Mass Schedule

Saturday Vigil 4:00 pm St. James Sunday 9:00 am Mother of Good Counsel 11:00 am St. Bede

Monday - Saturday 9:00 am St. Bede

Mass occupancy is limited.

Mass is also available on Facebook and YouTube.

Novenas 9:30 am St. Bede

Monday: Miraculous Medal Perpetual Novena Wednesday: Mother of Perpetual Help Novena

Confession & Eucharistic Adoration

Saturday 9:30 - 10:30 am St. Bede

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available by appointment.

St. Bede Church is open daily 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals by appointment only.

Our churches are accessible.

ST. BEDE CHURCH 509 South Dallas Avenue

Pittsburgh PA 15208

MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL CHURCH 7705 Bennett Street Pittsburgh PA 15208

ST. JAMES CHURCH 718 Franklin Avenue Wilkinsburg PA 15221

The Catholic Community of the East End of Pittsburgh

PARISH OFFICE 509 South Dallas Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15208

parishoffice@stmarymagpgh.org Phone:412.661.7222 Fax: 412.661.9337

“With God All Things Are Possible!”

Website: saintmarymagdalenepgh.org @smmppgh St. Mary Magdalene Parish PGH

SAFE ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE Anyone who volunteers in the parish or school is re-quired by the diocese to be compliant with all Safe Envi-ronment clearances.

Please contact Melissa Viator at 412.661.7222 or mviator@stmaymagpgh.org

with questions or for assistance.

PROTECTION OF GOD’S CHILDREN Report suspected child abuse

At the 24-Hour Child Abuse Hotline: 800.932.0313 If a child is in imminent danger, call 911

Parish Office 412.661.7222

Pastoral Staff Rev. Thomas J. Burke, Pastor tburke@diopitt.org Rev. David Taylor, Senior Parochial Vicar dtaylor@diopitt.org Rev. C. Matthew Hawkins, Parochial Vicar

mhawkins@diopitt.org

In Residence Rev. James Adeoye jamesadeoye@yahoo.com Rev. Augustine Temu temuago@yahoo.com

Office Staff Frank Grande businessmanager@stmarymagpgh.org Terri Price parishoffice@stmarymagpgh.org

Religious Education Teresa Maynor tmaynor@stmarymagpgh.org

Music Ministries Jennifer Gorske, Director of Music Ministries

412.370.2638; jgorske@stmarymagpgh.org Gerard Rohlf 412.657.7570; grohlf@stmarymagpgh.org

Safe Environment Melissa Viator mviator@stmarymagpgh.org

Social Ministry & Community Outreach Anne Scheuermann 412.241.1309;

ascheuermann@stmarymagpgh.org

Holy Rosary Food Bank Veronica Synder 412.731.4195

Media & Communications Cathy Raffaele craffaele@stmarymagpgh.org Glennen Lloyd parishnewsletter@stmarymagpgh.org Bulletin bulletin@stmarymagpgh.org

Housekeeping/Maintenance Paul Denk, Michael Natalia, Annette Shunk

Principals Sr. Thea Bowman Catholic Academy: Ms. Stephanie Michael

412.242.3515; info@stbca.net; sistertheabowman.org St. Bede School: Sr. Daniela Bronka 412.661.9425;

info@saintbedeschool.com; saintbedeschool.com

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS are due no later than 9 am on Monday

for the next week’s bulletin.

Larger announcements must be submitted a week prior to the Monday deadline.

bulletin@stmarymagpgh.org

As a Faith Community, we pray for all who request prayers.

Gail Britanik, Amy Corpuz, Mary Lou Laird, Patricia Marino, Dee Pryor, Mary Reidell,

Emily Reiling, Marion Reynoso, James & Rose Smith, Arlene Trichtinger, and Janet Wennersten

We pray for those who request prayers for any reason. We also pray for those affected by the coro-navirus, COVID-19: those who are ill; healthcare and essential workers; religious and government leaders; and everyone impacted in any way.

If you, a family member, or friend would like to be on our prayer list, please call Cathy at the parish office or email craffaele@stmarymagpgh.org.

The names are also published on the website.

Stewardship

Offertory

July 26 $5,393.00

PSP 2020 Goal $153,393.00 Received $86,885.00

New Parishioners Welcome! To register,

please call or email the parish office. Registration forms

are also available on the welcome page of our website:

saintmarymagdalenepgh.org

Online Giving We invite you to consider online

giving through Faith Direct

To sign up at Faith Direct, for regular contributions or for a one time gift, visit faithdirect.net and use church code PA994. Enrollment forms are available at all our churches and Parish Office.

For online giving information, see the homepage of our website: saintmarymagdalenepgh.org or call Frank Grande at 412.661.7222.

Our Parish Pantries have requested tuna

during the month of August. Please bring donations to one of the churches. If you bring them to the Parish Office, 509 S. Dallas Avenue in Point Breeze, it is pre-ferred that they be brought between 10 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday. If not, they can be left on the front or back porch.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mass Intentions August 1 - 9

Saturday Vigil Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 pm Thomas Ruppel (Kathleen Ruppel) TAYLOR

9 am Wanda Cheeks (St. Mary Magdalene Parish’s

St. Vincent DePaul Society) HAWKINS

SUNDAY EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: Isaiah 55:1-3 Second Reading: Romans 8:35, 37-39 Gospel: Matthew 14:3-21

11 am Bud O’Brien (Nancy O’Brien) BURKE

MONDAY Weekday 9 am Debbie Niemiec (Barbara Krajcovic) HAWKINS

TUESDAY Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest 9 am Ruth and Anthony Milbert (Marge Mimless) BURKE

WEDNESDAY Weekday 9 am Irene Paulin (Barbara Krajcovic) TAYLOR

THURSDAY Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord 9 am Edward McClain (Family) HAWKINS

FRIDAY Weekday 9 am Deceased Members of Camillus

and D’Souza Families (Family) BURKE

SATURDAY Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest 9 am Kearney, Halleran, Haritos

and Carroll Families (Aphrodite Halleran) HAWKINS

Saturday Vigil Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 pm Russell Bentley (Family) BURKE

SUNDAY NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a Second Reading: Romans 9:1-5 Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33

9 am Thomas Ruppel (Kaathleen Ruppel) TAYLOR

11 am The LaPorte Family (The Viator Family) HAWKINS

Nancy A. Campbell (Sister of Lois Campbell)

and Antoinette “Toni” DiLonardo

Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,

rest in peace. Amen

Share the Good News

What struck you in reading Sunday’s Gospel? What significance do you find in it?

Join parishioners for an hour of reflection, listening, and perhaps sharing your perspective.

Sunday, August 2 (2:00-3:00 PM) Matthew 14:13-21 – Multiplication of Loaves & Fishes

Thursday, August 6, (7:30-8:30 PM)

and Sunday, August 9, (2:00-3:00 pm) Matthew 14: 22-33 – Peter Walks on Water

Nurture your Faith ~ meet & support parishioners by your presence ~

The link to the zoom gathering is sent by email and is also in the calendar on our website:

Information

Bulletins are available outside the Parish Office, St. Bede Church, Mother of Good Counsel Church, and St. James Rectory.

Mass is live streamed on Saturdays at 4 pm on Face-book and is available on YouTube at 5:30 pm. The Mass continues to be available for viewing on both sites.

Facebook: Saint Mary Magdalene Parish, @smmppgh YouTube: St. Mary Magdalene Parish PGH

PASTOR’S NOTE

Come to the Feast!

This past week, parishioner Linda Atkins and I met with an Eagle Scout candidate who wants to do some landscaping upgrades at the Mother of Good Counsel campus for his Ea-gle Scout project. Upon going over the wish list of items for the project, I asked how the Eagle Scout was go-

ing to recruit volunteers to help him with the work. He simply said, “just provide some donuts and pizza and the volunteers will show up!”

