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St. Mary Magdalen Parish First Mass Celebrated on September 7, 1919

Rev. Msgr. John J. Borcic, Pastor Rev. John V. Kerber, Retired

Deacon Joseph J. Iovanna New Parishioners are Welcome!

For information: Call our Parish Rectory 314.352.2111 ext. 4 www.magdalen.org

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St. Mary Magdalen Parish Church & Rectory: 4924 Bancroft Ave. St. Louis, Missouri 63109

Phone 314.352.2111 Rectory Fax 314.481.7661 Parish Website: www.magdalen.org

Archdiocese of St. Louis Website: www.archstl.org

Staff Pastor: Rev. Msgr. John J. Borcic Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 3 Email: johnborcic@archstl.org

In Residence: Rev. John J. Kerber Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 107

Deacon: Joseph J. Iovanna Phone: 707.1803 cell phone

Parish Secretary: Fran Voss Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 4 Email: smmadmin@sbcglobal.net

Parish Nurse: Jeannine Wieczorek Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 5 Email: smmnurse@sbcglobal.net

Music Director: Keith Ballentine Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 4 (leave a message)

Bookkeeper: Terry Signaigo Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 6

Maintenance Department: Steve Jackson Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 7

St. Vincent de Paul Society Phone: 352.2111 Ext. 2

Mass Schedule Weekend Masses: Weekday Mass: Saturday: 4:30pm Monday thru Friday: 8:00am Sunday: 8:00am and 10:30am

Daily Rosary: Mon. thru Fri. before 8:00am Mass

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Every first Friday of the month from 8:30am until 12-noon

Holy Hour: Every 1st Saturday of the month at 9:15am

Sacrament of Baptism: Please contact the Rectory \

Weddings: Couples contemplating Marriage should contact the Pastor as soon as they have made a decision to marry and at least six months prior to their intended date of Marriage so that proper prepa-rations can be made.

Communion to the Sick: We are happy to bring Holy Communion to those who are confined to their homes. Please contact the rectory to make arrange-ments. Perpetual Help Devotions: Tuesday following 8:00am Mass

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday between 3:30pm and 4:10pm (or by appointment)

Rectory Office Hours 8:30am — 7:30pm Monday through Thursday 8:30am — 4:00pm Friday 9:00am —12:00pm Saturday

Closed on Sundays, Holidays, and

Holy Days of Obligation

SCHOOLS SERVING OUR PARISHIONERS For registration and other information please contact

Our Lady of Sorrows School 5831 So. Kingshighway Blvd.

314.353.1451 St. Ambrose School

5130 Wilson Ave. 314.772.1437

St. Joan of Arc School 5821 Pernod Ave.

314.752.4171 St. Roch School 6040 Waterman 314.721.2595

South City Deanery PSR Deborah Halter 314.773.3070

scdpsr4200@sbcglobal.net

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Weekly Offertory

October 26, 2014

Envelopes $ 2,804.00 Loose Offerings 809.94 ____________________________________ Total $ 3,613.94

Collections as of 07-01-14 $ 64,545.89

Magdalen Specials

Pro-Life 29.00 St. Vincent de Paul 397.00 Soup Kitchen 32.50 Tuition Assistance 27.50 _____________________________________ Total $ 486.00

Dear Parishioners and Friends, In preparation for the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 4, please review this excerpt from the Archdiocesan Political Process Guidelines:

“Catholics are called to participate in promoting the common good and, as far as possible, to take an active part in public life. To fulfill this calling, Catholics must be informed, active, and responsible participants in the political process.

They must be knowledgeable about the political process and have a grasp of the moral dimensions of issues facing society. To do so, they need to under-stand the role of government in society, to be aware of their political rights as citizens, and to know how to influence public policy so that they may work within the political structure to effect change.

They need to know about current social issues, to understand the Church’s teachings about their moral dimensions, to form their consciences in light of their faith, and to act out of their moral convic-tions.”

To learn more, visit archst.org/faithful-citizenship.

Make yourself aware of the candidates and issues before us on November 4, and make it a priority to vote.

