OFFERTORY - April 12 & 13 8:30 PM New Members of The Church 8:00 AM Mike & Norma Unverferth Family 11:00 AM Eric & Jen Siebeneck Family

USHERS – April 19 & 20 (Easter) 8:30 PM Team 4 8:00 AM Team 5 11:00 AM Team 6

LECTORS – April 19 & 20 (Easter) 8:30 PM Mike Kahle, Stacy Knueve 8:00 AM Mary Plescher, Donna Schnipke 11:00 AM Beth Selhorst, Whitney Smith

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - April 19 & 20 (Easter) 8:30: Dick & Jane Schulte, Stacy Schulte, Kay Unver-ferth, Lisa Unverferth, Norma Unverferth, Diane Vorst, Renee Vorst, Austin Vorst 8:00: Mary Siefker, Duane & Barb Steffan, Tony & Sandy Vorst, Don Wehri, Dianna Kehres, Gus & Judy Brinkman Ministers to Homebound: Dianna Kehres, Tony & Sandy Vorst 11:00: Allison Siebeneck, Kylie Siebeneck, Justine Ver-hoff, Sarah Verhoff, Spencer Vorst, Casey Wehri, Sandy Westrick, Allison Wurth, Alice Adams

SERVERS Tues, 4/15 8:00 AM Trevor Wurth Taylor Zeller Wed, 4/16 8:00 AM Morggan Edelbrock Brian Edwards Thurs, 4/17 7:30 PM Adam Fitzgerald Collin Fortman Fri, 4/18 1:30 PM Grant Zeller Kage Bockrath 7:30 PM Becca Brinkman Derek Buss Sat, 4/19 8:30 PM Ryan Ellerbrock Brandon Erhart Zach Erhart Sun, 4/20 8:00 AM Erica Edwards Alec Fortman Kristen Fortman 11:00 AM Kelly Doepker Maddison Edelbrock Bailey Eickholt

April 17 (Holy Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. Euch. Min: Ron & Dorothy Kerner, Karl & Darlene Miller, Cody Niese, Joan Niese, Joan Peck, Mary Plescher, Deb Remlinger LECTORS: Shelly Burkhart, Bob Buss

April 18 (Good Friday) at 1:30 p.m. Euch. Min.: Mark Remlinger, Mike & Karen Sarka LECTORS: Alexis Decker, Jennifer Erhart

April 18 (Good Friday) at 7:30 p.m. Euch. Min.: Tom Roof, Donna Schnipke, Cassy Schulte LECTORS: Jen Edelbrock, Maddison Edelbrock

Senior Citizen Soup & Sandwich

Tuesday, April 15, at 6:00 p.m., in the church basement, with cards to follow. Cost is $2.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS MONDAY, APRIL 14 ROSARY FOR PEACE: 1:30 p.m. SECOND GRADE PARENT MEETING: 7:00 p.m. CLC MEETING: 7:30 p.m. HOLY NAME CHOIR MEETING: 8:30 p.m. TUESDAY, APRIL 15 SENIOR CITIZEN SOUP & SANDWICH: 6:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 YAHS CHOIR PRACTICE: 8:00 p.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 18 CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY: 3:00 p.m. in church

Diocese of Toledo Good Friday Walk from Frenchtown to Carey, takes place on April 18. We will travel as a group and carpool from the Parish Center. Meet-ing at 6:50 a.m. and leaving by 7:00 a.m. This is a 7 mile walk, so dress accordingly. You may bring water bottles and a light snack for lunch. Remember, no meat! Let Mary Siefker know if you will be attending, so we have ample transportation. Austin Vorst and Danielle Maag, from our parish, are on Diocesan Youth Council and will be involved in the day’s activities.

Kalida EMS Chicken BBQ

Sunday, April 27, at 11:00 a.m. until gone, at the Kalida Fire

Station. Cost is $7 a meal.

Kalida Area Garage Sales April 24, 25 & 26. Maps will be available at area businesses the week of April 21.

