Announcements through August 18th

Parish Life presents a “Family Night Out for Bowling”. You are invited to join us on Friday, August 16 at 6:30 pm at the Lucky Strike Lanes. (4015 East Speedway)  You, your family, your friends are invited to join us. It won’t be as much fun without YOU!  Sign-up sheets in the back of church!

FEAST OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN AUGUST 15 ~ MASS 6:30 PM
POT LUCK DINNER TO FOLLOW-INVITE A FRIEND!
COME EARLY AND HELP SET THE PARISH CENTER FOR DINNER

You are invited to join with the Society of Mary for the Recitation of the Rosary Saturday morning in Church at 7:45 AM on Saturday, August 17. If you do not have a rosary, one will be provided.

Parish Life is Growing! We invite you to meet us at the Nimbus Bistro on Tanque Verde at 6:30 pm on Thursday, August 29th. Join us for good food and lively conversation. It’s just another way to get to know friends from St. Michael’s. Who knows, you just might make a new friend or meet someone you haven’t seen in a long time. Join us…..we’ll be waiting. Sign-up sheets are in the back of church.

The Arizona Diamondbacks invite all members of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona along with family and friends to an exciting game of baseball as the D-backs take on the Nationals on Friday, September 27, 2013 at 6:30 pm. A portion of every ticket purchased is donated to support the outreach ministry project “Clean Water Springs Hope” (water filters for the South Sundanese). Seating is limited. Purchase tickets on line at: www.azdiocese.org/baseball.html or complete and mail order blanks found in the back of church. Car pooling may be available.

Food Pantry

The need is great this summer and the Food Pantry is running low.  There is not another campus wide food drive until Thanksgiving.

We can use almost everything, especially: fruit, soup, canned spaghetti and pasta products, cereal, evaporated milk, canned vegetables, assorted canned beans,tuna and snacks, etc.

Please be as generous only as your circumstances will allow. We thank you,

for your generosity is helping the poor and homeless of our city.

Peace,
Nancy

Sad Information

Rick Noble, another one of our beloved parishioners, has died.

Rick died in his sleep sometime Sunday night. Services are pending.  [Update: the service at the end of August.]

Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

May Rick’s soul and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy
of God rest in peace.      AMEN †

--Nancy

Update From Guatemala

Subject: alive and well, out of the mud, and really tired

Hello folks.

We have made it back to Nebaj, after yesterdays most difficult walk, over the mountain and through the mud for 7 plus hours that ended with no bus to catch in Chel, due to a landslide on the one dirt road.

Pedro and I took "posada" with one of the former CPR leaders in Chel and left, weary, at 2 a.m. this morning for the bone chilling ride in the back of a pickup truck to Nebaj.

EVERYONE greets Sarah.

I am now internally thawed, having had my morning coffee, but hugely frustrated because I wrote a 7 community update to almost all former team members and others that the server (Google) refused to send or save, and gave me no option to edit or keep as a draft.

Will not tarry, except to say that all is more or less well, and there is much to do and more to report.
Ila

Cabal family (photo by Ila A. from a previous trip)

Announcements through July 27, 2013

You are invited to join us for Taize Meditation Service of Prayer each first and third Tuesday of each month at the Mary Altar in church.

Contemplative Prayer Group meets each Saturday at “Our Lady of the Desert House of Prayer at 9:30 am. (The House of Prayer is just north of the church parking lot.)
You are invited to explore the teachings of Contemplative Prayer and learn some simple ways to begin a meditation practice in the Christian tradition. The morning begins at 9:30 am and concludes at 11 am. The gathering includes social/coffee time. All are invited to attend. For more information contact Jim Reiter at 749-7950 or sjtucson@aol.com.

REMAINING CASA MARIA DATES FOR 2013
FRIDAYS AT 5 PM IN THE COOL PARISH CENTER
→JULY 26 ~ this Friday !
AUGUST 23
SEPTEMBER 20
OCTOBER 18
NOVEMBER 15
DECEMBER 13

Announcements for Week Ending July 21, 2013

–You are invited to join us for Taize Meditation Service of Prayer this Tuesday, July 16th at 6:45 pm at the Mary Altar in church.

–Contemplative Prayer Group meets each Saturday at “Our Lady of the Desert House of Prayer at 9:30 am. (The House of Prayer is just north of the church parking lot.)  You are invited to explore the teachings of Contemplative Prayer and learn some simple ways to begin a meditation practice in the Christian tradition. The morning begins at 9:30 ~ 11:00 am and includes social/coffee time. For more information contact Jim Reiter at 749-7950 or sjtucson@aol.com

–REMAINING CASA MARIA DATES FOR 2013
FRIDAYS AT 5 PM IN THE COOL PARISH CENTER
→JULY 26
AUGUST 23
SEPTEMBER 20
OCTOBER 18
NOVEMBER 15
DECEMBER 13

–And don't forget: the local memorial service for Fr. C.E. B. ("Father Ed") Harnsberger is Saturday, July 20th at 8:30 AM at St. Michael and All Angels, followed by a reception in the Parish Center.

Casa Maria and Fun and Games!

CASA MARIA – FRIDAY, JUNE 28 – 5 PM IN THE COOL PARISH CENTER

Today's menu consists of one ham and cheese with relish sandwich, one egg salad sandwich, two cookies, and a piece of fruit such as an apple, orange, or a banana. Volunteers from the parish are asked to donate two-dozen hard-boiled (shelled) eggs to make up the egg salad sandwiches. When school is in session, students are asked to bring hard-boiled eggs which they are still generously doing except in the summer months.

Church volunteers who have either a truck or van deliver the 500 lunches, with about 100 or more extra sandwiches and soup, to the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen located on East 26th. The lunches are served the next morning for lunch.

St. Michael's has streamlined the system whereby delivery is ready in just two hours. Although we call for volunteers for 5:00 PM, we must always be ready to start work at 6:00 PM. Approximately 30 dozen eggs are needed to make a suitable sandwich. About 30 volunteers are needed at each session to have a smooth and effective operation.

It costs the meals program approximately $350 each month to supply the needs such as meat, cheese, mustard, relish, sandwich bags, brown bags, bread, cookies, and fruit. All monies are contributions to the meals program and not from church funds.

And then...

FAMILY GAME NIGHT this Friday after Casa Maria. Bring $ for pizza (we'll order from Domino's when we get a head count) and a favorite board game you've been dying to play. Spread the word!

REMAINING CASA MARIA DATES FOR 2013

JUNE 28
JULY 26
AUGUST 23
SEPTEMBER 20
OCTOBER 18
NOVEMBER 15
DECEMBER 13