St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church ~ Vision

The Futuring Team has been hard at work since before the 1st Planning Retreat last April in gaining input toward a new parish plan. This page discusses our Parish Vision and solicits your feedback. Please give your feedback by clicking on the button at the end of this page.

Vision Statement

What will St. Mary Magdalen Parish look like once its mission is fully realized? This is a longer statement, usually more poetic, and written in the present tense as if the vision has been accomplished. This is also a “seeing” statement and expresses the hoped for results of living out a Mission and the achievement of multiple goals. This is what St. Mary Magdalen Parish would look like if we implemented God’s will.

St. Mary Magdalen Draft Vision Statement, Second Draft

“My soul finds rest in God alone” (Psalm 62:1)

Welcome to St. Mary Magdalen Catholic community! We are a prayerful people, a holy people, rooted in Christ and centered on the Eucharist. Every step we take, every action we make is dedicated to praising and thanking God. You will notice how we do this by our fruits – all our Masses and ministries are overflowing, as members arrive early to catch-up on each other’s lives, support one another with life’s challenges, and welcome newcomers and first-time visitors into our parish family. The music, lectoring, homilies and serving – all aspects of our liturgies nourish our members for the coming week and challenge us to live out our call to be disciples in the modern world. And it continues as we pray at all times for St. Mary Magdalen is known within Central Florida as a Community of Prayer.

Yet, the Mass never ends, it is lived as each member brings Christ to everyone we meet. In our quest to be Sacrament to one another – to be the presence of God, we focus on acting justly with our families, with our neighbors, with our fellow parishioners, within our workforce, and with all people we meet. We also care for those beyond these family boundaries to others with greater needs – to the hungry, homeless, lonely and suffering in our immediate neighborhoods, and out to the impoverished in the United States and the world – especially with our adopted “sister parishes” in Biloxi, Mississippi, and the Dominican Republic. We give of our time, talent and treasure with selfless stewardship to improve their lives and by doing so, improve our own.

Our community is like a garden, with a variety of flowers, plants and trees, each one unique and diverse; yet together we make a beautiful and unified flowering arboretum. We have many viable and accountable ministries that work together toward our common mission. We speak many languages of the Love of God. We integrate the strengths and talents of each of our members and build a parish that is a life-long “faith center.” This means that the parish is the gathering space of our lives where we provide whole-life catechesis. At our core is the promotion of our faith, including the use of modern technology to communicate Christ’s message. Each of our members is on fire with the faith, and we are not afraid to share it with you (using words only when necessary)! We love God, walking in all his ways, obeying his commands, holding fast to him and serving him with all of our heart, our soul, our strength and our mind. We invite you to be a partner with us to complete God’s mission – the Gospel!

Please click on one of the links below to provide feedback on our Vision Statement in English or Spanish.

Introduction

Vision Statement

St. Mary Magdalen Draft Vision Statement, Second Draft