Our Vision Statement: ‘With the heart and mind of Christ, we transform the world.’

2nd Sunday of Advent

Sunday, December 7, 2025

"Every positive thought we pass between us makes room for more light."

—John Lewis

Join us tomorrow at 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary or on Zoom for Sunday Mass with Mother Rosean Amaral presiding and giving the homily.

Thank you to Cindy and David Clyod for serving as our lectors, as well as, serving as Eucharistic ministers this Sunday.

We are grateful to our marvelous Music Ministry for providing spirit-filled song.

Here is the worship aid (view or print) to assist with prayer.

• Zoom Link: Here
• For Zoom App:  431 502 8167
• Call-in Audio Only:  +1 669 900 6833
• Meeting ID: 431 502 8167

Zoom attendees: it's helpful if you have any prayer you want to offer, put in the chat early. This way we won’t miss any request for prayers! 

Blue Candles: If you took your blue candle home Sunday, please shave a little wax off the bottom so it will fit easier in the candle holders. If you left yours at church, they have been shaved. They were a little bigger at the bottom than last year.

For Zoom links and information on Mass, Prayer and Service scheduled in December click here. (Updated 12/2/25)

Mary of Magdala Announcements

Sunday - St. Nicholas Party - Come one, come all!

Tomorrow, on Sunday, December 7th, please join us after Mass for a Saint Nicholas Party! Santa came early this year with a generous anonymous gift to the Hospitality Committee, so we are using it to celebrate together.

There will be catered light appetizers, cookies, wine and other beverages, table games to win some Saint Nicholas surprise gifts, music, group singing of carols, and lots of celebration! 

Since all food and beverages will be provided, you need bring nothing but your community and joy filled spirits! We hope that you will join us, and leave feeling a little bit lighter and filled with the spirit of Christmas.

 Community Christmas Video

One of our Mary of Magdala traditions for our Christmas Mass is a video sharing images of how our members celebrate Christmas in their homes. The Christmas video for 2024 can be viewed here:

Please review the video. If you have changes in your household since last Christmas or have new images you would like to share, please send to Tom Moos (tjmoos@aol.com) with the details or new, high resolution JPG pictures by Dec 17.

In addition, please get any pictures of your Christmas creche decorations to Tom for the Christmas Day video. Pictures can include people!

Remember: The last day to send is December 17th.

Family Housing Network Sign-Up

Many thanks to all those who have already signed up to serve our FFH families during such a busy holiday time. We still need some help for a few volunteer positions: 

• one overnight host (8 p .m. to 7 a.m.) for Monday December 29th
• 2 evening hosts (6 to 8 p.m) for Tuesday, December 30th.

You get to eat dinner with our families and help with the children after dinner while the parents have a meeting. You can sign up here, or write to Lynne Barnes at this email, who can do that for you.

Thank you, Lynne and Jean

Advent Grocery Card Project

During Advent, the MoM Social Justice team is sponsoring a project of collecting grocery cards for our Pastors to distribute to folks needing immediate and short-term assistance with gas or food. 

The need for this help has increased with insecurity faced by low-income families in light of interrupted SNAP benefits and other government assistance programs. 

If you are willing to help with this project, please purchase grocery gift cards for King Soopers or Safeway in denominations of $10 or $25. Please label the card packaging with the denomination and drop the cards in the Offertory collection basket at church on Sunday.

Weekly Morning and Evening

Peace Prayer 

Join us in a prayer for peace in the world and within ourselves. 20 minutes every Monday and Tuesday via Zoom. (Families invited!)

Monday Morning Peace Prayer

At 9:30 am on this  Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 844 1669 8343, Passcode: 557026

Tuesday Evening Peace Prayer

At 7:00 pm on this Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 881 2656 0118 Passcode: 295075

Mary of Magdala Book Study - Mark your Calendars

Mary of Magdala Book Study will begin "Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times" by Gregory Boyle, S.J.

