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St. Michael Catholic Church
1019 E. Pointer Trail
Van Buren, Arkansas
Rev. Clayton Gould, Pastor
Domingo López, Deacon
February 15, 2015
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome! We, the parish community of St. Michael Catholic
Church in Van Buren, Arkansas, know that we are part of the Body
of Christ. Our call is to make Christ present in our own lives and
the lives of those with whom we associate. We do this through
prayer, the celebration of the sacraments, religious education, and
the example of our lives of faith, hope, and love.
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Weekend masses / Misas de Sábado y Domingo
Saturday (Sábado):
4 p.m.
Sunday (Domingo):
8 a.m. (Español) 10 a.m. (English)
Weekday masses / Misas de la semana
Wednesday (Miércoles) 5:30 p.m. in the chapel* (en la capilla)
Thursday (Jueves)
12:00 noon in the chapel** (en la capilla)
Friday (Viernes)
8:00 a.m. in the chapel (en la capilla)
* in the church the fourth Wed. of each month
** in the church the first Thur. Of each month
Reconciliation / Confesiones
Wednesday (Miércoles) 5:00 p.m. In the chapel (en la capilla)
Saturday (Sábado)
3:30 p.m.
or call for appointment (También por cita.)
Marriages /Matrimonios Quinceañeras
Please contact the Parish Office 6 months in advance.
Favor de llamar a la oficina a 6 meses de antelación
Baptisms (Bautismos)
Please call the Parish Office M-F between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Parish Membership
We welcome you to our Catholic community. In order for us to
better serve you, we invite you to become a registered member
of our parish. Please call or come by the parish office to register.
Bienvenidos a nuestra familia católica. Le invitamos a ud.
hacerse miembro inscribido de la parroquia. La forma está
disponible en la oficina de la parroquia.
We welcome Kerin Pineda, Dana Valente and
their son Kevin. They are the newest members
of our Parish family.
A
leper came to Jesus and kneeling down
begged him and said, “If you wish, you can
make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched
out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I
do will it. Be made clean.”
Mark 1: 40-41
Office: 1019 E. Pointer Trail Phone: (479) 471-1211
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Fax:
(479) 471-1219
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stmichaelscatholicchurch.com
Rectory: Phone: (479) 474-4595
Email: [email protected]
Office and Ministries:
Deacon:
Domingo López
208-0524
Business mgr.:
Vince Prince
471-1211
Secretary:
Bruce Hoffsommer 471-1211
Altar Society:
Barbara Doyle
471-1453
Bereavement Dinners
Marilyn Boyd 474-5329 or Beth Everett 208-3947
Annulments
Kevin Andersen 221-2439
Patricia Chaffin 471-3334
Patt Johnson
471-6957
Music Director:
Bruce Hoffsommer
719-2820
Hispanic coordinator: Martin Gonzalez
461-5249
Knights:
Don Chaffin
471-3334
Parish Council:
Jess Spence
650-1954
Religious Ed.:
Carlene Ewing
632-4374
R.C.I.A.:
Vince & Kelly Prince 420-5694
Youth:
Joseph & Lucretia Meinardus 997-8497
Sacristan:
Don Chaffin
471-3334
Liturgical Servers Schedule
February 14 and 15, 2015
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 
Saturday, February 14, 2015
4:00 p.m.
Altar Server
Shacy Johnson
Altar Server
Chloe Johnson
Extraordinary Min.
Richard Doyle
Extraordinary Min.
Mary Frauenhoff
Lector
Fines Batchelor
Usher
John Bivens
Usher
Pat Huff
Usher
William Schemel
Usher
James Shelby
February 18
Please check weekly; changes are frequently necessary.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
10:00 a.m.
Altar Server
Samantha Chick
Altar Server
Emily Rickner
Extraordinary Min.
Flo Bartley
Extraordinary Min.
Terry Bogner
Extraordinary Min.
Deena Dunn
Extraordinary Min.
Tonia Fry
Extraordinary Min.
T. C. Long
Lector
Adam Prince
Usher
Richard Henry
Usher
Art Sellers
Usher
Gary Wellnitz
Usher
Dewey Woody
Ash Wednesday - The Beginning of Lent 
Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2015
Altar Server
Altar Server
Extraordinary Min.
Extraordinary Min.
Extraordinary Min.
Extraordinary Min.
Extraordinary Min.
Lector
Usher
Usher
Usher
Usher
7 p.m.
Ethan Harris
Josephine Meinardus
Kevin Andersen
Lorene Andersen
Mary Burdick
Annie Woody
Dewey Woody
John & Nilda Timbs
John Bivens
Leonard Blaschke
Mike Burdick
James Shelby
February 21 and 22, 2015
NOTE: The 7 p.m. Mass will be the only Mass
at St. Michael Church on Ash Wednesday. There
will be no morning Mass nor the usual Mass at
5:30 p.m.
