Saturday, October 5 8:30 AM Maureen Looney 5:00 PM Catherine Grant The People of St. Mary Magdalen Sunday, October 6 7:00 AM Alister & Beatrice Soutar 9:00 AM Richard Knee 11:00 AM Jeremiah P. Shea Monday, October 7 8:30 AM Carl DeBonis Tuesday, October 8 8:30 AM Daniel Martelli Wednesday, October 9 8:30 AM Joan Ward Thursday, October 10 8:30 AM Marion Gavron Friday, October 11 8:30 AM Michael Olga Udeatzky Saturday, October 12 8:30 AM John A. Betz, Sr. 5:00 PM Jim & Ann Malone Sunday, October 13 7:00 AM Wally Cannon The People of St. Mary Magdalen Parish 9:00 AM Theresa Schiavi 11:00 AM Christopher Lavelle

Saturday, Oct. 5 5PM Parish Family Mass with dinner to follow in the Church Hall

Sunday, Oct. 6 3-4PM Cub Scouts #342 Monday, Oct. 7 6-8PM Cub Scouts – Hall 7-8PM Adult Formation – Library Tuesday, Oct. 8 St. Vincent dePaul Society – Hall Thursday, Oct. 10 1-3PM Bingo – Hall 7-9PM Choir Rehearsal – Loft 7:30-9PM Boy Scouts – Hall Sunday, Oct. 13 3-4PM Cub Scouts #342 Monday, Oct. 14 PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

READINGS FOR THE WEEK TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Sunday Hb 1:2-3, 2:2-4; 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 Monday Jon 1:1-2:2, 11; Lk 10:25-37 Tuesday Jon 3:1-10; Lk 10: 38-42 Wednesday Jon 4:1-11; Lk 11:1-4 Thursday Mal 3:13-20b; Lk 11:5-13 Friday Jl 1:13-15, 2:1-2; Lk 11:15-26 Saturday Jl 4:12-21; Lk 11:27-28

Next Sunday’s Schedule

Altar Servers Lector(s) Priest Celebrant

Saturday, 5PM October 12th

Jimmy Szpak Tommy Szpak

Billy McGowan IV

Kathleen Carver Father Kirk

Sunday , 7AM October 13th

Leo McTaggart

Annie McTaggart

Frank Maderich Father Kirk

Sunday , 9AM October 13th

Anna Szczerba Jude Szczerba, Jr.

Jacob Flynn

Melanie Dudley Father Kirk

Sunday , 11AM October 13th

Clare Yeatman Theresa Rosanio Sosphia Rosanio

Howard Eck Father Kirk

Second Collection This Weekend: School Capital Projects and

Development Fund

No Second Collection Next Weekend

You’re invited to join Catholics nationwide in celebrating

Respect Life Month this October with the message "Christ is our hope in every season of life.”

www.usccb.org/respectlife

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

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

Marietta Abello, Michael Barton, Maureen Byrne, Christine Cavaliere, Pat Cerami, Ann Davis, Connor Davis, Tom DeLucia, Anne Marie Donovan, Billy Donovan, Sue Edwards, Noah Fogg, Joseph Gawinski, Kay Honecker, Ed Hunt, Ellie & Levi Jernigan, Keith Koeferl, Catherine Kohl, Greg Long, Nancy McGovern, Betty Jo McHenry, Gloria Meyers, Joanne Miller, Kate Monaghan, Flora Monck, Joe Moussalli, James Mulvena, Marie & Bob O’Connor, Annemarie Pavco, Robert Pavlin, Gerald Petrilla, Rochelle Ransom, Devon Reed, Debbie Rice, Lou Rombach, Nancy Schram, Ann Shields, Beau Smith, Vincent Smith, Jackie Steadman, David Sydow, Jack Toy, Joan Trolio & Dolores Welty.

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

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), PFC Kyle Isakoff (Marines), CPT Sean Kealey (Army), Sgt Meghan Miller, LT JG Julie DiGiovanni Plessinger (Navy), PFC Elena Shields (National Guard), Lance Corporal Mark Staley (Marines), 2LT 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

SMM Ladies’ Night Presents…

CARAVAN TO THE SHRINE OF ST. JOHN NEUMANN

Friday, November 8th

7:30am gather at Aldersgate to carpool to the Shrine.

$10 per person to cover fees Bring your own lunch

We’ve got Father Richard Jasper leading the Caravan to the Shrine at St. John Neumann in Philadelphia where Father Jasper will say Mass in the lower church. Join us for Mass, veneration with the relic, the St. John Neumann Novena, a tour of the shrine, fellowship during lunch, and joy on the journey with friends new and old.

R.S.V.P. to Momeline9@aol.com by Oct 30 so carpools can be arranged. Questions: call Monica at 302.563.5637 or see flyers on our parish website & at

all church exits. Payment due with RSVP.

PARISH MASS & DINNER: OCT. 5TH

At 5PM Mass with dinner to follow in the Church Hall

We ask that you provide either: a free will donation, salad, snack or dessert to share.