We will begin on January 27th, Tuesday at 10am via Zoom. Call Pastor Jane to sign up or with questions at 973-610-6104 (yes, 973)

The House of Laity Newsletter

The recent Holy Synod of the Rocky Mountain Region of the ECC was featured in this House of Laity Newsletter.

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The Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion met in October for their second local Holy Synod.

Laity and clergy from all five Colorado Ecumenical Catholic Communion communities, including Bishop Kae Madden, participated in this day of prayer and visioning. Presiding Bishop Pablo Burson was able to join in the day as well.....

Continue reading here (lots of photos included!)

301 Faith Partners

Alternative Christmas Gift Fair Tomorrow!!



The Alternative Christmas Gift Fair is an opportunity to shop for Fair Trade gift items and to donate to local, national, and international non-profits.

The event will only be held tomorrow, December 7, from 8:30 am-12:30 pm. There will be several returning nonprofits. The Fair is put on by the 301 Faith Partners.

The Joint Social and Ecological Justice ministry sponsors the fair and is looking for volunteers to help with Saturday setup. So if you want to help, please contact Patti Smith at 970-988-8529.

Continuing the Food Drive

Mary of Magdala is joining with St Paul’s Episcopal and Trinity Lutheran in collecting non-perishable food for our Little Pantry outside the church on Stuart Street and for the Food Bank of Larimer County. 

In the Reverse Advent Calendar, donors add a can or other non-perishable food item to a bag or box every day during Advent and then bring their donations weekly or before Christmas to the church. 

Please do NOT donate expired items or food packaged in glass containers. You can find more information about the Reverse Advent Calendar project and suggestions for donating here.

Advent Mid Week Soup & Supper Begins This Week

Take a midweek pause this Advent and join us Wednesdays, December10 & 17.


• Holden Evening Prayer at 6 PM, and
• Soup Supper at 6:30 PM.

This service offers a time of reflection, community, and warmth. The service will be hybrid, using the same Zoom link as Trinity's weekend worship, click HERE to join online.

To make these evenings run smoothly, we kindly ask everyone to help fill all the spots on our Sign-Up Genius link HERE. We need all the helping hands we can get, whether it’s bringing soup, setting up, or cleaning up afterward. Soup is especially needed, since we often run low!

Save the Date for the 301 Faith Partners Pub Get Together

Mark your December calendars for Thursday, December 11th at 3:30. We will gather at another favorite pub- Otto Pint, located at 1100 Oakridge Dr., just a few blocks South of Harmony on the corner with Lemay.



Happy hour is daily from 3 - 6 PM. For those who haven't been there, Otto Pint offers 42 different brews and a pizza menu that is out of this world!

No RSVP necessary, all are welcome! And yes, 8 different kinds of wine for wine lovers!

Poudre Valley Hopital Book Drive

‘Many thanks for all the donated books this past year for the Free Libraries at Poudre Valley Hospital!

Patients have loved to service and utilize it frequently. Our selections are looking a bit slim- if you have any gently loved books you are ready to part with, the Book Bin will be available in the Narthex through January for any donations

Thank you for your generosity

Join the New Men's Spirituality Group

Male Spirituality group will be meeting on Mondays at 6:30 PM in Room 5

Carrying on the work of Fr Richard Rohr and Illuman, we will utilize the power of ritual, image, and story to expand the depth and breadth of love in ourselves to make a difference in the world, using a circle of structured sharing.

For anyone interested, please reach out to Peter at peter.mullarkey@gmail.com

Christmas Poinsettias Donations

You are invited to remember family and friends this Christmas with a suggested donation of $12 for poinsettias that we will display right before Christmas. Your name and intentions (“In memory of …” “In celebration of …”, etc.) will be listed in the Christmas bulletins.

If you would like a poinsettia to take home or to a shut-in, they will be available on a first-come, first-served basis after the Christmas services of all three congregations are over. If you would like to remember or celebrate someone with poinsettias, please email Amanda by Monday, December 15.

Coming Up: Holiday Office Closure

The Trinity building offices will be closed from December 24-January 1.

Office voicemails and emails will be checked periodically.

This closure over the Christmas break allows the staff for our three churches time to spend with family and friends during the holiday season. It also provides a chance for staff to rest and return to work refreshed in the new year.

Greater Community News

Great News from the Larimer County Food Bank

'Thanks to the incredible support of our community, the Food Bank was able to purchase more than 170,000 pounds of food to help meet the need of families...'

Read more here in the Food Bank December newsletter, 'Nourishing News'

Service Recordings

Service Recording for the 1st Sunday of Advent

The recording of the readings and homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 30th, has been uploaded here. Associate Pastor Jane Reina presided and delivered the homily.

Instead of a social justice reflection, Lisa Jones delivered a Leadership Council report. Some members of MoM have asked that a recording of these reports be made available especially for folks having a hard time hearing at Mass. The report can be found here.

Prayer Requests

Praying for peace, health and well-being through challenging times.

+Deborah Hughes, for healing, spouse of Laura Templet, member

+Len Russ, member

+Fr. Frank Quintana, ECC priest

+Zoe Wahl, sister of Kristina Bulik-Hocum, member

+Colleen DeMuth, member

+Courtney and Cache, family of Jean Christin, member

+Jane Kommrusch, spouse of Richard Kommrusch, member

+ Jeff Klein, son of Debbie Klein

+Mary Powers and Katie Richards, members healing from long COVID

+Milo Pasquale Cushman, brother of Liz Urban, member

+Julie Lucas, daughter of Bruce & Carol Yeazell

+The Grant and Cloyd families, for healing

+Pastor Rick Reiten, Pastor at Trinity Lutheran

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A blessed and peaceful repose of souls for those who've passed and comfort for the friends and families.

+Roy Harsh - brother-in-law to Linda Joyce, member

+Lois Hug, mother of MaryAnne Heyman, member

+Richard Life, member of Mary of Magdala

+Donald Sherlock, brother-in-law of Dori Healy

+Joseph Grant, nephew of David and Cindy Cloyd

+Dennis Healy, Tom Healy's brother and Dori's brother-in-law

+Pauline Devlin, David Devlin's mother

+Jim Carroll, husband of member Dori Carroll

Please send prayer requests to marymagdalafc@gmail.com. Prayers will be listed for one month unless requested for longer. Prayers for the repose of souls will be listed for six months unless requested for a longer time.

Wednesday - Weekday Mass

December 10, 11:00 am

• Weekday Mass in the Fireside room
• No Zoom available
• Mother Rosean Amaral presiding

Sunday Mass -

December 14 12:30 pm

• In person and Zoom available (see above for Zoom link)
• Rev. Jane Reina presiding

Wednesday - Weekday Mass

December 17, 11:00 am

• Weekday Mass in the Fireside room
• No Zoom available
• Mother Rosean Amaral presiding

Sunday Mass -

December 21 12:30 pm

• In person and Zoom available (see above for Zoom link)
• Mother Rosean Amaral presiding

Did you miss an article or announcement?



Past e-bulletins are posted on our website here. Below are links to some key articles:

• October - News from the Office of Presiding Bishop here
• Read the Sept 29th pastoral letter from Bishop Pablo here.
• Read the ECC statement on immigration here.
• Ongoing Giving Opportunities in Fellowship hall; see list here.
• Dedicating Altar Flowers? Contact Joan Stepleton at JoanStepleton@gmail.com or 864-650-2816. A $25 dollar donation is kindly requested.

Mary of Magdala Parish Community

Members: Need to view, update information or download a copy of the member directory? Just click here.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARY OF MAGDALA

If you would like to contribute to Mary of Magdala,

click here to schedule a single or recurring Sunday offertory.

All are invited and ALL are welcome to join our parish community. Here is the webpage with more information on membership

The ECC Regional Website - View here.

Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal  

Click here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin.