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

Reflections from our Pastors

Tuesday, October 21, 2026

Answers? Who said answers? They said, "Questions!"

Some Catholics have guilt when they question. The church always had the answers. Without questions, depth would be avoided, and worse, denied.

Reading this prayer more than once, with your heart and head, you may experience a knowing that includes the questions. That experience resonates with the experience our Monday Morning Peace Prayer sisters and brothers experience. We pray that this experience is so for you. You can also try praying it with someone in your home or anywhere.

The Christic

I am looking at a tree, but I see such astounding beauty and

graciousness, the tree must be You, O God,

I look at the wild weeds playing across the fields, and their

wild joyful freedom speaks to me of You, O God.

Yesterday, I saw a child crying alone on a busy corner, and

the tears were real, and I thought, you must be crying, O God.

God, you are the mystery within every leaf and grain of sand,

in every face, young and old, you are the light and beauty

of every person.

You are Love itself.

Will we ever learn our true meaning, our true identity?

Will we ever really know that we humans are created for

Love?

For it is love alone that moves the sun and stars

and everything in between.

We are trying too hard to find You, but You are already here,

We are seeking life without You, but You are already within,

Our heads are in the sand, our eyes are blinded by darkness,

our minds are disoriented in our desperate search

for meaning.

Because You are not what we think You are:

You are mystery.

You are here and You are not,

You are me and You are not,

You are now and You are not,

You are what we will become.

You are the in-between mystery

The infinite potential of infinite love,

And it is not yet clear what You shall be,

For we shall become something new altogether.

If we imagine ‘something new altogether,’ we may find ourselves more hopeful.

In the Love of Christ,

Pastor Jane

'The Christic' a poem written by Sr. Ilia Delio,OSF

published in her book, The Not-Yet-God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole.

This Week at Mary of Magdala

Faith Family Housing Gratitude

Faith Family & Housing thanks all Mary of Magdala volunteers who generously & lovingly served our families this week!

Thank you Jean & Tom Christen, Cindy & David Cloyd, Lisa Jones, Denise Mayer, Joan & Bill Smith, Mary Vogl, Carol Yeazell, & Lynne Barnes. How you have blessed these families with your welcome & kindness!

Keeping Our Grounds Looking Great!

HELP! We are in need of kind hearted people to help mow for the next two weeks! No experience necessary

If you can help us mow on the 24th and/or the 31st

we would greatly appreciate it!

Help care for our shared church grounds. Tasks include mowing, trimming, weed-whacking, blowing off walkways, and general grounds cleanup. No experience is necessary! New volunteers will receive equipment training at 9:00 AM on their first Saturday.

Sign up with a friend or come meet someone new. Together, we can keep our grounds looking neat, tidy, and green! Sign up here.

Mary Powers 80th

Birthday Bash

And you are invited!

October 24, 11am-4pm

in the Fellowship Hall at Trinity Lutheran

For a head count please

RSVP to cafemonkey03@hotmail.com or text/call 303-652-7400 to leave a message

No Gifts + Kids are Welcome

Costumes Encouraged

(Prizes will be awarded)

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Is the Spirit Calling you?

Rocky Mountain ECC Regional Council

We need just 2 volunteers !!

House of Laity Steering Committee

Mary Lu Stensen from Light of Christ will be stepping down from serving as a regional representative to the ECC House of Laity Steering Committee. 

The Steering Committee meets once monthly on Zoom to discuss ECC issues and concerns that pertain particularly to the lay members of the ECC. If you are interested in serving our region in this capacity, please contact Tom Moos (970 219-9441 or tjmoos@aol.com). Mary Lu is happy to provide training and guidance.

Board of Directors Member in the Colorado Council of Churches

The Colorado Council of Churches (CCC) is an interdenominational organization working together for justice focusing on affordable housing and housing justice, criminal restorative justice, education of children, Environment, Health Care, Poverty, Immigration, Racism, Sexuality, Families and Abuse. 

The CCC has historically also been the primary organizer of the Easter Sunrise Services at Redrocks. As vicar for ecumenical engagement, Fr Michael Nicosia served on the Board and eventually became Chairman, raising visibility for the ECC especially in the Denver area and northern Colorado. Bishop Kae Madden has continued to be an ECC presence as an Adjudicator but is not a member of the Board. 

