 3 Dust off the cobwebs and start brushing up on your knowledge of the Faith. Plan to participate in the first ever Catholic Knowledge Bowl at St. Michael Parish. This will be a fun time to meet with friends and other families and test your knowledge of our Catholic Faith. A special ‘Life Line’ guest will be on hand to help you if you get stumped.

“To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.” Jean Vanier

JOURNEY DEEP INTO THE FAITH!

CATHOLICISM

the

series

is

here!

You won't want to miss this engaging 5 week series of CATHOLICISM! Fr. Robert Barron created this groundbreaking program as a thematic presentation of what Catholics believe and why, so all adults can come to a deeper understanding of the Catholic Faith. Not a video lecture, Church history or scripture study, this engaging and interesting formational program uses the art, architecture, literature, music and all the treasures of the Catholic tradition to illuminate the timeless teachings of the Church. The CATHOLICISM Study Program presents the strong, ecclesial dimension of the Catholic Faith – God’s revelation through Jesus Christ and His Church. It is comprehensive and faithful, appropriate for those who just finished RCIA, adults seeking more, and mature teenagers and tweens. The series will run on Wednesdays, May 9 - June 6, from 7-8:30 PM in the Multi Purpose Room. Childcare available upon rsvp. There is no need to pre-register. For more information, contact Marriann Tefft at 292-7123.

FAITH, Next Sunday, May 5 So what makes us Catholic? Come engage the question with other adults as we explore the topic with Thomas Groome as our guide. Breakfast served after the 9:30 Mass, followed by breakout catechetical sessions for adults and children. FAITH is the parish’s family religious education ministry open to all adults and families with children preschool age through 5th grade.

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Saint Michael Parish Youth ministry www.ARCHANGEL360.com

Rachel Yabut Steward for EDGE & Campus Ministry ryabut@

SSD Middle School WE WILL NOT BE ON CAMPUS FOR THIS LIFE NIGHT! ATTN PARENTS!!! We need help with driver’s. SUNDAY, MAY 20th Depart:

3p / Arrive back: 9:30p

Cost: $5 Destination: Our Lady Star of the Sea 1513 6th St, Bremerton, WA, 98337 Deadline: Sunday, May 13 Contact Dave Whitesell for more information.

Retreat Thank you so much for your prayers this Saturday, April 21. Middle School youth from all over the deanery will gather at Sacred Heart on a day retreat! We were so blessed with a beautiful sunny day! We had about 50 middle school youth gather our retreat!

-Sanctus NWContemporary Adoration

WWW.ARCH ANGEL360.COM

Come as you are, bring a friend & worship in front of the Blessed Sacrament! On Fri. May 11; at Sacred Heart Parish in Lacey at 7pm. Permission slips are our Edge page of our parish website!

201 Come join us as we explore the Beautiful Things that God can make out of our lives. Friday-Sunday, May 11-13 We will be staying here on campus but you don’t want to miss all that we’re going to do. Please go to www.archangel360.com for registration info

Incoming 6th Graders Join us on Sunday, May 27th At EDGE!!!!

Last Chance: This Sunday, April 29 L I F E T E E N

C A L E N D A R

LIFE NIGHT SUN, APR 29 LIFE NIGHT SUN, MAY 6 LT Spring Retreat Fri-Sun, May 11-13 NO Life Night SUN, MAY 13 HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!

For more information, Contact Dave WhitesellSteward for LifeTeen & Confirmation [email protected]

E D G E

C A L E N D A R

*Meet in Gathering Space after LT Mass for food 6:30 then head down to MPR until 8:00

Edge Night Edge Night Sanctus NO Edge Night

Sun. Apr. 29 Sun. May 6 Fri. May 11 Sun. May 13

*Do something special for your mom! Happy Mother’s day!

Summer Kick Off

Sun. June 3

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Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm

Mailing Address: PO Box 766 Olympia, WA 98507-0766

E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.SaintMichaelParish.org Facebook: facebook.com/SaintMichaelParish

Weekday Liturgy: Monday - Thursday Fridays & Saturdays

Life Teen Mass

Sunday Liturgy: Saturday Sunday

12 noon 9:00 am

5 pm 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am 5:00 pm

Mass and Reconciliation

3:00 pm

Vietnamese Mass

1st & 3rd Thursday

Weekday Liturgy: 6:30 am

(1st & 3rd Sunday of the Month)

8:30 am & 10:30 am

Sunday Liturgy Sunday

Westside Chapel 1835 Overhulse Rd NW Olympia, WA 98502

St. Joseph Chapel is open for prayer 24 hours a day.

Fr. Jim Lee, Pastor Rob Rensel, Deacon

Downtown Church 1055 Boundary St SE Olympia, WA 98501

Parish Office 1208 11th Avenue Olympia, WA 98501 Phone: 360.754-4667, Fax: 360.754.0628 pmThursday

Facebook.com/saintmichaelparish 360.754.4667 ext 138

St. Mike's Tikes Early Learning Center

Pregnancy Aid

Sat. & Tues 9-11:30 am Clothing Bank

360.586.1585

24 hr msg: 360.956.7413 M, T, Th, Fri 2-4 PM; Wed. 9 AM - Noon

Thur. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Mon - Fri 1-3 pm 360.352.7554 St. Vincent de Paul Society

Catholic Cemetery Steve Erickson, Cemetery Director St. Michael School 360.754.5131 Jack Nelson, Principal

St. Michael's Calvary

May 2, 2012 at 1pm

Place God First in all things; Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and Grow in Holiness through Prayer, Sacraments & Service.

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following 9 am Mass & 3 pm until 4:45 11 am until 11:45 am

This is the final meeting before we take a break for summer, and we would love to see you there!

Reconciliation: Saturday

The meeting will be held in Gathering Space Room 2 and all are welcome!

The mission of St. Michael Catholic Community:

ALTAR SOCIETY MEETING

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