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

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 < New Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 881 2656 0118 Passcode: 295075

May Mary, Mother of the World, who abhors all violence, pray for us. Rev. Jane

Helping Others

On July 30, Kennedy Musyoka will be arriving in Ft. Collins from Kenya. He recently received his PhD from James Madison University in Virginia and just received a job at CSU as Lecturer of Management in College of Business.

He is looking to rent a small house, apartment, basement or just a room. If you know of something that might work, or are personally able to help out please contact Margie Karuzas, 970-988-1520,  Margaret.marshall@comcast.net

Chapter Two Book Group

Chapter Two Book Group meets for an informal discussion of a book chosen by the group. Anyone is welcome to hop into this small group, even if just for a month or two as your schedule allows.

On Thursday, July 24 at 6 pm in the Fireside Room we will discuss The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.

If you’d like to receive Chapter Two updates via email, please contact Maddie Fairfax.

The next

Jewish Voice for Peace

Shabbat potluck

will be held at City Park Shelter #4

This Friday, July 25, 2025



Service Recordings

Feast of Mary of Magdala

The recording of readings and homily for July 20, 2025, has been uploaded here.

Mother Rosean Amaral presided at the Mass and delivered the homily.

Social Justice Reflection

By Tom Moos

On July 4, the President signed his “Big, Beautiful, Bill” into law after it narrowly passed Senate and House approvals. The bill is projected to add an estimated $3.4 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The bill is expansive, touching on almost every government agency. It makes permanent the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was slated to sunset at the end of the year while increasing spending for border security, defense and energy production.  Today, I’d like to focus specifically on the bill’s impact on immigration.

The bill significantly increases funding for immigration enforcement by allocating $100 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency central to the administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration in the US. Prior to the bill, the existing annual budget for ICE was about $8 billion. The funding boost now makes ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency, according to the non-profit Brennan Center for Justice. Here is how that money is intended to be spent:

$45 billion for ICE's detention system. Based on cost estimates, the money could allow ICE to hold more than 100,000 detainees at any given time, roughly doubling the current capacity.

$30 billion for ICE's arrest and deportation efforts to hire additional deportation officers and other staff; retain current personnel through bonuses; increase transportation assets supporting deportation efforts; and expand and facilitate agreements that allow state and local officials to enforce federal immigration laws. The funds can also be used to modernize ICE's fleet of deportation aircraft and hire more agency prosecutors whose job it is to persuade immigration judges that unauthorized immigrants should be deported. 

Tens of billions of dollars for other immigration and border efforts. More than $46 billion is allocated for Customs and Border Protection to build walls, barriers and related projects along the U.S.-Mexico border. The agency received an additional $12 billion to fund Border Patrol agent vehicles, facilities, training, hiring and bonuses.

It grieves my soul to the core that all of this money is being used punitively, for enforcement operations that historically have been aggressive and indiscriminate, racist, and violate every Biblical mandate to welcome the foreigner. The bill does nothing to correct the broken immigration policies or processes that today hinder America from being a land of opportunity and safety for asylum seekers.

Prayer Requests

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

+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

+Hope Kunze,  granddaughter of Mother Rosean

+ Valerie Dorr, mother of Deana Andrist, TLC

+Cindy Cloyd, member

+Sandra Life, member

+Julie Lucas, daughter of Bruce and Carol Yeazell

+The Grant and Cloyd families, for healing

+Carolyn Sue Cecil and family, friends of Mary

of Magdala

+ Mary Lou and David Devlin, members

+Rachel, Ryan, & Chloe Honeybourne, family of Julia Morrow, friend of Mary of Magdala

+ Sharyl Hoepfinger, for prayers of healing

+ Jenny Witzke, for prayers of support

+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.

+Donna Lusby, friend of Ralph, Anne, Debbie, Mark, Dori, and Tom, members

+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

+Barbara Lange, grandmother of Gray La Fond

+Leonard Urban, husband of member Liz Urban

+Tess Peters, friend of Mary Lou Devlin, member

+Kelly Cahill, friend of Ruth Alexander

+Pauline Devlin, David Devlin's mother

+James Lyons, brother-in-law of Mary Lyons, member

+Carole Lyons, sister-in-law of Mary Lyons, member

+Jessica Melton, family friend of Jane Reina

+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

July 23, 11:00 am

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

Sunday Mass -

July 27, 12:30 pm

• In person and Zoom available
• Rev. Jane Reina presiding

Wednesday - Weekday Mass

July 27, 11:00 am

• Weekday Mass in the Fireside room
• No Zoom available
• Rev. Jane Reina presiding

Sunday Mass -

August 3, 12:30 pm

• In person and Zoom available
• 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:

• ECC News from the House of Laity - May - here
• Spring News from the Office of Presiding Bishop - here.
• Read the recent 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

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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.