The region is looking for someone to take Fr Nicosia’s place. Although many representatives to CCC are clergy, being ordained is not a requirement. If interested, please contact Tom Moos (970 219-9441 or tjmoos@aol.com) or Mother Rosean.

Mark Your Calendars!

Adult Education

America the Beautiful?

History and faith as guides to understanding

the United States on its 250^th anniversary

The 301 Faith Community will offer an Adult Education Evening Seminar on October 29, at 7:00 pm co-led by two members of Mary of Magdala, ECC: Ruth M. Alexander, Professor Emerita of History (CSU) and Jared Orsi, Professor of History

(CSU). 

You can attend in person or by Zoom. ”

Join Zoom Meeting, Oct 29, 7-8:30 pm Mountain Time

Meeting ID: 894 2917 0774

Passcode: 250

Jared and Ruth will share historical and ecumenical Christian perspectives

that deepen understanding of the complexity and contradictions in US

history, the existential challenges of the present day, and reasons to remain

committed to communities of faith and civil society. They will reference the

materials below. Participants are invited to review them in advance. (Click on each link.)

• “America the Beautiful,” by Katherine Lee Bates, song, 1911
• “Guilty of our own Innocence,” Cornel West, video, 2026
• “How Solzhenitsyn Found Faith," Gary Saul Morson, article, 2026
• “I Have a Dream,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speech in audio and transcript,1963

If attending in person, please RSVP to motherrosean@gmail.com

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Suggestions and Recommendations for Adult Education:

Is there a topic you’d like our community to address in an Adult Education gathering in 2027? Please send a brief description of your idea(s) to Ruth Alexander and Mother Rosean at ruthalexander323@gmail.com and motherrosean@gmail.com

Save the Date for the November 15th Annual Turkey Roundup & Food Drive!

This year our 301 Faith Partners Annual Turkey Roundup will once again include a food drive. 

As usual, all turkeys must be received rock hard frozen!

All food donated must be non-perishable, and no glass containers. Please consider items that will fit into our Little Sidewalk Pantry. 

Last year, we knocked the collections out of the ball park! We collected 110 turkeys weighing over 1,492 pounds and over 450 pounds of non-perishable food for our Little Pantry and the Food Bank for Larimer County! 

Our collection will be on Sunday, November 15 from 8:15 AM to 12:35 PM.

Service Recordings

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The recording of readings and homily for October 4th can be found here. Mother Rosean Amaral presided and Tom Moos delivered the homily.

Missed a homily or readings? Here is the link to past recorded services.

Prayer Requests

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

+ Fr. Michael Seger, OSB, ECC

+ Diane Riley, mother of Linda O’Toole, member

+ Tyler Dahlquist, Kerrie Anderon's great niece's husband

+ Carlos Orsi, son of Jared Orsi, member

+ Fr. Don Sutton, Pastor Emeritus, St. Paul, ECC, Denver

+ Jennifer Geraci, for discernment, member

+ Sean Raynes, grandson of Sandra Life

+ Rachel Devlin, daughter of MaryLou and David Devlin, members

+ Audrey Coleman, mother of Laura Williams, friend of ECC

+ Cindy Cloyd, member

+ Peter Postma son of Sharon Troyer, friend

+ Karen Neuman friend of Lisa Jones, member

+ Yvonne Keefe, member

+ Hannah Zehner, daughter of Cheryl

Zehner, member of ECC, East Rochester, NY

+ Cathy Engel, member

+ Lili Grimm, niece of Rosanna Bateman, member

+Ryan Mayer, nephew of Denise Mayer, member

+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

+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

+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.

+ Lee E. Falk, II, partner of Fr. Michael Seger, OSB, ECC

+ Karen Johnson, member of Church of the Holy Family, ECC

+ Jim Barnes, spouse of Lynne Barnes, member

+ Audrey Coleman, mother of Laura Williams, friend of ECC

+Donna Colhour, mother of member Mark Colhour.

+Larry Johnson, father of Russ Johnson, 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

+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 Mass -

October 21 at 11:00 am

• In person in the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available
• Mother Rosean presiding

Sunday Mass

October 25 at 12:30 pm

• In the Sanctuary and on Zoom
• Rev. Jane Reina presiding

Wednesday Mass -

October 28 at 11:00 am

• In person in the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available
• Mother Rosean presiding

Sunday Mass

November 1 at 12:30 pm

• In the Sanctuary and on Zoom
• Presider TBD

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 Presiding Bishop here.
• August news from the House of Laity 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

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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.