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HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. Matthew 21:9

Palm SUNDAY

ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH

WELCOME A warm welcome is extended to all who come to

SMM Parish. We encourage new parishioners to register by emailing ri ovits@smmchurch.org or calling the

parish office during office hours.

OFFICE HOURS

Monday 9AM - 3PM Thursday 9AM - 3PM

We check voicemail le at 302-652-6800 & email Monday - Friday.

SACRAMENTS

BAPTISM: Call the parish office to schedule CONFESSION: 1st Saturday a er daily Mass at 9AM

MARRIAGE: Call the parish office to arrange

Addi onal informa on on sacraments & other rites (First Reconcilia on & Communion, Confirma on, Funerals,

Holy Orders and RCIA) can be found on our website.

FUNERAL MASSES: Funeral Masses and Memorial Masses are being offered following current guidelines.

www.smmchurch.org

www.youtube.com/c/stmarymagdalenparish www.facebook.com/stmarymagdalenparish

PASTOR Very Rev. James T. Kirk, Jr. VF

Dean of Brandywine Hundred Deanery Director of the Diocesan Office of Worship

Howard Eck, Deacon Candidate Jus n Pollio, Deacon Candidate

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 28, 2021

PARISH STAFF (302) 652-6800

Business & Finance Manager ................... Marc Minnick x113 Communica ons Coordinator ................. Stephanie Casey x145 Director of Music ..................................... David I ovits x125 Director of Religious Educa on ....................Karen Yasik x136 Execu ve Assistant ................................... Ryan I ovits x114 Maintenance & Facili es Manager...............Harry Hurst x117 Technology & Ministry ............................. Melissa Pollio x139

ST. MARY MAGDALEN SCHOOL (302) 656-2745, www.smmschoolde.com

School Principal ............................................. Patrick Tiernan

MASS SCHEDULE Sunday .................................................. 8:30 & 10:30am Saturday .......................... 8:30am & 4:30pm Vigil Mass Tuesday.............................................................. 8:30am Wednesday ........................................................ 8:30am Thursday ............................................................ 8:30am 1st Friday ........................................................... 8:30am

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Saturday, March 27 8:30 AM Michael E. O’Laughlin 4:30 PM Carmen Fenga Sunday, March 28 Palm Sunday 8:30 AM Jack & Mary Trudnak 10:30 AM Jean McCracken Tuesday, March 30 8:30 AM The O’Laughlin Family Wednesday, March 31 8:30 AM Brighly Dougherty Thursday, April 1 Holy Thursday 7:00 PM The Lord’s Supper Friday, April 2 Good Friday 3:00 PM The Passion of the Lord Saturday, April 3 Holy Saturday 8:00 PM Easter Vigil Sunday, April 4 Easter Sunday 8:30 AM For the People of St. Mary Magdalen 10:30 AM For the People of St. Mary Magdalen Tuesday, April 6 8:30 AM Jim Kaye Wednesday, April 7 8:30 AM Anna & William Smolka Thursday, April 8 8:30 AM Barbara Frawczyk Saturday, April 10 8:30 AM Pauline Berlingieri 4:30 PM The People of St. Mary Magdalen Sunday, April 11 Devine Mercy Sunday 8:30 AM John & Katherine Berlino 10:30 AM Hubert & Elizabeth Hannagan

ST. MARY MAGDALEN PARISH COVID-19 RESPONSE &

GUIDELINES

These guidelines have been put in place and will be enforced for the safety of all those attending Mass. As restrictions are added/lifted, we will react accordingly.

Guidelines to follow when attending Mass:

Enter through the front door. You must wear a mask & sanitize your hands upon entering.

Sit in an open pew. There are ropes on pews indicating which ones are closed to ensure proper social distancing (6 feet). You may sit on either side of the pews that are open. There is blue tape in the middle of open pews indicating what 6 feet of social distancing looks like.

Communion will continue to be at the end of mass. We ask that you remain in your seat until an usher dismisses your pew for communion. Those sitting in the larger center pews, proceed to communion as usual up the center aisle once dismissed. After distributing communion to the center aisle, the Eucharistic Ministers will move to the outlining areas for distribution. Once dismissed by an usher, you will go up your aisle to receive communion, then depart. The arrows on the floor have been updated to reflect this change.

After receiving communion, you are to leave church. No gathering is allowed. Exit through the side doors indicated.

On weekends, worship aides & bulletins are available online; only bulletins as you enter & at the side exits.

Reservations are required for our Easter Sunday Masses on April 4th at 8:30am & 10:30am

READINGS FOR THIS WEEK: PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

Sunday Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39

Monday Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14;

1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 First Friday Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 First Saturday Easter Vigil: Gn 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a; Gn 22:1-18 or

22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ex 14:15-15:1; Is 54:5-14; Is 55:1-11; Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Rom 6:3-11; Mk 16:1-7

If any palms are left, they will be available in the parish office M & TH 9am-3pm.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

The reservation links have been live since March 22nd.

