5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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HEALING MINISTRY
During Jesus’ ministry “he cured many who were sick
with various diseases, and he drove out many demons.” This is the case in today’s Gospel. Jesus fulfills
the vision of Psalm 147: “He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.” Jesus knew, however, that
he couldn’t possibly heal all the illness in the world. No
matter how many people he cured or how many hours
he ministered, there always would be more suffering
people like Job who craved his healing touch. His primary mission was not to rid the world of all suffering.
His “purpose” was to preach the coming of the reign of
God that heals, yes, but ultimately transcends and
transforms earthly suffering. With Paul, Jesus could
have said, “Woe to me if I do not preach” that good
news.
Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
February 8, 2015
St. Mary Magdalen Parish Mission Statement
The Parish of St. Mary Magdalen is a Roman Catholic Faith Community who, in the spirit of Jesus Christ through the
Holy Spirit, welcomes all people, cherishes the Eucharist, fosters faith formation for all ages and serves our parish and
the larger community in hope and charity.
Parish Weekly Bulletin
St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church
6425 West Metairie Avenue
PARISH OFFICE
Pastor........................Rev. Robert D. Massett
Parochial Vicar…..Rev. Christian DeLerno,Jr.
In Residence..Rev. Bartholomew Chukwuma
Deacons...........Angelas Robin & Henry Nuss
Acolyte…………………………Chuck LeBlanc
Parish Secretary.......................Barbara Croy
Phone (504) 733-0922 Fax (504) 733-0869
Parish Coordinator: Susie Sullivan.733-8980
Parish Rel. Ed. Coor.: Linda Earle..733-8980
Parish Website:
www.stmarymagdalenchurch.com
Parish Email Address:
[email protected]
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Thursday..............9:00AM - 4:00PM
After hours by appointment only
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Mon.- Fri., 6:30 AM & 8:30AM; Sat., 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays, 2:30-3:30 PM
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil Mass - 4:00 PM
Sunday Masses - 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 AM
6:00 PM
Metairie, Louisiana 70003
SCHOOL OFFICE
Principal.......................Ms. Kimberly Downes
Asst. Principal............Mrs. Valerie Rodriguez
CRE/Counselor………….Mrs. Bronwyn Myer
Secretary........................Mrs. Dianne Hughes
Office Phone..........................(504) 733-1433
Office Fax..............................(504) 736-0727
Cafeteria............................... (504) 733-6580
BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Co-Directors...Caren Favaloro & Shari Mader
Phone.....................................(504) 733-4768
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In Church, be sure to visit:
PRO-LIFE CORNER; ADULT PARISH
LENDING LIBRARY; CHILDREN’S
CORNER/LIBRARY/PRAYER CENTER
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SOCIAL APOSTOLATE MINISTRY
Hours: Wednesdays, 5:30PM-6:30PM
Facility Entrance on W. Metairie Ave. to right
of church.........................................734-5833
GIFT SHOP & PRAYER GARDEN
Hours: Tues. & Fri………....1:00PM-5:00PM
Saturdays.................2:00PM-5:00PM
Sundays.................8:30AM-12:15PM
Phone:.............................................734-5833
BAPTISMS: Every 3rd Sunday of the month at 12:15PM.
Baptism Seminars on 1st Monday at 7:00PM (NOTE new
time) in Chapel. Baptism Seminar is mandatory for first
child.
Archdiocesan Policy on Infant Baptism:
www.arch-no.org/Human Resources/Policies/Policy on
Infant Baptism OR may be found on the Parish website.
FIRST RECONCILIATION/COMMUNION&
CONFIRMATION: Must have 2 consecutive years of
Catholic religious instruction prior to reception of these
sacraments. Contact Parish Religious Education
Coordinator for further information.
WEDDINGS: Contact Parish priest at least 6 to 8 months
prior to planned date of marriage. Celebrated Friday
evenings; Saturday mornings, early afternoons or
evenings. Church Fee: $200; Chapel Fee: $100.
FUNERALS: You are encouraged to celebrate funerals in
our Church or Chapel. Wakes & visitation also possible.
CARE OF THE SICK: Communion brought to
Homebound weekly by Extraordinary Ministers of
Communion. Anointing of Sick available on individual
basis by appointment.
CARE OF THE NEEDY: See Social Apostolate Ministry.
EXPOSITION OF BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Sundays, 12:15-1:15PM
Call Parish Office for further information.
PARISH WEEKLY BULLETIN
St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church
Metairie, Louisiana
February 8, 2015
Rev. Robert D. Massett
Vol. XXXVI, No.6
WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, February 9
6:30 AM
8:30 AM
Living Intention for Sr. Enda Byrne
Bob Munch
Tuesday, February 10
6:30 AM
8:30 AM
Louis Hebert, Jr.
