St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church

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Hurricane  Information for SMM

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Links to find out how to help Hurricane victims:

       Archdiocese of New Orleans website listing various options.
       St Catherine of Siena drive for needed materials.
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Love Life on November 3rd
 Important Message from the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops strongly supports the Love Life Amendment, which would successfully amend the Louisiana constitution and thereby continue to strengthen our commitment to end abortion in our state. Citizens of our state will have the opportunity to affirmatively state that they “Love Life” on November 3–the same day as the United States presidential election–by favoring this amendment

For the complete text of the Bishops' letter click here.

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Parish School of Religion

The Parish School of Religion Program is for students in 1st-11th grades who are not currently attending a Catholic elementary or high school. 
Due to the pandemic, classes will not meet in person every week. Rather, as the first educators in faith of their children, parents will oversee the online guided instruction provided by the textbook publisher and supplemented by the PSR teachers. Students will complete one lesson per week on their own time and submit the completed work through the PSR email address smmpsr@arch-no.org

Confirmation of registration and textbook pick-up will take place in SMM Church on Tuesday, September 29, at 7:00 p.m. Parents and students are expected to attend. Registration for new and returning students is still open. Please email smmpsr@arch-no.org or call 733-0922 for further details.
 

CONFIRMATION

The SMM Confirmation Program is for high school juniors attending Catholic, private, or public schools.  High school students entering the 11^th grade should register for the Confirmation program in the Fall of 2020 in order to be confirmed in 2021. Confirmation preparation classes are held monthly on Sunday nights following the 6:00 p.m. Mass for approximately two hours. (7-9 p.m.)
On October 11, 2020, prospective candidates will attend Mass together at 6:00 p.m. followed by registration and a meeting. For more information, contact Maria Steen at msteen@arch-no.org
 

Meetings:
2020 - November 15, December 6,
2021 - January 10, February 21

Confirmation Day of Retreat – Saturday, March 27, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Confirmation Practice – April 18, 6:00 p.m. Mass, meeting and practice following Mass
Sacrament of Confirmation - Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 7:00 p.m.

Please contact Maria Steen at msteen@arch-no.org for more information.
 

Father Chris continues to record Masses and upload them to his Youtube channel (click here.) 

Additionally- For those physically attending Mass at SMM- PLEASE!!! remember COVID-19 guidelines:

• Thoroughly wash your hands before and after Mass.
• If you do not feel well, if someone in your household does not feel well, if you or someone in your household believes there has been an exposure to someone who is affected...STAY HOME!!!        Masses will continue to be recorded and uploaded here. 
• Maintain social distancing (at least 6') between anyone not in your household, including the line for Communion. 
• Wear a mask at all times, except when receiving Communion.
• As an extra precaution, especially if you have a comorbidity, use sanitizing wipes to wipe down your area before and after use.

UPDATED Message - 7/15/20

Dear Parishioners and Students and everyone else,
    Before anything, just know that God loves you as a remarkable, unrepeatable, needed for all humanity, human being!  As pastor of St. Mary Magdalen (SMM), I certainly hope to do my part to tell anyone interested about this greatest of all truths---You are completely loved and God is waiting for you to turn to Him to receive more love!  Information at a Glance:

1. Come Join us for a return of the Celebration of the Mass in the church.  Masses are every day at 8:30am; Monday through Friday at 5:30pm, Saturday Vigil at 4pm, Sunday Masses at 8:30am, 10:30am and 6pm.  Additionally, our church building is open from 8am until 6pm every day; please feel free to come worship during any of these times.  Please wear a mask for others if not for yourself during Masses.  Sanitizer is by both entrances on the table.

2. Join us for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Sunday from 11:30am-ish until 12:45pm.  We will start shortly after the 10:30am Mass concludes.                                
    
3. For any Mass that you watch online, First invite your guardian angel to be present at Mass in your place: "O Guardian Angel, at my side, Go to the church for me.  Kneel in my place, at Holy Mass, Where I desire to Be.   At Offertory, in my stead, Take all I am and own, And place it as a sacrifice, Upon the Altar Throne.   At holy Consecration’s bell, Adore with Seraph’s Love, My Jesus, hidden in the Host, Come down from Heaven above.   And when the priest Communion takes, Oh, bring my Lord to me, That His sweet heart may rest on mine, And I His Temple be!"
   
   Second, if you cannot attend Mass to receive the Eucharist, please pray the Act of Spiritual Communion prayer (scroll up; prayer is between two videos).

4.  Also, our church is open from 8am-6pm every day (7pm on Sunday; closed after 5:30pm Mass).  I am definitely availble for conversation about faith, life issues, where God is in your life, blessings, home blessings, baptisms, anointing of the sick and confession, etc.  Please let me know if you are interested in any of the above or anything else.  I can best be contacted by phone at (504) 733-0922 X204 or email at cdelerno@arch-no.org.