God bless, Msgr. John Borcic

Pro-Life Election Eve Mass

You are invited to join in an evening of prayer FOR THE GREAT NEEDS OF OUR TIME—RESPECT for all human life, support for traditional marriage and for religious freedom-on the eve of the election, November 3, 2014, at St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, Nottingham at Tamm. Bishop Robert J. Herman will be the Principal Celebrant and speaker at the 7:30 pm Mass. Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m.

A Special Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be at the Mass. It has been blessed and touched to the original tilma at the Shrine in Mexico City, and also received a Papal Blessing from Pope II in Rome. You are invited to touch the image before or after Mass.

Sponsored by the Legion of Mary, Respect Life Apostolate. Any questions call Rose, at 314.9296.

Mass of Remembrance

The annual Mass of Remem-brance will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 5, at

7:00 pm. This Mass commemorates the repose of the souls of all parishioners, family members of parish-ioners, and friends of St. Mary Magdalen, who passed away during the past year. All parishioners are invited to attend and join in prayer with and for those whom we honor. A reception will take place in the school hall immediately after Mass.

Stewardship Reflection “Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.” - Wisdom of Solomon 3:9 Here’s the ironic thing about people who are gener-ous. Those that give freely and cheerfully don’t do it to be rewarded. They do it to show their love for God and their neighbors. Yet, because of their generosity, they typically are given more than they gave away!

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St. Mary Magdalen Parish

Annual Holiday Arts & Craft Fair

Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:00a– 3:00p

Hand-crafted, juried items! Bar-B-Que ~ Quilt Raffle

Attendance Prizes

St. Mary Magdalen School 4323 S. Kingshighway

Between Bancroft and Sutherland For more information, call 832-4531

Baked goods are needed

(especially whole cakes, pies and breads) and may be brought to the school

on Friday, November 21st.

They can also be brought down to the school on Saturday, November 22nd

from 9:00 am to noon.

This week in our Parish…

Daily Mass at 8:00am Monday thru Friday

Monday, November 3, 2014 Quilters 9:00a QRm Set up for Election SH Italian Class 6-9p ClassRm

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Election 7a-7p SH

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Church cleaning 8:30a CH Mass of Remembrance 7:00p CH Thursday, November 6, 2014 Italian Class 6-9p ClassRm

Friday, November 7, 2014 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30a-12p CH

Saturday, November 8, 2014 Italian Class 10-12p ClassRm Reconciliation 3:30 –4:10 CH Mass 4:30p CH

Sunday, November 9, 2014 Mass 8:00a CH Mass 10:30a CH

St. Mary Magdalen Parish St. Vincent DePaul Society

Everyone attending Mass during November has an exciting opportunity to further support the work of the SVDP. Thanks to a challenge grant from the First Catholic Ladies Slovak Association, you have the opportunity to double the impact of your support—which means your $10 check payable to the St. Vincent DePaul Society can become a twenty dollar investment in our St. Vincent DePaul Society. The FCSLA will match the first $600 in offertory receipt checks payable to the St. Vincent DePaul Society during November.

Thank you, in advance, for your generosity!

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

In verdant pastures he gives me repose; Beside restful waters he leads me;

he refreshes my soul - Psalm 23:1-3a

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A special invitation to Honor… Active Military, Reservists, Veterans, Widows of Veterans and their families.

Please join us for the 10:30am Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Church Sunday, November 16, 2014

Brunch will be served to the veterans, spouses and families in the school hall

immediately after Mass. Reservations are required.

Please call Fran at 352.2111 ext. 4 at the Parish office by November 11, 2013

If the ‘uniform’ fits wear it to Mass Stand TALL.

Your service to our country is appreciated and so in honor of Veteran’s Day 2014 what better way to extend our thanks to

you for the freedom we enjoy– especially the freedom to Worship as we wish.

Escrip-HOLIDAY SHOPPING

Be sure to use your eScrip card for all your upcoming holiday shopping! Watch your mail for Schnucks fly-ers full of deals for every holiday. Thank you for contributing well over $100 per month to our parish just by shopping at Schnucks—totally free money!

Contact Fran at the rectory 352-2111 ext. 4 to get your eScrip card.

You don’t have to be a parishioner, so enlist your friends and family to help support St. Mary Magdalen Parish.