We all love to eat and when we come around the table with family and friends we are fed and nourished, not just physically but emotionally, with friendship and love. Whenever we celebrate a big event, having food helps make the event extra special. Every time we attend a daily or Sunday Mass we are fed and nourished with the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

This weekend we celebrate the Eighteenth Sunday in Or-dinary Time. The readings this weekend proclaim that God will always sustain us with food and love.

In the first reading from Isaiah, we read how a prophet invites us to enjoy all the good things at a banquet of the Lord. He invites people to draw closer to God by inviting the hungry, thirsty, and the poor to the table of plenty where all will be satisfied. In the Gospel of Matthew, we read the famous passage of the multiplication of loaves and fishes. This passage reading is the only miracle found in all four gospels. God invites all who are spiritual-ly hungry and thirsty to come to him and be satisfied.

Come to the Feast!

Parish Improvements

The Diocese has granted us permission to repair St. Bede School Roof. Schultheis Roofing is due to begin work on the repairs the next few weeks. Funds from the school account will be used for this much needed project. John Buch Electric replaced the outdated circuit breaker box inside the Mother of Good Counsel sacristy. They installed new light switches to make it easier to turn on and off the lights. K & L Builders of Export continues to make upgrades on the second floor living area at St. James Rectory. Upon completion, Fr. Matt Hawkins will be living at the rectory with me. Fr. Taylor continues to live at Holy Rosary Rec-tory and Fr. James and Fr. Augustine continue to live at St. Bede. **We appreciate your continued financial support to St. Mary Magdalene Parish. It is important to use the parish envelopes or participate with the on-line giving so we can continue with the various upgrades at our campuses. Also, since all the former parish checking accounts have

now been merged or closed into one checking account, please remember to make all checks payable to St. Mary Magdalene Parish**

Looking Ahead

Our second and final session of First Holy Communion will take place on Sunday, August 16 at 2 pm at St. Bede Church. The 2020 RCIA Class will receive their Sacraments of Initiation (First Holy Communion and Confirmation) on Sunday, August 23 at 11 am Mass at St. Bede Church. Confirmation Retreat will take place on Saturday, Au-gust 29 at St. Bede Church. Confirmation we be held in two sessions on September 27 and October 11 at 2 pm at St. Bede Church. Bishop Zubik has given all pastors the permission to conduct the Sacrament of Confirmation in their parishes this year due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

RCIA Do you want to learn more about the Catholic faith? Are you baptized in another faith and would like to be Catho-lic? Are you baptized Catholic, but need Communion and/or to be Confirmed? The Rite of Christian Initiation Program (RCIA) will be starting next month. Please give me a call at 412.661.7222 or email me at tburke@diopitt.org to discuss.

Feast of the Assumption The Feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother falls on a Saturday this year, Saturday, August 15. This year, it is NOT A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION, but Mass will be held at 9 am at the St. Bede Campus.

Congratulations to Landon, Lennox, and Le-

land Wherry who are being baptized this weekend.

Happy Birthday to our St. Bede School Principal

Sister Daniela Bronka and Fr. Augustine Temu who celebrated their birthdays August 1.

Something to Think About… No daily meal is complete without the Bread of Life.

With God, All Things Are Possible!

Fr. Tom Burke, Pastor

tburke@diopitt.org

Advisory Councils

Parish Pastoral Council Finance Council

Patricia Albacete Linda Atkins

Lois Campbell Denise Charron-Prochownik

Anne Kovalan-Santoni Peter Lahoda

Teresa Maynor Joan Price

Janice Reed Dante Romito Eric Setzler

Geloria White

Martin Albacete David Aleva

Christopher Benec Linda Burke

Michael Myers Michael Polite

Judy Prata Bill Rawlings Mara Sullivan Victor Thorpe

Radio Program, with

Fr. Tom Burke as host, highlights elementary and secondary schools; col-

leges; youth ministry programs; and more, and is broadcast every other Sunday morning on KDKA-AM. Fr. Tom’s next program is on August 16

See the homepage of our website, for the link to pod-casts of the programs: saintmarymagdalenepgh.org. Minutes

Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Council meeting minutes are on our website.

