St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church. 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Vu s View on: A FEW IMPROVEMENTS

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1 MASSES & SACRAMENT SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 9 and 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Holy Days Consult the bulletin Adoration 1st Friday of the month 8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Reconciliation Saturday 3:30-4:45 Baptism...1st Sunday of the month noon Call Parish Office prep necessary Wedding.6 months preparation necessary (call Father or Parish Office) Anointing.Call Father or Parish Office Funeral..Call Father or Parish Office PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Parish Office nd St. SE Kentwood, MI Fax address..witness@stmmagdalen.org Website address. Facebook.St. Mary Magdalen Parish Pastor Fr. Peter Vu ext. 100 pvu@stmmagdalen.org Parish Secretary Molly Reppuhn ext. 107 mreppuhn@stmmagdalen.org Business Manager Joseph Hakeem ext. 102 jhakeem@stmmagdalen.org Administrative Assistant Michelle Mason ext. 112 mmason@stmmagdalen.org Director of Music Emily Rushmore ext. 105 erushmore@stmmagdalen.org Coordinator of Faith Formation Molly Wisdom ext. 103 mwisdom@stmmagdalen.org Coordinator of Christian Services/Volunteers Ruth Bush ext. 106 rbush@stmmagdalen.org Pastoral Support Staff: Deacon Mike Wood Sacristans: Wayne Ball & Joseph Nguyen Housekeeping & Maintenance Brenda Bush & Tim Olexa ext. 109 Committee Chairpersons Pastoral Council Nathan Jeruzal Finance Council Cathy Wells Parish Life Education Worship Social Concerns St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Vu s View on: A FEW IMPROVEMENTS You might have seen a little change in the front of our church bulletin. I did that because I want to let our parishioners, especially our visitors, know our Mass & Sacrament schedule along with the entire Parish Staff and other important contact information. As a newcomer, I don t know how to tell people whom or where to contact when they come to me with questions like that after church. Also, the new arrangement on the front of the bulletin helps us advertise our parish and its services much better. Furthermore, the company that prints our bulletin only gives us a limited number of bulletin pages each week for the number of ads we have in the back. If we don t use them wisely and keep wasting them on pictures, we would have to pay for more pages in the bulletin each week and we would not tell you all the important information in our parish, diocese, or around the country. I often tell people who complain about this better improvement on the front of bulletin, do you get the GR Press to look at pictures or get the news? So, trust me on this improvement and others, unless you can pay for it yourself. Second, we have done away with Holy Days and children offertory envelopes so that our children can put their offertory directly in the kids can/bucket and save the envelope cost. Besides, I do not want to ask for donations every time you come to church. In fact, if you go to church on the Holy Days, I should pay you because not many people go on the Holy Days these days. So, we ask you to put your donations only on Sundays, Christmas, and Easter. However, we added 2 envelopes in your offertory package: One for benevolence to help the poor and the misfortunate while the other is for Maintenance to build up a small fund to fix up our facility. I don t want to come to you every time something breaks down or needs fixing such as maintaining our parking lot and striping it. The addition of a Maintenance envelope only comes with years of parish experience. Continued on next page...

