“With God All Things Are Possible!”

St. Mary Magdalene Parish

The Catholic Community of the East End of Pittsburgh

Mass Schedule Saturday 4:00 pm St. James 5:30 pm St. Bede

Sunday 8:00 am St. Bede 9:00 am Mother of Good Counsel 10:00 am St. James 11:00 am St. Bede

Monday—Saturday 9:00 am St. Bede

JANUARY 26, 2020 THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Website saintmarymagdalenepgh.org All our churches are accessible. @smmppgh

Confession & Eucharistic Adoration Saturday 9:30 am - 10:30 am St. Bede

Novenas 9:30 am St. Bede

Monday Miraculous Medal Perpetual Novena Wednesday Mother of Perpetual Help Novena Thursday St. John XXIII Novena for the Sick

Faith Formation (CCD) Sunday 9:45 am-10:45 am St. Bede Baptisms and Weddings By appointment only

ST. BEDE CHURCH 509 South Dallas Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15208

ST. JAMES CHURCH 718 Franklin Avenue, Wilkinsburg PA 15221

MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL CHURCH 7705 Bennett Street, Pittsburgh PA 15208

Pastoral Staff Rev. Thomas J. Burke, Pastor tburke@diopitt.org

Rev. David Taylor, Senior Parochial Vicar dtaylor@diopitt.org

In Residence Rev. James Adeoye jamesadeoye@yahoo.com Rev. Augustine Temu temuago@yahoo.com

Office Staff Frank Grande businessmanager@stbedepgh.org Terri Price mainoffice@stbedepgh.org

Director of Religious Education Teresa Maynor teresamaynor@msn.com

Music Ministry Jennifer Gorske, Director of Music Ministries

412.370.2638; gorske38@verizon.net Carla LaRocca DiDonato 412.422.2460; larocca@andrew.cmu.edu Pat Morgan 412.425.3834; morganic@verizon.net Gerard Rohlf 412.657.7570; gerard.rohlf@gmail.com

Safe Environment/Sacramental Coordinator Melissa Viator 412.661.7222 mviator@stbedepgh.org

Social Ministries & Community Outreach Anne Scheuermann 412.241.1309; cceepsm@gmail.com

Communications Cathy Raffaele 412.241.1392; cceepgh@gmail.com Glennen Lloyd cceepnewsletter@gmail.com Bulletin cceepbulletin@gmail.com

Housekeeping/Maintenance Paul Denk, Matthew Denk, Donald Graham, Annette Shunk, Jim Speranza,

Principals Sr. Thea Bowman Catholic Academy: Ms. Stephanie Michael

412.242.3515; info@stbca.net; sistertheabowman.org St. Bede School: Sr. Daniela Bronka 412.661.9425;

info@saintbedeschool.com; saintbedeschool.com

PARISH OFFICE 509 South Dallas Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15208

mainoffice@stbedepgh.org Phone:412.661.7222

Mass Intentions January 25 - February 2

SATURDAY VIGIL Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

4 pm Eleanor Andrews (Family) BURKE

5:30 pm John Mucci (Christine Honan) TAYLOR

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: Isaiah 8:23-9:3 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23

8 am Janet Scuticchio (Family) TAYLOR

9 am For the People of the Parish BURKE

10 am Michael Grzymkowski (Family) TAYLOR

11 am James McKinney (John McKinney) BURKE

Monday Weekday 9 am Magdalen Murphy (Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Conn) BURKE

Tuesday

Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas,

Priest and Doctor of the Church

9 am Andrew P. Cole and Family (Marge Mimless) ADEOYE

Wednesday Weekday 9 am Margaret Lee (Family) TAYLOR

Thursday Weekday 9 am Aileen Minnock (Family) TEMU

Friday

Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest 9 am Howard Hays (John and Kathy Trichtinger) BURKE

Saturday Weekday 9 am Libby Regan (John and Kathy Trichtinger) BURKE

SATURDAY VIGIL Presentation of the Lord

4 pm Cathy McCall (Maureen McCall) TAYLOR

5:30 pm Donald Ross (Kennedy Family) BURKE

SUNDAY PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

First Reading: Malachi 3:1-3 Second Reading: Hebrews 2:14-18

Gospel: Luke 2:22-40

8 am Ed Bierman (Family) BURKE

9 am In Celebration of Fr. Paul Esibu’s Birthday

(Saint Mary Magdalene Parishioners) TAYLOR

10 am For the People of the Parish BURKE

11 am Temporal and Spiritual Wellbeing of Nancy O’Brien

(Bill and Pat Marino) TAYLOR

Anointing of the Sick

For those seriously ill, elderly, or preparing for surgery, please call Fr. Burke at 412.661.7222 or Fr. Taylor at 412.731.3020.