1st Sunday of Lent 
Saturday, February 21, 2015
4:00 p.m.
Altar Server
Ethan Harris
Altar Server
Dillon Ramsey
Extraordinary Min.
June Lott
Extraordinary Min.
Brian Ramsey
Lector
Amy Ramsey
Usher
Mark Morgan
Usher
Mark Schemel
Usher
William Schemel
Usher
James Shelby
February 28 - March 1, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Youth Mass
Altar Server
Altar Server
Extraordinary
Extraordinary
Extraordinary
Extraordinary
Extraordinary
Lector
Ushers
Min.
Min.
Min.
Min.
Min.
10:00 a.m.
Seylor Cluck
Emily Rickner
Leonard Blaschke
Judy Bossarte
Kathy Fritts
Jo Ann Lehnen
Kaleigh Mack
Youth lector
Youth ushers
2nd Sunday of Lent 
Saturday, February 28, 2015
4:00 p.m.
Altar Server
Ethan Harris
Altar Server
Dillon Johnson
Extraordinary Min.
John Bivens
Extraordinary Min.
Judy Bivens
Lector
John & Nilda Timbs
Usher
Richard Doyle
Usher
Mark Morgan
Usher
Mark Schemel
Usher
William Schemel
Sunday, March 1, 2015
10:00 a.m.
Altar Server
Cecilia Long
Altar Server
Terrance Meinardus
Extraordinary Min.
Flo Bartley
Extraordinary Min.
Mayra Marciano
Extraordinary Min.
Michael Mohr
Extraordinary Min.
Art Sellers
Extraordinary Min.
Sylvia Timmons
Lector
Patricia Chaffin
Usher
Richard Henry
Usher
Nickolas Henson
Usher
Mark Lehnen
Usher
James Mack
PRAY FOR:
Mass Intentions 
Sun., Feb. 15 8 a.m. Dc. Domingo López (birthday)
by Leon & Anne Bormaster
Sun., Feb. 15 10 a.m. For the Parish
Mon., Feb. 16 no Mass
Tue., Feb. 17 no Mass
Wed., Feb. 18 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday
Thur., Feb. 19 12:00 noon
Fri., Feb. 20 8 a.m.
Sat., Feb. 21 4 p.m. † Bob Carmack
(Names may be removed after six weeks unless the office is notified.)
(by Kathy Carmack-Meyer)
526
254
114
Registered Families
Envelopes assigned
Envelopes used
Regular Collection……………………………………………...
Sunday Collection:
$ 15,690.24
Black & Indian Missions:
22.00
Central & Eastern Europe:
5.00
Building Fund:
191.00
Campaign ‘08:
5.00
Catholic Education:
35.00
Hall rental:
40.00
from votive candles:
68.00
Total of Regular Collection:
$ 16,058.24
On-line contributions………………………………………….
Sunday Collection:
$
2,180.00
Central & Eastern Europe:
90.00
Building Fund:
280.00
Catholic Education:
30.00
Total of on-line collection:
$ 2,580.00
Total of all collections:
$ 18,638.24
Weekly Budget:
$
6,033.08
Over / (Under):
Ed Ussery, Kirsten McKay, Ed & Jeanne LeClercq,
Janie Willems, Magdalena Rice, Frankie Batchelor, Barbara Taylor,
Sarah & Reyes Ruiz, Gerry Miller, Gerry Stallman, Bob Dunlap, Arthur
Terceira, Heath Spence, Virginia Carmack, Jodi Greer, Charlie Crook,
Dorothy Wright, Marcus Goodnoh, John Fritts, Ashley Boyd, Carlene
Ewing, Stephanie Fudge, Nilda Timbs, Beverly Crowe, Rachel Sikma,
Jearla Medlock, Gregg Jacob, Irma Reed, Joe Robertson, Dorothy
Adams, Willie Dixon, Estelle Harrison, and all who are serving in
the military and their families.
Readings for the week of February 15, 2015
Sun: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/1 Cor 10:31–11:1/Mk 1:40-45
Mon: Gn 4:1-15, 25/Mk 8:11-13
Tue: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10/Mk 8:14-21
Wed: Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20–6:2/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Thur: Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25
Fri:
Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15
Sat: Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32
Next Sun: Gn 9:8-15/1 Pt 3:18-22/Mk 1:12-15
The Flowers on the Altar
are given in memory of
Joe Prue
Flower donations:
(No flower donations during Lent. Donations
will resume the weekend of April 11, 12.)
$ 12,605.16
February 2015 offertory:
Money to bank: Sat.
Richard & Barbara Doyle
Money to bank: Sun.
Jo Ann Lehnen
Monday counter:
Barbara Doyle
Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (chapel) & Sat. (church)
February
Mon
Tue.
Wed.
Thur.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Office
Closed
No Mass
Altar Society
Crafting 8:30 a.m.