2 ST. MARY MAGDALEN PARISH ND ST SE, KENTWOOD, MICHIGAN MASS INTENTIONS Continued from front cover Our first Wedding Anniversary Mass for September went well. There were 7 or 8 couples that helped us kick off this great tradition and had a great celebration in the Family Center afterward. Thank you to everyone who participated and made it possible for us. Hopefully, the last Sunday of every month we ll have this blessing and Anniversary celebration at 9:00 a.m. Mass. Also, my additional time of confession from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm on Saturday has given you more opportunities to come to this Sacrament. Please come early and not wait until 4:44 pm to do it because I have to get ready for Mass at 5 pm. Finally, we ll be doing the Healing Mass with Anointing afterward on the first Saturday of each month. That way, the sick, the elderly, the folks who are planning for serious surgeries, and so on may experience God s healing grace. Along with the support of our Councils, and your prayers, I m trying to make St. Mary Magdalen a great spiritual home for everyone. Please help me make the improvements above and others possible. Your new friendly neighbor, Fr. Peter Vu Youth Coordinator St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, Kentwood, MI St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Kentwood is seeking a Youth Coordinator to help with Middle School & High School youths for 20+ hrs. /week, with some benefits. A successful candidate must be able to relate and communicate to the youths, facilitate catechesis and social activities, collaborate with parent volunteers and parish staff, and inspire the youths to develop a good relationship with Jesus and pay forward to the community around them. Please send an application letter and a resume with references to Search Committee for Youth Coordinator : pvu@stmmagdalen.org, or nd St. SE Kentwood, MI 49508, or call ext Application deadline is October 16, Saturday, October 7, :00 p.m. All Souls by Muoi & Hoa Nguyen Sunday, October 8, :00 a.m. Norman Lee by Dorsie Lee 11:00 a.m. For Our Parish 5:00 p.m. Joseph Phong Vu by Barry & Jennifer Stadler Monday, October 9, 2017 Norman Lee by Dorsie Lee Tuesday, October 10, 2017 NO MORNING MASS Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Hilda Williams by Jane Pearson Thursday, October 12, 2017 Bill Derr by Bruce & Nancy Baum Friday, October 13, 2017 Bill Derr by Paul & Alice Petrlich Saturday, October 14, :00 p.m. Maria Tinh & Vien Tran by Muoi & Hoa Nguyen Sunday, October 15, :00 a.m. Jerry McCaffrey by the McCaffrey Family 11:00 a.m. Thomas Mauro by Eileen Church 5:00 p.m. Alma Vander Velden by Elie & Bob Scripture Readings for: OCTOBER 15, 2017 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Is 25:6-10a Ps 23:1-6 Phil 4:12-14, Mt 22:1-14 Let us pray for one another with one mind and heart to the Lord our God Neighborhood 0 Carol Aldrich Barbara Kuhn Brenda Shaver Sandra VanderVoord Neighborhood 1 Norman Czerniak James Emelander Roberta Hagen Neighborhood 6 Karen Smith Neighborhood 8 Melanie Potter Matthew Potter Carol Delaney Neighborhood 9 Mary Harriet Smith Ted Cipponeri Pauline Parent Neighborhood 11 Elsie Christensen Neighborhood 13 Mary Alice Kelly Joyce Thompson Neighborhood 14 Gary Tryon Neighborhood 15 Evelyn & John Kehoe Leon Rutka, Jr. Janet Pallarito Neighborhood 16 Rosaline Coon Jean Lindsey Ann Syrba R Jay Wagner Neighborhood 20 Kevin & Kyle Friar Shirley Patterson Neighborhood 22 Judy McCaffrey Neighborhood 24 Ruth Borek Neighborhood 27 Carly Jean Neighborhood 29 Bill Giarmo Neighborhood 30 Dorothy Daniels Tom Nawrocki Neighborhood 32 Deb & Tim Pelletier Neighborhood 33 Carolyn Sheeran Jeremy Sheeran Neighborhood 35 Richard Fliearman Others to remember: Stan Barron Baby Lila Cheri Hall Margaret LaHuis Baby Luna Richard C. Barbara Kalinowski Geraldine Hausch Karen Anderson Madison Williams Chuc Nguyen Daniel Ferguson Lyndsey Freiburger Kathy Jo Fraher Kelly Sheeran Pamela Hoffman Marie Peterson JoAnne & Patti Case Jim Nawrocki Jackie Vollink Mike Case Ross Family Christine England Trudy Swing Rosalene Burd John Chirco Jim Searfoss Sumar Kabban James LaDuke Rachel Sowers Jim Jolliffe Norma Riese Patti Schoen Bob & Pam McDaniel Bruce Lemke Xuong Vu Members of Elmcroft The Sacrament of Marriage was celebrated between Mark Howard & MaryAnn Lopiccolo on October 7, 2017 Let us pray for this couple as they grow in love and holiness.