Those who are in hospitals or nursing homes may also request the Catholic Chaplain on duty for the Sacrament.

Hospitalized and Homebound

If you, a family member, or if you know a parishioner who is unable to get to church and would like to receive Communion, please contact us at 412.241.1392.

As a Faith Community, we remember parishioners,

who cannot be with us, and those who care for them.

Bulletin Announcements are due no later than noon on Fridays

for the next week’s bulletin Larger announcements must be submitted

a week prior to the Friday deadline. cceepbulletin@gmail.com

Announcements for Weekend Masses are due no later than Noon on Wednesdays.

Safe Environment Compliance Anyone who volun-

teers in the parish or school is required by the diocese to be compliant with all Safe Environment clearances.

Please contact Melissa Viator at 412.661.7222 or mviator@stbedepgh.org with questions or for assistance.

Protection of God’s Children Report suspected child abuse

24-Hour Child Abuse Hotline: 800.932.0313

If a child is in imminent danger, call 911

Pastor’s Note

Celebrating Catholic Schools Week!

As a product of both Catholic and public education, I am very grateful for the sacrifices my parents made for me and my two sisters so we could get a great Catholic elemen-

tary education. I graduated from St. Norbert Elementary School in Overbrook in 1984 and Carrick High School in 1988.

This weekend at the 11 am Mass we kick off Catholic Schools Week. There are many wonderful options for schools in our area. St. Bede and Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Academy offer a quality Catholic education in a safe and loving environment with a 3 and 4 year old pre-school program and Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. We have two great “neighborhood schools” in the Point Breeze and Wilkinsburg Communities. Please call 412.661.9425 at St. Bede or 412.242.3515 at Sister Thea Bowman for more information or for a tour of the school.

This weekend we celebrate the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time and all three readings focus on discipleship. Last year, Pope Francis declared that the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be set aside for “Sunday of the Word of God.”

In the first reading from Isaiah, we read how a prophet looks forward to the day when the light of God will shine forth in the darkness. In the second reading from Paul to the Corinthians, we read how Paul urges the Lord’s faith-ful people to strive for unity in what they say and do. In the Gospel of Matthew we read how Jesus calls his disci-ples to assist in his ministry, preaching the gospel and healing the sick. This gospel passage focuses on the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, as he moves from Naz-areth, where he grew up, to the City of Capernaum on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. By God’s grace we too can respond with a complete gift of self and follow him.

Celebrating Catholic Schools Week!

Blessing of Throats In honor of the Feast of St. Blaise, which is on Monday, February 3, we will have the “Blessing of Throats” after each Mass next weekend. All are invited to have their throats blessed. Collaborative Youth Ministry Study Group One of the key goals Pastoral Council has been discussing the last several months is focusing on getting our youth more involved in our parish. I am pleased to announce that we are forming a Collaborative Youth Ministry Study Group with members of our neighboring grouping Sacred Heart/ St. Raphael. If you are interested in learning more about this study group, please contact Melissa Viator at the parish office at 412.661.7222 or viator-melissa@gmail.com.

Parish Records and Archives Since we are now a new parish, all of the Sacramental Records including: Bap-tisms, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Weddings, Funerals, Mass intentions, bulletins, financial records, and other historical items from the three former parishes of St. Bede, St. Charles Lwanga, and St. James, are now located at the Parish Records and Archives Center in the West End. When inquiring about a sacrament one has received at one of the former parishes, you will need now to call the Archives Office at 412.456.3158 or e-mail at archives@diopitt.org Parish Improvements The Holy Rosary Rectory roof has been repaired. New shingles and slates have been installed.

Jake Luffy Masonry continues to repair the sidewalks and steps around the St. Bede Campus.

New office furniture has been delivered at the St. Mary Magdalene Parish Office. Updated internet, cable and phone lines will be installed in the next few weeks at all three rectories and will eventually all be connected to one phone system. We appreciate your patience during this transition. Are You Registered? If you are attending Mass at St. Mary Magdalene on a regular basis and are not officially registered, please call Terri Price at the office at 412.6617222. Every Catholic needs a place to call home and be officially registered at a parish.

If one is asked to be a Godparent for a Baptism or Con-firmation Sponsor, they need to obtain a “Sponsor Let-ter” (Letter of Recommendation) from their Pastor. If one is not a registered parishioner, then we are unable to issue a sponsor letter. Congratulations to Thomas Jamison McCrady Jr. and Catherine Staley McCrady who made their Profes-sion of Faith last weekend! Happy Birthday to our Director of Music Ministries, Jennifer Gorske, who celebrated her birthday this past Monday, January 20! Something to Think About…

One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese Proverb

With God, All Things Are Possible!