Soup Kitchen

Thanks to everyone who helped us out with last months’ meal. We served 183 guests, and everyone was well fed and thankful for the delicious hot meal. The date for the next meal is Tuesday, November 18.

The volunteers making sauce for the November meal have been contacted and should pick up their supplies this Sunday (November 2) from the cafeteria in the school hall. Our thanks to the sauce preparers, our brownie bakers, our financial donors and the servers who helped with last month’s meal. Your generous gifts of time, talent, and treasure are greatly appreci-ated!

A Note from the Parish Nurse

FREE BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING STRIPS

I was recently given 2 unopened boxes of ACCU-CHEK Aviva Plus blood glucose monitoring strips. The strips are specific for the ACCU-CHEK Aviva Plus machines. There are 100 strips in each box and the strips do not expire until December 31, 2015. The strips will work with the following machines: ACCU-CHEK Aviva ACCU-CHEK Aviva Combo ACCU-CHEK Aviva Expert If you have use for these strips please call me (Jeannine) at 314-352-2111 ext 5.

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Our Lady of Fatima Traveling Statue

from St. Mary Magdalen

This beautiful statue of Our Lady is available to be received into your home. By inviting Our Lady into your

home, and with the recitation of the Rosary may you begin to experience a sense of peace, hope, and heal-ing into your lives. If you would like to have her at your home for a couple of weeks or know someone that would benefit from having her—please call Kathy Schneider at 481-3923.

FATIMA EUCHARISTIC VIGIL Friday, November 7

Cur of Ars Church, 670 Laclede Station Rd.

When Our Lady appeared at Fatima she requested that we pray the rosary every day, make sacrifices for sinners and offer prayers of Eucharistic Adora-tion. In this troubled world our response to her re-quest is more urgent now that ever. On the first Friday of each month the World Apostolate of Fatima sponsors a Eucharistic Vigil at Cure of Ars Church, 670 Laclede Station Rd. The Mass is offered at 8 p.m. and again at 12 midnight, confessions are heard, there is a Eucharistic procession and various prayers are said throughout the night. Vigil ends after midnight mass. Make time each month to join in the vigil. This way you will respond to Our Lady's request to pray for the conversion of sinners. For more information call 314-562-5927.

NOTE: We will be praying for the crisis in Ferguson. St. John the Baptist

Men’s Club Fall Barbeque Saturday, November 8th

11am-7pm Dine in or Carry out

Menu Pork steaks, chicken, ribs hotdogs, hamburgers Bake beans, cole slaw, potato salad, spaghetti

To place orders and prices, please call Bart Bieser at 496-6356

or Gerry Ziegler at 352-0118

All proceeds will be donated to

SJB Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Virtual Pilgrimage of Lourdes, France St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish

4900 Ringer Road St. Louis, MO 63129

North American Lourdes Volunteers will present a 90-minute prayerful VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGE to Lourdes, France, at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish on Sunday, November 2nd at 7 PM. During this guided Lourdes experience, you will immerse yourself in the Gospel Message of Lourdes as given by Our Lady to St. Bernadette.

You will have the opportunity to touch the Grotto Rock and to experience the healing grace of Lourdes Water. As part of this spiritual opportunity to draw nearer to God with Our Lady and St. Bernadette, you will receive a Eucharistic blessing and pray the Rosary.

A Plenary Indulgence is granted to all the faithful, under the usual conditions, who attend a Virtual Pil-grimage with North American Lourdes Volun-teers. Come and experience the healing grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ through His Immaculate Mother. Invite your family, children and friends!

The next best thing to visiting Lourdes itself is a Pilgrimage journey without the travel! For more information please call (314) 892.1262.

Our Lady extends her invitation to all!

A rchbishop Robert J. Carlson will preside at a healing prayer service for survivors of physi-

cal, sexual, or emotional abuse on Wednesday, No-vember 19, at 7:00 pm here at St. Raphael the Archangel Church, 6000 Jamieson Ave. in St. Louis.

