St.

Mary Magdalene Parish

St. Catherine, Aledo • St. Anthony, Matherville
Rev. John Thieryoung, Pastor

106 NE 4th St. Aledo, IL 61231

(309) 582-7500 • www.cpomc.org

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT March 5, 2023

Monday 7:30 AM St. Catherine
Tuesday 6:30 PM St. Catherine
7:00 PM St. Catherine
Wednesday 7:30 AM St. Catherine
Thursday 6:30 PM St. Anthony
7:00 PM St. Anthony
Friday 8:00 AM St. Anthony
Saturday 7:00 AM St. Catherine
Saturday 4:00 PM ST. CATHERINE
ST. ANTHONY NO MASS
Sunday 8:00 AM St. Catherine
Sunday 9:45 AM St. Anthony
Joe Miller by Bill Lindquist
Bob Luepke by Tom & Kris Berglund
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Deanne Frye by Mike & Sally Frye
Deceased Souls of St. John Church
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Ann Marie Campagna by Margaret Ludwig
HOLY HOUR
Reggie Colgan
Parishioners of St. Mary Magdalene
Soul of John C. Swan Jr. by Jack & Luann Swan

TODAY’S OPENING PRAYER

O God, who have commanded us to listen to your beloved Son, be pleased, we pray, to
nourish us inwardly by your word, that, with spiritual sight made pure, we may rejoice to
behold your glory.

Next Week’s Readings: Ex 17:3-7 / Ps 95:1-2, 6-9 / Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 / Jn 4:5-42
Weekly Collection $2,374

Parish office hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 9am-12pm. Please leave a message at any other time.

Confessions: Saturday at St. Catherine from 7am to 7:50am and St. Anthony from 3:00pm to 3:50pm, and Sunday at St.
Catherine from 7:10am to 7:50am. (Also see the Lenten schedule below.)

LENTEN MASS AND CONFESSION SCHEDULE AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS: On Tuesdays Mass is at 6:30pm at St.
Catherine followed by Stations of the Cross at 7pm. Thursday Mass at St. Anthony is at 6:30pm and Stations at 7pm.
Father will hear Confessions following the Stations. Each week a different version of the Stations will be used to offer
new insights and reflections while meditating on our Lord’s Passion and its meaning in our lives.

Sylvia McEwen Benefit: Taco – Chili Supper next Saturday, March 11th: 4pm – 8pm at YMCA Children’s School / St.
Catherine Hall 400 N. College Ave. – Aledo. Five-year-old Sylvia McEwen was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma cancer
in July 2021. After completing chemo, radiation, and blood transfusion treatments at Peoria at OSF Hospital, recent
scans in January revealed that while the tumor in her back and around her spine had shrunk significantly, cancer
remains. A new treatment schedule is set to begin. The supper is free will offering to raise funds to support Sylvia and
help with the family's expenses. (50/50, prizes, drawings, silent auction.) Tickets are being sold for $25 for a drawing
on 4 Box Seat tickets to a Cardinal game of your choice (Cubs and Yankees excluded). See Darla Phelps to buy a ticket.
There are sign-up sheets at the entrances of the churches to donate and help with the supper.
There will be only one Saturday Mass on March 11th at 4pm at St. Catherine.

DTS: All high school students are invited to DTS this Sunday, March 5 th at St. Anthony at 6pm.

First Reconciliation: Please pray for Cole Swanson, McKenzie Olson, and Audrey McEwen as they prepare to receive the
gift of God’s Grace and Mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation on March 18 th.

NO CCD NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 12TH!

Nursing Home Masses: Join us Monday at 10:15am at Brookstone Assisted Living in Aledo. And on Wednesday, at
10:30am at Mercer Manor in Aledo. The residents enjoy having visitors.

"The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life," - St. Thomas Aquinas
Magnificat Subscription: Anyone currently subscribing, or those who wish to subscribe to Magnificat. Let father know
or call the office if you would like to renew or subscribe. The current subscription concludes in May. Cost for the year is
$36. Please make checks payable to St. Mary Magdalene.

Corned Beef Dinner: St. Theresa Church in Alexis is serving a St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef Dinner this Sunday, March 5 th
from 4 pm to 6:30 pm.

Lenten Presentation: Julie Carrick author of “Savior & Sustenance” will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Silvis
March 6-7. Doors open at 6PM, Rosary at 6:30PM and talk at 7PM. A free will donation will be taken up.

Please help our parish to reach our ADA goal. Our goal for this year’s ADA is $26,833. To date, we have 55 pledges
totaling $ 18,120 (last year there were 76 pledges). Even though we have not reached our goal, it is not too late to
contribute; the appeal runs through the end of August. There are pledge cards in the vestibule of both churches or you
can ask Father for a card or call the rectory. Remember, all funds received over our goal are returned to our parish.

Illinois March for Life-Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

Since 2013, the rally and march has served as a unifying event for the pro-life movement that grew through the
Midwest. The 2023 move continues that unity as it is supported by weDignify, Illinois Right to Life, Lutheran Church
Missouri—Synod, Wisconsin Right to Life, Illinois Knights of Columbus, and more!
We can van-pool it to the March. Let Father know if you are interested.
12pm Rally at the Capitol
1pm March around the Capitol
Eucharistic Adoration – Prayer Time at the Springfield Cathedral

REGULATIONS FOR LENT AND EASTER TRIDUUM

Lent is the principal season of penance in the Christian year. Priests, religious and laity are strongly urged to develop and
follow a program of voluntary self-denial, attentiveness to prayer, and especially to works of charity and mercy.

Everyone of 14yrs of age or over is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent.

Everyone 18 yrs. and under 59 yrs. of age is bound to fast on Good Friday April 7 th. On Good Friday, only one full meatless
meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs,
but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but
liquids including milk and fruit juices are allowed. When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law
does not oblige. To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is a serious matter. May our Lenten journey bring
us closer to the cross and our Resurrected Savior.

"What happiness do we not feel in the presence of God, when we find ourselves alone at his feet, before the holy
tabernacle! … 'Come, my soul, redouble your ardor! You are here alone to adore your God! His look rests on you alone!'
Ah! if we only had the angels' eyes! Seeing our Lord Jesus Christ here, on that altar, and looking at us, how we should
love him! We should want to stay always at his feet; it would be a foretaste of heaven; everything else would become
insipid to us." - St. John Vianney

..."Here, in the Sacrament of the Altar, You are wholly present, my God, the Man Christ Jesus; here we freely partake the
fruit of eternal salvation... No levity, curiosity, or sentimentality must draw us, but firm faith, devout hope and sincere
love.

"O God, invisible Creator of the world, how wonderful are Your dealings with us! How sweetly and graciously You
welcome Your chosen, to whom You give Yourself in this Sacrament! It passes all understanding, it kindles the love and
draws the hearts of the faithful to Yourself. For Your faithful ones, who strive to amend their whole lives, receive in this
most exalted Sacrament the grace of devotion and the love of virtue," - Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