ELEMENTARY RETREAT

ST MARY MAGDALEN PARISH 1253 52ND ST SE, KENTWOOD, MICHIGAN

PASTORAL COLUMN

Scripture Readings for: AUGUST 28, 2016—TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 Ps 68:4-7, 10-11 Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a Lk 14:1, 7-14

MASS INTENTIONS

Neighborhood 0

Carol Aldrich

Lucille Morrison

Bob & Donna Huebner

Barbara Kuhn

Brenda Shaver

Margot Saladino

Sandra VanderVoord

Neighborhood 1

Norman Czerniak

James Emelander

Kenneth Gatchel

Neighborhood 5

Elizabeth Gorkowski

Neighborhood 6

Karen Smith

Neighborhood 8

Melanie Po2er

Ma2 Po2er

Carol Delaney

Neighborhood 9

Ted Cipponeri

Pauline Parent

Neighborhood 11

Elsie Christensen

Neighborhood 13

Blaze Radic

Mary Alice Kelly

Neighborhood 14

Gary Tryon

Neighborhood 15

Evelyn & John Kehoe

Leon Rutka, Jr.

Janet Pallarito

Neighborhood 16

Bill Derr

Rosaline Coon

Jean Lindsey

Ann Syrba

R Jay Wagner

Neighborhood 20

Kevin & Kyle Friar

Shirley Pa2erson

Neighborhood 22

Don Rexford

Neighborhood 30

Dorothy Daniels

Neighborhood 32

Deborah Pelle<er

Neighborhood 33

Carolyn Sheeran

Jeremy Sheeran

Others to remember:

Pat VanderMeulen

Stan Barron

Mel Johnson

Baby Lila

Margaret LaHuis

Sue Fairchild

Jeanne Witgen

Baby Brayson

Richard C.

Barbara Kalinowski

Geraldine Hausch

Karen Anderson

Madison Williams

Chuc Nguyen

Daniel Ferguson

Lyndsey Freiburger

Becky Yonker

Kathy Jo Fraher

Kelly Sheeran

Pamela Hoffman

Marie Peterson

JoAnne & Pa? Case

Jim Nawrocki

Jackie Vollink

Mike Case

Ross Family

Chris<ne England

Trudy Swing

Rosalene Burd

John Chirco

Jim Searfoss

Sumar Kabban

James LaDuke

Rachel Sowers

Mary Jane Aalders

Jim Jolliffe

Norma Riese

Fr. John Thome

Pa? Schoen

Thomas Church

Bob & Pam McDaniel

Geraldine Collins

2nd Lt. Daniel Yonker

Let us pray for one another with one mind and heart to the Lord our God

Saturday, August 20, 2016

5:00 p.m. †Anna Chau Peter That by Hoa & Muoi Nguyen

Sunday, August 21, 2016

9:00 a.m. †Leocadia Jaworski by the Tryon Family 11:00 a.m. †George & Monica Travis by Terri Mauro 5:00 p.m. †Jerry Rademacher by Danna Herron Tuesday, August 23, 2016 8:00 a.m. Healing for Amanda & Geraldine by Morning Mass Friends Wednesday, August 24, 2016 8:00 a.m. † Mary Diane Rhody by Jerry & Joyce Thompson Thursday, August 25, 2016 8:00 a.m. Healing for Fr. Charles Dautremont by Annarose Masson Friday, August 26, 2016 8:00 a.m. Healing for Don Janie & Shawna Miklusicak by Annarose Masson Saturday, August 27, 2016

5:00 p.m. †Jack & Ida Blackert by the Levan Family

Sunday, August 28, 2016

9:00 a.m. †Donna Callaghan by the Callaghan Family 11:00 a.m. Inten<ons of the Parish Community 5:00 p.m. Inten<ons of the Parish Community

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We offer our prayers and condolences to the family of

Kyle Petrlich

who died this past week.

May she rest in the peace and love of God.

First Friday Eucharis=c Adora=on

On September 2nd we will have

exposi<on of the Blessed Sacrament in

the Chapel beginning aDer the 8 a.m.

Mass and concluding with Benedic<on

at 8:30 p.m.

We would like those who can sign up to

spend <me before the Blessed Sacrament for one

hour to please do so. It is impera<ve that we have 2

people for every hour that Our Lord is present on the

altar. If you can offer an hour, see the sign-up sheet

on the table near the Chapel, or call the office at 455-

9310.

Readings for the week of August 22 through August 27, 2016:

Monday: 2Thes 1:1-5, 11-12 Ps 96:1-5 Mt 23:13-22

Tuesday: 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17 Ps 96:10-13 Mt 23:23-26

Wednesday: Rv 21:9b-14 Ps 145:10-13, 17-18 Jn 1:45-51

Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9 Ps 145:2-7 Mt 24:42-51

Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25 Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11 Mt 25:1-13

Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31 Ps 33:12-13, 18-21 Mt 25:14-30

Con<nuing our focus on the Year of

Mercy, Pope Francis tells us:

… “Do not forget that God forgives

all, and God forgives always. Let

us never �re of asking forgiveness.

Let us henceforth entrust this Year

to the Mother of Mercy, that she

turn her gaze upon us and watch

over our journey: our peniten�al journey, our year-

long journey with an open heart, to receive the

indulgence of God, to receive the mercy of God.

Source: dioceseofgrandrapids.org

Lectors for the Weekend of August 27 & 28

Saturday 5pm—Dorsie Lee (1 ) & Teri Zinn (2)

Sunday:

9 a.m.— Chris Maday (1) & Marilyn Kaminski (2)

11 a.m.—Jesus Hernandez (1) & Kevin Callaghan (2)

5 p.m.— Jamie Taggart (1) Theresa Taggart (2)

AUGUST 21, 2016 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Calling All Incoming

Junior and Senior High

School Students! Are you

interested in

experiencing an

AMAZING weekend

conference with other

students from all over

the United States? Then I have just the opportunity

for you. Next summer we will be bringing a few

students to the Steubenville Main Campus Youth

Conference. Space is limited. If you are interested or

would like more informa<on please contact Chad at

CRoden@stmmagdalen.org or by calling the office

455-9310 ext.104.

I would like to thank all those who par<cipated in this

year's Elementary Retreat for coming with open hearts to

embrace God's love and our faith community.

This year's retreat was led by some incredible people: Julia

Uturo, Brian Mason, Katelynn Kirkbride, Kim Levesque,

Sean Toohey, Savannah Wagner, Maddie Toohey, Kelsey

Kirkbride, Rebecca Moore, Kaleia Uturo, Erik Kime, Steven

Meade, Henry Johnson, Lydia Olvera, Carlos Olvera,

Mallory Sanderson, Mike Nguyen, Isabella Kane, Allison

Biss, Cassie Richer & Brenna Wisdom.

Thank you all for your dedica<on and the awesome things

you added to the experience!

FINANCIAL NEWS CHRISTIAN SERVICES

Date Contributions Budget Over (Under)

August 14, 2016 $10, 386 $13,700 ($3,314)

Year to date $ 81,894 $95,900 ($14,006)

229 envelopes & 28 electronic contributions What makes the Dead Sea dead? It is all the time receiving and never

giving out. - Anonymous

CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL ~ 2016

Assessment $ 87,737 Pledged to Date $ 67,907 (77.4 % of goal) Needed for Goal $ 19,830 No. of Responses 298 out of 1,132 Families

Through your dona<on to CSA, you are able to further the great ministry of the Church, and to communicate God’s mercy. With your contribu<on, you reach thousands through your support of priestly voca<ons, Catholic educa<on, cultural ministries, Catholic chari<es, catechist training and diocesan-wide communica<ons. Anything

raised in excess of our assessment is returned to the parish.

The Feeding America West Michigan Food truck will be

here Saturday, August 27. Everyone is invited to come

and help with the distribu<on of food to others in the

community who are in need at this <me of year. Come

around 8:30 a.m. to the B.A.C to help organize and bag

the food, distribu<on will begin at 9:00 a.m. Remember

to dress for the weather.

Grace, a regular blood donor, developed

chorioamnioi<s during pregnancy and needed an

emergency C-sec<on. During surgery she required a blood

transfusion. She was grateful to those who donated the

blood that saved her life.

It will only take an hour of your <me, but it may give

someone a life <me with their family. Sign up for our

August 28th blood drive and become a hero.

Help will be needed at God’s Kitchen on Saturday,

September 3. Everyone over the age of 12 is welcome to

join us at 10:00 a.m. to prepare and serve a hot meal to

the less fortunate.

CHRISTIAN SERVICES cont...

Congratula<ons to

Nick, Jerry, George,

and Mike —

Winners of the

2016 SMM Open

Chris, Jeff,

Dan, Korey

Chris<an, Bob,

Mike, and Bill

Rob, Liem,

Jon, Randy

Alex, Laurel,

Michele, Dan

Tony,

Tim, Jim,

Ma2

Mark, Ron,

Ruben, Jim

Bob, Ben,

Brad, Jim

PARISH STAFF THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 7:00 p.m. Men’s Group Mee<ng

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

7:00 p.m. Men of Emmaus

Saturday, August 27, 2016

9:00 a.m. Mobile Food Truck

Sunday, August 28, 2016

8:30 a.m. Blood Drive—BAC

WIDOWS GROUP -Will meet for lunch

on August 22 at 1:00. Come to the

84th St. Pub & Grille — 8282 Pfieffer

Farms Dr., Byron Center.

All who have lost a spouse are invited

to come and enjoy lunch and

friendship.

Pastoral Staff: Ruth Bush: Coordinator of Christian Services/Volunteers, x106 rbush@stmmagdalen.org

Chad Roden Coordinator of Youth & Young Adult Ministry,x104 croden@stmmagdalen.org

Luke Simpson Director of Music Ministry, x 105 lsimpson@stmmagdalen.org Molly Wisdom Coordinator of Faith Formation, x103 mwisdom@stmmagdalen.org

Administrative Staff: Joe Hakeem Business Manager, jhakeem@stmmagdalen.org, x102

Molly Reppuhn Parish Secretary, mreppuhn@stmmagdalen.org, x107

Michelle Mason Admin. Assistant, mmason@stmmagdalen.org, x112

Housekeeping: Brenda Bush

Pastoral Support Staff:

Deacons Mike Dordan & Michael Wood Sacristans Wayne Ball, Joseph Nguyen

Pastoral Council: Nathan Jeruzal—Chair Liem Nguyen Kathy Miller Jesus Hernandez Mary Ann Bergevin Mark Vandervoord Charles Mason Daniel Moomey Kathy Leeuwenburg Carol Wittkowski Wayne Westbrook Drew Olszewski (Youth Rep)

Finance Council: Cathy Wells—Chair Brent Hawkins

Lynie Huynh Lisa Hall Jamie Taggart Pat Snyder Chris Maday

Parish Registration: Contact the Parish Office at 616-455-9310.

Sacrament of Marriage: Call the Parish Office at least 6 months in advance.

Sacrament of Baptism: Please call the Parish Office to register for Baptism Prep.

The Rademacher family would like to extend our sincere

gra�tude to all those who made Dad’s funeral a beau�ful

celebra�on of his life — including Fr. Godfrey, the music

ministry, Ruth Bush, Mary Schafer, MaryAnn Reber, Jan

Olexa, and all others who were part of it. We were

touched by your love and kindness. God’s Blessings on

everyone.