3 October 8, 2017 TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NEWS TO SHARE In Remembrance of Banner needed: We are in need of an artistic mind that can help us come up with a simple, but elegant design. That way we can reuse this banner each year as we commemorate the deceased people whose funerals were celebrated at St. Mary Magdalen Church in the past year. If you can help or know someone who can do this, please contact Fr. Peter at pvu@stmmagdalen.org, or ext Thank you! We invite all couples married during the month of October to join together on Sunday, October 29 at the 9:00 a.m. Mass to renew your vows (optional) and receive a blessing. Following Mass you re welcome to join us in the Family Center to continue celebrating these couples (and families) by sharing some cake together. On September 24, seven couples came together to renew vows at the 9:00 am Mass. Total years these couples are married Happily, for over 300 years! WOMEN S GUILD will meet October 19th at 11:30 a.m. for lunch at Brann s on 4159 S. Division Ave. Wyoming, MI. We will discuss our upcoming Craft Bazaar. All women of the parish are welcome. Also, we will be in need of baked goods for the Bazaar (Nov. 11). Thank you. FAITH FORMATION/YOUTH MINISTRY Hello Everyone, I am sure that many of you have spent time this past week in prayer for the victims of the tragedy in Las Vegas. As we continue to offer our prayers for those who were lost, for the recovery of the survivors and for the families effected, it seemed fitting to share thoughts from the USCCB and St. Anthony Messenger Press as we struggle to find hope in darkness: "We woke this morning and learned of yet another night filled with unspeakable terror, this time in the city of Las Vegas, and by all accounts, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. My heart and my prayers, and those of my brother bishops and all the members of the Church, go out to the victims of this tragedy and to the city of Las Vegas. At this time, we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering. In the end, the only response is to do good for no matter what the darkness, it will never overcome the light. May the Lord of all gentleness surround all those who are suffering from this evil, and for those who have been killed we pray, eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them." Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of GalvestonHouston, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), October 2, 2017 Looking to the Prince of Peace Because we have been gifted with God's peace in the risen Christ, we are called to our own peace and to the making of peace in our world. As disciples and as children of God it is our task to seek for ways in which to make the forgiveness, justice and mercy, and love of God visible in a world where violence and enmity are too often the norm. (from St. Anthony Messenger Press). God s Blessings, Molly Wisdom Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: As autumn progresses, we hear more harvest images at our Sunday celebrations. Today we hear two readings about tending vineyards and yielding grapes. Ours may no longer be an agrarian economy, but surely these images resonate in our lives all the same. What are we doing to cultivate the reign of God in the fields where we are living and working? Lectors for the Weekend of October 14 & 15 Michael Bush ( 9 a.m. Peggy Jacobs (1) & Anthony Bielecki (2) 11 a.m. Laurie Emelander (1) & Tom Buettner (2) 5 p.m. Stephen Herman (1) & Nancy Baum (2) What: Women s Ministry Jewelry Party Where: St. Mary Magdalen Family Center When: Friday, October 27th, 7-9 PM Contact Person: Molly Wisdom ext 103 MWisdom@stmmagdalen.org St. Mary Magdalen Women s Ministry invites you to join us for an evening of prayer, awareness, motivation, shopping and community! Flyers are available in the Gathering Area.

