Fourth Sunday of Easter April 21 & 22, 2018

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1 ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Established Highland Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana (On the Corner of Highland Road and Gardere Lane) St. Jude the Apostle Church, as a Catholic Faith Community, strives to spread the love of Christ by embracing our diversity of God-given gifts celebrated in prayer, sacraments, Eucharistic worship, fellowship, religious education, and service to the local and world community. St. Jude Parish Advisory Council: March 15, 2006 Fourth Sunday of Easter April 21 & 22, 2018 St Jude is going to be SHIPWRECKED! St Jude Vacation Bible School is June 11th-15th for grades PreK-5th 9:00 AM-Noon In order to have a successful VBS program, we need more ADULT Volunteers. We have extended volunteer registration until Sunday, April 22nd. Participant registration will open on April 23rd at 9:00 AM! Please visit for both volunteer and participant registration!

2 The Fourth Sunday of Easter Saturday and Sunday April 21 & 22, April 21-22, 2018 Dear Friends: Welcome to our annual St. Jude Parish Fair! On your behalf, THANK YOU to our fair committee and all of our fair workers! Our fair is unique, in that it creates a great environment for family and friends to spend time together in fellowship. I am looking forward to being with you throughout the weekend. Next weekend will bring us to another annual event. We will celebrate First Eucharist with our second graders! Thank you to Erin Simonson, our Director of Christian Formation, and to all of our teachers, catechists, many volunteers, and, of course, our parents. Congratulations to all of you! This is one of our largest First Eucharist classes in a while, and I am excited about being with all of you for the big day! I want to call your special attention to an app that we as a parish will begin to use in order to connect better with all of you. It s called FLOCKNOTE. Below you will find information regarding how to connect with us by way of this app. I really encourage you to do so, because this is an extremely helpful way to communicate with one another. If you have any questions regarding the app itself, please contact Erin Simonson in our Parish Office. Sincerely yours, Fr. Trey Nelson Pastor We LOVE having you as part of our flock! Keep in touch with us via and text. Text StJudeChurch to Or Visit us online at: Flocknote.com/StJudetheApostleChurch Text STOP to to stop text notifications at any time. Text HELP for help. There is no charge for this service, but your carrier message and data rates may apply. View full privacy policy and terms at flocknote.com/txt

3 Deacon Frank Bain s May 6th Retirement Reception Help us show our appreciation by joining in honoring and celebrating the retirement of Deacon Frank Bains for his years of dedicated service to St. Jude. 11:30 Mass with a reception to follow in his honor in the parish hall. Light refreshments will be served We will have two raffles this year at the St. Jude Fair that gives us all the opportunity to support our parish fair being held April 20-22, $100 Buys a ticket for the $10,000 raffle But.it also gives you the opportunity to win 8 other cash prizes. ***Only 400 tickets sold! $1 Buys a ticket for the chance to win $1,000 and/or a $200 consolation prize. For more information contact Mike Wilson at mike_p_wilson@bellsouth.net or the church office at Thank you for your support! Parish Contact Information Parish Office Phone Parish Office Fax School Phone Parish Website School Website Fr. Trey Nelson, Pastor fathertrey@stjudecatholic.org Deacon James Morrissey, deaconjmorrissey@gmail.com Director of Administration Emergencies: after hours, please call and follow the directions given on the voice mail message. Daily Masses Monday and Thursday at 8:15am Tuesday at 5:30pm (followed by Benediction and Adoration) Wednesday at noon also Weekend Masses Saturday 4:00pm Vigil Sunday at 8:00am, 9:45am, and 11:30am The Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:00pm-3:45pm or by appointment

4 Join your friends and neighbors for fun at the St. Jude Fair April Ride Vouchers A great way for your family to enjoy the rides and save money is to purchase your ride vouchers in advance. A ride voucher is used to exchange for a ride bracelet to ride on all rides during a certain time period. You choose the time period you want. Ride vouchers are $15 in advance or $20 at the fair. Mega Pass ride vouchers good for all ride sessions $65. For more info. contact Chad or Lisa LeMaire at lisalemaire@cox.net. Cooks Needed Frozen Food Booth Help out by cooking your favorite dish, freezing it and donating it to the Frozen Food Booth. All recipes welcome. Also, consider purchasing some of the homecooked meals for your own family for a busy night when you don t have time to cook. For more info. contact Edgar Oubre at mandeoubre@att.net Get involved in YOUR church & school fair. Contact Kathy Benoit at kathybenoit@gmail.com. for kids booths or Laurie Chiasson at laurie@mjchiasson.com for food booths. 2 raffles for all budgets! $100 Ticket Win $10,000 or 8 other cash prizes $1 Ticket Win $1,000 or 2nd prize of $200 And/or Sweet Booth Goodies: Bring your favorite sweets packaged to sell in the Sweet Booth. For more info. contact Suzanne Hamilton at suzhamilton@yahoo.com or Candace Breaux at candacebreaux@gmail.com Great free music all weekend! Friday 7-9 pm Saturday 12-2, 2-4, 6-9 pm Sunday 1-3:30 pm Book Store with Books, Games, DVD s & Puzzles Children s Game Booths - Prizes ********** GREAT FOOD Wine Booth Friday 7-10 pm The Chase Tyler Band Saturday 7-10 pm Chee Wheez Bring friends & join the fun!

5 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY, APRIL 22 MONDAY, APRIL 23 Parish Fair 5:00 pm SVDP Assistance - Hall 6:00 pm SVDP Business Meeting - Hall 6:30 pm Abide in Me - Old Admin Bldg TUESDAY, APRIL 24 4:00 pm School Girls on the Run - Hall 6:30 pm 11:30 Choir Practice - School 6:30 pm School Athletic Banquet - School WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 9:30 am Music Makers - Hall 10:00 am School 1st Eucharist Practice - Church 10:30 am Play and Pray - Hall 2:00 pm Task Force - Admin Bldg 5:30 pm 1st Eucharist Practice - Church 6:30 pm 9:45 Choir Practice - Church THURSDAY, APRIL 26 6:00 pm Wedding Rehearsal - Church 6:30 pm KC Business Mtg. - Hall FRIDAY, APRIL 27 7:00 pm Wedding - Church SATURDAY, APRIL 28 2:00 pm Girl Scouts - Hall 5:00 pm Private Baptism - Hall SUNDAY, APRIL 29 9:45 am Nursery - MB 9:45 am Sunday School - School 9:45 am Children's Liturgy of the Word - Hall 1:00 pm School Girls on the Run - Hall 3:00 pm First Eucharist - Church 4:00 pm Boy Scouts - Hall Culture of Life Reflections Choosing life, taking the op on for life, therefore, means first and foremost choosing the op on of a rela onship with God. --Pope Benedict XVI, March 2006 Special Collections in April The annual collection for the Catholic Home Missions will be the weekend of April 28 & 29, Thanks you! READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-28, 30-32; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8 MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, APRIL 23 8:15 am For the People TUESDAY, APRIL 24 5:30 pm For the People WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 12:00 pm Christine Boudreaux THURSDAY, APRIL 26 8:15 am William Cross FRIDAY, APRIL 27 No Daily Mass SATURDAY, APRIL 28 4:00 pm Frank Vogt Edward Allen Corder Carroll Macalusa James R. Patin Edward August Bosworth SUNDAY, APRIL 29 8:00 am Cecil Mathis 9:45 am John L. LeMaire 11:30 am Edward Bosworth 3:00 pm For the 2nd grade students making their First Eucharist