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SAINT MARY MAGDALENESAINT MARY MAGDALENESAINT MARY MAGDALENE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 2654 E. Williams Field Road, Gilbert, AZ 85295 - Phone (480)279-6737 FAX: (480)279-6786 smarymag.org
Meet Jesus - Know Jesus - Experience Jesus
Vidi DominumVidi DominumVidi Dominum
September 30th, 2018 - 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Better Off Dead? by Lita Arroyo
Suffering Unleashes Love an Interview with parishioners about post-abortive healing
Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - Noon & 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am - Noon.
Sunday Masses Times Saturday (Vigil) 4:30 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:30 am 11:30 am 4:30 pm
Latin Mass (Novus Ordo) 7:00pm, First Sunday of Every Month
Daily Mass Schedule Monday - Saturday 8:00 am Rosary & Divine Mercy chaplet prayed after Mass in the Main Church
Perpetual Adoration The Blessed Sacrament is exposed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except during morning weekday Masses. A key card is required for access after parish office hours.
Confessions Monday - Friday 8:45 am - 9:15 am Saturday 8:45 am - 11:15 am
Clergy Fr. Chris Axline, Parochial Administrator: [email protected]
Fr. Ishaya Samaila, Parochial Vicar: [email protected]
Deacon John Scott - [email protected] Deacon Craig Hintze, Deacon Kevin Knapp, Deacon Jerry O’Toole, and Deacon Larry St. Onge (winter visitor): Call Parish Office
From Your Finance Counsel
Collections (Totals include any contributions made via Faith Direct) General Fund: $38,803.87; Capital Campaign: $15,528.35; Catholic University:$1,157.93
Upcoming Special Collections: September 30: Capital Campaign
Staff Directory Athena Mota de Alcantara, Programs Administrative Assistant [email protected], ext. 217
Chris Zajdzinski, Director of Marriage & Family Life [email protected], ext. 212
Claire Halbur, Director of Sacred Music [email protected], ext. 209
Clare Shakal, Sacred Music Assistant [email protected]
Jackie Sullivan, Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Jake Stanley, Director of Youth Evangelization [email protected], ext. 211
John Lowery, Nullity Minister [email protected]
Kristi Hillier, Family Catechesis Registrar [email protected], ext. 207
Lauren McParlane, Coordinator of Middle School Evangeliza-tion [email protected], ext. 214
Lita Arroyo, Director of Parish Evangelization [email protected], ext. 210
Maria Stoey, Coordinator of High School Evangelization [email protected], ext. 218
Mary Molina, Assistant to the Director of Family Catechesis [email protected], ext. 207
Roger Molieri, Coordinator of Sacred Liturgy [email protected], ext. 205
Shari Stenborg, Director of Finance [email protected], ext. 206
Tom Perna, Director of Family Catechesis [email protected], ext. 203
Trisha Engel, Director of Pastoral Care [email protected], ext. 201 or 215
St. Mary Magdalene is a Roman Catholic Parish that witnesses the love of Jesus Christ through evangelization, catechesis and the celebration of the Sacraments.
Bulletin Submissions: All submissions for events, articles, art, or other content must be made by Wednesday, a week-and-a-half prior to any given Sunday via smarymag.org/bulletin-announcement-request. We
reserve the right to edit, include or not include your submission. Questions? Contact [email protected].
On the Cover: Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona, 1656. The Memorial of the Guardian Angels is October 2nd. 2
Need Help?
New to St. Mary Magdalene? We are looking forward to meeting you! Please visit the Parish Office or smarymag.org/about-parishregistration to formally register as a parishioner.
Emergency Anointing of the Sick: Use only for emergencies - 602-241-2603
Pastoral Care to the Sick: Our Pastoral Care Ministry vol-unteers visit and bring Holy Communion to those who are sick, hospitalized or homebound. Please call the parish of-fice or email [email protected] to arrange a visit.
Catholic Counseling: If you are looking for help in the area of mental health, marriage counseling, pornography and other addictions etc., call the Parish Office for recommen-dations of counselors that can offer guidance and therapy from a Catholic perspective.