Fr. Tom Burke, Pastor tburke@diopitt.org

Advisory Councils

Pastoral Council Finance Council

Patricia Albacete Linda Atkins

Lois Campbell Anne Kovalan-Santoni

Peter Lahoda Teresa Maynor

Denise Charron-Prochownik Joan Price

Janice Reed Dante Romito Eric Setzler

Geloria White

Pastoral Council meets on the 3

rd Monday

of the month.

Martin Albacete David Aleva Linda Burke

Michael Myers Michael Polite

Judy Prata Bill Rawlings Mara Sullivan Victor Thorpe

Finance Council meets

on 4th

Monday of the month.

Father Taylor’s Reflection

Each Sunday when we come to Mass, we have special scripture readings that enable us to enter the very Word of God. Each day the Lord has a message for us and it may very well be in the biblical read-ings of the day.

Both the reading from Isaiah and the gospel remind us that, while we have lived in darkness, we have seen a great light. The Christmas season told us all about the light of the star that lead us to Bethlehem where we found Jesus the light of the world. We continue to journey with the star as we form new parish family re-lationships. Saint Mary Magdalene parish is a new way to serve and be a part of the many communities nearby. Next week is Catholic Schools Week throughout our diocese. We are blessed to have St. Bede's School and Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Academy. They both are fine ministries of service and evangelization

Please read the bulletin (January 19) and website for all of the schools’ activities

Online Giving Faith Direct is the online giving

provider for our parish.

To sign up at Faith Direct, for regular contributions or for a one time gift, visit faithdirect.net and use church code PA994

Please note that the parish names are still St. Bede and St. James. This will change when we receive the necessary paperwork for our new name.

For online giving information. see the homepage of our website: saintmarymagdalenepgh.org or call Cathy Raffaele at 412.241.1392.

STEWARDSHIP

January 19

Offertory $8,947

Facebook Album

We invite you to add photos of Fr. Thomas Burke’s installation as pastor of our parish to our Facebook album. Our page is @smmppgh.

You may also send photos to cceepgh@gmail.com.

Saint Mary Magdalene Parish Social Ministry and Community Outreach

All are invited to support our parish social ministry and community outreach by donating each month through the offertory envelopes provided or through Faith Direct. 100% of the donations will go to fund our So-cial Ministry and Community Outreach activities, and support our part time coordinator. We encourage you to donate monthly. Thanks to all who have already begun donating! Your generosity each month makes our social ministry possible!

Volunteer opportunities are available and will expand. To volunteer at the St. Mary Magdalene Parish Social Ministry Center, please call 412.241.1309 or email cceepsm@gmail.com.

Thank you for your generosity of time, needed grocery items, and money. Anne Scheuermann, our Coordi-nator of Social Ministry and Community Outreach, will be happy to hear from you.

Schedule January 25 - February 2

SAT

Adoration & Confession Worship Ministry Blood Pressure Reading

and Letter Writing Letter Writing

St. Bede 9:30 am SJ Chapel 1 pm SJ Chapel 5 pm

St. Bede 6:30 pm

SUN

Letter Writing Fr. Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap. CCD Reception Blood Pressure Reading

and Letter Writing Letter Writing Spiritual Enrichment Meeting

St. Bede 9 am MOGC 9 am

St. Bede 9:45 am MOGC 10 am MOGC 10 am

SJ Chapel 11 am St Bede 12 pm

SJ Chapel 12:15 pm

MON Miraculous Medal Novena SB 9:30 am

TUE RCIA Wilkinsburg Solidarity Vigil

St. Bede AR 6:30 pm SJ Chapel 7 pm

WED Food Bank Pickup Mother of Perpetual Help Novena

Ministry Ctr. 9 am St. Bede 9:30 am

THURS St. John XXIII Novena

for the Sick St. Bede 9:30 am

FRI Joint School Mass

St. Bede School & STBCA Senior Box Distribution

St. Bede 9 am

Ministry Center 9 am

SAT Adoration & Confession Blessing of Throats

St. Bede 9:30 am After the Vigil Masses

SUN Blessing of Throats CCD St. Bede School Open House

After Sunday Masses St. Bede 9:45 am

12 pm

In Memoriam Rita Hilliard

James West

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

Letter Writing on January 25 and 26

All are invited to participate in letter writing in the Chapel at St. James after the 4 pm and 10 am Masses; at Mother of Good Counsel after the 9 am Mass; and at St. Bede after all the Masses.

While many act individually in the civic arena, monthly letter writing affords us an opportunity to focus our attention collectively to witness to our Christian values. It just takes a few minutes after worship to put your faith into action.

This month’s letters are to members of Congress relating to US policy in the Middle East. Please read and consider signing the letters, and speaking out on this important issue.