ACA...Please Help Us Reach Our Goal Please send your donations directly to the Diocese of Toledo, making your checks payable to “Annual Catholic Appeal.” Pledge cards are in the rear vestibule of church.

You can send your donations to:

Annual Catholic Appeal; PO Box 917; Toledo, OH 43697

Don’t Miss “The Wizard of Oz” at KHS

Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 13, at 2:00 p.m., at the Kalida HS Auditeria. Reserved tickets: $6 and General Admission: $5.

Kalida Lions Flower Sale

All Proceeds to benefit storm victims in Cloverdale Com-munity area. Available starting Wednesday, April 16, at the Union Bank, Party Mart, Huntington Bank, Wibby's, Hoyt's, Dick's Restaurant, Thirsty's. $15/ Flower. Thanks for your support.

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.

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

Holy Week Schedule TuesdayTuesdayTuesdayTuesday

Chrism Mass at the Cathedral. At this special celebration, the clergy reaffirm

their vows to be servants of the people of God. Also, the holy oils used in

parishes are blessed and distributed. The oils are chrism, (used for Baptism,

Confirmation, blessing of altars and Ordination) oil of catechumens, (used prior

to Baptism for strength to say yes to the Lord) and oil of the infirm (used for

Anointing of the Sick).

Holy Thursday Holy Thursday Holy Thursday Holy Thursday

Institution of the Eucharist,

Washing of the feet, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

6:00 p.m. Mass (Continental)

7:30 p.m. Mass (Kalida)

Good FridayGood FridayGood FridayGood Friday - Veneration of the Cross, Distribution of Communion

- A special remembrance of Jesus dying on the cross to save us

10:00 a.m. Community Prayer Walk (Meet at Kalida Family Outreach

Center). Walk for the Lord; He walked for us.

1:30 & 7:30 p.m. Passion of Our Lord (Kalida)

6:00 p.m. Passion of Our Lord (Continental)

Holy SaturdayHoly SaturdayHoly SaturdayHoly Saturday Blessing of the fire and proclaiming Jesus as light of the world,

remembrance of God's love for the world through the

scriptures, celebration of the Lord's rising, welcoming new

members into the Catholic faith and celebration of our

communion with our Living God.

8:30 p.m. Mass (Kalida)

Easter SundayEaster SundayEaster SundayEaster Sunday

Jesus is risen, as He said.

The world is made new and we rise with Him.

Death has been conquered.

8:00 & 11:00 a.m. Mass (Kalida)

9:00 a.m. Mass (Continental)

Students Planning Mass... Students planning Mass this week are Jill Zeller's 2B class, on Wednesday, April 16.

Basement/Bake Sale for Education Our annual Basement/Bake Sale will be Tuesday, April 15. Please send your bake goods with your child on Monday and send money with them on Tuesday. The children enjoy this time to find treasures and enjoy good food while hang-ing out with their friends. All money raised will be used to further the education of children in Tanzania.

The Bible Timeline CD’s

Newly available at the Tower Entrance Library is “The Bi-ble Timeline,” which includes 23 CDs. You can listen to them in your car on the way to work. Books, CDs and DVDs can be signed out for up to 4 weeks.

Cemetery Cleanup Reminder Time is here to remove all decorations on the ground to pre-pare for the mowing season. Nothing can be put in or planted on the ground. Thanks for your help with this.

CLC Meeting

Monday April 14, at 7:30 p.m. Play Bingo and if you have an April birthday, come celebrate with us.

24 Hour Food Fast—April 26-27

The Youth Group will hold their annual Food Fast, from Saturday, April 26, at 12:30 p.m. to Sunday, April 27, at 6:00 p.m. This year we’d like to get the community in-volved. On Saturday afternoon, we will be traveling out in teams to collect non-perishable food for the local pantries from 2:15– 4:00 p.m. Each team will earn points by the number of items they collect! If our teams miss your house, feel free to bring it to one of the Masses that weekend and place it in the boxes located at the entrances of the church. This money will be donated to the Catholic Relief Services. So please join us in our quest to help feed the hungry of our county and world! Youth in Grades 9-12 can participate. Forms are located at stmichaelskalida.org, under the Youth Group tab, and are due to Parish Center by Monday, April 20.

Book Swap Why are you saving books you’ve already read? Round up your old paperbacks and hardbacks and get ready to “swap them” for other great books just waiting to be read again! The Kalida High School Annual Book Swap will be open to the public on Tuesday, April 22, and Wednesday, April 23, from 3:05 - 4:30 p.m., in Room 2206 of the high school building. Bring books that you own and are willing to SWAP for other donated books. Any books remaining after the swap will not be returned, but kept for future swaps. Questions? Contact the high school office at 419-532-3529 or email any of the following:

ka_p_schroeder@kalida.k12.oh.us ka_gerding@kalida.k12.oh.us or ka_scherer@kalida.k12.oh.us

Easter Basket Stuffers

Available at the tower and elevator entrances of church are children’s books, which would make great gifts for chil-dren. Books available are: Father Mark and Marlene Kahle's book "I Believe In Living Stones," "The Beginners Bible," "Catholic Prayer Book for Children" and "First Book of Saints." Suggested donations for the books can be placed in the Sunday collection.

Parents of Second Graders

There will be a parent meeting on Monday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m., in church, for parents of those making their First Com-munion this year. This is for parents only.

VBS Planning Meeting Mon., April 14 at 7:00 p.m., in the Parish Center. Anyone who is interested in helping plan this year's VBS is invited.

Easter R & B on Holy Saturday On April 19, the Kalida K of C will sponsor a Rosary and Breakfast, at 8:30 a.m. Our intentions will be for fallen-away Catholics; may they find their way back to Christ. Any questions, call Rita Borgelt 532-3637 or Sue Fuerst 532-3268.

Theology on Tap Returns…

Tuesday, April 22, at Kalida K of C Hall. The first two dates of 2014 were snowed out, so cross your fingers! Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with free food and low cost tap beverages, fol-lowed by a presentation at 7:30 p.m. This is open for every-one over 18, focusing on the youngish at heart. So don’t feel it’s just for the under 30 crowd, by any means. We start with a three–part program: Warm Faith In a Cold Winter, Life Experiences in Faith, and the Resurrection. We aim to have a session each month through the fall, so make this a habit starting this Easter Season.

Knight Knews (Including Easter Egg Hunt) The Knights of Columbus have their annual Easter Egg Hunt coming up on April 19, at 1:00 p.m. All ages are invited to decorate these eggs at the Hall, after Holy Thursday Mass. Also, we’re working hard to bring back a social aspect to the second meeting (Fourth Thursday) of the month. Spouses/girlfriends can assist in the rosary at 7:30 p.m., and then join the Knights for food & social stuff after the meeting. Des-serts welcome! This isn’t just a Lenten thing, but all year around. Let’s build on an old Knightly tradition!

Youth Mass

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

April Youth Group Meetings Sunday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 23, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., at the Parish Center.

Senior Baccalaureate Mass

May 18, at 11:00 a.m. Mass, with luncheon to follow. Invites will be sent to you.

Thanks We’d like to thank all of the volunteers who helped with the Putnam County Relay for Life BBQ Dinner on April 8. Keep us in mind for next year! Thanks!

From the Desk of Fr. Mark

Hi and welcome to Holy Week. For me growing up, Holy Week meant two things: decorating eggs and lots of church time. For our large family, we decorated eggs and lots of them. We would eat two dozen eggs in one sit-ting. So when we colored eggs, it became a family affair so we could finish the project before Easter morn-ing. Some eggs were just dumped into the color to get it over with. Others were drawn on with crayons from school. Easter scenes were colored that included crosses, lilies and sunrises. Rabbits and seals (Easter Seals...we thought we were so original) were drawn on other eggs. Each person was in charge of making their own personalized egg with their name on it. Other eggs were striped, polka dotted and tie dyed, which were really cool. By the end of the day, we had the whole kitchen table full of color, fun and excitement for everyone. On Easter, those eggs were hidden on the lawn, in bushes, up on tree branches, in the mailbox, on the clothes line pole or anywhere imaginable. Some eggs were easy to find. While for others, we had to play the hot and cold game to finally discover where the hider placed the egg. The whole egg ritual fit into the Church ritual, also. Church took a lot of time. There were times that it was like we were just dumped there...to get it over with. Those times usually happened when we were in our teens. It seemed like there sure were better things to do than be in church on a spring day. But even going with this attitude helped create a full table of blessings. Small inconveniences were nothing to what Jesus did for us on the cross. Like Peter at the Transfiguration, it is good that we are here, even if we don't appreciate it until later. Coming to church for more noble and beautiful reasons made Holy Week more special. All the symbols of the days stuck with me for a lifetime. The washing of feet, kissing of the cross, an outdoor fire, lighting of candles and ringing of bells made the Lord's journey during Holy Week more memorable. Just as we colored eggs in a vari-ety of styles, the symbols made more sense the more we encountered them. Each person encounters the Lord dif-ferently during this week. Just as we had personalized eggs, the Lord touches us as individuals and as a commu-nity. There are times when the Lord is easy to find, as in the resurrection. While at other times it is hard to fathom the Lord suffering and dying for us. Just as in a table full of eggs, there is a lot to take in, so it is with Holy Week. Plan on some serious church time this Holy Week. How do I make a return to the Lord for all the good He has done for me? Spend time with Him. Have a great week—a great Holy Week—with the Lord and with the family of believers around the world. Fr. Mark

Morning Prayer 7:30 a.m., in church, every weekday during Lent.

Heartbeat of Lima is in Need of...

size 2, 3 & 5 diapers, Similac, Isomil, Parent’s Choice (at Walmart), baby wipes, Desitin, baby shampoo, baby pow-der, cotton swabs, etc. Donations can be dropped in the boxes at the exits of church during Lent. Thanks!

Mass Intentions for the Week

MONDAY, APRIL 14

8:00 AM COMMUNION SERVICE

TUESDAY, APRIL 15

8:00 AM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

8:00 AM

THURSDAY, APRIL 17 Holy Thursday

7:30 PM Alfred Ellerbrock, Dan Schroeder

Barbara June Warnement

L/D Alphonse & Frances Schulte Family

L/D Tony & Bernadine Hoersten Family

Lorene & Norbert Fuerst

Moxie & Cindy Wehri

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 Good Friday

1:30 PM Passion of Our Lord

7:30 PM Passion of Our Lord

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 8:30 PM Those Joining the Catholic Church

Jerome & Ethel Bendele

Bob Schimmoeller, Bill Bellmann

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 Easter Sunday

8:00 AM Tom L. Siebeneck, Helen Korte

Pete & Alice Gerding

11:00 AM Alphonse & Eleanore Jerwers

Don & Joyce Jerwers

Harold & Imelda Stechschulte

Marie & Hilary Burgei & Reese Burgei

Virgil & Virginia Unverferth

Leroy Warnement, Aloysius Warnecke

L/D Harold Vorst Family

Burnell & Don Hicks

Last Week’s Collection: $ 10,948.16

Holy Thursday: 7:30: YAHS

Good Friday: 1:30: YAHS 7:30: HN

Choir Assignments—Easter

8:30: YAHS 8:00: HN 11:00: Youth

Soup & Stations of the Cross - April 13

Stations of the Cross this Sunday, April 13, at 1:00 p.m., will be lead by the students in grade 7. We will meet on the church steps to begin our outdoor walk. There will be Sta-tions in church for those who cannot walk with us. You can also join us in the church basement, after the 11:00 a.m. Mass, for a soup lunch!

Kickball to Open Teen 120 on Monday

8th Grade Students Invited

We are inviting the 8th grade students to join the high school teens at the final Teen 120 on April 14, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., to discuss teen hot topics and what our faith teaches us! We will begin our night with a friendly game of kickball, so wear your tennis shoes and join us in the fun!

World Youth Day 2016

We’re still accepting any youth currently in the 6th grade and older and parents to join us for WYD 2016 in Poland. Contact Mary Siefker 419-796-0180.