We have a new reservation system on our website, allowing you to make reservations using your email or mobile phone and you can see in real-time how many seats are available. Your confirmation email/text will have instructions on how you yourself can cancel if needed. The parish office will still take reservations over the phone for those people who do not have a computer or mobile phone, pending availability.

If canceling reservations, do so as far in advance as possible to allow others to sign up for those seats.

Don’t wait until the day before Easter to cancel.

Once slots are filled, check back often. If someone

cancels their reservation, those seats will be made

available again.

PALM SUNDAY March 27th 4:30pm March 28th 8:30am & 10:30am

Palms will be available at the exits

HOLY THURSDAY April 1st 7pm The Lord’s Supper (no feet washing this year)

GOOD FRIDAY April 2nd 3pm Passion of Our Lord

HOLY SATURDAY April 3rd 8pm Vigil of the Lord’s Resurrection

EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 4th 8:30am & 10:30am Resurrection of Our Lord

Reservations are required for Easter Sunday Mass

FASTING AND ABSTINENCE

Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence from meat. The

norms concerning abstinence are binding upon members of the Catholic

Church from age 14 +.

Fasting – The law of fasting requires a Catholic from the 18th birthday (Canon 97) to the 59th birthday (i.e. the beginning of the 60th year, a year which will be completed on the 60th birthday) to reduce the amount of food eaten from normal. The church defines this as 1 meal a day & 2 smaller meals which if added together would not exceed the mail meal in quantity.

(Ash Wednesday & Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence from meat for Catholics.)

EASTER EGG HUNT Join us Easter Sunday, April 4th, on the rectory lawn, after the 10:30AM Mass. There will be 2 categories: ages

5 and under & ages 6-8. We ask that children bring their own basket or bag to collect eggs. The Easter Bunny will be on hand for pictures, socially distant.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED & the link to register is on our website homepage.

We will also be having a “Best Dressed” competition in 3 categories:

Under 1 year Ages 1-5 Ages 6 and up

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Rescheduled Chrism Mass 2021

Bishop Malooly will celebrate the Chrism Mass on Tuesday, April 20 at 12 noon at the Cathedral of Saint

Peter. Due to occupancy limits & to ensure proper physical distancing, only priests are invited to participate in person. All others are invited to spiritually join the Bishop by joining the live-stream broadcast on the diocese's YouTube channel: YouTube.com/DioceseofWilm.

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED The SMM parish office will be closed the following dates due to the Easter holiday:

Thursday, April 1st the office closes at 2pm through Monday, April 5th

LET US PRAY FOR OUR MEN & WOMEN SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES.

ESPECIALLY FOR: 2LT Michael Aleixo (Army), CPT David Paul Cline Jr. (Army), CPT Matthew Cline (Army), CPT Foster Day (Army), 2LT Patrick Devine (Army), Lt. Cmdr. Jason Erickson (US Coast Guard), Corporal Michael Gallo (Marines), 1LT Madelyne Guerra (Army Reserve), PFC Kyle Isakoff (Marines), Sgt Meghan Miller, 1LT Michael Sanzone (Army), PFC Elena Shields (National Guard), 1LT Matthew Stone (USAF), Corporal Cody Turner (Marines), & Seaman Michael A. Zullo (Navy).

Call the parish office to add an Armed Forces member.

We are thankful for their courage and dedication to duty in difficult circumstances

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

Please continue to pray for all those who may be hospitalized, sick, or recovering, especially:

Marietta Abello, John Barlow Jr., Karen Batt, Alan Brown, Maureen Byrne, Christine Cavaliere, Ann Davis, Connor Davis, Tom DeLucia, Anne Marie Donovan, Thomasina Finnegan, Linda Finney, Noah Fogg, Joseph Gawinski, Helen Hahn, Ed Hunt, Ellie & Levi Jernigan, Phil Lavelle, Greg Long, Thomas & Adelene McDaniel, Peggy McGill, Nancy McGovern, Betty Jo McHenry, Gloria Meyers, Joanne Miller, Ed Molnar, Flora Monck, Joe Moussalli, James Mulvena, Dolores Nowak, Marie O’Connor, Annemarie Pavco, Gerald Petrilla, Hunter Pinki, Rochelle Ransom, Devon Reed, Debbie Rice, Elizabeth Rivers, Lou Rombach, Brandon Shain, Ann Shields, Neil Segil, Beau Smith, Vincent Smith, Becky Yu, Dolores Welty, Leighton Wilson & Helen Zeroka.

Please also remember all those affected by the coronavirus & our essential workers.