Annulments: Contact John Lowery at [email protected]
Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Saint Mary Magdalene Con-ference Serving the needy of our community. Call 480-209-9483 for assistance.
Letter Requests: When requesting letters of permission for Baptism or Confirmation sponsors or copies of replacement Sacrament Certificates, please allow for a FIVE business day turn around. Requests may be submitted to the Parish Office.
Offering Masses: If you’d like to offer a Special Intention Mass (living) or In Remembrance Mass (deceased), please come by the parish office. There is a stipend ($10). We are now scheduling Masses for October 2019.
Family Record Updates: If you have a change of address, phone, email, addition of children or if you are moving out of the parish please call the parish office or contact [email protected] to have your records updated.
Parish Library For access to our selection of theological and spiritual titles, email your first and last name, email address, and phone number to [email protected]. When you find a book you want in our online catalogue, you can check it out and pick it up in the parish office during office hours!
Adoration The following hours are in need of Weekly Adorers: TUESDAY, 2:00AM FRIDAY, 1:00AM FRIDAY, 2:00AM
There are currently other hours with only one scheduled adorer. Ideally, we would have at least 3-4 people committed to pray in our Adoration Chapel for every hour of the week. Visit smarymag.org/adoration-invitation to sign up. Contact Roger at [email protected] with questions.
4. Better Off Dead? Lita Arroyo explains that true compassion is not seeking to avoid suffering at all costs, but helping others to bear their cross and sharing in their pain.
6. Suffering Unleashes Love Four parishioners share about their experience of abortion and how it has led them to help others find healing.
8. Parish Programs / Parish Life Communities
9. Upcoming Events
Readings for the Week Monday: Jb 1:6-22; Ps 17:1bcd-3, 6-7; Lk 9:46-50 Tuesday: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Ps 88:2-8; Mt 18:1-5, 10 Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-15; Lk 9:57-62 Thursday: Jb 19:21-27; Ps 27:7-9abc, 13-14; Lk 10:1-12 Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14ab; Lk 10:13-16 Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Lk 10:17-24 Sunday: Gn 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-6; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 [2-12]
This Week’s Saints, Special Observances & Mass Intentions Sunday - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time; 7:30 + Robert Haessler; 9:30 Pro Populo; 11:30 SI Jason Montgomery; 4:30 + David Giambrone Monday - St. Therese of Lisieux; 8:00 + Carl Hurm Tuesday - Guardian Angels; 8:00 SI For the Protection of All Human Life Wednesday - 8:00 SI Bill Dischert Thursday - St. Francis of Assisi; 8:00 + Rich Mizenko Friday - Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos; 8:00 SI MaryAnn Mizenko Saturday - St. Bruno, Bl. Marie Rose Durocher; 8:00 + Mary Fox; 4:30 + Ales Sias
PRAY FOR US… We extend Our Prayers and Sympathy to the family and friends of Alice Sanborne, who has recently passed away. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.
What’s Inside
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“Life is a gift of God, and...death is unavoidable.”
- Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith
Walking into a hospital room to see a loved one unconscious and attached to numerous wires and machines is...uncomfortable. Typically, a desire arises in the observer to do something, to fix the problem, or to make them better. This is a natural response, but very often our desire to relieve the suf-fering of a loved one has more to do with ourselves than the other. Because it pains us to see them suffer, we want to eliminate their pain. Experiences like
this can also form our expectations regarding our own death. We don’t want to suffer like they did so we seek to eliminate suffering at all costs; even to the point where we try to exert con-trol over the process and circum-stances of death itself. This is a danger-ous mentality. One notable mark of the culture of death in which we live is, ironically, an avoidance of death as an inevitable reality. The reality of death is largely ignored until we are confronted with it. The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith released a Declaration in 1980 addressing this. It said, “People...begin to wonder whether they have the right to obtain for themselves or their fel-lowmen an "easy death," which would
shorten suffering and which seems to them more in harmony with human dignity.” The idea of long-term or severe suffering that often ac-companies the process of death is “something which naturally causes people anguish.”The word Euthanasia itself denotes the intention to procure an “easy death.” (CDF, III) However, given that euthanasia is the action of intentionally causing the death of a person in order to eliminate his or her suffering, grave ethi-cal issues are brought to the forefront. Do we have the right to decide when someone has “had enough”? Is the decision to escape suffering a legitimate use of our freedom? Pope St. John Paul II’s 1995 encyclical Evan-
gelium Vitae exhorts that whether one’s death is caused by another based on a decision made by physi-cians and family members, or aided by another when requested by the person facing imminent death, it (like suicide) “represents a rejection of God's abso-lute sovereignty over life and death.” (EV, 66) Protection of the Vulnerable “A caring community devotes more attention, not less, to members facing the most vulnerable times in their lives.” (USCCB) The very existence of those who are sick and unable to care for themselves demands that the com-munity respond; for this is a demand of love. “What a sick person needs, be-sides medical care, is love, the human
Better Off Dead? Catholic Morality, Respect for Human Life, and the Evil of Euthanasia
by Lita Arroyo
Art above: Memento Mori by Frans Van Everbroeck, between 1654 and 1672
and supernatural warmth with which the sick person can and ought to be surrounded by all those close to him or her, parents and children, doctors and nurses.” (CDF, III) Medical professionals, as well as family, friends, neighbors, and eligible voting citizens, must recognize that people who are suffering from terminal illness or who are facing imminent death of-ten “suffer from a kind of tunnel vision that sees relief only in death.” (USCCB) Counseling and loving support should be among the first responses to these persons. People who request death are vulnerable, and people who are unable to make their wishes known while they are ill or being hospitalized are equally vulnerable. They need care and protec-tion. (USCCB) If necessary, other medical means of relief may be sought and offered in response to suffering. In a 1957 ad-dress to a group of physicians, Pope Pius XII said, “it is licit to relieve pain by narcotics, even when the result is de-creased consciousness and a shorten-ing of life.” However, this does not mean that this decision can or should be made without any discernment. “It is not right to deprive the dying person of consciousness without a serious rea-son.” And, of course, if the administra-tion of certain medications might have, as one of its foreseeable effects, the death of the person, great care should be taken to ensure that the person’s death is not intended by the method of pain relief administered. Any person may refuse treatment that will alter their awareness, or that may have the effect of bringing about their death more expediently. Some heroic individuals may choose to forego pain medication if it gives them an opportu-nity to suffer on behalf of others, or simply the opportunity to prepare for their own death in full consciousness. Though this cannot be expected of
every suffering person, it can be en-couraged. (EV, 65) Faith & Accompaniment Euthanasia may be described as a mer-ciful act by some, but it is in fact a “perversion of mercy.” (EV, 66) St. John Paul II explains that, “True compassion leads to sharing another's pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear.” (EV, 65) It is dishearten-ing, to say the least, to see euthanasia promoted by relatives “who are sup-posed to treat a family member with patience and love, or by those, such as doctors, who by virtue of their specific profession are supposed to care for the sick person even in the most painful terminal stages.” (EV, 66)
Accompaniment entails being with the person in their pain and suffering. We need not worry about doing or saying the right thing, and it may not be our job to eliminate their suffering. In fact, even if we could, it might not be the most loving thing to do. I was once told the story of a saint (I unfortu-nately, cannot remember the name of this saint) who had prayed for healing of his illness and was miraculously healed. However, he then said to the Lord in prayer that if it would be better, for the sake of his sanctification, that the illness would return, than it should. And it did. Euthanasia deprives loved ones of the opportunity to love, serve, and sacrifice - actions which lend to their sanctifica-tion. To choose to end someone's life, even if we think that we have compas-sionate reasons for considering this, is a refusal of the grace and gifts that God might grant during the remainder
of that life that is deliberately brought to an end. The inability to see meaning or value in suffering is a sign of a defi-ciency in the virtue of faith. Euthanasia also deprives the terminally ill person from the opportunity to dis-play the strength, courage, faith, hope and the witness to what human beings are truly capable of, in and through Christ. An unwillingness to allow loved ones to care for you is rooted in a pride that needs to be eliminated in preparation for one’s own death. Great humility can be gained by letting loved ones feed, clothe, bathe, and provide the things that one should be able to do for oneself. As St. Paul said, "None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's." (Rom 14:7-8) Under-standing how to die with dignity is in-herently linked to an understanding of how live in the Lord. Suffering will al-ways be considered an evil in itself, but can also become a source of good. The one who suffers willingly, “if it is ex-perienced for love and with love,” can, by God’s grace, become more fully conformed to Christ Crucified. (EV 67) The Church consistently warns against the temptation toward escapism. Death must not be seen as an escape. Faith allows for the suffering, as well as those who witness the suffering of loved ones, the ability to say with con-fidence, that the Lord will not burden us beyond our strength, and if He does, He will give us the strength to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13)
Lita Arroyo is the Director of Parish Evangelization at St. Mary Magdalene.