FALL FOOD DRIVE Thank you to everyone that donated food and helped with this event, especially Beth Smith for overseeing our SMM Food Drive this year along with the girl scouts & boy scouts!

We will still accept your bags of non-perishable food donations this weekend. Please leave them in the main vestibule or place them in the truck on site.

Food will be delivered to local food closets next week.

BIRTHRIGHT’S ANNUAL BOTTLES FOR BABIES FUNDRAISER

Throughout October, Respect Life month, Birthright of DE will host its Annual Bottles

for Babies Fundraiser. The weekends of October, there will be baby bottles at all exits. We ask you to take one home, read the insert (fill it out if you choose to do so for Tax credit), & fill the bottle with loose change, cash or a check! Please return all bottles on or before the weekend indicated.

Note from Birthright: Proceeds benefit pregnant women & their babies. On behalf of our mothers,

Birthright staff & volunteers, we graciously thank you!

OFFERTORY PROCESSION Each week a child that is receiving their 1st Communion in May will bring up the

gifts with his/her family.

October 5th & 6th

5PM Mass Patrick & Jack Bloser & Family 9AM Mass Elijah Shenal & Family 11AM Mass No Family Assigned

BOY SCOUT RELIGIOUS AWARDS Any scout who is interested in earning their Catholic religious award, should contact the

Diocese of Wilmington’s Catholic Committee on Scouting. Our committee can help get the process started and will supply the award, once earned. Each year the Bishop will present the awards to the scouts of our Diocese at our annual Scout Mass. The Scout Awards Mass will be held in June. For further information please contact either Bob Murray, Committee Chair at (302) 993-6290 or Deacon Tommy Watts, Boy Scout Chaplain (302) 218-1415.

HAVE A SON OR DAUGHTER AWAY AT COLLEGE?

If you’d like us to send them a card or note of encouragement throughout the year, send their address to karen.yasik@smmchurch.org in Religious Ed Office.

PRINCIPAL’S COFFEE: Join SMM School Principal Patrick Tiernan on Friday October 18th from 7:30-8:30 am in the Church Hall for our first "Principal's Coffee" of the year to ask questions of one another. (As implied in the name, coffee and refreshments will be served!) Of particular interest to parents in the middle school, admissions representatives from the Catholic high schools in the area will join us that morning to allow for an informal dialogue to help you discern the next step in your child's education. We will also be hosting another "Principal's Coffee" that Sunday, October 20th after the 11am mass for another opportunity to meet one another in the spirit of fellowship.

SMM Winter JV and Varsity Basketball Registration is now OPEN

JV and Varsity Registration Deadline is Oct.11, 2019

Visit www.smmbulldogs.com to register. JV is 5th-6th grade & Varsity is 7th-8th grade.

3rd and 4th grade registration will open October 20th. Any questions please email SMM Basketball

Coordinators Adam Short (Boys) or Ashley Weigand (Girls) at smmbasketball@gmail.com

COME JOIN US TO WATCH THE LATEST

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON’S PIVOTAL

PLAYERS VIDEOS

St. Mary Magdalen School Library from 7-8PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH FULTON J. SHEEN - The Communicator

Fulton J. Sheen pioneered Catholic evangelization through the media. Sheen had a gift for spreading the

faith clearly and persuasively, and he paved the path for today’s media evangelists.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH FLANNERY O’CONNOR - The Story Teller

Flannery O’Connor’s influence on contemporary culture, particularly literature and film, is profound. She radically

changes our idea of what religious fiction can be. Her startling prose awakens us to sin and, consequently, to the

need for salvation.

CELIAC DISEASE - LOW GLUTEN HOSTS If you have gluten intolerance and would like to receive the low gluten host, go to the gift table as you enter church (behind the center pews, in front of the cry room) & follow the procedure listed. For more information please visit www.smmchurch.org/low-gluten-hosts

TO OUR NEW PARISHIONERS

A warm welcome is extended to all who come to SMM Parish. All new parishioners are invited to register in the parish office. You may stop in the parish office Monday-Thursday 8:30AM - 3:30PM, Friday 8:30am – 12:30PM or call us at 652-6800 and we will get all the necessary information from you and get a parish ministries directory in your hands.

VOCATIONS: “Increase our faith.” Listen for the voice of God. Are you being called to be a priest or religious? If you think God is calling you to be a priest, religious or deacon, contact Fr. Norm Carroll vocations@cdow.org 302-573-3113. www.vocations@cdow.org

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: Information for the bulletin must be in 10 days prior to the

publication date. Email submissions to Stephanie.Casey@smmchurch.org

12th ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE POOR WALK

Saturday, Oct. 19th, Concord Mall 4737 Concord Pike, Wilmington

Where & When: Enter via the back entrance behind the Mall to register at 8:30 a.m. The walk will take place inside the Concord Mall

between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Walking the main path plus the side paths is equal to a half mile. The St. Patrick/St. Mary’s conference is

sponsoring the city of Wilmington Friends of the Poor walk. Please join us & collect donations for SMM’s St Vincent de Paul Society.

To sign up online: www.fopwalk.org/event/2458

Contact Andrea Starr (302) 740-0662 for more info.