George Marshall, Jr.
Wednesday, February 11
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
6:30 AM
8:30 AM
David Beach
Geraldine Legaux Graf
Thursday, February 12
6:30 AM
8:30 AM
Anita & Wallace Bradford, Sr.
Special Intention for J.A.
Friday, February 13
6:30 AM
8:30 AM
Fr. Michael Joseph Nguyen
Francisca Bolanos
Saturday, February 14
8:00 AM
Rosalie Couch, Norma & Lance
Hubble, Earl & Lillian Dennies, Joel
Bergeron Brennan
Sunday, February 15
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 AM
9:30 AM
11:00 AM
6:00 PM
PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH
Jackie Markey, Teresa Lacour, Ryan Thiel, Rick Speeg,
Gracelyn Chaplain, Dennis Coughlin, Jr., Kelly Fletcher
Growl, Kenneth & Kevin Teen, Ben Todd, Joe
Giarratano, Luca Scozzari, Evelyn Olwell, Donald
Toepfer, Brian Dufour, Mary Ann Meaux, Dilly Surratt,
Yvonne Toups, Ryan Songy, Gayle Songy, Nathan
Lopiccolo, Linda Nicholls, Jerry Hollingsworth, Sherry
St. Pe, Ann Flick & Family, Rosemarie Entringer, Pat
Hogan, Judge Thomas Wicker, Ivan Antunovic, Arianna
Crawford, Claire Duplantier, Daphine Dufour, Gloria
Robles, Melissa Glueck, Danny Adams, Allison Daigre,
Olivia Sumrall, Michael Borne, Bob & Linda Veitinger,
Elise Ramcourt, Jeanene Moran, Kelly Nagy, Augie
Daesner, Cindy Hogman, Addison Couvillion, Jerry
Fender, Linda Conran, Kayla Pelman, Nick Doize,
Marcia Graff, David Robins, Ashley Clement, Wanda
Adams, Jenny Mayeur, Judith Massa, Carol P. Ramos,
Rosemary Pizza, Julianne Andressen, Lauretta Erwin,
Ryan Olwell, Judy Copping, Kathy Barbier, Jessica
LeBlanc, Viola Juneau, Betty Feltey, Bob
Hollingsworth, Fr. Martin Smullen, Lori Lambert, John
Weyman, Kathryn Feltey, Frank Kent, Sharon Linton,
Ray Groves, Michael Rodriguez, Kathleen E. Jones,
Melanie Gaumond, Alice Rockvoan, Keith Nunez, Ray
Schmidt, Rose Marie Curran
Gwytha Tellota
Saturday, February 14
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Vigil
4:00 PM
Rev. Christian W. DeLerno, Jr.
Charles Lacinak, Jud Mitchell
SMM Parishioners
Hallie Espenan, Deceased Members
of St. Jude Society, Rita Hebert,
Vauda L. Tamporello
Ann Roques
BURIED IN CHRIST
Philip Parenti
Sean Mayer
Joseph Emile Lonero
Darlene Marshall Milliet
Mary appeared to a young girl named
Bernadette at Lourdes, France. Many
people visited this holy place and were
healed after drinking the waters there.
The Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes
is February 11.
PASTOR’S CORNER
This Sunday, we are recognizing and honoring those
couples celebrating 25, 40, 50 & 60 years of marriage. I
would make this column a tribute to all married couples!
You are the most important people on earth!
From the beginning, God has entrusted His whole
creation into the hands and hearts of your love for each
other! You are the salt of the earth! You are the light of
the world!
Let your light continue to shine before others so that
they can feel your love and come to know the love of your
Heavenly Father.
~ Fr. Bob
February 8, 2015
We pray that married couples everywhere
will be strengthened in their vocation to be
examples of Christ’s love for the Church.
AMEN.
CELEBRATING CATHOLIC FAMILIES
Living the Word
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus’ compassion for those who are ill and for those
who love them is apparent in the gospel reading
today. Let us show Jesus’ compassion for those who
are ill by visiting someone and by praying with them
for healing, wholeness, peace and union with others
and God.
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 8, 2015
[The LORD] tells the number of the stars and
calls them by name.
— Psalm 147:4
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Surprisingly, the church moved very slowly in
claiming marriage as a focus of attention and care.
Nearly everywhere in the Roman world, citizens
agreed on how to celebrate marriage. Consent of
the man and woman is what made a marriage valid
in the eyes of the law, and although there was a
traditional ceremony, it was home‑based and
optional. The ceremony was for showing the social
status of the families involved (the procession ideally
detoured through crowds), and for reminding the
woman of her legal transfer from her father’s control
to her husband’s. The “big moment” of the ceremony
had nothing to do with vows, but with the bride’s
donning the yellow veil with red highlights that was
the daily wear of married women. A wedding feast
included soothsayers and animal sacrifice to the
new household’s gods. Christians found that
distasteful, of course, but since marriage was a
family matter, they could edit things out. The church
was comfortable with this, and sometimes
recommended that the couple seek the advice of the
bishop. His permission was only required for the
marriage of a cleric, or for a marriage Rome didn’t
recognize, such as between a free woman and a
slave. There was no blessing, no liturgy, no priest.
Christians followed the customs of the day, but they
knew that custom and relationships were
transformed from within themselves by the fact of
their baptism. Outwardly, Christians married exactly
as their pagan neighbors, but they certainly invested
the usual gestures with a dynamic sense of Christ’s
presence.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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RECYCLE MARDI GRAS BEADS
SMM Knights of Columbus are collecting Mardi Gras
beads to assist ARC in raising funds for future projects.
ARC of Greater New Orleans is a non-profit organization
serving people with intellectual disabilities and delays
from birth through adulthood. The KCs request that you
bring bead donations to church the beginning the
weekend of February 14/15 thru March 21/22 and
deposit them in large boxes near Cardinal St. entrance.
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ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
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This week we will observe Valentine’s
Day. Although St. Valentine has been
removed from the official Church
calendar, the day retains the tradition of
letting people know that we love them.
In addition to classroom valentines or
cards for family members, try to think
if there are people who may be overlooked and for whom
a little note or card would be a light to brighten their day.
First Reading — The leper will dwell apart, making an
abode outside the camp (Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46).
Psalm — I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you
fill me with the joy of salvation (Psalm 32).
Second Reading — Do everything for the glory of God;
be imitators of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:31 — 11:1).
Gospel — The leprosy left him immediately, and he was
made clean (Mark 1:40-45).
Readings for Sunday, February 15:
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,
International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
WEEKLY COLLECTION
Envelopes (1/25)
$ 6440.00
Loose Collection
$ 2035.41
Total
$ 8475.41
2nd Collection-Catholic Schools
$ 2414.00
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LET’S PRAY FOR OUR SEMINARIANS
In order to support vocations in our diocese, you are
asked to add a special prayer for seminarians to your
daily prayers. The best way to encourage and
support our seminarians is to pray for them.
Prayer for Vocations
Loving God, How awesome are
your ways! Through your abundant
love you bless us with gifts that can
make our world holy and just.
Dwell deep in our hearts that we
may know how to share these gifts. Inspire many to
respond generously to your call to service in the
Church. May the fire of your love direct us on our
journey that we may act justly, love tenderly and
walk humbly with you. We give you the praise and
honor now and forever. Amen.
VOCATIONS
Family Life can build values integral to a strong
vocation — whether to priesthood, religious life or
marriage. Teaching your children to value
commitment, service and prayer will help them make
strong vocation decisions as adults and live out those
vocations with success and fulfillment.
Serra for priestly and religious vocations
A PRAYER FOR EVERY FAMILY
by Pope St. John Paul II
God, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth descends, Father, who are Love and Life, ensure that every
human family on earth shall become, through Your Son,
Jesus Christ, "born of woman," and through the Holy
Spirit, the source of divine charity, a true shrine of life and
love for the generations which are always renewing themselves. Ensure that Your grace shall guide the thoughts
and the works of spouses toward the good of their families
and of all families in the world. Ensure that the young generations shall find firm support in the family for their humanity and their growth in truth and love. Ensure the love,
reinforced by the grace of the Sacrament of Matrimony
shall show itself to be stronger than any weakness and
every crisis through which our families pass at times.
Amen.
PRAYER LIST FOR SERVICE MEN & WOMEN
We pray for those in our parish who are fighting overseas for our country and against terrorism.
SPC Donald Monteleone, Jr.,Air National
Guard; Sgt. Brian Lane, Maj. Jason E.
Burkett, USMC; Matthew J. Scott, USN;
Seth Restivo, Evan Lina; PFC Kenny Grunberg; Lt. Spencer Farmer, Army Rangers; PFC Matthew
Ballard; Lt. Joseph Bush, US Army; GySgt Albert Latour
Jr., USMC; Maj. Ignacio Assasf, USANG; Sgt. Matt Llewelan, USANG; SPC Derek Vial, US Army; MN3 Ethen
Meyers, Michael J. Christie, Sp. Serv.
Prayer for our Men and Women
in Military Service
O Prince of Peace, we humbly ask Your protection
for all our men and women in military service. Give
them unflinching courage to defend with honor,
dignity and devotion the rights of all who are
imperiled by injustice and evil. Guard our churches,
our homes, our schools, our hospitals, our factories,
our buildings and all those within from harm and
peril.
Protect our land and its peoples from
enemies within and without. Grant an early peace
with victory founded upon justice. Instill in the
hearts and minds of men and women everywhere a
firm purpose to live forever in peace and good will
toward all. Amen.
COMMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE
What was once seen as an act of desperation,
the killing of one’s own child, is now fiercely
defended as a good and promoted right. Even
worse, a deadly blindness has come over our land, preventing many persons of good will from recognizing the
right of innocent human lives to respect, acceptance and
help.” (NCCB statement, 11/12/97)
SMM PARISH LENDING LIBRARY
All are invited to visit our Parish Lending Library located
in the Pro-Life corner of the church. Take a few minutes
to browse through our selections. Donations of religious
or spiritual books, videos, CDs & DVDs for the library
are always welcome and may be dropped off to the rectory office during regular business hours.
SOCIAL APOSTOLATE NEWS
The Social Apostolate is deeply appreciative
of all food & monetary donations they receive
thru-out the year. They ask however, that any
food donated NOT have an old expiration
date—by law, they have to throw those donations away as
they cannot be given to those in need.
THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Monday, February 9
Parish School of Religion (gr.1-12), 6:45PM-8:00PM
Tuesday, February 10
Wednesday, February 11
Social Services Building open from 5:30PM-6:30PM
Parish Council Meeting in Ministries Bldg 7:00 PM
Thursday, February 12
Friday, February 13
Saturday, February 14—Valentine’s Day
Confession every Saturday
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Sunday, February 15
Family Mass
9:30 AM
Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, 12:15-1:15 PM
CHILDREN’S CORNER
All children are invited to visit
the new Children’s Corner located in the Pro-Life Corner of
the church. Sunday Mass Booklets & Bulletins; religious items;
color sheets or activity pages are available FREE to
all children. Also the Children’s Religious Book
Lending Library is open. Children are invited to
check one or more of 268 books. The Children’s
Prayer Center is located in this area and children are
invited to write their prayer intentions on slips of paper. Theme of this month is: Jesus loves me. I can
show Jesus how much I love him by...….Put intentions which will be offered up at all Masses every
Sunday in the prayer pig.
RELECTIONS ON THE LENTEN GOSPELS
The Adult Education Commission invites you to participate in a 4-day/night series held on consecutive
Thursdays from February 19 thru March 12 in the
Chapel. Two sessions will be held: 9-10AM and 78:30PM. The same topic will be discussed at both the
morning & night sessions. The topic will be the
Lenten Gospels presented by representatives of the
Archdiocesan Office of Religious Education (ORE).
PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL NEWS
You are invited to spend 1 hour in prayer at the Perpetual Adoration Chapel located at OLDP Parish
(sponsored by parishioners of
SMM & OLDP Parishes). Hours
particularly needed are: Wednesdays (11PM-Midnight); Saturdays (7-8PM & 8-9PM. Contact
David Clarkson for further information (919-9407).
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is also available
at SMM every Sunday from 12:15-1:15PM.
2014 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS
Parishioners who wish to receive their 2014 statement of contributions to the Church may email or
call the Rectory Office, Monday-Thursday, 9:00 AM
to 4:00 PM. Statements will NOT be automatically
sent out; they must be requested to be mailed or
emailed to you.
2015 SMM CHURCH DONATION ENVELOPES
Some parishioners still have not picked up their
church donation envelopes for the year. You are
asked to stop by the rectory Monday thru Thursday
from 9 AM to 4 PM to pick up your box of donation
envelopes.
SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA, LOURDES
& SHRINES OF SPAIN
Fr. Chris & Fr. Kevin DeLerno invite you to join them on
special tour leaving from New Orleans, from April 12-21,
2015. For more information contact Lori Tozel, St.
Charles Borromeo Parish (504) 613-7645 or CatholicJourneys.com,llc (504) 834-4951/(800) 715-6670.
LENTEN RETREAT
Sponsored by the Archdiocesan Spirituality Center
Would you like to experience Sacred Scripture—not
just study it? Do you have a deep desire to grow in
your faith and prayer life? Are you seeking a deeper
relationship with the Lord through prayer? Would
you like to experience a directed retreat without interrupting your daily life? If your answer is “Yes”
A LENTEN RETREAT IN DAILY LIFE MAY BE FOR YOU!
Where: Archdiocesan Spirituality Center, 2501 Maine
Ave. Metairie. Opening Session: Sunday, February 22,
2015, 2-4pm (Group Experience) Closing Session:
Thursday, March 26, 2015 7-8:30pm (Group Experience)
Personal prayer with Scripture for approximately 30
minutes a day. Weekly private guidance by experienced
spiritual directors. Register on the web: http://asc.archno.org or telephone (504) 861-3254
Cost $40.00
(adjustments can be made)