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“True compassion leads to sharing another's pain; it does
not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear.”
Evangelium Vitae, 65
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“Suffering, which is present under so many different forms in our human world, is also present in order to unleash love in the human person, that unselfish gift of one's "I" on be-half of other people, especially those who suffer.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Salvifici Doloris, para. 29) Kristi’s Story Kristi Hillier grew up in a good Catholic family and had al-ways wanted to have kids. She never imagined that she would have an abortion, but found herself in a situation where she simply wasn’t supported. Begrudgingly, she made the decision to go in to the abortion clinic. “From the moment I checked in, I became a number.” She listened as some of the other women there talking about how it was their second or their third abortion - like it was birth con-trol. “The last thought going through my head was, ‘I don’t want to be here.’” Afterward, Kristi turned away from the Church. She thought to herself, “I’ve killed another human being. God cannot forgive that.” She later met her husband David, who encouraged her to go to confession. She told him he was crazy, but she went. “Going to confession, I felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off of my shoulders. It was beautiful and I thought, ‘I’m healed.’ But I wasn’t healed.” When she and David were pregnant for the first time and had a miscarriage, she thought she was being punished. Then, one Sunday, someone shared about Ra-chel’s Vineyard at Mass and she felt as though they were speaking directly to her. That was all the prompting she
needed to make a phone call and register for the Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreat. Deb’s Story
Debra Abel, a former cafeteria Catholic, saw a pamphlet at a church one day that said, “Are you suffering from the ef-fects of an abortion?” At that point, she hadn’t dealt with the pain of her previous abortions. “I was pro-choice at the time. After all, I had done it, how could I tell someone else not to?” She quickly grabbed the pamphlet and shoved it in her purse, hoping that no one saw her. “After my mom died, I had this strong sense that she was in heaven with my chil-dren and she said, ‘You need to get healing now.’ I was very close to my mom. I was living in Colorado then, but found a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat in Phoenix that had some spots available.” “Do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it hon-estly…as a result of your own painful experience, you can be among the most eloquent defenders of everyone's right to life…you will become promoters of a new way of looking at human life.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Evangeliam Vitae, para. 99) Mike’s Story “We’ve all been drawn to Rachel’s Vineyard in different ways,” said Mike Rimbey, “and for me, it was through a Catholic counselor I was seeing for something that was not tied to abortion at all.” After Mike finally shared about his abortion experience with the counselor, she put her hand up and said, “I know what’s causing your panic attacks.” She gave him a number to call and recommended that he at-tend a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat. “And I did. And I almost left. There were no other guys there. It was all women. So I’m standing there and Satan’s just shouting in my ear say-ing, ‘You’re not supposed to be here, this is a woman’s thing.’ I got in my car, a panic attack’s coming on, and I de-cided to stay and listen to the women share their stories. For a lot of these women, men had forced them to have an abortion, or they were raped, or it was incest. In my case, I was a 19-year-old male, dating a 15-year-old girl. I was the adult. It was my fault. It wasn’t hers. After finding out that she was pregnant, she said to Mike, “My mom wants me to have an abortion,” and he said, “Don’t do it.” He went to her parents’ house the next day and saw her sitting on the swing with an empty look on her face, and he just knew. Since then, there were a few times that Mike thought to himself, “Well, it wasn’t my fault; it was her mother’s fault. She’s the one who took her.” He had to forgive her mother. The retreat gave him the opportunity to let go of that re-sentment.
Suffering Unleashes Love an Interview with Debra Abel, Kristi Hillier, Jim Pappas, and Mike Rimbey
Jim’s Story
“It would have been difficult for me to go on that retreat if it had been only women there,” Jim Pappas said, “but Mike was on the team.” In a past rela-tionship, Jim was told that his child was miscarried, but the child was actually the victim of abortion. He didn’t find out until 7 years later. “I had this in-tense hatred and rage like I never ex-perienced. I hated her. I had to get rid of the hate because it was killing me! It wasn’t affecting her at all but it was eating me up inside.” Through the re-treat Jim was able to empathize with the women sharing their stories. This led to him being able to forgive the mother of his child. What is Rachel’s Vineyard? Rachel’s Vineyard is a weekend retreat dedicated to healing after abortion. Every retreat includes Mass, confession, Scriptural meditation, and a memorial service for the children of the atten-dees. It’s a Catholic retreat, but you do not have to be Catholic to go. Jim de-scribed the atmosphere as, “love and acceptance no matter what you did, or how many times, whether you were raped, or promiscuous in college. Whatever your story - it is so not judg-mental.” In order to create an environ-ment where healing can take place, confidentiality is very important. Jim explained that team members are s t r i c t l y b o u n d to t h i s . “There are more layers to this issue than just a woman’s choice or a man’s choice,“ Jim continued. “There was a man that went on a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat whose granddaughter had an abortion. He went because he had such guilt that he didn’t do enough to protect his great grandchild.” Many others go on the retreat because they have survivor’s guilt - siblings of chil-dren who were aborted sometimes ask, “Why am I alive and they are not?” Healing Through Service The sorrow and suffering that these
women and men have experienced has been transformed into a self-giving love that inspires them to volunteer in Post-Abortive healing ministry. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about my children,” said Deb, “but God allowed that suffering to happen for me to be at this place where I am now.” Had she not had the abortions, Deb wonders, “Would I be as pro life as I am now? Would I be participating in the sacraments as much as I do now? I really think that it’s the prayers of my children that contrib-uted to that.” For Kristi, part of her healing came through getting involved in the Pro Life movement as well. “Sometimes I have a hard time listening to God, so he often sends people into my life that say ‘Hey, I think you should do this!’ I had one of those moments.” A parishioner con-tacted her about a TV commercial that Virtue Media was producing, and sug-gested that she be featured in it. Kristi decided that she was willing to be filmed sharing her story, knowing that if even one person was positively af-fected by her openness, it was worth speaking about. When Deb was asked to take over the Respect Life Initiative at St. Mary Mag-dalene, her first inclination was to say no. “I opened up the Imitation of Christ that I had with me and it went right to the passage that says, “How can I repay the LORD for all the great good done for me?” (Psalm 116:12) to which she thought, “Do you have to be so clear?!” She continued that in the Imitation of Christ, “It goes through a conversation with the person who is praying, who says, ‘I’m not qualified!’ and God is saying, ‘Yes, you are. I’ll help you.’” The Respect Life Initiative is not a club for parishioners that care about life issues. It is part of our mission as a Church; and therefore of St. Mary Mag-dalene parish as well. Participating in the Respect Life Initiative at St. Mary
Magdalene does mean going to weekly meetings, it simply means asking God, in prayer, “Lord, what would you have me do?” and doing whatever you are called to do when there is an opportu-nity to pray or raise awareness. “We’re all here on the front lines to save chil-dren,” Jim said, “but also to help peo-ple to heal. They have panic attacks and they don’t know why, they are dis-connected from their family and they don’t know why. There are people out there that are not having as fulfilled a life as they can. They are putting up a wall between them and God and they don’t know it. Part of our job is to help them recognize that they are no ‘worse’ than any of us, and to help them get healing. That’s what it’s about.” There is no sin that cannot be for-given. The only sin that is unforgiv-able is the one for which the sinner does not ask forgiveness. Anyone who has had an abortion is encour-aged to meet Christ in the confes-sional, in the person of the priest, to seek out and receive the Lord’s mercy. Anyone who has been touched by abortion, is invited to consider attending an upcoming Ra-chel’s Vineyard retreat. Visit www.rachelsvineyard.org for more information.
Debra Abel, Kristi Hillier, Jim Pappas, and Mike Rimbey are parishioners and are very active in the St. Mary Magdalene commu-nity. They have all attended, and served on the team for Rachel’s Vineyard. Please do not hesitate to approach one of them. They are happy to talk with you.
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Parish Programs Parish Programs
Parish Life Communities
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Parish Programs Liturgical Ministries: Altar Servers, Lectors, Ushers, Greeters
and Eucharistic Ministers, Adoration Volun-teers are wanted - this is a great way to serve the Lord in the most important functions of the Church
Contact: [email protected]
Porta Fidei - Adult Faith Formation Opportunities such as Parish Missions, Speaker Series’ & Bible/Book Studies. Learn more about your faith and grow in your understanding of the Catholic Church & its teachings
Contact: [email protected]; [email protected]
GS24 - High School Youth Group & Sacrament Prep. Meets Sun nights + activities throughout the year. Text GS24 to the number 84576 for text updates! Check out our weekly Vlog on Youtube at “SMM YM”
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Edge - Middle School (6th-8th grade) Youth Group & Sacrament Prep. Meets Thurs nights + activities throughout the year
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Pastoral Care: Volunteers are needed to bring Communion to the sick and homebound. This Ministry also coordinates Anointing of the Sick, Funerals, and other end of life needs
Contact: [email protected]
Marriage & Family Life - Coordinates Ministries involving Engaged and Married Couples, Parents with Young Children and Weddings
Contact: [email protected]
Family Catechesis - Religious Education for Children (pre-school - 5th grade) & their parents & Sacrament Prepa-ration Classes meet at the parish on Tues & Wed nights. Lil’ Lambs (preschool) meets Wed & Thurs morning
Contacts: [email protected]
Infant Baptism - Coordinates all Infant Baptisms and Baptism Preparation. Must be registered with the Parish for 3 months prior to baptism. Please visit our website for more information and to register your child for baptism.
Nullity - Ministry for those seeking Annulments Contact: [email protected] Safe Environment - Coordinates Training Opportunities and
Obligations for all volunteers Contact: [email protected]
Music Ministry: Liturgical choirs for adults & children, strengthening vocal ability & contribut-ing to the beauty of the sacred liturgy, according to the rich tradition of sacred music as understood
and shown forth by the mind of the Church
Contact: [email protected]
Men’s Fellowship: Fraternity & Prayer Fran Forcione: 843-263-3228, [email protected]
WINGS (Women In God's Service) Rita Kucharski:480-279-0445,Vinni [email protected]
Knights of Columbus: Fraternity, Service & Outreach Paul Teeple: [email protected]
St. Vincent de Paul: Service & Outreach to the Poor [email protected]
Prayer/Scripture Study: magiswomen.com Kathy Lucas: 480-241-3986; [email protected]
Veterans Outreach: Fellowship, Prayer & Support Deacon John Scott: [email protected], 850-516-5053 Parents With Young Children: Community & Prayer
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Community/Fellowship Irene Meyers: 213-725-1009
Adopt a Seminarian: Service & Support for Vocations [email protected]
Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts: Vincent Andreshak: [email protected]
Benedictine Oblates: Spirituality Frank Young: 480-219-1505
World Wide Marriage Encounter Gene & Maggie Tokraks: [email protected]
Prayer & Witness for Life Debra Abel: [email protected]
RCIA & Adult Confirmation: Formation for adults inter-ested in learning more about the Catholic faith and preparation for adults interested in becoming Catholic, or Catholic adults desiring Confirmation and/or First Communion.
Contact: [email protected]
Text smarymag to 84576 OR visit flocknote.com/smarymag for text and/or e-mail updates from the parish, and any groups or ministries with a below!
Financial Peace University: Total Money Makeover Juan Paredes: [email protected]
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Porta Fidei Fall Study Registration is now open for our fall study, “Who am I to Judge?” This 8-week study will meet on Tuesdays, 9:00am-11:00am in the hall beginning October 2nd. Visit smarymag.org/porta-fidei to reserve your spot!
Youth Evangelization EDGE (6th-8th grade) Thursdays, 6:30-8pm in the hall. 10.4 - Be Rooted (4th Commandment)
GS24 (High School) Sundays, 6-8pm in the hall. 9.30 Empowered Series on the Old Testament: Trust Me (Esther) | 10.7 No GS24 Registration is now open for the GS24 “Restored” Retreat, November 9th-11th in Prescott. Sign up for a weekend of adven-ture activities, new friendships, and powerful encounters with God. For more information, and to register, visit the parish web-site. Registration closes October 26th.
Safe Environment Training: Time to Renew! Attention all volunteers: All parishioners that wish to volunteer for any ministry at St. Mary Magdalene this year must complete or renew your training by October 31st, 2018. Visit phoe-nix.setanet.org and click on “Online Renewal” to renew your training. If you are volunteering for the first time this year, a 90-minute in-person foundation class is required before you can be-gin. Visit phoenix.setanet.org, click on “Register for Classes,” and select any class titled “Keeping the Promise Alive (Live) (2018)” at any location and time that works for you! Contact [email protected] with questions. Your training will be valid through June 30, 2019.
Parish Life Communities
Knights of Columbus Rosary Celebration Bus The 2018 Arizona Rosary Celebration is Sunday, October 21st in Phoenix. The Knights and the Parish will sponsor a bus to and from the convention center for this event. Only $5 per person or $10 per family! Space is limited so plan to reserve your seats Next Weekend after Mass!
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Your word, oh Lord, is truth. Bring the Lord truth into your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter week-end. To apply online, and for weekend dates, visit www.wwmearizona.com.
WINGS WINGS will be collecting your homemade and store bought blankets for the Annual Blanket Drive Next Weekend before and after all Masses. Don’t forget to drop them off then in order for them to be delivered in time for Christmas! See the banner on the parish website for details.
Respect Life Initiative Baby Bottle Drive October is Respect Life Month! Pick up a baby bottle after Mass The Weekend or in the Parish Office dur-ing Office Hours and fill them with change, cash, or checks (made out to St. Mary Magdalene) to support our local, Pro-life pregnancy centers. Bottles will be collected the weekend of Octo-ber 28th. Info: [email protected] Holy Hour for Life sponsored by Magis Women this week. All are welcome to join us for meditation and prayer every Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30pm in the Adoration Chapel. Info: Deb Abel [email protected]. From September 26th through November 4th, you are invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life - 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. Come stand and peacefully pray with us anytime between 7am and 7pm daily in the public right-of-way outside Planned Parenthood at 1837 E. Baseline Rd. in Tempe. Please help spread the word about this important community outreach! Info: 40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/tempe/ OR Debra Abel at [email protected]. Life Runners is the world’s largest Pro-Life running/walking team with chapters all over the world, including one here in Gil-bert, AZ. Our mission is to pray, fundraise, and run/walk as a Team until we Cross the finish line that ends abortion...All in Christ for Pro-Life! Visit liferunners.org for more information.
Catholic Scouts Boy Scout Troop 522 had a busy summer! Congratulations to all the Scouts and their accomplishments. Nearly 100 merit badges were awarded at our last Court of Honor!
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Around the Diocese
Catholic Medical Association Weekend Retreat Catholic Physicians, Healthcare professionals, and medical stu-dents are invited to a weekend of talks on how to grow in holi-ness given by Fr. Charlie Goraieb, as well as Mass, Adoration, Confession and discussion. October 5th-7th at the Franciscan
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Renewal Center. Info: [email protected].
A Desert Morning of Prayer & Discernment All women between age 18 and 35 who are open to discerning consecrated life are welcome to join the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration for Mass, breakfast, Adoration, and Q & A with the nuns. Saturday, October 6th, 8:00-noon in Tonopah, AZ. To RSVP and for carpool information: [email protected].
A Race for Maggie’s Place MP9K features a series of events in a family friendly atmos-phere. There is a distance for everyone: 10K Run, 9K Run, 5K Run/Stroller Push/Walk, and Kids’ Dash. Sunday October 7th at the Arts Park at Tempe Town Lake. Check out www.maggiesplace.org for more details and to register!
Business Leaders: Join Legatus! Legatus, the international organization for Catholic business lead-ers and spouses, is growing its membership in the Phoenix area. Legatus members are committed to study, live, and spread the Faith in their business, professional, and personal lives. If you are, or were, a business owner, CEO, President, Managing Director or Managing Partner, Legatus would like to invite you to dinner on Wednesday, October 10th. Legatus evenings begin with rosary and confession at 5:30pm, followed by Mass, cocktails, dinner, and a guest speaker. October’s speaker is Pure Flix Entertainment COO Steve Fedyski. Spouses are invited and certain business cri-teria are required. For more information visit www.legatus.org or contact Phoenix Legatus President Scott Fleckenstein (480-800-2524/[email protected]).
Catholics in the Public Square Join us for 8am Mass at St. Mary's Basilica celebrated by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, followed by breakfast and speakers at the Diocesan Pastoral Center. Hear from Keynote Speaker Ryan T. Anderson from the Heritage Foundation, as well as Bishop Olm-sted, Alan Sears, and Ron Johnson. Free event, but seats are lim-ited, so register today! October 13th, 8:00am-noon. Info and Registration: dphx.org/publicsquare.
Interested in Learning NFP? If you were married over 10 years ago, or in another diocese, you and your spouse may not have had the opportunity to take the Natural Family Planning classes as a part of your preparation for marriage. If this describes you, you are invited to a night of open discussion and discovery about NFP. Come and ask questions or listen to conversation about living and loving naturally according to God's Plan. Presented by the Hodges, parishioners and Sympto Thermal Instructors for the Diocese of Phoenix. Saturday, Octo-ber 13th, 7-9pm at the Hodges residence. Drinks and light snacks will be provided. RSVP to [email protected]. Address will be provided with RSVP.
CrossWalk: Stations of the Cross for Female Veterans All women veterans who have experienced combat, military sexual trauma, and/or moral injury are invited to come walk with Jesus in a safe, supportive environment. 3rd Saturday of each month, 9:30am-noon at the Crozier Village Campo Hall in Phoenix. 717 E. Southern Ave., Phoenix, 85040.
For more information, and for other events happening around the Diocese, visit: dphx.org/events/
TV Mass All those who are sick or homebound, and unable to attend Mass, can watch a live broadcast of the Mass at 9:00am, Sunday morn-ings from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral on KAZT-TV (AZ-TV7, Cable 13) Followed by the show “Catholics Matter.”
Catholic Radio: 1310 AM Tune in to Relevant Radio from your car or computer, or download the app to listen with your smart phone! Visit relevan-tradio.com for the schedule of shows, including The Patrick Ma-drid Show and an interactive Family Rosary. Visit dphx.org/catholic-media for local shows like The Bishop’s Hour; Saturdays at 9:00am.
Called to Serve?
Pastoral Care We need 30 more volunteers willing to take Holy Communion to the sick and homebound in our community. Feel called? This is a great ministry for families, couples, and singles to serve those who are unable to come to Mass. Visit the representatives in the court-yard after Mass, email [email protected], or call the parish office for more information and to sign up for an upcoming training.
Meals for Priests Are you interested in providing meals for our busy priests? You can sign up as often or as little as you like. To sign up: Contact Jackie in the parish office or log in to Flocknote.com/smarymag and click to join the “Meals for Priests” group.
Hospitality & Evangelization Would you like to help make sure that everyone that visits St. Mary Magdalene feels welcome? Do you have a heart for evangeli-zation but are not sure how to best put your gifts to use? Contact [email protected] to see how you can serve.
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