Saturday, February 8 8:30 AM Wilbur Milligan 5:00 PM Hubert & Joyce Whan Tong Sunday, February 9 7:00 AM The People of St. Mary Magdalen 9:00 AM Charles Beane 11:00 AM Tim Piazza Rev. John C. Haughey Monday, February 10 8:30 AM Rudy Conti Tuesday, February 11 8:30 AM (No intension due to prayer service) Wednesday, February 12 8:30 AM (No intension due to prayer service) Thursday, February 13 8:30 AM Living and deceased members of the Bernard & Hill families Friday, February 14 8:30 AM Theresa Grant Schiavi Saturday, February 15 8:30 AM Wally Cannon 5:00 PM Joyce Whan Tong Sunday, February16 7:00 AM Robert Quinn 9:00 AM The People of St. Mary Magdalen 11:00 AM Robert Hildenbrand

Sunday, Feb. 9 3-4PM Cub Scouts - Hall Monday, Feb. 10 6-8PM Cub Scouts – Hall Wednesday, Feb. 12 9:30AM & 7PM 1st Communion Parents

meeting – Hall Thursday, Feb. 13 1-3PM Bingo – Hall 7-9PM Choir Rehearsal – Choir Loft 7:30-9PM Boy Scout Troop #342 – Hall Wednesday, Feb. 19 7PM Knights of Columbus – Hall Sunday, Feb. 23 9-10:45AM Confirmation classes begin

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Sunday Is 58:7-10; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16 Monday 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Mk 7:14-23 Thursday 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Mk 7:24-30 Friday 1 Kgs 11:29-32, 12:19; Mk 7:31-37 Saturday 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Mk 8:1-10

Next Sunday’s Schedule

Altar Servers Lector(s) Priest Celebrant

Saturday, 5PM February 15th

Jackie Meara Joseph Mlodak Megan Mlodak

Christopher Flannery Father Kirk

Sunday , 7AM February 16th

Katie Ballinger

Molly Harris

Bill Dowdell Father Kirk

Sunday , 9AM February 16th

Jacob Flynn Luke Plunkett Sam Plunkett

Steve Schuessler Father Kirk

Sunday , 11AM February 16th

Celea Ransom Dominic Rufo

Gina Rufo

Kathy Ifkovits Father Kirk

Second Collection This Weekend: Black & Indian Home Missions

No Second Collection Next Weekend

DUE TO THE FLU SEASON: The Director of Worship (Father Kirk) has implemented the following changes

to Mass during the flu season:

1. We will suspend the exchange of the sign of peace. 2. We will suspend the Precious Blood (the cup at

communion) for the rest of the flu season.

Hand sanitizers have been restocked at the entrances/exits of the church for parishioner use.

SMM’s MEMORIAL WALL As more names are added to our

Memorial Wall in the back corner of church, please take a moment to visit

the wall and say a prayer for the deceased members of our Parish. We

extend our deepest condolences to family and friends of those parishioners

who have died. May God grant their loved ones eternal life.

LENT BEGINS – WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What are you doing for Lent? Take some time & think about it.

Look up ideas, talk to friends, visit bestlentever.com or bustedhalo.com. Find something that works for you to bring you closer to God, to return to

God with all your heart.

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), 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

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

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

Marietta Abello, Todd Bachmann, Michael Barton, Karen Batt, Jack Bresch, Maureen Byrne, Christine Cavaliere, Ann Davis, Connor Davis, Tom DeLucia, Anne Marie Donovan, Billy Donovan, Sue Edwards, Linda Finney, Noah Fogg, Joseph Gawinski, Helen Hahn, Ed Hunt, Ellie & Levi Jernigan, Keith Koeferl, Catherine Kohl, Greg Long, Nancy McGovern, Betty Jo McHenry, Gloria Meyers, Joanne Miller, Lester Molnar, Flora Monck, Joe Moussalli, James Mulvena, David Nash, Dolores Nowak, Marie & Bob O’Connor, Annemarie Pavco, Robert Pavlin, Gerald Petrilla, Hunter Pinki, Rochelle Ransom, Devon Reed, Debbie Rice, Lou Rombach, Ann Shields, Neil Segil, Louise Simpson, Beau Smith, Vincent Smith, Jackie Steadman, Jack Toy, Joan Trolio, Becky Yu, Dolores Welty & Helen Zeroka.

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

KEYCHAIN SUNDAY: FEB. 8th & 9th

BLESSING OF DRIVERS

At all masses this weekend, Feb. 8th & 9th, we will be blessing teens that have received their driver’s license in the past year. Key chains will be in baskets at the main entrance of the church for those teens to take home.

Getting a driver’s license is a marker event in the lives of young people and is celebrated by our parish

community as an acknowledgment of the teens’ growth and increased responsibility.

Diocese of Wilmington Priest Study Week February 10 - 13

Every several years all of the priests of our diocese are required to attend a week of study together with our bishop. (Retired priests are exempted if they wish.) Because of this there are a very limited number of priests available to celebrate daily Mass in the parishes. Here at Saint Mary Magdalen we will have daily Mass during that week on Monday, February 10; Thursday, February 13; and Friday, February 14. On Tuesday and Wednesday, a prayer service will be led by our seminarian, Craig Kursinski. This year the priest study days are being led by Dr. John DiCamillo who is a staff ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center. Dr. DiCamillo will discuss a wide range of topics that priests may encounter in the course of their ministry. Please pray for our priests in a special way this week. Thank you, Father Kirk

**The Parish Office will be open as usual.

TAX DONATION LETTERS: To request a 2019 tax donation letter call the parish office or email Stephanie Casey at Stephanie.Casey@smmchurch.org. You may also request to have tax donation letters automatically emailed each year.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE

THIS WEEKEND! It's Girl Scout Cookie Time!

Please check out our cookie booth outside of the church hall after the masses the weekend of Feb 8th & 9th. The girls will be selling Savannah Smiles, Thin Mints, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Tagalongs, for $5 each. We also have two specialty cookies: Girl Scout S'mores & Gluten Free Toffee Tastic that are $6 each. We accept cash, check and credit card.

St. Mary Magdalen Ladies’ Night presents…

Holy Pairs! Tues., Feb 18th SMM Church Hall * 7 Sharpley Rd, Wilm., DE 19803

Come enjoy a night of fellowship with other women as we explore some of these pairings, the examples they set for us, and how they’ve left a trail of light and faith for each of us.

Arrive at 6:30, presentation at 7:00 till about 8:30. Fellowship till 9.

* Bring a dish to share and/or wine or a beverage. * A good will offering, as always, is appreciated to cover the expenses of the evening.

R.S.V.P. by February 10 to Momeline9@aol.com or 302.563.5637

Featuring our presenter, Father Richard Jasper

“We don’t get to heaven alone. We need our friends.”

- Fr. McQuaide

Tens of thousands of couples have healed their Marriages through Retrouvaille (Retro-VIE). Couples

learn to build communication skills & rediscover intimacy. Retrouvaille provides help for marriage

problems, difficulties or crises. The next program is the weekend of Feb. 21-23 at the Family Life Center

in Malvern, PA. For more info or to register visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org or call 215-766-3944 or 800-470-2230. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

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

gifts with his/her family.

February 8th & 9th 5PM Mass Oliver Ulrich & Family 9 & 11AM Mass No Family Assigned

Looking for a service project?

SIGN UP 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 www.smmchurch.org. You can also sign up to donate ground coffee, a large can of fruit, or 1 lb. of butter. Consider helping today!

Attention all 6th, 7th & 8th grade girls…

Registration is now open for the upcoming 2020

VARSITY CYM Softball Season!

Don't miss out on a fun & exciting season. Visit https://www.smmbulldogs.com to register or contact Head Coach Joe

Datilio for details at 302-766-4255 or by email deoutlaws@gmail.com

BECOME AN ALTAR SERVER

Are you a young person interested in serving the parish as an altar server?

Altar serving is a great way to enrich your faith & provide a service to the parish.

Check out our altar server page online & complete the altar server application.

www.smmchurch.org/altar-servers

FIRST COMMUNION MEETING If your child will be receiving First Communion this May 2020, please

plan to attend our Parent Orientation #2 on Wednesday, Feb. 12th in the

CHURCH HALL at either 9:30AM or 7PM. Parents will receive banner

materials at this meeting!

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

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.

January SVDP Statistics: Calls Received: 26, Helped: 11,

Individual Donations: $745, Poor Box: $743, In Memory of a Parishioner: $1150

PARENTING POINTERS:

No matter what our skin color, religion, or economic status we need to learn to get along with people who are different from us. As a family, learn about a race different from your own this month. S. Vogt

MARRIAGE MOMENTS:

Valentine’s Day is approaching. Cards & flowers are nice, but the heart of your love is your promise to each other.

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

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

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.

INCLEMENT WEATHER As the temperatures drop and snow is in our forecast, please use your best judgment before

leaving the house. The cancellation of church will be listed on WDEL radio 101.7FM, 1150AM & online.

Mark your calendars…

St. Mary Magdalen’s 7th Annual Celebration of

Married Life “Lucky in Love Dinner”

Saturday, March 7th from 6-8pm

Come for 5PM Mass & then enjoy a night out with free dinner & wine in the Church Hall on Saturday, March 7th from 6-8PM. We request

that each couple brings a dessert to share.

Babysitting will be provided by the Girl Scouts and dinner for the kids will include pizza and goldfish. A

good will donation is welcomed for babysitting. Children can be dropped off in the Pre-K building

prior to dinner. Please sign up through our signup genius under the event on our homepage.

COFFEE & DONUTS FEB. 16TH AFTER 9AM MASS

Please join us in the Church Hall after the 9AM mass next weekend for coffee, donuts & fellowship! Thank you to the Cub Scouts &

Boy Scouts for hosting!

SCOUT SUNDAY - Officially: Feb. 9th, but will be celebrated here at

SMM on Feb. 16th

Scout Sunday will be celebrated here on Feb. 16th at the 9AM mass (since our scouts will be on a ski trip Feb. 9th.) Cub scouts & boy scouts will process into mass, participate in the Children’s Liturgy of the Word and be hosting coffee & donuts.

First observed in 1914, Scout Sunday honors the contributions of boys and adults to Scouting.

By Feb. 28th

Many parishioners from the St. Mary Magdalen have been laid to rest at Cathedral Cemetery located at 2400 Lancaster Ave. Wilmington. With the growing acceptance of cremation, the cemetery has just constructed 320 companion niches for the above ground entombment of cremated bodies. These niches are located in the beautiful climate controlled Queen of Apostles Chapel and are now available at a special introductory price through April 30, 2020. For those choosing traditional burial there are both lots and crypts available as well. For more information contact Deb at Cathedral Cemetery by calling 516 – 7618. A few minutes planning ahead will save your loved ones from confusion and anxiety in the future.

Cathedral Cemetery has been serving the local community for 144 years. We are professionally managed with a full

time on site staff to serve your needs.

FORTY MINUTES FOR FORTY DAYS Join us each Monday in Lent for 40 minutes of sharing and conversation on Lenten Gospel readings. Using Bishop Barron’s book, “Lenten Gospel Reflections,” these gatherings will be informal, friendly, and brief. A simple way to enrich your journey through Lent.

Each Monday in March beginning March 2 St. Mary Magdalen School Library at 7PM

RESURRECTION PARISH 50TH ANNIVERSARY LENTEN RENEWAL The Freedom to Believe: Becoming an Adult Catholic Presented by Fr. Simeon Gallagher OFMCap. Monday, March 2, 2020 through Thursday, March 5, 2020: Same talk morning and evening; choose either 8:30 a.m. Mass followed by Renewal Talk or 7:00 p.m. Prayer followed by Renewal Talk. https://resurrectionde.org/parish-lent-renewal