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The Parish Office is trying to limit the amount of face to face contact so we ask that you please wear a mask when stopping by. We also have labeled boxes in the breezeway between the two sets of double doors for you to drop off anything you need to turn into the Parish Office. We do check these throughout the day. Or please feel free to use the night drop located before the main Parish building entrance on the right. We have been opening up the church everyday usually by 8:00 a.m. for personal visits during the daytime, which is an opportunity for personal prayer or even personal devotions. We are continuing to live-stream daily rosary (M-Th), our weekday daily Masses at NOON (8:15 a.m. on our All School Mass days which are typically Thursdays) and also our Saturday evening 5:00 p.m. Mass.
Rite of Enrollment / Reconciliation / First Communion & Confirmation at all Masses
Disaster Relief Collection
September 27th
RCIA for Children begins
PREP Classes
Gather the Children
September 28th
Boy Scouts
September 29th
Grief Share (online)
Divorce Care (online)
September 30th
Vox Jr. High
October 1st
Raising Saints
Women’s Book Club (follow-up discussion)
Teen Girls Bible Study
October 4th
Blessing of the Animals @ 3:00 p.m. on Football Field
Disaster Relief Collection Next Weekend, September 26/27
Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires have caused massive destruction and displacement. We can assist our brothers & sisters affected by disasters in 2020 through monetary donations that will be used to support the efforts of Catholic Charities and/or Catholic Relief Services as these official relief agencies of the Church provide emergency assistance to those in need. Funds also will be directed to pastoral and reconstruction needs of the Church should they arise. Please make checks payable to Catholic Charities of Louisville and include the notation: 2020 Disaster Relief. Checks can be turned into the parish or sent to Catholic Charities of Louisville, 2911 S. 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40208-1303.
RCIA Adapted for Children
Do you have a child entering the 3rd grade or older and for some reason or circumstance they have not yet been Baptized or received the other sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist & Confirmation. The RCIA process adapted for children is being offered this coming year. Our first session will be on Sunday, Sept. 27th from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. It’s an opportunity for children beyond the second grade to prepare with their parents for reception of the sacraments and welcome into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. For more info or to register, please contact Tara Mattingly in the parish office; 502-426-1588 / tmattingly@stmm.org
Archdiocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass
Due to COVID 19 procedures, this year’s Anniversary Mass with Archbishop Kurtz will be shown online. The mass will be filmed on October 8th and made available via the Archdiocese YouTube Channel and website shortly thereafter. Couples celebrating milestone anniversaries of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 and above in 2020 are all encouraged to send their names, mailing addresses and number of years married to their parishes right away so they can be recognized during this special mass. Contact the parish office at 426-1588 to submit your info. Registration deadline is Monday, September 28th.
Multimedia “Book” Study
Please join us from the comfort of your own home to discuss Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Topics using various multimedia methods (videos, podcasts & articles). Discuss historical and contemporary aspects, and future “what’s next” of these timely issues from a Christian viewpoint. Rev. John Judie & parishioner Paul Sherman will facilitate this study via Zoom. Participants can join by phone or computer. You need not attend all sessions. DATES: Tuesdays, Sept. 29 ; Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 ; Nov. 3, 10, 17 TIMES:Mornings, 9:30-11:00 AM or Evenings, 7:00-8:30 PM
Join us Sunday, October 4th at 3:00 p.m. on the SMM Football Field as we bless the animal family members of our parish community! Dogs, cats, hamsters, birds, ducks, frogs, lizards, and all the above that you call a pet and love is welcome to be blessed!
New Email Listing for the Recently Deceased
We are currently working on creating an email list for those who would like to receive emails about those in our parish community who pass away along with their funeral arrangements and other information. These emails will be sent as soon as we get permission from the family to notify our community. If you’d like to be on this list, please click here to update your email preferences and check “Repose of the Souls”.
Safe Environment Training
ALL VOLUNTEERS, SCHOOL PARENTS & COACHES
The Archdiocese of Louisville is committed to ensuring that children and youth who worship, study or participate in church-sponsored activities can do so in the safest and most secure setting possible. In an effort to fulfill this commitment, all employees/volunteers who have contact with children or youth (18/under) for ANY length of time are required to participate in one of the Safe Environment Training Workshops and have a background check. Trainings have resumed in compliance with local, state & federal government regulations with a limit of 50 people per training (MASKS ARE REQUIRED). *FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE SCHEDULE LISTING, VISIT www.archlou.org/safe. To see if you attended the workshop or to find out if your background check is current, please call the Parish Office at 426-1588.
SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS
– Oct. 5 @ 6:30 p.m. | St. Gabriel (limited to 50) | 5505 Bardstown Road, 40291 – Gym
– Oct. 6 @ 6:30 p.m. | St. Margaret Mary (limited to 50 – first come, first serve) | 7813 Shelbyville Rd, 40222 – Cafeteria
Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) The Ancient Art of Praying with Scripture
Group Lectio Divina Online for 10 weeks with facilitator Dawn Della Bella DATES: Wednesdays, Now – November 25th TIME: 9AM-10AM
Please join us via computer or phone for an online prayer session each Wednesday morning as we engage together in Lectio Divina – the ancient practice of using scripture to enter into prayer (personal or communal). Week 1 will be a short introduction to the meaning and method of Lectio Divina, followed by engaging in the prayer.
Registration will be limited: Please contact Dawn Della Bella – ddellabella@stmm.org
Participants will be sent an online invitation and a link that will connect you directly to the online session. We will be using Google Meet – (similar to ZOOM). *Dawn is happy to schedule a practice session for anyone who desires this ahead of the start.
Catholic Charities Needs YOUR Help!
Catholic Charities of Louisville’s Common Table program is one of 200 across the nation competing for a $25,000 grant from State Farm to build better neighborhoods. Only 40 of the 200 will be awarded a grant, all based on the number of votes received. Please vote and share this family, friends and neighbors!
CCL has been very busy since the pandemic began in March, but COVID has limited our in-person volunteer opportunities. This is a great way to give back from the comfort and safety of your home! We’re told last year’s winners had tens of thousands of votes – so yes, ALL your votes Do count! Will you help us? It’s easy!
– Set a reminder. You can vote every day, Sept. 23 thru Oct. 2 & we ask you to do so, please.
About Common Table
Common Table (CT) fights poverty by providing free culinary arts training to people who face barriers to employment. It is Louisville’s only year-round culinary training program (eight-week, 200-hour modules). Classes meet in a state-of-the-art facility located in the Parkland neighborhood at 28th and Virginia Avenue. Training focuses on soft skills needed for employment, including interpersonal skills, punctuality, integrity, professionalism, reliability, communication and teamwork, in addition to culinary skills like food safety and preparation. Every graduate earns their Food Service Manager’s certificate. Common Table boasts an 81 percent job placement rate. Please help us win this much-needed financial support for this worthy, important program. Please vote here 10 times every day Wednesday, September 23 through Friday, October 2. Please forward to your family and friends. We at Catholic Charities of Louisville need all the support we can get right now. Thank you from all of us at Catholic Charities! *Must be 18 and older and have an email address to vote.
Online Resources for Daily Prayer/Guided Retreat – SacredSpace.ie
This Covid crisis has underlined how much we truly need spiritual, as well as social communication. It might seem strange to pray at your computer, in front of a screen or using your smartphone, but God is everywhere, constantly reaching out to us, even in the most unlikely situations. When we know this, and with a bit of practice, we can pray anywhere!
This week we wanted to highlight an online resource that can help us tend to our spiritual communication during this time of Covid. The website www.sacredspace.ie/ is a ministry of the Irish Jesuits, originating in the offices of the Jesuit Communication Centre in Ireland in 1999. The site guides visitors through a guided session of daily prayer utilizing a selection from the lectionary, as well as offers seasonal online guided retreats.
During this time Sacredspace.ie is offering a 14 Day self-directed retreat called the “Isolation Retreat”. This retreat centers around themes loosely based on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius*. Each day has a specific theme, a preparatory prayer, related scripture quotes, some questions for reflection & concludes with a closing prayer. We hope that you will check out this wonderful resource.
Click here to find & watch our daily and weekend Masses. Our daily Masses are live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube weekdays at 12:00 p.m., except on All School Mass days (typically Thursdays) our Mass will be livestreamed at 8:15 a.m. Our weekend Masses will now be live-streamed every Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m. via Facebook, YouTube and our website.
Please know that you may submit your contributions online, at Mass, mail in or drop off to the Parish Office or in the night drop outside the main entrance.
You are now able to submit your contributions ONLINE. This is a safe & secure way to continue your pledge and support for St. Margaret Mary. You are still welcome to mail in or drop off your donation to the Parish Office or in the locked night drop outside the main entrance to the Parish building. *All current automatic withdrawals are continuing as scheduled. We do encourage parishioners to sign up for the automatic service. The form for that is available online as well. This way of contributing benefits SMM the most because the fees are very minimal.*
Our Parish Office hours have returned back to 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Most employees are working on site. The Parish Office is trying to limit the amount of face to face contact so we ask that you please wear a mask when stopping by. We also have labeled boxes in the breezeway between the two sets of double doors for you to drop off anything you need to turn into the Parish Office. We do check these throughout the day. Or please feel free to use the night drop located before the main Parish building entrance on the right.If you need to speak to a staff member, call us at 426-1588. We remain at your service. Or click here for a list of our employees and their emails. We remain at your service.
Disaster Relief Collection
RCIA Adapted for Children
Multimedia “Book” Study
Blessing of the Animals
New Email Listing for the Recently Deceased
Safe Environment Training
Catholic Charities Needs YOUR Help!
