Parish Weekly Bulletin

St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church 6425 West Metairie Avenue Metairie, Louisiana 70003

BAPTISMS: Every 2nd Sunday before/during 11AM Mass & 3rd Sunday at 12:15PM. Pre-Registration for Baptism Seminars is now required by calling 733-8980. Archdiocesan Policy on Infant Baptism: www.arch-no.org/Human Resources/Policies/Policy on Infant Baptism OR may be found on the Parish website. F I R S T R E C O N C I L I A T I O N / C O M M U N I O N & 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: $300; 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 OFFICE Pastor...................Rev. Christian DeLerno,Jr. Parochial Vicar……….…..Rev. Vincent Phan In Residence..Rev. Bartholomew Chukwuma Deacons..........Henry Nuss & Chuck LeBlanc Parish Secretary.......................Barbara Croy Parish Bookkeeper………....Cathleen Guidry 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:

magdalen@smm.nocoxmail.com 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

SCHOOL OFFICE Principal……..............Mrs. Valerie Rodriguez Religion Coordinator.Mrs. Melanie Gaumond 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 *************************************************** In Church, be sure to visit: PRO-LIFE CORNER; ADULT PARISH LENDING LIBRARY; CHILDREN’S CORNER/LIBRARY/PRAYER CENTER ************************************************** 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

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

THREE MISSIONS Today we begin with one of the “servant songs” from the book of Isaiah, a song prophetic of Jesus’ ministry of service. Isaiah’s mission is not only to bring back the children of Jacob to gather in Israel; it is also to be “a light to the nations” (Isaiah 49:6). Jesus Christ, as servant, will be the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy and the basis of the new. This Sunday we begin a series of readings from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. Here Paul is identified by his mission: he is an apostle of Jesus Christ. The church at Corinth to whom he addresses this letter is also identified: it is part of the universal church of God. The Corinthians are called to holiness, as are all Christians. Though the feast of the Baptism of the Lord was celebrated last Monday, today’s Gospel also alludes to the importance of that event. The reading emphasizes that Jesus “outranks” John: his baptism in the Spirit will eradicate sin. Jesus accepts John’s baptism, even though it is he himself who is the Lamb of God. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

January 15, 2017

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.

PARISH WEEKLY BULLETIN

St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church Metairie, Louisiana

January 15, 2017 Rev. Christian W. DeLerno, Jr. Vol. XXXVI, No.3 Rev. Vincent Phan

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

Monday, January 16 6:30 AM Living Intention for J.A. 8:30 AM Mike Canizaro

Tuesday, January 17 6:30 AM Croy Family 8:30 AM Dot Stein

Wednesday, January 18 6:30 AM Tyler Levy 8:30 AM Alton Richard

Thursday, January 19 6:30 AM Gloria Jensen 8:30 AM George & Catherine Sholar

Friday, January 20 6:30 AM Marie R. Randazzo 8:30 AM Leita Cumberland

Saturday, January 21 8:00 AM Paul Giambrone

Saturday, January 21 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Vigil

4:00 PM Rosalie Couch, Dean D’Arcangelo, Aimee Marus, Emadel Pursell, Vetter Amadeo Taylor

Sunday, January 22 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Macaluso Family 9:30 AM SMM Parishioners 11:00 AM Jerry Puyau, Cindy Spence 6:00 PM Jeffrey Rodriguez

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 15, 2017 I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. — Isaiah 49:6b

Jackie Markey, Teresa Lacour, Ryan Thiel, Gracelyn Chaplain, Dennis Coughlin, Jr., Kelly Fletcher Growl, Kenneth & Kevin Teen, Ben Todd, Joe Giarratano, Luca Scozzari, Evelyn Olwell, Brian Dufour, Mary Ann Meaux, Dilly Surratt, Yvonne Toups, Ryan Songy, Gayle Songy, Nathan Lopiccolo, Linda Nicholls, Sherry St. Pe, Ann Flick & Family, Rosemarie Entringer, 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, 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, Mark Morice, Jessica LeBlanc, Viola Juneau, Betty Feltey, Barry Stephens, Lori Lambert, Kathryn Feltey, Frank Kent, Ray Groves, Michael Rodriguez, Kathleen E. Jones, Melanie Gaumond, Alice Rockvoan, Rose Marie Curran, Anthony James Lapinto, Louise DeLuca, Perry Juneau, Mark Lucich, Willie Arnouville, Chad Costes, Sherry Gaffney, Dean Babin, Janet Kaleher, Norvin Schexnaildre, Dianne Seman, Matthew DiBuono, Oliver Duplantier, David Williamson, Toni Landry, Musette Barrouquere, Riecke Gernon, Daniel Hereford, David Williamson, Katherine Sclafani, Catherine Carlin, Gerard Hollingsworth, Edie Dorion, Carl Caffarel, Heidi Nuss, Luke Nuss, Donald Booth, Nicholas Galliano, Kristi LeBlanc, Tammy Graves Coen, Janice Childress

PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH

Tyler Levy, Walde M. Legaux and Kevin Reynolds

BURIED IN CHRIST

CELEBRATING CATHOLIC FAMILIES Living the Word

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time This Sunday’s Gospel is about the baptism of Christ. Invite your child’s godparents to join you at Mass in the near future. Share a meal together and reminisce about your child’s Baptism together with your child. Then discuss the mission that we share as Catholic Christians in spreading the Good News, and the many who came before us in the faith. How can we best teach the next generation about the Catholic faith?

CHILDREN’S CORNER

JANUARY: Month of Remembering Baptism. Prayer Center Theme is: The Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus as I say these words that were spoken as I was baptized, help me to.... Put written intentions in prayer pig; they will be offered up at all Sunday Masses once a month.

ARE YOU EDUCATING YOUR CHILDREN IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH?

When a child is baptized into the Catholic Church, it is the parents responsibility to commit to raise and educate that child in the Catholic faith. In order to help parents with this education, each parish offers a School of Religion Program (Grades 1-12) for those children attending a public or private school. Call the Parish School of Religion Office at 733-8980.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION As soon as Christmas ends, people begin planning for Easter! Originally, the source of our Paschal Triduum was but a single liturgy extending from Saturday sundown to sunrise on Easter Sunday. The two days leading up to the liturgy were days of fast, not only for the elect, but for the church preparing to baptize them. A fifth-century pope explained that the church imitated the apostles, who were in hiding with their grief from the arrest of Jesus, and therefore sacraments, even penance, were forbidden. Inevitably, though, people wanted to come together, and so eventually a Liturgy of the Word developed for Good Friday. This was the first step toward today’s shape of the Triduum, and gradually new ideas were embraced, including the veneration of the cross and a simple Communion service. Interestingly, the Word remained central, since we know that in those days the pope did not receive Communion at this liturgy, even though the faithful had that option. In the other churches of Rome, priests and people received Communion under both species. Although the custom of Communion on Good Friday took hold, it did not endure past the Middle Ages. The central liturgies of the year slowly unraveled and disappeared from parish life. Remember that there were no seminaries in those days, and books were a rare luxury. Most priests could only manage to celebrate a simple “low” Mass, and few parishes could afford the ritual books that would guide a priest through the complex forms. Holy Week remained important in private devotion, but for a time the liturgies virtually disappeared. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. ********************************************** Readings for Sunday, January 22: First Reading — The burdens that were once laid upon the people have been vanquished (Isaiah 8:23 — 9:3). Psalm — The Lord is my light and my salvation (Psalm 27). Second Reading — Paul exhorts the believers at Corinth: As there is one Christ, so too must there be no divisions among you. (1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17). Gospel — After calling his first disciples, Jesus goes throughout Galilee teaching, proclaiming the gospel, and curing the people (Matthew 4:12-23 [12-17]). 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.

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 cast, by the power of God, into hell Satan and all evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

SMM SCHOOL & PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION PROGRAMS

January We will talk about how you see God in others. These “God sightings” help us to be aware of how people go out of their way to be kind, loving, or patient. It is the way the Holy Spirit works, because when we see some of these fruits of the Spirit, we know that God is active in the world. Who showed you love, kind-ness, or patience today?

Envelopes (1/01) $ 8903.00 Loose Collection $ 1855.08 Total $10,758.08 2nd Collection-Solemnity of Mary $ 1748.00 ******************************************

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 A vocation must be nurtured for a lifetime, not just until ordination or the taking of vows. You can help nurture the vocations of priests, sisters and brothers by praying, listening, and expressing appreciation. A life of service needs support from those served. Serra for priestly and religious vocations

A PRAYER FOR EVERY FAMILY by St. John Paul II

God, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth de-scends, 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 them-selves. 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 gen-erations shall find firm support in the family for their hu-manity 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 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.

PRAYER LIST FOR SERVICE MEN & WOMEN We pray for those in our parish who are fighting over-

seas for our country and against terrorism. SPC Donald Monteleone, Jr.,Air National Guard; Sgt. Brian Lane, Lt. Col. Jason E. Burkett, USMC; Mat-thew J. Scott, USN; Seth Restivo, Evan Lina; PFC Kenny Grunberg; Lt. Spencer Farmer, Army Rang-ers; 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. Cristie, Sp. Serv., Brian Calvo, US Army; SPC Scott Hale, PFC Scott Hale, USMC

WEEKLY COLLECTION

SOCIAL APOSTOLATE NEWS The Social Apostolate is deeply ap-preciative of all food & monetary do-nations they receive thru-out the year. They ask however, that any food do-nated NOT have an old expiration

date—by law, they have to throw those donations away as they cannot be given to those in need.

PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPEL NEWS

You are invited to spend 1 hour in prayer at the Perpetual Adora-tion Chapel located at OLDP Parish (sponsored by parishion-ers of SMM & OLDP Parishes). 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.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES “Domestic Violence 24-Hour Hotline: Call 504-866-9554 for legal assistance, shelter, counseling and children’s services from Catholic Charities, Archdio-cese of New Orleans.

Monday, January 16-Martin Luther King Rectory/Parish Offices CLOSED NO Parish School of Religion Classes Tuesday, January 17 Wednesday, January 18 Social Services Building open from 5:30PM-6:30PM Thursday, January 19 Friday, January 20 Saturday, January 21 Confessions in Church, 2:30-3:30 PM Vocations Presentation at Mass Sunday, January 22 Vocations Presentation at Masses Family Mass 9:30 AM Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, 12:15-1:15 PM

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Holiday

Monday, January 16, 2017 Rectory/Parish Offices/SMM School

CLOSED NO Parish School of Religion Classes

********************************************** VOCATIONS PRESENTATION

NEXT weekend, Seminarian William MacMasters will give a short presentation about Religious Voca-tions at all Masses.

LOUISIANA LIFE MARCH

The 8th Louisiana Life March will be held on Sat-urday, January 21 from 10am to 12pm in Baton Rouge. There is a chartered bus scheduled to leave St. Edward’s at 7:45am, returning by 3pm. The cost is $15 per seat (includes bus driver tip and 2 bot-tles of water). Please bring your own lunch and bev-erages for the bus ride back home. T-shirts are avail-able for $10. For more information and to reserve your seat please see the flyers found on the table in back of church. Call Yvette Fouchi for more informa-tion at 874-9225. Help make Louisiana an abortion-free state!

PARISH WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY MASS Our parish will be honoring those parishioners who will be celebrat-ing their 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 75th, etc. wedding anniversary anytime during 2016. We will honor those couples at the 9:30 AM Mass on Sunday, February 5 followed by a break-fast reception in the Rectory. To help us better plan for this special event, please call 733-0922 or 733-8980 no later than Wed., Feb. 1, if you wish to par-ticipate.

2017 SMM CHURCH DONATION ENVELOPES SMM parishioners may now pick up their church donation envelope box sets for 2017 at the rectory office during regular business hours.

2016 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS

All contributing parishioners will now automatically receive their 2016 statement of contributions to the Church. In January. In order to be cost effective, you are asked to send your email address to: magda-len@smm.nocoxmail.com

SMM GUIDE BOOK & CHURCH DIRECTORY

We are in the process of updating our annual Guide Book and Directory for the Church. This book helps us all to know more about our Church. As last year, the book is being provided at no cost to our parish-ioners, including the mailing to each family and again it is being subsidized by local businesses who advertize in it. If you own or manage a business and would like advertizing information, please call the rectory office at 733-0922, Monday-Thursday, 9AM-4PM. Recent survey results by Guide Book Publish-ing show that 92.1% of families would rather patron-ize businesses who advertize in the guide book. It “does pay” to advertize in our Guide Book and Di-rectory.

SMM SCHOOL—COUGAR NEWS Please join us for our Lady Bug Rosary this Friday, January 20th at 7:45am in the Chapel. Registration for new students will begin February 6th - call for a private tour - 733-1433.