Contact the parish office if you would like to add a name or would like your name removed.

EASTER FLOWER OFFERINGS

All Easter Flower Offerings that were received by Sunday March 28th will be posted in the Easter Bulletin. Any received after that

date will be in the revised list, posted April 18th.

The Triduum is the celebration of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

CHURCH HALL USE: The hall remains closed to parish & outside groups. Only the school will have use of the church hall at this point in time for school lunches & Extended Care.

HELP A FAMILY IN NEED HAVE THEIR EASTER DINNER!

A donation of $20 would cover the cost of 1 Easter Dinner. These Easter dinners will go to 20

families within our neighboring community.

To donate visit: www.smmchurch.org/easter-dinner

PARENTING POINTERS This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Perhaps you could rejoice with your family about your accomplishments as a family. A day without fighting or complaining? An award? A healing? S. Vogt

MARRIAGE MOMENTS It’s been a long pandemic winter. Look for a surprise way to treat your beloved. Be silly. Be gallant. Be sweet. Be creative.

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A warm welcome is extended to all who come to SMM Parish. All new parishioners are invited to

register by contacting the parish office and we will get all the necessary information from you.

VOCATION ESSAY WINNERS

The Bishop Curtis Council of the Knights of Columbus is pleased to announce the winners of the 25th Annual Jerry E. Dawson Memorial Vocations Essay Contest as follows: 5th Grade – Elizabeth Keenan, 6th Grade – RJ Riegel, 7th Grade – Emory Schneider, and 8th Grade – Jimmy Szpak. Each winner was recognized by Bishop Curtis Youth Director Dan Conaty during the School morning announcements on Thursday, March 11, 2021 with a Certificate of Merit and gift card from Barnes and Noble. Please join us in congratulating these students for their accomplishment. As well, we are pleased to announce that our 6th Grade winner RJ Riegel was the winner of the Delaware State Council Vocations Essay Contest. RJ’s winning essay competed against all 6th grade student essays throughout the Diocese. RJ received a $50.00 check and an engraved plaque as well as the opportunity to record his essay for a later broadcast on Relevant Radio 640 AM.

Congrats to our winners and thank you to everyone that participated!

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www.youtube.com/c/stmarymagdalenparish

We live stream Mass every Saturday at 4:30PM and they are available to watch on our

YouTube channel after it streams.

Subscribe today… help our channel grow!

SECOND COLLECTIONS March 28 – Parish Capital Projects

April 4 – Easter Gift

There are collection baskets as you enter & exit church for offertory. Offertory can also be mailed to

the parish office or submitted online at www.smmchurch.org/stewardship

Please do not leave canned goods or non-perishables in the main vestibule. We do not have

a food closet. Visit: smmchurch.org/outreach to find info for our Emmanuel Dining Room sign up,

our Meals on Wheels program and more.

Tens of thousands of couples have healed their marriages through Retrouvaille (pronounced Retro-vy). Couples learn to build communication skills and to increase intimacy. It provides help for marriage problems, difficulties or crises. The next program begins the weekend of April 16-18, 2021 at the Family Life Center in Malvern, PA. For more info, or to register, visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org or call 215-766-3944. All inquiries are strictly confidential. You can also call Father Kirk at 302-652-6800.

THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE: If you are in need of assistance call SMM’s St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVDP) at (302) 652-6800 ext. 170 to start the interview process.

January & February SVDP Statistics:

Calls Received: 13, Helped: 10, Prayer Candle Donations: $235,

Poor Box: $1,042

DONATE 1ST COMMUNION DRESSES OR SUITS

Do you have a 1st Communion dress or suit hanging in the closet, never to be worn again? There is a parish in Virginia that would love to have that dress or suit. Contact Madeline Rice at 302-478-9438 for questions or to donate. Help someone in need look and feel their very best for this important sacrament!

If you have a major wedding anniversary coming up, let us know 10 days in advance of the bulletin publication date and we will

list it. Please let us know names, years married, and anniversary date and sent to

Stephanie.casey@smmchurch.org.

PALMS:

Palm Sunday brings out the crafter in every Catholic. It

seems that everyone has something different to do with

them. For new ideas visit: www.catholicicing.com/10-

things-to-do-with-palms-from-palm-sunday/

We’ll start with palm basics:

When you get them at church, they are green and bendable. This is when they’re prime pickin’ for crafts. Once they’re dry, that’s it- you can’t shape them anymore.

The palms are blessed, so when you’re done with them, you can’t put them in the trash. To properly dispose of the palms, they need to be burned, and then the ashes returned to the ground.

What looks like 1 palm is generally 2. They split right apart. For some folds, you leave them together at the bottom, for others you split them apart, and can basically make 2 different things out of the same palm.

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