4 Attention Veterans! Mark your calendar for November 5 for our annual Veterans lunch that will be held after the 11:00 Mass in the Family Center. This is for all veterans and their spouse/friend. There have been a number of funerals recently. Thank you to everyone who brought a dish to share with the families. You are able to pick up your bowls/platters in the ministers room. Please join the 2017 Public Square Rosary Crusade. Our nation is in great need of public prayer, repentance and conversion. In the historic year of the Fatima Centennial ( ), we ask God to save America through the Rosary of His Most Holy Mother. Please join us in praying for our nation on October 14, 2017 at 12:00 noon. The local Public Square Rosary Rally will take place at St. Mary Magdalen s front parking lot. Please contact, America Needs Fatima.org or Pam Kosten at for more information. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: From September 27 to November 5, our community will take part in 40 Days for Life a coordinated international mobilization. We peacefully pray, with God s help, this will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city and beyond. St. Mary Magdalen will participate on Oct 17, If you are not able to pray in front of the abortion clinic on 320 E. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI, please support the movement with prayer and fasting. Contact Pam Kosten at and/or 40daysforlife.com for more information. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. John F. Kennedy CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL ~ 2017 Assessment $ 88,495 Pledged to Date Needed for Goal No. of Responses 347 out of 1,145 Families YOUNG AT HEART Will meet at New Beginnings on Thursday, October 12 at 11:30. Anyone Over 55 are welcome to join. COMING SOON! St. Mary Magdalen Holiday Bazaar Saturday, November 11 from 10 3:00. Besides a full capacity of crafters, we have a bake sale and luncheon. No admission fee and plenty of parking. Mark your calendars and SPREAD THE WORD! Help is needed! Help is needed for Coffee and Donuts after the 11:00 Mass Oct 29, Dec. 3, Dec. 31, Jan. 7, April 29. Responsibilities include coming at 10:30 to put the donuts on the trays and put the trays on the table. Coming after Mass to keep an eye on things and to clean up. If there is enough help you can be out of there by 1:00. There is also a need at the 9:00 Mass for the 5th weeks Oct. 29, Dec. 31, April 21. Those responsibilities are coming around 8:20 a.m. to set up and split the donuts and tidy up around 10:30 a.m. before you leave. Please contact Ruth Bush in the Parish Office at if you are able to help out. Please Pray for Our Military Josh Lemke Thomas Church Steve Jacobs Lindsey Garrett Gage Dionne FR. SOLANUS CASEY BEATIFICATION On Saturday, November 18 more than 20 parishioners will make a pilgrimage to Ford Field in Detroit for the Beatification of Fr. Casey. There we will join an expected gathering of 60,000 in worship and thanksgiving together to celebrate the life of Fr. Casey and his journey to sainthood. In preparation of this event Jan Olexa has reserved a chartered coach for the day. We will depart from SMM on the morning of Nov. 18 and return later that evening. Seat reservation on the bus will be on a first available basis. If you have missed the opportunity to reserve advance tickets for the Mass, know that those will become available again on Monday, October 9. For more information please contact Jan Olexa at

5 NOTEWORTHY NOTES RELIC OF ST. JUDE October 10, 2017 at St. Jude Church, 1120 Four Mile Road, NE. Largest relic of one of the apostles outside of Rome. The Arm Relic of St. Jude Thaddeus, housed in a silver reliquary, comes from the Dominican Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus in Chicago. Father Mike Ford will provide unique opportunities to learn about the relic, give a special blessing with the Oil of St. Jude Thaddeus, and provide time for veneration of the relic at the following times. 10:30 a.m. School Mass, open to all 3:00 p.m. No Mass. Talk and veneration 7:00 p.m. Mass Contact: Irene Wittkowski at for more info. IT S TIME TO BAKE AND FREEZE for the November 11, 2017 Bake Sale at the Holiday Craft Sale. Any of your favorite goodies, i.e.: breads, muffins, cakes, cookies, candies, pies, etc., will be greatly appreciated. Profits will benefit the parish and several charities. Sponsored by St. Mary Magdalen Women s Guild. THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH Tuesday, October 10, :00 a.m. Rosary Making Group 9:30 a.m. Women s Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Wednesday, October 11, :00 a.m. Morning Adult Scripture Study 5:15 p.m. Family Dinner 6:15 p.m. Faith Formation Classes 8:00 p.m. Men of Emmaus Thursday, October 12, :30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal Room 2 7:00 p.m. Finance Council Meeting Saturday, October 14, :00 p.m. Rosary offered Church parking lot 3:30 p.m. 4:45 p.m. *Note Confessions time change 12 5:00 pm Fall Fun Day for Youth 5-11:00 p.m. Filipino Cultural Group of Michigan Sunday, October 15, am 1pm Blood Drive BAC 8:15 a.m. Rosary before Mass Coffee & Donuts after 9& 11:00 a.m. Masses LECTOR WORKBOOKS The next edition has arrived! It begins with the First Sunday of Advent, November 26. Lectors may pick up their copy in the Ministry Room. Your name is on it.