Our Fish Fry is tonight!! Join us in the gym from 5-8 p.m. for fish and fellowship! We have our adult cornhole tournament in the PAC. This is the last in person fish fry of the season - next week will be drive thru/carry out only!
Saint Margaret Mary Human Needs and Concerns Ministry
Please help us serve the poor, the hungry & the homeless!
Please help us serve the poor, the hungry & the homeless!
FOOD DONATIONS DUE: Sunday, March 26th (Deliver donations to SMM Parish Center Hallway between 7:45a.m. - Noon)
FOOD ITEMS NEEDED: Hams, Ham chunks, Green beans, Sweet potatoes, Marshmallows, Brown sugar, Chopped onions, Dinner rolls (ready to eat, not bake & serve), Butter, Cakes, Pies. Large bags of individually wrapped Easter candy are also needed.
HELPERS NEEDED: Sunday, March 26th - Help needed to receive food donations and load trucks. Drivers with vans/trucks needed to transport donations.
KITCHEN SERVERS NEEDED: Tuesday, March 28th (Note we are serving on Tuesday not Monday this year) - Need people on-site at Franciscan Kitchen to prep and serve meal.
SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Sunday, March 19th
KITCHEN SERVERS NEEDED: Tuesday, March 28th (Note we are serving on Tuesday not Monday this year) - Need people on-site at Franciscan Kitchen to prep and serve meal.
SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Sunday, March 19th
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New Member Social
We invite those members who are newer to our parish to join us for an informal meet and greet after Noon Mass (about 1:15) on Sun. March 26
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St. Margaret Mary Girl Scouts
Cookie Sales After All Masses
March 18th & 19th
Support Our Scout Troops!
Shoe Donation Drive Drop Off March 18 & 19
Our Shoe Donation Drive in support of WaterStep begins in March!
Start cleaning out your closets and drop off your shoe donations in the Parish Office Hallway the weekend of March 18/19. Bring any new or gently used shoes (athletic footwear preferred - secure shoe pairs together).
Our Shoe Drive is sponsored by the sixth grade Step by Step.
All are welcome! We hope your family will join us for the Special Disciples of Jesus Mass. We invite all Special Needs family and friends to St. Margaret Mary this Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. We know Mass can be a struggle for many families, so we hope to have a beautiful, unique celebration together where all feel welcome. Just come as you are! Your family will be welcomed with open arms and will hopefully meet other families in similar situations. The Mass will be shorter and geared towards our children. We hope to foster a Catholic community here with fellowship following Mass, so stick around to meet other families and kids. A light reception will follow.
For questions, more information or if you would like to help in this ministry, please contact Tara Mattingly at 502-690-2851 or tmattingly@stmm.org.
Our knitters will meet this month on March 19 @ 1:30 p.m. in the Spirituality Center! All supplies provided & new members are always welcome!
Join us at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 4417 River Road, for cocktails, dinner and dancing the night away to the old school sounds of the five man harmonizing group The Checkmates! Their motto is "Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With Us."
6:00 p.m. Cash Bar | 6:30 p.m. Dinner | Dancing till 10:30 p.m.
Buffet Dinner: Baked Chicken Breast / Roast Pork Loin
With Tea, Coffee and Cash bar
Cost: $50 / person
Silent Auction till 9:30 PM
6:00 p.m. Cash Bar | 6:30 p.m. Dinner | Dancing till 10:30 p.m.
Buffet Dinner: Baked Chicken Breast / Roast Pork Loin
With Tea, Coffee and Cash bar
Cost: $50 / person
Silent Auction till 9:30 PM
Purchase tickets online below or by mail, make check payable to:
Knights of Columbus Council 15979
c/o SK. Charles Baumbusch
3301 Lanfair Ct.
Louisville, KY 40241
Tickets will be mailed to you!
Don’t wait, tickets will NOT be available at the door.
Knights of Columbus Council 15979
c/o SK. Charles Baumbusch
3301 Lanfair Ct.
Louisville, KY 40241
Tickets will be mailed to you!
Don’t wait, tickets will NOT be available at the door.
Common Table Weekly Soup Subscription
Your order supports our students’ tuition costs and employment services as they work toward a new career.
Want an easy way to get dinner on the table and support a good cause? Purchase a six-week soup and bread subscription. Soups are made fresh in the Common Table kitchen and breads by Wildflour Bakery.
Each week, you’ll receive one quart of soup and a loaf of bread – enough for two full meals! Plus, we offer pick-up locations around the city for your convenience.
Click on the sign up link to view the full, detailed list with pick up-days and times.
DivorceCare for Kids, DC4K, provides a safe, fun place where your children will learn to understand their feelings, express their emotions appropriately, feel better about themselves and develop coping skills.
St. Margaret Mary SHSC
Tuesdays from 6:30 - 8 p.m.
April 11 - May 16
Donation: $15
Denise Ruiz at 426-1588 ext. 126 or druiz@stmm.org
Sunday, March 19, 2023 | Fourth Sunday of Lent | John 9:1-41
Friends, today in the strange and strikingly beautiful account of the healing of the man born blind in John’s Gospel, we find an iconic representation of Christianity as a way of seeing. Jesus spits on the ground and makes a mud paste, which he then rubs onto the man’s eyes. When the man washes his eyes in the pool of Siloam as Jesus had instructed him, his sight is restored.
The crowds are amazed, but the Pharisees—consternated and skeptical—accuse the man of being naïve and the one who healed him of being a sinner. With disarming simplicity, the visionary responds: “If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.”
This is precisely what all Christians say when they have encountered the light of Christ. It was St. Augustine who saw in the making of the mud paste a metaphor for the Incarnation: the divine power mixing with the earth, resulting in the formation of a healing balm. When this salve of God made flesh is rubbed onto our eyes blinded by sin, we come again to see.
The crowds are amazed, but the Pharisees—consternated and skeptical—accuse the man of being naïve and the one who healed him of being a sinner. With disarming simplicity, the visionary responds: “If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.”
This is precisely what all Christians say when they have encountered the light of Christ. It was St. Augustine who saw in the making of the mud paste a metaphor for the Incarnation: the divine power mixing with the earth, resulting in the formation of a healing balm. When this salve of God made flesh is rubbed onto our eyes blinded by sin, we come again to see.
Bishop Robert Barron