If you wish a paper copy of the minutes, please con-tact the Parish Office at 412.661.7222.

By all accounts, the revitalization of parish life and the re-evangelization of Catholics and the new evangelization of the secular world in the 21st century will require, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, that we are successful in fostering a sense of community among our people. This will be true for a per-sonal parish, such as St. Benedict the Moor as well as for a more traditional territorial parish, such as St. Mary Magdalene.

Fostering a sense of community will rely on at least two things: the fundamental principle of Catholic social teach-ing of “participation” and the practice of “Synodality”. You may ask: what is Synodality?

Synodality is a concept that is at once old and new. It is old because it characterized the nature of the early Christian Church for her first 1,000 years. It is new be-cause it has been revived in the documents of Vatican II as that ecumenical council examined the long-overdue question of what it actually means to be a “church”. In a real sense, as Jesus said in our Gospel reading last week: “Every scribe who has been instructed in the King-dom of Heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” The concept of Synodality is just such a treasure from that storeroom.

I will have more to say about this next week and in the weeks ahead but for now, a simple definition of Synodali-ty will do. Synodality means that as the body of Christ, clergy, laity, and the religious, we walk forward together. While the ordained clergy have a distinctive role to play in the life of the church, through baptism, we all share in the priestly mission and ministry of the Church and we must participate and be involved in pastoral planning in ways that are appropriate to our charism and office with-in the structure of the Church. More about this next week.

Fr. Matthew Hawkins

When I was growing up in South-ern Ohio, my family faced many economic challenges. There were many times that we had to de-pend upon the generosity of oth-ers, including our parish to help us along the way. We were never ashamed to ask for help. for our faith showed us that sharing and caring had to be a way of

life. Later, as things got better we were able to help oth-ers. On several occasions we took families in to be with us temporarily as they were destitute. We never forgot that, but for God's grace, we could be without food or shelter.

In today's gospel, the disciples want to send the people away to feed themselves. But Jesus knew this was not necessary. He said feed them yourselves. We often refer those in need to the Church or other agencies even though we could easily afford to be generous and pro-vide for their needs. We indeed represent the church and in some instances are the best first responders.

During these difficult times of the pandemic, large num-bers of people are unemployed and many are facing eviction from where they live. This often involves fami-lies. While this is an issue of national proportion, we can indeed help on a local level. This is indeed a matter of prayer and action.

Together we can do a lot. Fr. David Taylor

Reflections

In solidarity with the Church in Japan, let us pray with the words that Pope St. John Paul II shared at the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima on February 25, 1981.

To the Creator of nature and humanity, of truth and beauty I pray:

Hear my voice, for it is the voice of the victims of all wars and violence among individuals and nations;

Hear my voice, for it is the voice of all children who suffer and will suffer when people put their faith in weapons and war;

Hear my voice when I beg you to instill into the hearts of all human beings the wisdom of peace, the strength of justice and the joy of fellowship;

Hear my voice, for I speak for the multitudes in every country and in every period of history who do not want war and are ready to walk the road of peace;

Hear my voice and grant insight and strength so that we may always respond to hatred with love, to injustice with total dedication to justice, to need with the sharing of self, to war with peace.

O God, hear my voice and grant unto the world your everlasting peace.

Learn Watch the film Nuclear Tipping Point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwz4hlEKPjA

Act Raise your voice! Advocate in support of U.S. disarmament and nonproliferation:

https://www.votervoice.net/USCCB/campaigns/75604/respond

On August 6 and 9, 2020, the world will mark the 75th Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and

Nagasaki, where atomic weapons caused untold death and suffering. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace calls on Catholics in the U.S. to renew their commitment to pray and work for an end to nuclear weapons.