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Saint Michaels Catholic Church Highway 62/412 & Tekakwitha Drive, Cherokee Village, Arkansas Phone:(870) 257-2850 |
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Saint Michaels Catholic Church Highway 62/412 & Tekakwitha Drive, Cherokee Village, Arkansas Phone:(870) 257-2850 |
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Ministries
Click on each link in the list and it takes you to a description of that particular ministry.
The parish recruits altar servers on an as-needed basis. If anyone is interested in joining the Altar Servers, please contact the parish office at 257-2850, or at stmichaelcv@yahoo.com
The Altar Society promotes spiritual values, personal holiness and apostolic work within the parish. The Society participates in fund raising projects to provide for the altar and sacristy supplies. Membership is open to all parishioners, men and women. The Society meets on the second Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m. Current officers are Kathy Boska, president (257-5012), Marcella Birckhead, vice-president, Clobeaut Laszacs, secretary and Jane Wege, treasurer. [Submitted by Lila Hickert]
Extra-ordinary ministers distribute communion when a priest or deacon is unavailable, at Masses to assist the celebrant and to the home bound. Training and diocesan certification are required to serve as an extra-ordinary minister. If anyone is interested in becoming an extra-ordinary minister, contact the Coordinator, Lillian Newburn, at 257-2875, or call the parish office at 257-2850, or at stmichaelcv@yahoo.com
See the separate link for Knights of Columbus on this website. Monthly meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. For additional information, contact Bob King at 257-4191, rmking@centurytel.net
For More Information, Visit: http://www.kofc.org/un/index.cfm
Lectors read the scriptures at all Masses. For additional information, or to join the group, contact Annette Sheldon at 257-2217, or call the parish office at 257-2850, stmichaelcv@yahoo.com
Although the preferred work of the Legion of Mary is visiting homes, members also perform other spiritual outreach activities. These activities enable and encourage parishioners, as well as non-parishioners living within the parish boundaries to enrich their Catholic faith.
The St. Michael’s unit of the Legion (a Praesidium) is proud to be a part of the Church’s largest layman’s organization, founded in 1921.
Members seek out lapsed Catholics and encourage them to return to the church; encourage families to ensure that children receive a Christian education and receive the sacraments, and locate sick parishioners and shut-ins who need visitation or the sacraments.
Members also get involved in Parish Religious Education programs, visit the sick in convalescent homes and hospitals and visit prisoners in jail.
For additional information, or to join this group, interested persons may contact the coordinator, Matt Winston, at 257-2857 or call the parish office at 257-2850, stmichaelcv@yahoo.com
The parish music ministry always welcomes new members and encourages everyone blessed with a good voice or the ability to play an instrument to share those talents with the parish family.
Potential new members may contact Music Director Rose Brandenburg at 994-2744 or brandenburgs@hotmail.com
A youth choir meets in the church library for one hour before scheduled Sunday Masses.
Classes meet on an as-needed basis and the course runs three months at one evening per month. Classes are scheduled to accommodate participants’ ability to attend meetings.
Anyone interested may contact Buddy or Anne Kootz at 856-4543, kootz@centurytel.net .
For additional information on Natural Family Planning, the Couple to Couple League website is www.ccli.org
PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION (PEA) In December 1999, St. Michael’s opened a Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel, adjacent to the main church body.
The chapel operates on an open hours schedule, excluding Mass hours.
Approximately 130 parishioners provide coverage for the 156 available hours. Persons interested in participating in this devotion are encouraged to contact the program coordinators, Marcella Birckhead, 257-2051; Shirley Heuser, 856-2543; or Anne Kootz, 856-4543 to enroll and fill schedule vacancies.
This devotion offers the opportunity for private, personal and quiet worship.
The PEA chapels developed on a parish level from a grass roots movement in the mid-1980’s.
In 1991, Pope John Paul II began perpetual adoration of the Eucharist in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. During the same year, he also approved the canonical establishment of the lay association for perpetual Eucharistic adoration to promote adoration in every Catholic parish throughout the world. For more information, see: http://therealpresence.org/eucharst/a.html [ UP ]
Volunteers respond to requests for prayers submitted by anyone requesting prayers for a particular intention. The volunteers, known as “Prayer Warriors”, receive the requests via an “e-mail tree.”
Anyone wishing to volunteer as a “Prayer Warrior”, or anyone wishing to be included in the “Prayer Chain”, may contact Coordinator Helen Shinavar at 257-3683, or at ctn83943@centurytel.net
The parish’s Pro Life group reports on activities and programs of the American Life League. Additional information is available at http://www.all.org
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For schedules and activities, contact the parish office at 257-2850, or stmichaelcv@yahoo.com
St. Michael’s Rosary Makers organization is an affiliate of the International Club of Rosary Makers with headquarters in Louisville, KY. The organization boasts 24,000 dues-paying members in all 50 states and in 15 foreign countries. The local Club meets the third Tuesday of the month, from September through May in the parish hall. The Club always welcomes new members. The current contact is Claudia MacArthur, 257-2760, or miccosukee4 @yahoo.com
For schedules and activities, contact the parish office at 257-2850, or stmichaelcv@yahoo.com
Parish ministers with a historical background in scripture and tradition, Ushers are the official greeters to St. Michael’s liturgical services. Joyful and reverent, kind and community-minded, ushers offer a point of personal contact with everyone – parishioners and visitors – on the occasion of their Sunday worship.
Persons interested in becoming part of this exciting ministry may contact Lila Hickert at 257-2383, or ghickert@centurytel.net
St. Michael’s recognizes the seriousness of the shortage of priests, not only nationally, but especially in the Little Rock diocese.
The parish conducts an annual Vocation Seminar not only for St. Michael’s, but for the surrounding counties as well.
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