Family members and friends of abuse survivors are also encouraged to attend, as well as those who are involved in helping abused people and those who want to pray for healing, reconciliation, and the prevention of abuse. For more information, please contact Carol Brescia, Assistance Coordinator, Office of Child & Youth Protection at breshinmo@aol.com or 314-378-3627.

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Please pray for healing and strength for … Janet Barmeier, Gary Barker, John Baumgartner, Marian Brandel, Marcy Buckles, Betty Chitwood, George Dent, Mary Jane

Eichhorn, Genny Fujarski, Ellen Graves, Pat Grotegeers, Charlie Haines, Joey Haines, Ruth Hassler, Jimmy Harvatin, Pete Harvatin, Dolores Hughes, Marie Kellner, Mike Kenny, Dolores Kettenbach, Michael Krawczyk, Dolores Kuhlman, Pat Maloney, Elmer Marz, Doris Mather, Mary Mather, Terri Mazzola, Sue Micciche Lou Ann Michaels, Liam Niemira, Shanna and Greg Olsen, Catherine Quante, Rosalie Sala, Dorothy Schu-chardt, Nancy Sewester, Edith Smiley, Dodie Stoll-hans, Jean Sullivan, Anne Turek, Marie Valenti, Garth and Laihla Weihl, Agnes Wiltgen, Jeannine Young, Lois Zitzmann and for all our homebound and nursing home parishioners and for their family and friends who take care of them.

Monday, November 3, 2014 8:00 A.M. Living & Deceased of Meyer, Diem & Pul Families 8:00 A.M. Purgatorial Society

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:00 A.M. Dominic Aiello 8:00 A.M. Kevin Bergmann

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:00 A.M. Aurelia & Herman Roeper 8:00 A.M. George & Marie Werner 7:00 P.M. Purgatorial Society

Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:00 A.M. Louis & Mary Ann Kerber 8:00 A.M. Candido Bolito

Friday, November 7, 2014 8:00 A.M. Mary Mohan 8:00 A.M Margaret Mumpar

Saturday, November 8, 2014 4:30 P.M. For the People of the Parish

Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:00 AM Agnes Weber 10:30 AM Peter Mazzola

Greeters

Saturday, 4:30 PM Ron Gianella

Sunday, 8:00 AM Dolores Johnson

Sunday 10:30 AM Tom Brent, Sue Rice

Ushers

Saturday, 4:30 PM Ron Gianella, Don Quante, Bill Yashuk, Rich Brutine

Sunday, 4:30 PM Bernie Driscoll

Sunday, 10:30 AM Tom Brent, Norm Guittar, Jewell Douthit

Servers

Saturday, November 8, 2014 4:30 PM Daniel Kelly

Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:00AM Harry Signaigo

Sunday, November 9 , 2014 10:30 AM Ian & Victoria Dow

Lectors

Saturday, November 8, 2014 4:30PM Mary Beth O’Donoghue

Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:00 AM Ken Luecke

Sunday, November 9, 2014 10:30 AM Garth Weihl

Eucharistic Ministers

Saturday, November 8, 2014 4:30 PM Charlie & Mary Ann Halbrook, Margaret O’Donoghue, Mary Beth O’Donoghue

Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:00 AM Dolores Johnson, Nancy Seweter

Sunday, November 9, 2014 10:30 AM Mary Elkins, Dolores Hitch, Cathy Maloney, Marisol Pfaff, Garth Weihl, Jeannine Wieczorek

Please pray for the repose soul of long-time parishioner William “Bill” Magnan who passed away on October 17, 2014. May he be with Our Lord in glory. A Memorial Mass for Bill will be cele-brated on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at

2:00pm at St. Mary Magdalen.

Please pray for the repose soul of Denise Dement who passed away on October 21, 2014 . May she be with Our Lord in glory. Her memorial mass was celebrated on November 1, 2014.

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Bulletin Number: 59200 CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Mary Magdalen Church 4924 Bancroft Avenue St. Louis, MO 63109 TELEPHONE: (314 )352-2111 Ext. 4 CONTACT PERSON: Fran Voss EMAIL: smmadmin@sbcglobal.net SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2007 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 7 PRINTER HP Color Laser Jet CP2025 TRANSMISSION TIME Thursday 11:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION November 2, 2014 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS