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“.
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, Now through Nov. 17 TIMES: Mornings, 9:30-11:00 AM or Evenings, 7:00-8:30 PM REGISTRATION/QUESTIONS: Contact Paul Sherman, 502-475-8931
Cub/Boy Scout Popcorn Sales!
St. Margaret Mary Cub/Boy Scout Troop 306
Our StMM Cub/Boy Scouts are selling popcorn in a contact free manner this year to support social distancing and keeping our boys, their families, and our church/school community safe. If you would like to support our Scouts through the purchase of delicious popcorn, you can text LHCPOPCORN708 to 71777. Or call Chad Babin at 703-283-0039. In return, you will get a direct link on your phone to a secure site from which to purchase great tasting popcorn. Deliveries will be made in early to mid-November. Thank you for your support of StMM’s Cub/Boy Scouts!
First Saturday Rosary
Join us the first Saturday each month in the Church at 7:50 a.m. for Rosary Devotion. Our next date is October 3rd, so come join us! The Five First Saturdays devotion is one of the principal points of the Fatima message. It centers on the urgent need for mankind to offer reparation and expiate for the many injuries that the Immaculate Heart of Mary suffers from the hands of both impious and indifferent men.
On the First Saturday during 5 Consecutive Months, the Devotion consists of Going to Confession, Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion, Saying five decades of the Rosary, and Meditating for 15 min. on the mysteries of the Rosary. All this offered in REPARATION for the sins of blasphemy and ingratitude committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Blessing of the Animals
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!
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, VISITwww.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 – Cafeteria
– Oct. 20 @ 6:30 p.m. | Incarnation (limited to 50) | 2229 Lower Hunters Trace, 40216 – Gym
– Oct. 21 @ 6:30 p.m. | St. Bernadette (limited to 50) | 6500 St. Bernadette Ave, 40059 – Church
Women’s Ministry Book Club
Thursday, October 15th at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room C
This month we discuss Joyce Meyer’s Battlefield of the Mind. Newcomers welcome. Questions call Jennifer Barker at 502.314.9080 or Amy Craft at 513.519.1816. “Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger and feelings of condemnation: all these are attacks on the mind. If readers suffer from negative thoughts, they can take heart! Joyce Meyer has helped millions win these all-important battles. She teaches how to deal with thousands of thoughts that people think every day and how to focus the mind the way God thinks.”(Amazon Review)
Queen’s Daughter Fall Fun Fest
Thursday, October 15th @ 10:00 a.m. NEW LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Airport (Use Ballroom Entrance in the back) *Masks will be required for entrance and walking but not when seated at your table.
Reservation & Luncheon- $25.00
Two Capital Prizes:
$500 Gift Card Tree & $500 Work the Metal Gift Card (A Specialty Boutique and Gift shop located at 1201 Story Ave in Butchertown) For Reservations please make payment to Queen’s Daughter & Mail to Gayle Block, 3927 Greenhurst Drive, Louisville, KY 40299 or call her at 836-7565. All tables will be socially distanced and 3-6 people can sit at each table.
Catholic World Missions Collection
October 17/18
Our parish will take up donations for the Mission Collection, which supports the Catholic Home Missions and international missionary agencies, such as the Propagation of the Faith. Your donations help the Church’s missionary work, providing monetary assistance for the pastoral and evangelizing programs of the Church in the United States, Africa, Asia, the Pacific islands, and remote regions of Latin America. Donations fund the education and support of seminarians, religious novices, and lay catechists; the work of religious communities in education, health care, and social services; communication and transportation needs; disaster and emergency relief when necessary; and the Church’s ministry to children.
Virtual Catholic High School Fair
Families are invited to join us for a Virtual High School Fair on Thursday, October 22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. In lieu of shadowing and in-person recruitment visits this year, Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese will be celebrating our first High School Recruitment Week, where students in our Catholic elementary schools will discover what makes our Archlou high schools so special! The culminating event of this week is the Virtual High School Fair, which will be a wonderful opportunity for students and families to learn more about Catholic high schools and how they serve the needs of their community. The morning of the fair, you will receive an email with the specific session timing, as well as information on how to join each school’s live presentation and contact information for individuals at each high school to request additional information after the fair. You will be able to attend up to four 25-minute sessions. Click here to sign up!The deadline to register is Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 p.m.
School Fall Festival
SAVE THE DATE! October 30, 2020
Trunk-or-Treat • Outdoor Movie • Jack-o-Lantern Walk • Online Silent Auction • Goose Creek Diner carry-out • Food Trucks • Safe Picnic Spaces
Check upcoming bulletins for more information!
Moving Towards Oneness Opportunity
The Office of Multicultural Ministries is offering an “opportunity for people to enter a planned process that can enable us to break down prejudice by simply forming bonds of care and friendship with our brothers and sisters of different cultural and religious backgrounds.” St. Margaret Mary has been invited to join this wonderful opportunity with a limited space of 6 parishioners. SMM will join with two other parishes (one from the west end and one from the south end of Louisville) meeting once a week for 5 weeks. After these 5 weeks all 3 parishes will work together on a 5-month action plan to help make positive changes in our community. If you’re interested and/or have questions, please contact Julie Wood, juliemarie2618@yahoo.com.
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.
The prophetic papal encyclical Evangelium vitae (The Gospel of Life) was written by Pope St. John Paul II in 1995 to reaffirm the value and inviolability of every human life and to appeal to all people to respect, protect, love, and serve every human life. The following is a brief overview of this important document. The Gospel of Life is at the heart of Jesus’ saving message to the world. Through the Incarnation and birth of Christ, God reveals to us the dignity of all human life. Human life, as a gift of God, is sacred and inviolable. The Son of God has united himself with every human being and desires for us to share eternal life with him. For this reason, direct attacks on human life, such as abortion and euthanasia, are always unacceptable. Yet, sadly we see new and expanding threats to human life emerging on an alarming scale. These new threats to life are often justified, protected, and even promoted by our laws and culture. The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus’ saving message to the world. To read on, click here.
Priorities at the Polls
By Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann
As Catholics approach the polls, we are asked to weigh many important issues. The U.S. bishops have reaffirmed that “the threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself, because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family, and because of the number of lives destroyed.” While they did warn us not to “dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty, and the death penalty,” they did give priority to upholding and defending our brothers’ and sisters’ most basic right—to live.
Abortion tragically ends someone’s life when he or she is most vulnerable and most in need of loving protection. Abortion is an intrinsic evil, meaning that it is never permitted or morally justified, regardless of individual circumstances or intentions. The personal and societal consequences of attacks against human life, whether at its earliest stages or at its final stages, are all the more serious because most often they are “carried out in the very heart of and with the complicity of the family—the family which by its nature is called to be the ‘sanctuary of life.’” This is the place where a person should be most loved, cherished, and protected. To continue reading, click here.
DivorceCare ONLINE
DivorceCare is a weekly seminar / support group that helps divorced or separated people heal from the hurt. It provides a warm, caring, & a confidential environment in which participants can learn practical info and gain hope for the future.
WEEKLY: Tuesdays, 7-8 pm | Now – Nov. 17 | Join any time! DONATION: Free and encouraged to purchase workbook from www.DivorceCare.org REGISTER: Contact Denise or click here QUESTIONS: Denise Ruiz, 426-1588 ext. 126 or druiz@stmm.org
**Coming up in future emails is DivroceCare, Surviving the Holidays.
Grief Share Group Online
Grief Share is a special weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life after losing a loved one. Our group is led by caring people who have experienced grief and want to help you through the difficult days ahead. We know it hurts and we want to help. WEEKLY: Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m. | Now – Dec. 1 LOCATION: Online DONATION: Free and encouraged to purchase workbook from www.griefshare.org CONTACT: Denise Ruiz, 426-1588 ext. 126 or druiz@stmm.org
**Coming up in future emails is Grief Share, Surviving the Holidays.
Stay Up to Date with Us
Be sure you are subscribed to our emails and like us on Facebook to get the most up to date information. You may also check our website for updates, and links to online masses and donations. 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.
Submit your contributions ONLINE. This is a safe & secure way to continue your pledge and support for SMM. You’re still welcome to mail in, give at Mass, or drop off your donation to the Parish Office/in the locked night drop outside the main entrance to the Parish building. *Current automatic withdrawals are continuing as scheduled. We encourage parishioners to sign up for the automatic service as this way benefits SMM the most with minimal fees. The form for that is available online as well.
Parish Office Hours
The Parish Office is back open 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Most employees are working on site, however some are still occasionally working from home for precautionary measures. If you need to speak to a staff member, call us at 426-1588. Or click here for a list of our employees and their emails. We remain at your service.
Multimedia “Book” Study
First Saturday Rosary
Blessing of the Animals
Safe Environment Training
Women’s Ministry Book Club
School Fall Festival
The Gospel of Life – A Brief Summary
Priorities at the Polls
DivorceCare ONLINE
Grief Share Group Online
