Episcopal Diocese of Arizona Alleluia Fund Appeal

This weekend you will be receiving a letter from the Diocese regarding the Alleluia Fund Appeal. Your generosity will enable new church plants and support new growth initiatives.

You have the option of mailing a donation or simply drop a check in the collection, noted in the memo “Alleluia Fund.”

Your generosity is appreciated.

Peace
Nancy

This Weekend at St. Michael's!

Friday

April 29th, 2011

Beginning Friday, April 29th from 5:30 – 8:30 PM – St. Michael’s School ~ SECOND ANNUAL ART EXPO AND AUCTION ~ Picasso, Van Gogh, Fresco.

Something for everyone. Free admission, live and silent auction. Showcase of student art, visiting Tucson artists Valarie Galloway and Janet Burner, live entertainment, hands-on art activities for younger children and wine, beer, hors d’oevres for adults, pizza for kids.

Saturday

April 30th, 2011

*8:30 AM ~ Memorial Mass for Patrick Gibbons at the 8:30 AM Mass.

* 9:15 AM ~ Meditation at the Our Lady of the Desert House of Prayer. Following meditation, Father Ed Harnsberger will lead a discussion about Native American Spirituality from the unique perspective of his life ministry among the Lakota people.

*11:00 AM ~ Funeral Mass for The Rev. Canon John C. Fowler with a reception in the Parish Center following Mass.

Sunday

May 1st, 2011 

and Beyond

* MONTHLY SUNDAY BRUNCH ~ following the morning Masses ~ All are welcome … bring a friend!

* After the 10:15 Mass ~ the Social Action Committee will meet in the Labyrinth area.

* 12:30 PM – St. Michael’s is happy to announce the offering of a Rite II Mass given in Spanish. The Rev. Jorge Sotelo will be officiating at this mass. The Mass will take place at the Mary Altar. All are invited to attend and are encouraged to invite all of our Spanish speaking friends.

The Messenger

The April 2011 issue of The Messenger is now available on this blog's sidebar (or by clicking the link in this sentence!). This is the first issue edited by yours truly, with the generous help of former editor Alicia Basemann who has recently retired. The version here incorporates two corrections in the first article, which had typos in the copy that was emailed earlier this week. Oops!

For future issues I'm hoping to revive a feature from a number of years ago, profiling a different parishioner each month. Any volunteers? This parish is full of people who have led interesting lives and given much back to God, the parish and the community. I, for one, want to know more about you all!

Also, I'm looking for your reminiscences and tributes about Father Fowler, whom I never met. His memorial service here will be on Saturday, April 30th at 11 AM. I'd like to be able to compile the parish's memories of our founding rector as a special supplement to the next issue of The Messenger. Please email me at mavarin2 at gmail.com, or to church@stmichael.net if you'd like to contribute to this effort, or to ilaa@mindspring.com in general. Thanks!

Karen

Thought for the Day: Isaiah 58:6-7

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Retreat! - and other upcoming events

Our Lady of the Desert House of Prayer (north parking lot north of the church) will hold a Lenten Retreat this Saturday, April 2, 2011 from 9:15 AM to Noon.  A Pot Luck will follow at noon. All are invited.


St. Michael’s Parish Day School 2011 ART EXPO and AUCTION will take place Friday, April 29 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.  a showcase o student art, visiting Tucson artists Valerie Galloway and Janet Burner, live entertainment; hands-on art activities for young children; wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres for adults; pizza for kids. SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 29^TH  ~ All are Welcome!

THIS SATURDAY – Greet the Guatemala Maya visitors. Public welcome with greetings from Arizona indigenous and Tucson’s Guatemalan community at 5PM , a meal at 6PM and program after everyone is seated. No charge but donations heartily solicited.

Don’t forget….TAIZE MEDITATION SERVICE this Tuesday at 6:30 PM!  All are welcome!

Peace!

Nancy

The Annunciation

Today is the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord.The Mass Saturday morning will be in honor of this feast.

Please join us for the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:45 AM, followed by Mass at 8:30 AM.

Completing your Lenten Saturday morning, please join the Meditation Group at Our Lady of the Desert Meditation House (just north of the church). Parking is available in the north parking lot.

All are welcome and urged to attend!

Peace

--Nancy

2011 Holy Week Calendar

2011 Holy Week Calendar

April 18th - Monday in Holy Week

5:30 pm Low Mass (for nuclear disarmament)

April 19th - Tuesday in Holy Week

7:30 am Morning Prayer
8:10 am Mass
7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal

April 20th - Wednesday in Holy Week

11:45 am Confessions
12:10 pm Healing Mass with Unction and Stations of the Cross
7:00 pm Tenebrae Service - Church

April 21st- Maundy Thursday

7:00 pm Parish Center - Seder Meal ~ Liturgy of the Word ~
Institution of the Lord’s Supper with Sermon,
Procession to the Altar of Repose,
9:00 pm Beginning of the Watch

April 22nd - Good Friday ~ strict fast and abstinence

11:00 am Confessions
12:00 noon to 3:00 pm Service of Reflection
“The Seven Last Words of Christ”
7:00 pm Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
Fast until after the Vigil

April 23rd - Holy Saturday ~ special devotion and self-denial

7:00 am Walk to the Cross on top of the hill ~
St. Ann’s Convent on Sabino Canyon
8:30 am Liturgy of the day
9:00 to 10:00 am Confessions
10:00 am Choir rehearsal
7:00 pm The Great Vigil of Easter,
The Service of Light, Holy Baptism and
The First High Mass of Easter
Lenten fast ends
We will break the fast and celebrate with the
newly baptized following the Mass.
Join us in the Parish Center.

April 24th - The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day

7:45 am Mass with Homily
9:00 am Family Mass
9:45 am Sunday School and child care
10:15 am High Mass with Sermon (no 5 pm Mass Easter Day)