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

SEPTEMBER SVDP STATISTICS: Helped: 10, Individual Donations:145 Poor Box

PARENTING POINTERS Which components speak most to your heart:

(abortion, care for the poor, health care, protection of immigrants, anti-death penalty, care for the earth...)? Ask your child their priority.

MARRIAGE MOMENTS

These days life can often feel like everything is falling apart. Lean on your spouse for strength. Rest in the arms of your beloved as a reminder of God’s love enveloping you both. S. Vogt

The St Hedwig Parish Holy Rosary Society invites you to learn more about Mary during her special

month of October.

In this presentation/discussion “We need Mary NOW”, offered by Deacon Ray Zolandz, we will explore how Mary can guide us, and our culture, through the

darkness to her son Jesus. The world is a troubled place, as we all know. But Mary, through her prayers and by her example, is a source of solace. Join us Sunday October 13, 2019 in Gulcz Hall for meet and greet at 1:30. The program will begin at 2 pm and last approximately 45 minutes. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Looking for a service project for you and/or your family?

Sign Up for to help make food for the Emmanuel Dining Room!

We are in need of volunteers to make pans of beans and hot dogs (& sandwiches too) at home & deliver them to the church hall on the 3rd Tuesday of each month by 9:30am. The sign up link is available on our homepage with contact information for questions.

BISHOP’S ANNUAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS

Bishop Francis Malooly invites all couples celebrating their 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th wedding anniversary, or any anniversary beyond 50th, to the Annual Wedding Anniversary Mass at

2PM on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at St. Joseph’s, Middletown, at 371 E. Main Street, Middletown, DE 19709.

If you would like to have a photo taken with Bishop Malooly, please arrive at 1PM or plan to stay after Mass. There is no cost to you, however reservations are required. Please make your reservations by October 7th by filling out the info below & send it to the Office for Marriage and Family Life or by emailing ljackson@cdow.org.

Annual Wedding Anniversary Mass (Please print clearly)

Last Name: ____________________ Husband’s First Name: _______________Wife’s First Name: ________________ Street Address: _______________________________________City: __________________________ State: _________ Zip Code: ___________ Phone # ( ) ___________________ Email Address: ________________________________ Number of Years Married: 5___ 10___ 15___ 20___ 25___ 30___ 35___ 40___ 45___ 50___ More than 50? _____Years Parish: ___________________________________ Total number of persons attending (include guests): _____

Mail to: The Office for Marriage & Family Life (Anniversary Mass) 1626 N. Union Street, Wilmington, DE 19806 or Email: ljackson@cdow.org

JOB POSTING - STEHM Part-Time Business Manager position available for non-profit ministry. Ten hours per week only. Must be proficient

at “Quickbooks”. Please attach resume or request more info to stehmkate@gmail.com. Find out more about us www.stehm.org

Listen to Catholic Forum every Saturday morning at 11:00 on Relevant Radio 640. Next Saturday, Oct.

12th, tune in to hear an interview with Mr. Dan Sinnott, President and CEO of Saint Francis Hospital

in Wilmington, DE. After it airs, listen online any-time at www.cdow.org/CatholicForum, or search

“Catholic Forum” on Apple, Spotify, or iHeartRadio

The Bishop Promulgates Norms for Communion Services in the Diocese of Wilmington

Bishop Malooly recently issued norms regarding the celebration of Communion Services in the Diocese of Wilmington. The Bishop has directed that the following be placed in all parish bulletins: In recent years, it has become somewhat common practice for parishes to schedule Communion Services on those days when daily Mass is cancelled or not scheduled. The Church views Communion Services during the week as an extraordinary exception rather than the norm. (Sunday Mass where no priest is available is addressed below.) Although the Church does, in limited instances, foresee a Liturgy of the Word with Communion (i.e., a Communion Service) typically on a Sunday, the Church asks that such liturgies be rarely permitted on weekdays and then only by extraordinary exception. The following guidelines are effective immediately in all parishes and parish mission churches in the Diocese of Wilmington:

1. Communion Services may not be substituted for Daily Mass, except in unexpected circumstances. For instance, the scheduled priest fails to show up or has a sudden illness or personal emergency.

2. When a daily Mass is cancelled, and published as such in advance, the faithful

must be notified of the availability of other daily Masses in surrounding churches.

3. In lieu of daily Mass, the Pastor may schedule another type of service: Liturgy of the Hours, a Liturgy of the Word, Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, or the communal recitation of the Rosary.

4. In the extremely unlikely event that a priest is indisposed from being able to be

present for a Sunday Mass, then the ritual that the Church has provided must be utilized, that is Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest. A priest’s absence from Sunday Mass must be for a very serious reason and every effort must be made by him to find a priest replacement.

5. The Leader of prayer on those occasions when there is no priest shall be a

Deacon, or a Seminarian who has been assigned to the parish, or a Religious, or a Lay minister designated by the pastor. It is a laudable practice that other members of the Lay Faithful share parts of the service.

Hopefully, these new guidelines will eliminate confusion surrounding the question of Communion Services and render us all united in what we celebrate and when and by whom.