Apr 30, 2024
April Updates
Hello St. Mary Magdalene,
I pray that the joy of this Easter season and the Resurrection
of our Lord abides deep in your heart!
As a follow-up to my February 2, 2024, State of the Parish
address (you can find that video here:
• State of the Parish Address
In that video I gave a brief overview of our financial status
and how we are doing as a parish. As a result of that video, I had
two families approach me wanting to help our parish by pledging to
match financial gifts. The first family has pledged to match gifts
up to $15,000 to help our parish’s general fund. The second match
is for $25,000 towards the new rectory. I am humbled by these two
families’ support and by all who will make a pledge towards these
matching gifts!
If you would like to the $15,000 matching gift towards the
parish then please put “general match 2024” in the memo section.
Donations can be made via Faith Direct or dropped off at the parish
office. If using Faith Direct, make sure you use the “one-time
gift” option with “general match 2024” in the memo.
If you would like to match the $25,000 rectory gift, please
use “rectory match 2024” in the memo section of your donation.
Donations can be made via Faith Direct or dropped off at the parish
office. If using Faith Direct, make sure you use the “one-time
gift” option with “rectory match 2024” in the memo.
Thank you again for your generosity and for being a part of
St. Mary Magdalene.
Also, please keep in your prayers our over 70 children who'll
be making their 1st Communion and Confirmation next week. Thank you
to all our staff, catechists, parents, and sponsors for your hard
work and what a glorious gift for the Church to celebrate with
you.
Mark your calendars for our summer course on the Mass: May 11
and 18th form 9:30 to 11am in our hall. I'll be teaching the first
two sessions, and our summer seminarian Mr. Dominic Bui will be
teaching the last two on June 8th and 15th from 9:30 to 11am in the
hall.
God bless and Happy Easter,
Fr. Chris