5. If you are looking for something to do while at home, PLEASE check out FORMED.  It is similar to Netflix in how it works, only you don’t have to worry about the morals of any content.  It has great movies, books, educational faith content, documentaries, lives of the saints, etc.  To access from I-Phone/Pad, Android, PC or using ROKU or similar for TV; Visit Formed.org.  Click Sign Up.  Select “I belong to a Parish or Organization”.  Find our parish by zip code, 70003 and select the only option, St Mary Magdalen.  Enter your email and you’re in.  Enjoy and binge on faith!!!

6. Please pray as best you can every day.  Pray for yourself to become the person God intends you to become.  Pray for your family and friends.  Pray for our Catholic Church leaders--me, Archbishop Aymond and Pope Francis; the best leaders always have the best of people assisting them.  Pray with scripture daily to learn more about Jesus Christ.  Pray that everyone, even our enemies will be with God forever.  Mary always invites us to prayer and to do what her Son Jesus tells us to do.  Let us all follow those tender requests!

 God bless you, yours, ours and theirs to include the whole world!!!
 
Your friend in Jesus Christ Our Lord and God,
Fr. Chris

Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel

St. Michael, Archangel defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Online Giving (click here)

Formed.org (click here)
 

The Church will be OPEN daily for private prayer from 8AM-4PM. Social Apostolate will remain OPEN on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:30 PM. Campus buildings are presently NOT available for any meetings or events.

During this difficult time in history, economic challenges face us all.  
If you are able, please consider using our online-giving feature.
Recurring donations help us plan and give us financial stability.
Click here to go to the Online-Giving Page.
 

St. Mary Magdalen Parish Mission Statement

St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church is called to foster a welcoming community, to form disciples for Jesus Christ and to joyfully evangelize.

Unifying Vision: Walking together with Christ, igniting the Spirit within, living God’s Call.

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St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School
NOW REGISTERING-All grade levels
PK 1 - 7th grade
Please contact the office 
for more information
504-733-1433

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RECTORY OFFICE REQUEST:
PLEASE HELP US UPDATE OUR RECORDS

PARISHIONERS: Do we have your current phone number and/or email address???  Please send your updated info to bcroy@arch-no.org or call 733-0922.
 

 PARISH ADVOCATES for PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

SMM Parish Advocates for Persons with Disabilities are Shirley Bertucci and Cindy Graham.  In keeping with the mission of the Archdiocesan Commission, we at SMM want to ensure that individuals with disabilities and their families are full, active participants in all aspects of our church community. 
If you or a family member is a person with a disability and: 

• Would like to know about accessibility at SMM
• Have questions or concern about inclusion in our parish
• Have suggestions about how we can improve participation in the life of our parish as a person with a disability,

we want to hear from you. Please contact Shirley Bertucci shirlb2c@cox.net or Cindy Graham  grahamo@cox.net

 

SUPPLIES FOR SEMINARIANS

The KC Ladies Auxiliary are continuing their drive to collect toiletries and school supplies for the seminarians who attend Notre Dame Seminary. This is done throughout the year. Please drop off these items and supplies in the box located by the Cardinal St. door.

 

ALTAR SOCIETY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

The SMM Altar Society is looking for volunteers of all ages to help with the weekly light cleaning of the church (mainly dusting in Sanctuary, Sacristy, statues, etc).  Volunteers are assigned to a team that commits to help one weekend a month (teams rotate). Call Kitty Marzoni at 812-8648 for more information or to sign-up to help.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM FAIR STEERING COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee met with Fr. Chris recently and they regretfully report that this year’s fair will be cancelled.

Instead, we will host a one day event “The Essential SMM Fall Festival” on Saturday September 26^th.  The pandemic-compliant socially distant gathering will begin with 4:00 Mass on the backfield, followed by music and fellowship and concluding at 8PM with the winning raffle tickets being pulled.  Food and drinks will be available for purchase and everyone will be asked to bring their own chairs.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  We’re asking everyone to buy and sell our raffle tickets.  Our goal is to sell out of tickets!!  As soon as they come in, we'll will let everyone know.

In addition, if you would like to make a monetary donation please send the attached form and a check to the rectory.  We will not have a stage, t-shirt or booths to acknowledge our donors on.  Instead for every donation of $150.00 or more, your name and/or business name will be proudly displayed on our THANK YOU BOARD which will be displayed on campus!!  Unfortunately, we are not is a position currently to accept any donations other than monetary donations. 
Thank you and stay safe!