Mass
Mass 8 a.m.
Reconciliation
Mass 8 a.m. (H)
12:00 noon
3 p.m.
Mass 10 a.m.
Youth Mass
Choir
7:00 p.m.
Bible Study
12:30 p.m.
No Mass
Pickle Ball
8:30 a.m.
Bible Study
6 p.m.
R.C.I.A. 6 p.m.
A Love
that lasts
Ash Wednesday
Mass
Imposition of ashes
7 p.m.
No Youth Choir
No P.R.E.
Choir (H)
6 p.m.
Knights of
Columbus
Fish Fry
5 - 7 p.m.
Stations of
the Cross
7 p.m.
English (church)
Spanish (chapel)
(Reconciliation
during stations)
Prayer Group
(H) 7:30 p.m.
Rosary 3:30 p.m.
Mass 4 p.m.
Sunday
“Why Catholic”
11 a.m.
Confirmation
Class
6:00 p.m.
No P.R.E. classes Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Confirmation Class meets this weekend at 6 p.m.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Wed., Feb. 18
Ash Wednesday - P.R.E. classes will not meet,
but students need to attend Mass with their parents.
Sun., Feb. 22
Youth Mass
Wed., Feb. 25
3rd grade reconciliation; Mass with Fr. Clayton in the church
5:30 p.m. Parents are encouraged to attend.
Wed., Feb. 25
Required meeting of parents of 1st grade students
In the Parish Hall at 7 p.m.
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Annual CASA collection: The 2015 Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal (CASA) began last week.
Please prayerfully consider this opportunity to support the overall needs of the church in our diocese.
The annual goal for St. Michael Parish is $8,833.43. If you have not already mailed your pledge or
contribution, please do so as soon as possible.
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Collection for the Church in Central & Eastern Europe The second collection this weekend is for the Church in
Central and Eastern Europe. This collection supports Catholic organizations that provide affordable shelter and train
seminarians in a region that still struggles from the effects of Soviet rule. By providing pastoral care, catechesis, and
funding for building renovations, your donations help to restore the Church and build the future in the region. Please
give generously to the collection. Visit www.usccb.org (search "Church in Central and Eastern Europe") to learn more.
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Laws of fasting and abstinence: 1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. 2. The law of
fasting allows one full meal and two smaller ones. 3. The law of abstinence prohibits the eating of meat. 4. The Fridays
of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States. 5. The obligation of abstinence begins at age 14. 6. The law of
fasting obliges all between the ages of 18-59. 7. Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the
law of fast and abstinence, are educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable
to their age. 8. All members of the Christian faithful are encouraged to do acts of penance and charity beyond what is
prescribed by the law.
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45th Annual I.C. Spaghetti Dinner is scheduled for Sun., Feb. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets are available through the
I.C. school office or at the door. Adults $10, children $5. You can dine in the Galvin Parish Center or pick up your dinner
through the drive-thru on A street. Proceeds go to Immaculate Conception school.
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Arkansas Catholic Subscription Drive Arkansas Catholic, the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock, offers
complete print and digital subscriptions. Subscriptions are $26 a year ($24 for seniors). Envelopes are available at your
church or by calling (501) 664-0125. Arkansas Catholic Digital is available the same day it’s published anywhere you have
an internet connection. Log on to www.arkansas-catholic.org and sign up for only $12.95 a year. Call (501) 664-0125 if
you are already a paid subscriber to the print edition and want to receive the digital addition also.
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SEARCH #136 RETREAT Registrations are now being accepted for Search #136, a retreat for juniors and seniors in
high school to get to know themselves better, deepen their friendship with Christ, and find support in living out their faith.
Search #136 will be held at St. John Center, Little Rock, April 17 - 19, 2015. The fee is $120.00. For more information
and registration forms visit our website at: http://www.dolr.org/sites/default/files/documents/search-136.pdf. If you have
questions you may contact Trish Gentry [email protected] at the Diocese of Little Rock Youth Ministry office: 501-664-0340,
ext 418. Scholarships are available for those wishing to attend that are in need of financial assistance. Please contact Liz
or Trish for more information. Scholarship applications may be found at the following link:
http://www.dolr.org/new/sites/default/files/documents/diocesanscholarshipapplication.pdf
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PROTECTING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: The Diocese of Little Rock is committed to protecting children and
young people. If you are aware of abuse or have been abused by clerics, church volunteers, or church workers,
please contact the Diocese of Little Rock at (501) 664-0340, ext. 366 and the state of Arkansas hotline for crimes
against children at (800) 482-5964. For pastoral guidance, contact Drs. George & Sherry Simon at (501) 766-6001.
Crawford County
Adult Education
Center
Phone:
479-471-0019
Fax:
479-471-0090
605 Alma Blvd. Circle
Van Buren, AR 72956
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