OFFERTORY - May 3 & 4 4:30 PM Lisa Berheide Family 8:00 AM Herm & Rita Borgelt Family 11:00 AM First Communicants

USHERS – May 3 & 4 4:30 PM Team 8 8:00 AM Team 9 11:00 AM Team 7

LECTORS – May 3 & 4 4:30 PM Wendy Schimmoeller, Joyce Schnipke 8:00 AM Renee Vorst, Spencer Vorst 11:00 AM First Communicants

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - May 3 & 4 4:30: Kelly Buss, Regina Fischnich, Sean Fischnich, Lynda Fortman, Sue Fuerst, Phil Fuerst, Bob Gerdeman, Sue Gerdeman, Grace Haselman, Kristi Honigfort 8:00: Bob & Annette Meyer, Amy Brinkman, Mary Grote, Darlene Hanneman, Mary Lou Hoffman, Mel Han-neman, Dave & Jane Kahle, Mark Kahle Ministers to Homebound: Bob & Annette Meyer, Amy Brinkman 11:00: Sarah Hovest, Rose Recker, Kay Unverferth, Greg & Jill Zeller, Glen & Annette Schroeder, Connie Cleemput, Mary Ellen Killion

SERVERS Tues, 4/29 8:00 AM Dakota Rosselit Ethan Schmenk Wed, 4/30 8:00 AM Alyssa Schulte Megan Schulte Thurs, 5/1 7:30 PM Bradley Siefker Josh Verhoff Fri, 5/2 8:00 AM Paul von der Embse Trevor Vorst Sat, 5/3 4:30 PM Ryan Kahle Brittany Kahle Hannah Kahle Sun, 5/4 8:00 AM Kyla Hoyt Joni Kaufman Mitchell Kerner 11:00 AM Kyle Kehres Brooke Kimball Devin Kortokrax

Divine Mercy Sunday at Domus Angelorum

Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated at Domus Angelo-rum Retreat House this Sunday, April 27. Devotion and confession are from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. All are welcome. Domus Angelorum is located at 21706 State Route 114,

Cloverdale.

Problems in Children Addressed

Kids that struggle with ADHD, autism, ear infections, sleep problems, constipation, sensory processing issues, bed wet-ting, allergies, or behavioral issues may be products of "The Perfect Storm." Come hear “how and why” from Dr. Tony Morman, on Tuesday, April 29, at 7:00 p.m., at the Putnam County ESC Assembly Hall. Call 419-523-2220 or email mormanfamilychiro@gmail.com to register for this FREE informative presentation.

MONDAY, APRIL 28 ROSARY FOR PEACE: 1:30 p.m. TUESDAY, APRIL 29 APPALACHIAN MISSION TRIP MEETING: 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 FIRST COMMUNION PRACTICE: 7:00 p.m. YAHS CHOIR PRACTICE: 8:00 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 1 ROSARY: 7:00 p.m., in church EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 2 CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY: 3:00 p.m. in church

Preschool Teacher Job Posting

Accepting applications for part-time preschool teacher at Glandorf St. John’s Catholic Preschool. Minimum require-ment of High School Diploma/ GED equivalent; experience working with children and knowledge of child development is preferred. Full detailed job posting is online at www.stjohnglandorf.parishesonline.com. For more infor-mation, call Carole Schroeder (419-538-6264). Submit cover letter, resume, and four references by April 30 to: St. John's Preschool, P.O. Box 48, Glandorf Ohio 45848.

Ft. Jennings Community Garage Sale

Friday, May 2, from 5:00—9:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 3, from 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. Organized by Ft. Jennings Com-munity Women’s Club. Maps will be available at local Ft. Jennings businesses.

SAY Soccer Help Needed

Kalida SAY Soccer could use help with coaches, referees, field set up and painting of the soccer fields for the 2014 soccer season. If anyone can help with any of these, please contact Michelle Schmitz (419-235-9172) or Nora Schulte (419-532-2113). If we cannot answer the phone, please leave a message and we will return your call. Thank you!

Spring Football Clinic Sunday, April 27, from 1:00-4:00 p.m., in the St. Michael's Gym. Open to boys and girls, ages kindergarten thru 5th grade. Kids may wear gym clothes and gym shoes. Cost is $15 at the door.

Divine Mercy Sunday - April 27

will be observed at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine (seven miles south of Bellevue on 269 between 547 & 4) with a special Eucharistic Holy Hour at 2:30 p.m., in the chapel. Come and celebrate the love of the Lord.

Rosary Procession at

Sorrowful Mother Shrine There will be a Rosary Procession on all the Sundays of May (4, 11, 18 & 25) at 2:30 p.m., at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine, Bellevue. Come and honor the Mother of God (and our Mother) during her special month.

Veteran’s Benefit Workshop

April 29, at 1:00 p.m., at The Meadows of Kalida. It will be presented by the Putnam County Veteran’s Service Office. It is a free event and refreshments will be provided.

Pastor: Fr. Mark Hoying, C.PP.S. Deacon: Bob Klausing 312 N. Broad St., Kalida, OH 45853 419-532-3474

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.”

- Richard Bach

Students Planning Mass... are Ruth Kuhlman's 1B class, on Wednesday, April 30, and Judy Birkemier's 7A class, on Friday, May 2.

Confirmation Date Set for 2014

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Satur-day, October 25, at the 4:30 p.m. Mass, with Rev. Charles Ritter.

Recent Baptism

BRANTON ISAAC KEIRNS

Son of Kevin Keirns & Renee Schroeder

Y.E.S. – Youth Elect Service – June 12-14

The 2014 Y.E.S. project will take place at Columbus Grove High School, beginning Thursday, June 12, at 6:30 p.m. Current 8th grade students through graduating seniors are invited to join us for this weekend service retreat. Be ready to meet teens from throughout the St. George Deanery, have some fun, grow in faith and be the hands and feet of Christ in your community. This three-day retreat experience will close with 4:30 p.m. Mass, on Saturday, June 14, at St. An-thony of Padua Catholic Church, in Columbus Grove. Regis-tration forms are available from the Parish Center and at stmichaelskalida.org, under the Youth Group tab, and are due by May 21! If we meet our goal of 100 high school vol-unteers, each parish youth minister will dye their hair. So bring your friends and help us meet our goal so you can see the rainbow of hair color!

Y.E.S. Work Sites Needed

On June 13 and June 14, the teens from the St. George Deanery are volunteering to help people throughout Putnam County with various jobs around their homes, as they par-ticipate in the annual Youth Elect Service weekend retreat. If you would like a team of youth and adults to help with jobs around your home, please contact Mary Siefker (419-532-3494, ext. 103 or 419-796-0180).

Y.E.S. Crew Leaders Needed

Do you like to spend time helping those in need? We’d love for you to join our adult crew leaders for the Y.E.S. weekend on June 12-14, at Columbus Grove High School. Adult crew leaders and assistant crew leaders need to be current college freshman up to retirees! Nothing is more rewarding then sharing your time and faith with the younger members of the Church! For questions or to sign up as a crew leader, please contact Mary Siefker (419-7496-0180).

Memorial Bricks Make Great Gifts The Kalida Local School is getting ready to place another order for memorial bricks, in both the high school and ele-mentary buildings. These bricks make excellent gifts (Mothers’ Day & Father’s Day coming up) and are a great way to honor both the living and/or deceased! If you have-n’t had a chance to see the brick donor walls, stop in any-time to check them out. For more information, please see the school’s website (lower left under the announcements) or feel free to give us a call (419-532-3534). The next order will be placed on May 28!

Women of All Ages Banquet Do you believe in miracles? Bring your grandmothers, moth-ers, daughters, granddaughters, or sisters of the parish to the Altar Rosary “Women of All Ages Banquet.” You will hear the amazing story of how a mother and her son were in-volved in an eight person’s kidney exchange. May Crowing will begin at 6:00 p.m., on May 5, with the banquet to fol-low in church basement. There will be fellowship, door prizes and a craft for the young girls. Please bring a covered dish for all to share. Sign up sheets are at all of the church exits.

First Communion Practice...

is April 30, at 7:00 p.m. We will meet in the church base-ment and practice our procession into church. This is for children and their parents. A list of picture times will be available for those who have signed up. First Communion is May 4, at the 11:00 a.m. Mass. We will take the group pic-ture before the Mass.

Teen 120

The Youth led some great discussions during our Lenten Teen 120. We will continue to offer Teen 120 on the second Monday of each month, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., at the Parish Center Youth Room! So join us on May 12! Current 8th grade students are invited!

24 Hour Food Fast Rescheduled

Due to busy spring schedules and lack of registrations, we have moved the Food Fast to August. If you have food items that you placed in the boxes at the entrances of the church, we will be donating them to the Putnam County Thrift Store Food Pantry. Thank you for your donations!

May Youth Group Events Sunday, May 11: Meeting ( 7:00-9:00 p.m.) Monday, May12: Teen 120 (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.) Friday, May 16: Friday Frenzy (current 8th grade invited) 7:30-11:00 p.m. Sunday, May 18: Senior Baccalaureate Mass & Lunch (11:00 Mass) Wednesday, May 28: Youth Group Meeting (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

Pray Hard; Ride On!

Diocesan Youth Day at Cedar Point Tuesday, June 17, 2014 (10:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m.). Open to all Middle & High School Youth & their families. $37 per ticket (ages 3 and older); children 2 & under are FREE. (The regular single day pass is $49.99). Tickets will be sold the day of the event at a window designated for the Diocese of Toledo, just to the right of the main entrance. Tickets will be sold from 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Additionally, beverage brace-lets will be sold for $8. This will allow you to receive FREE refills throughout the day. At 4:00 p.m., a Mass will be cele-brated! The details of the location will be at the ticket win-dow that day.

Kalida EMS Chicken BBQ This Sunday! April 27, from 11:00 a.m. until gone, at the Kalida Fire Sta-

tion. Cost is $7 a meal.

From the Desk of Fr. Mark

Happy Easter, Last week was a wonderful celebration of God's love for us. Many faces of God's love were seen in our gath-erings. Everything from a servant-God who would wash others' feet, to a God who would share Himself through a sacred meal, was shown through our litur-gies. A community walk on Friday showed a God who would walk with us, even in our sinfulness and would open His arms on a cross to embrace us to wel-come us through and beyond death. With Holy Satur-day and Sunday, we saw the face of hope, in that even death has been conquered by the power of God's love for us. With God all things are possible. Our celebra-tions were full and lively. Thanks to so many who helped our communities show our appreciation for God's great love. In the next weeks we will see more examples of God's great love. This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sun-day. God's love is not the kind of love that condemns, but lifts up. If God lifts us up, so should we. This Sun-day is First Communion at St. John's and next Sunday is First Communion at St. Michael's. Our communities lift up our young children to the table of the Lord, where they will be nourished with the Lord himself. He is true food for life's journey, which will take us to our heavenly home. With all the excitement on the faces of our First Communion families, it is easy to behold the face of God. Throughout my life, I have always heard that faith is a gift. This Sunday is also known as “Doubting Tho-mas Sunday” because of his lack of faith. Let us lift each other up, especially our children, with a gift of faith so that they may encounter the living Lord. First Communion and Easter go well together. It is only by faith that either one makes sense. May God bless our parishes with a great gift of faith. Congratulations to all who are making their First Communion. Have a faith-filled week.

Fr. Mark

Beautiful Symbolism

Many people commented on how much they loved the decorations during Lent and, espe-cially at Easter, with all the butter-flies, flowering trees and pillar decorations, which adorned the church. It was like the whole world came alive in praise of the Risen

Lord. Thanks to the decorating committee and the ele-mentary religion students for helping to inspire a wonder-ful Easter spirit! As I looked through all the butterflies from the rear vestibule, it was as if the stained glass win-dows were extended into the body of the church. Just like Jesus’ resurrection, the symbolism of the caterpillar “dying” to become something greater, renewed in us the hope of eternal life and better things to come. Rebirth! Renew! Refresh! Resurrection! Fr. Mark

Mass Intentions for the Week

MONDAY, APRIL 28

8:00 AM COMMUNION SERVICE

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

8:00 AM Dan Siefker

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

8:00 AM

THURSDAY, MAY 1

7:30 PM

FRIDAY, MAY 2

8:00 AM

SATURDAY, MAY 3

4:30 PM Dick Langhals, Joe Webken Family

Ferd Kahle Family

SUNDAY, MAY 4

8:00 AM Alvin & Marcella Recker

11:00 AM First Communicants

Esther Siefker, Randy Siefker

Don Selhorst, Jeannie Buchholz

Easter Collection: $ 33,413.64

Choir Assignments—May 3 & 4

4:30: YAHS 8:00: HN 11:00: YOUTH & PW

Mission Trip Informational Meeting

We invite you to join us on our Appalachian Mission Trip to Louisa, Kentucky. This will take place the week of July 27 - August 2. The first informational meeting will be Tuesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m., in St. Michael’s Parish

Center. If you cannot attend the meeting and are interested in the trip, please call Fr. Mark (419-969-0148).

May Crowning... is May 5, at 6:00 p.m. Our First Communicants and our 8th grade students are asked to participate. Parents, please en-courage your child to participate in honoring Mary, our Mother, through this prayer service.

Holy Name Raffle Winners $250 Mike Hartman $100 Garret Jerwers $100 Ashley Schulte $100 Lou Ann Kahle $100 Dot Verhoff $ 50 Zach Selhorst $ 50 Dean Foppe $ 50 Bruce Kahle $ 50 Brianna Recker $ 50 Joan Vennekotter $ 50 Jesse Lindeman $ 50 Julie Selhorst

Eucharistic Adoration

Thursday, May 1, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Our intentions dur-ing this time will be: for favorable weather for the planting of the crops, for the new members of the Church, for our graduates and for a safe summer for everyone.

Senior Baccalaureate Mass

May 18, at 11:00 a.m. Mass, with luncheon to follow.

Youth Mass

Sunday, April 27, at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome!