July 29/30 Sat. 5:00 pm Winnie Flanagan + (Flora & Pete DePond) Sun. 9:00 am Anna Sweeney + (Patty & Don Stansberry) Sun. 11:30 am Our Parishioners Mon. 8:15 am Winnie Flanagan + (Anniversary of Death) Tues. 7:00 pm Nancy Eschelmann Marshall + (Mary Gallagher) Wed. 8:15 am Everett Phillips + (JoAnn & Tony Crinieri) Thurs. 7:00 pm Charlotte Bayley Smith + (The Bayley Family) Fri. 8:15 am Commemorative Mass Association Aug. 5/6 Sat. 5:00 pm Our Parishioners Sun. 9:00 am Mary Jane Kelly (Jim Kelly) Sun. 11:30 am Charlie Rush (Ruscitto Family)

Please remember in your prayers: Mary Jane Kelly, Joan Polen, Kathy & Dave Schmedes, Ruth Coury, Mary Gallagher, Dottie Nohe, Joan Burkhart, Pryce Dearien, Betty Rea, Lou Bogdan, Da-vid Brezin, Sarah Taylor, Cherie Stump Lane, Devin Lane, Hayley Lane, Richard & Pauline Schaffer, Wolf-gang Strobl, David Schuchts, Rev. Rick Shoda, Pat Miller, Marilyn Hamelman, Kathy Schmedes and all of our ill and homebound parishioners.

July 30, 2017 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time

July 29/30 GREETERS LECTOR EX. MINISTERS MASS SERVERS

5:00 pm J. & T. Phillips A. Winans J. & L. Hushion/S. Dearien Bradon Nguyen

9:00 am J. Brunicardi B. Tichy

F. Bartimoccia B. Hayhurst/S. & F. Bartimoccia A. Nguyen

11:30 am M. Smith M. Prisc J. Kelly/R. Schaffer/C. Smith K. McCarty

Aug. 5/6 GREETERS LECTOR EX. MINISTERS MASS SERVERS

5:00 pm B. & J. Bostaph B. Fehrenbacher J. Smith/A, Fehrenbacher S. Garrison

D. Keiser/E. Conley

9:00 am M. & D. Lewis T. Santer P. Boyd/J. & L. Williamson Brandon & P. Nguyen

11:30 am M. DeRose J. Kelly R. Angel/P. Helmick L. Wince

C. Kelly

Sanctuary Lamp

Students Returning to

School

Special Ministers: 7/23 B. Fanta, 7/30 Bill Moore, 8/6 S. Ruscitto, 8/13 B. Fanta

Collection for July 23rd Offering - $ 5,269.00

Loose - $ 344.00 Attendance - 393

Mass Intentions

BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO:

07/29 Sharon Houser, Sherri Kelly 07/30 Jennifer Reed 07/31 Genevieve Khalil 08/01 Janis McGinnis, Alisa Crockett, Anthony Conny Dede Tranquill, Peter Keiser, Vince Van Dyke 08/02 Karmyn Conley, Amy & Matt Stevens (A) 08/03 Marta Higgs, Austin Craven Sydney & William Dearien 08/04 Sandra Day 08/05 Marlene Sterrick, Jacqueline & Dale Evans (A) 08/06 Sandy Sabo, Mary Jane & Deacon Jim Kelly (A) Carol & Jack Ruffing (A) Carmela & John Gallagher (A) 08/07 Helen Randolph, John Fanta Sherri & Chris Rutherford (A) 08/08 Terrie Gammon

Prayer Network: Contact JoAnn Crinieri at 304-210-8221 or jcrin39@gmail.com. Parishioners on the prayer network will pray for your intentions.

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The Catholic Sharing Appeal has exceed our goal again this year. Every dollar now contributed is sent back 100% to the Parish without being taxed at the Diocesan 9% level. Please consider a gift if you haven’t. Envelopes are on the Bulletin table if you misplaced yours. Thank you for your gift which is tax deductible.

8-12-2017: We will have Movie Night (THE SHACK) in the church hall after 5 o’clock Mass. The movie is approximately 2 hours long. We will have sandwiches, drinks & snacks, and in addition we will offer wine and cheese for adults. Please sign up on the sheets in the Gathering Area so we will know

how much food to serve. This is sponsored by the SMCW & Men’s Group.

Faith Formation: Faith Formation takes many forms at St Michael Church – from RCIA to Sacrament Preparation to Parish School of Religion and much more. For the month of Au-gust, please take time daily to pray for guidance as we prepare the programs for the next year using the following prayer (or one of your own choosing):

Dear Jesus, May we be faithful to the call to be your disciples, rooted in your Word, and open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. May we use these gifts, especially the gifts of faith, hope, and love, to serve the St Michael Faith Community as a witness to you, who are love and life the source of love for all families. Let your Spirit enlighten our minds and strengthen our hearts so that we can be a path of Christ’s love to families, espe-cially as we prepare for the upcoming year of Faith Formation. Through the intercession of Mary and Joseph, we pray for the Church, the Bride of Christ, whose mission to build a civilization of love through the family. Amen.

The Good Samaritan Center is asking for donations of Crackers for the month of August.

Pope Francis recently called for a Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment to take place in October 2018. In preparation there are five listening sessions scheduled throughout the Diocese for young people from 16-30 years of age. Please attend one of these if you are within this age group. If you want to travel as a group, please let the office know and schedule a meeting time to be announced in the bulle-tin. See posters in the Gathering Area. Sessions are scheduled as follows:

8/02/2017 St. Francis de Sales Parish, Morgantown, 7 pm 8/09/2017 St. Vincent de Paul, Wheeling-Marist Centre, 7 pm

St. Michael is looking to start an adult, evening, bible study after the Tuesday evening Mass. The topics and format are to be determined, but could include: apologetics, a historical survey of the bible, a book study, or other topics as the group decides. For more information, please call or email John Bogdan (304) 488-3646 or BogdanJE@gmail.com. There is a signup sheet in the gathering area for anyone in-terested.

SIXTH Annual Parkersburg Catholic Youth Recrea-tional Soccer Camp will be held Monday, July 31 through Thursday, August 3, 2017: Ages 5 and under, 5:30pm - 6:30pm - Cost $35.00 Ages 6-14, 5:30pm - 7:00pm - Cost $45.00 Camp location: JACKSON PARK Soccer Fields, Vienna WV located off Rosemar Rd across from McDonough Park entrance.

To register online: https://tinyurl.com/2017pchscamp

Come join Shane Hartshorn and the 2017 Crusader Soc-

cer Team for skill building and fun. If you have any questions, email George Clowes at

georgeclowes@suddenlink.net

Mass Intentions are scheduled for all weekend Masses through the end of 2017. Also weekly Mass Intentions are already scheduled through mid-September. Please contact the office if you need to schedule a Mass Intention before year end.

8-27-2017: The Ice Cream Social!!!!! Yummy!!! Tickets are on sale now ($5 per person or $20 Max per family, 6 and under free). Raffle tickets are $1 for one or 6 for $5. Sign up sheets for cakes and pies will be on the table in the Gathering Area beginning August 6th. We are also accepting items for the Auctions.

CONGRATULATIONS Mr. & Mrs. Richard (Colleen) Newhart on their cel-ebration of the Sacraments of Matrimony on Satur-day, July 22nd. The Maone family on the celebration of the Sacra-ment of Baptism for their daughter Evelyn Ruth Maone on Sunday, July 23rd.