Blood Pressure Readings January 25 and 26

All are invited to have their blood pressure checked in the Chapel at St. James after the 4 pm and 10 am Masses and at Mother of Good Counsel after the 9 am Mass.

Sunday of the Word of God

In his Apostolic Letter published on September 30, 2019, “Aperuit illis”, Pope Francis instituted the Sunday of the Word of God, to occur on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Pope Fran-cis is inviting Catholics across the world to deepen their appreciation, love and

faithful witness to God and his Word.

“He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” Luke 24:45

This was one of the final acts of the risen Lord before his Ascension. Jesus appeared to the assembled disciples, broke bread with them and opened their minds to the understanding of the sacred Scriptures. To them, amid their fear and bewilderment, he unveiled the meaning of the paschal mystery: that in accordance with the Father’s eternal plan he had to suffer and rise from the dead, in order to bring repentance and the forgiveness of He then promised to send the Holy Spirit, who would give them strength to be witnesses of this saving mystery

The relationship between the Risen Lord, the community of believers and sacred Scripture is essential to our iden-tity as Christians. Without the Lord who opens our minds to them, it is impossible to understand the Scriptures in depth. Yet the contrary is equally true: without the Scrip-tures, the events of the mission of Jesus and of his Church in this world would remain incomprehensible.

If you wish to learn more about scripture by joining a bible study group, please visit the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s website at diopitt.org and search for bible study. There are also resources on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, usccb.org, search for Sunday of the Word of God.

Lent Is Coming

It’s not too soon to think about the seasons of Lent and Easter. This year Ash Wednesday is February 26. Palm Sunday is April 5. Easter Sunday is April 12. Pentecost Sunday is May 31.

We will be publishing information on events and activi-ties in the bulletin, on the website and on Facebook.

2020 Mass Intentions are available at all our

churches. Please contact Terri Price at the Parish Office:412.661.7222 or officemanager@stbedepgh.org.

Radio Program, with Fr.

Tom Burke as host, high-lights elementary and sec-

ondary schools; colleges; youth ministry programs; and more, and is broadcast every other Sunday morn-ing on KDKA-AM.

Fr. Tom’s guest on February 2 is Jon Cuniak, principal of St. Thérèse of Lisieux School in Munhall.

See the homepage of our website, cceepgh.org for the link to podcasts of the programs.

The Ministry Center Is Going GREEN!

Please help us reduce our carbon footprint! By donat-ing reusable grocery bags, you will be helping us re-duce our use of plastic! The Ministry Center uses many plastic bags each month at its food distribution, and your contribution of reusable bags, (regular and the insulated type) will help us to eventually eliminate all plastic grocery bags!

Thank you for your continued support!

Our Parish Food Banks request hot cereal for

the month of February

Please place donated items in the containers at each of our churches.

Thank you for your continued support!

Liturgical Dancers: Linda Atkins and Emily Stokoski

Installation Mass on January 11, 2020

Come Let Us Adore Him: Adoration 2020

As a diocese-wide New Year's Resolution, the diocese kicked off a year of Adoration on January 1, 2020. Throughout the year, we will encourage the faithful to make regular visits to Jesus in the Eucharist. For up-dates, follow the diocese on Facebook and Twitter and visit www.diopitt.org/adoration2020.

The Saint Mary Magdalene HOPE Inspirational Dancers

The children, who are in our CCD program, performed the Our Father liturgical dance at the Martin Luther King Celebration at Saint Paul Cathedral on January 19.

The St. Joseph Spirituality Center Prayers for Healing welcomes people from all

faith traditions to lift up communal and individual needs each month on the first Monday at 7 pm. Pro-grams center on a unique theme and include sung psalms, Sacred Scripture, silent meditation, prayers for petition, and a spoken reflection. Meetings are on February 3, Loving Compassion, Compassionate Love; March 2, Sorrow and the Depths of Grief; May 4, the Healing Power of Beauty. Sisters of St. Joseph Chapel, 1020 W. State Street, Baden, 15005. No RSVP needed.

The SW PA Bread for the World Team is meeting on Monday, February 3, at 10 am at Pitts-burgh Theological Seminary, Basfield Dining Room, 616 N. Highland Avenue, 15206. Bread for the World is a Christian organization that involves Christian con-gregations in advocating for food security and ending hunger both domestically and internationally. All are welcome to attend.

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Like Our Schools on Facebook

STBCA: @SisterTheaBowmanCatholicAcademy St. Bede School: @StBedeSchool

School Mass There will be a joint school Mass

with St. Bede School and Sr. Thea Bowman Catholic Academy on Friday, January 31, at 9 am at St. Bede Church