The Sacred Heart of Jesus statue which was recently added to complete the Trinity stained-glass window next to the altar will be formally installed and blessed before the 4 PM Mass on Saturday, June 13, 2026. The dedication of the statue will precede the consecration of our parish and our homes to the Sacred Heart at all Masses the weekend of June 13-14. Click on this box for more information on the statue and the window.

You are invited to join us in honoring our Blessed Mother, Mary at our annual St. Mary Magdalen Parish May Crowning before the 10:30 AM Mass on Sunday, May 3, 2026.

First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on May 1, 2026: Adoration and Confession will take place beginning at 5:00 PM in the Chapel. Mass will follow at 6:00 PM. Click on this box for more information.

Please keep our First Communion students in your prayers this week. They will have their Retreat on Wednesday, April 22. On Saturday, April 25, at a special 10:30 AM Mass, they will receive our Lord in the Holy Eucharist for the very first time.

Join the SMM Adult Faith Formation Ministry for a six-week journey to Eucharistic Consecration beginning on Tuesday, April 28, and every Tuesday until June 2, from 6:30 - 8:00 PM in the SMM Discipleship Center. The Eucharistic Consecration will take place on the Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Sunday, June 7, 2026. Register at [email protected]. Click on this box for more details.

St. Mary Magdalen is offering Adult Confirmation classes on April 26th and May 3rd from 3:00-5:30 pm in the Discipleship Center. Candidates will be confirmed by Archbishop James F. Checchio at St. Louis Cathedral on May 24th. If you are interested, please contact Melanie S. Gaumond, Director of Religious Education at [email protected] or (504) 766-8163.

The SMM Adult Faith Formation Ministry invites you to a presentation on St. John Henry Newman, recently named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV. Professor James M. Jacobs, Assistant Academic Dean of Notre Dame Seminary and a SMM Parishioner, will speak in the CHAPEL on Thursday, April 16, at 6:30 PM.