ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Established 1966 9150 Highland Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 (On the Corner of Highland Road and Gardere Lane) The Third Sunday of Lent March 23 & 24, 2019 WAY OF THE CROSS Bishop Michael Duca, Bishop of Baton Rouge Invites You to Join Him Friday, April 5th, 7:00 pm, at St. Joseph Cathedral, for The Way of the Cross in Reparation for the sin of sexual abuse within the church and for the graced healing of body, mind and spirit for those betrayed by that great sin. All are welcome to attend and/or to join the Bishop in prayer at that time, on that day. Parish School of Religion (PSR) 2019 Fair Sponsorships For Children Grades K-10 Who Are Not Enrolled in Catholic School Help support your fair by choosing one of the Fair Sponsorships available. There are many sponsor opportunities in a large range of prices. Registration for the 2019-2020 PSR School Year Opens Monday, March 25, 2019! The Last Day to Register is Friday, May 31st, 2019 Register on our Website www.stjudecatholic.org Consider a sign with either your business name on it, or your family name. For more information, contact Wes Ulrich at wulrich@appleguerin.com.
The Third Sunday of Lent Saturday and Sunday March 23-24, 2019 www.stjudecatholic.org The Third Sunday of Lent 2019 Let s Not Forget: It s Still Up to Us (Fr. Trey Nelson) Father Trey, are you going to the principal s office because you got in trouble? Father Trey, you know Mrs. Audiffred? Your sister? She use to be my teacher at my other school. Father Trey, do you remember that day when you ate spaghetti at my grandmother s house? And, of course, the ever popular: Father Trey, how can God be everywhere, all at the same time? On the Monday after the First Sunday of Lent, I was walking over to school for my weekly visit with our principal, Mrs. Gardiner. I noticed several children on the playground, so I adjusted my route and ended up right in the middle of them. After being group hugged by about 30 students and almost falling over I started getting question after question. It was truly a fun moment and reminded me again of how much of a privilege it is to be here. As the day progressed, I kept thinking about that moment. I also recalled how I had started my day only a few hours before that. I lead a Mom s prayer group once a month, and we had met that day. One of the common themes in the group discussion that day was the challenge of remaining as in touch as possible with our children s culture and all of the distractions that they (and we) face: technology, peer pressure, Fortnite, and the like. Along with these issues, we talked about how to talk about God with your children, how to talk about suffering, and heaven, and many other topics. Most importantly, we discussed the tension of keeping God and faith at the center of family life when family life is so busy. To be sure, it s not easy, not easy at all. After prayer and a lengthy discussion, we came full circle back to one reality: it s up to us. One day, our children will be adults. They will be grown up. Many will launch out into their careers, be married, and bring children into this world. God willing, many of them will one day be grandparents. In the meantime, however, it is up to us. Trust me, I do not take this lightly, and I realize that it s easier said than done. BUT our job as adults is to set the example. We must be people of prayer. We must be people who keep family life, especially the family meal, center and sacred. We must be people who do not gossip and exhibit prejudice. We must be people who make the best effort to be as healthy as we can be. We must be people who get enough sleep and make sure that our children do the same. And we must, we so, so must be people who DO NOT let technology control us. We MUST control it. Does all of this sound like a tall order? That s because it is. But you, we, none of us are in it alone. We ve been talking a lot here at Saint Jude about making the journey through Lent together. Well, it s bigger than that. We make the journey of life together. And along the way we need to support each other, and this support needs to be visible. We need to encourage one another in being courageous when it comes to setting boundaries for our children, whether it s technology, who they hang around with, or whatever it may be. Parenting for parents would be a lot easier if we more openly encouraged one another in making the tough choices. And the first and most important choice is a daily choice: GOD MUST BE AT THE CENTER OF WHO WE ARE. And prayer is how that happens. In the second reading at Mass this weekend, Saint Paul offers the reminder that we are all called,...to drink from the same rock, and that rock is Jesus Christ. And he cautions us as to what will happen if we get away from that. I share these thoughts with you, because I was reminded, as I stood in the middle of those screaming, happy children, that we have the responsibility to be the person God has created us to be. We do this, first, to give thanks and glory to God. We also do it to hopefully guide our children along the same path. This is our first responsibility and the one that matters more than most others. Sincerely, Fr. Trey Nelson Pastor
St. Jude Catholic Church & School Fair Events and Attractions Ride Vouchers Ride vouchers are $15 in advance or $20 at the fair. Mega Pass ride vouchers good for all ride sessions/all days $65. For more info contact Ron Broussard at rbroussardjr@gmail.com Great free music all weekend! GREAT FOOD BOOTHS Specialty Beer Booth Book Store with Books, Games, DVD s & Puzzles Coffee Booth Children s Game Booths with Prizes Wine Booth Find Additional Information on Our Website at www.stjudecatholic.org, our Facebook Page, and Bulletin Event Schedule Friday, April 5th, 6-10 PM CRAWFISH BOIL 6:00 PM TILL Drusilla Seafood & Drusilla Place Catering 6:00-10:00 pm Ride Bracelet Session 7:00-9:00 pm Bingo 7:00-10:00 pm Live Entertainment by Blue Verse Rides, Cokes/Beer/Wine/Daiquiris Fried Shrimp/Fried Fish/Cheese Pizza Sweet Booth Opens in Cafeteria Saturday, April 6th, 11 am-10 pm ALL BOOTHS OPEN RIDES, FOOD, DRINKS & ENTERTAINMENT Book Store: Gently Used Books, CDs, Games & Puzzles Ride Bracelet Times: 11 AM 3 PM, 3 7 PM, 7 10 PM 11:00 am - 8:00 pm Activity Center (children s games, face painting) 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Bingo 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Bingo 7:00 pm -10:00 pm The Chase Tyler Band Food, Food & More Food! Ice Cream, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, French Fries, Fried Fish/ shrimp, Chicken Tenders, Muffulettas, Jambalaya, Asian foods, Italian po boys, Fried Funnel Cakes, Home Baked Goodies! Sunday, April 7th, 11 am-4:00 pm ALL BOOTHS OPEN RIDES, FOOD, DRINKS & ENTERTAINMENT Book Store in Activity Center Ride Bracelet Times: 12:00 4:00 PM 12:00 1:45 PM 1:00 3:30 PM Live Entertainment on Deck Bingo 2:15 PM 2:30 4:00 pm Small Raffle Deck $10,000 Raffle Drawing Knights of Columbus delicious BBQ Chicken Dinners, Jambalaya, Fried fish, fried shrimp, Asian Food, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Po boys, Chicken Tenders, Muffulettas, French Fries, Ice Cream, Sweets
Saturday March 30th, 2019 Parish Hall from 1:30-4pm Then Attend 4pm Mass as an Entire FAMILY First Eucharist Retreat is Need Parent/Adult Volunteers VBS Monday June 10 th - 14 th 9:00am Noon Register on the St. Jude Website (bottom of homepage) Need parent/adult Volunteers to be station leaders of different areas: (Bible Stories, Crafts, Crew Leaders to lead a group of 5-7 kids all week through different stations, and various other helpers) Look for a donation list of household items like scrap fabric, baskets and other items to make VBS look GRRRREAT! KC Fundraiser Saturday, March 23 & Sunday, March 24 Following all Masses in the Parish Hall The KC Auxiliary will have delicious desserts to complete your meal. The St. Jude Knights & Auxiliary sincerely appreciate your support! Bags for the St. Jude Homebound Prime Timers Lent/Easter Collection Drive Please help us show our homebound parishioners that our church parish cares about them! Members of our Prime Timers ministry are collecting items to place in gift bags for the Lenten/Easter season for these parishioners. Place items in the designated box in the Narthex (lobby) of the church. **Fresh fruit (apples, oranges, bananas) must be brought to church office on Monday, April 1st. *Individually wrapped Hawaiian rolls *Candies/Sugar free Candies *Kleenex/Purse size Kleenex *Small packaged cookies/crackers *Microwave popcorn *Sugar-free Drink Mixes/Teas *Individual serving size of: packaged fruit/mixed in cups, soup, mac & cheese, raisins, dried fruit, snack pudding packs, granola bars, almonds, oatmeal, grits, peas, corn, trail mix, yogurt bites, pretzels, Little Debbie snacks, etc. *Find-A-Word Books *Socks/Diabetic Socks (men/women) *Zip Lock Sandwich/Quart bags *Toiletries (small shampoos, toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand lotion, razors, etc.) Dates of Collections: Weekends of March 23/24 & 30/31 Suggested (only) Items/Ideas Listed Above (Please donate new, never-used items only) Rosary Ministry Join us in praying the St. Jude Novena (prior to mass) Wednesday, March 27th @ 11:25 am The Rosary is scheduled immediately following mass. For more information contact Laurie Berrigan at 225-413-3737 or brrgnroro@aol.com Lenten Seafood Dinners $8.00 Donation Per Plate Fried Fish, French Fries, Salad & Roll Sponsored by the St. Jude Men s Club Fridays March 29 & April 12 5:00-7:30 p.m. St. Jude Parish Hall Lenten Bags for Haiti Mission Give In Christ s Name Help Support Our Parish- Sponsored Haiti Mission Pick up a Lenten Bag from the back of the church Fill it together as a family and say a prayer together each time you add money into the bag Return the Lenten Bag on Easter Sunday, April 21st and Place in the Collection Basket Your donation is used for the sick and malnourished babies in Haiti. REMINDER ABOUT ISG STATUS FOR ST. JUDE SCHOOL If you have pre-school age children and plan on applying to SJS in the future, please remember the school policy on Identified Stewardship Giving. In order to qualify for the Identified Stewardship Giver (ISG) admission bracket and corresponding lower tuition rate for the upcoming school year, you must have met the minimum identifiable amount of $250.00 given through the Church offertory collection using envelopes or the portal for online giving and must be a registered parishioner. Contributions must be made by December 22, 2019 to count towards the 2020-21 application year. Contributions made after that date will not be counted toward the 2020-21 ISG status as applications are reviewed and tuition brackets are determined. As another reminder, determination of Catholic versus non-catholic status is based only upon the child s baptism in the Catholic Church. Remember to Pick Up Your Household Lenten Prayer Packet (Located in the Narthex of the Church) Directions Enclosed CULTURE OF LIFE REFLECTION A newborn child brings newness, future, and life to society...voluntarily extinguishing life in its blossoming is, in every case, a betrayal of our vocation, as well as of the pact that binds generations together, which allows us to look forward with hope. - Pope Francis, February 2019
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY, MARCH 24 KC Spaghetti Fundraiser (all masses) 8:00 am KC Fundraiser - Hall 9:45 am Nursery 9:45 am RCIA 1st Scrutiny 9:45 am Sunday School School 9:45 am Children s Liturgy of the Word Hall 10:15 am RCIA BOTW MB 4:00 pm Boy Scouts Hall 4:00 pm Girl Scouts on Deck Deck 6:00 pm Choir Practice in Church MONDAY, MARCH 25 9:00 am CDA MB 108 10:30 am Spiritual Direction Old Adm Bldg 5:00 pm SVDP Assistance- Hall 6:00 pm SVDP Bus Mtg Hall TUESDAY, MARCH 26 6:30 pm Choir Practice Music Room 6:30 pm Adoration in Church WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 6:30 pm RCIA MB 6:30 pm Choir Practice Church THURSDAY, MARCH 28 8:00 am Come Lord Jesus MB 9:45 am Play and Pray - Nursery 1:00 pm Come Lord Jesus MB 6:30 pm Separated/Divorced Ministry OAB FRIDAY, MARCH 29 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross Church 5:30 pm Men s Club Fish Fry Hall SATURDAY, MARCH 30 All Masses: Fair Raffle Tickets 1:30 pm First Eucharist Retreat Hall 5:00 pm Cub Scouts Derby Setup Hall SUNDAY, MARCH 31 9:45 am RCIA 2nd Scrutiny 9:45 am Nursery 9:45 am Sunday School School 9:45 am Children s Liturgy of the Word Hall 10:15 am RCIA BOTW MB 12:00 pm Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby Hall 6:00 pm Choir Practice in Church Call our Prayer Line 766-3668 or 766-3736 Lenten Reflection Series On the Seven Last Words of Jesus Crucified Presented Each Wednesday at 6:30 pm March 27th, April 3rd, April 10th, April 17th St. Agnes Catholic Church 749 East Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 225-383-4127 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: Jos 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Alternate readings (Year A): 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38] MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, MARCH 25 8:15 am Kulka & Devlin Families TUESDAY, MARCH 26 5:30 pm Yasmo Namba WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 12:00 pm Mr. & Mrs. John Mire Landry, Jr. THURSDAY, MARCH 28 8:15 am Ray Tangney FRIDAY, MARCH 29 No Mass SATURDAY, MARCH 30 4:00 pm Carroll Macalusa Frank O Quinn SUNDAY, MARCH 31 8:00 am Camille A. Serio 9:45 am Theodore Bourg 11:30 am Hector Vilas RHS Alumni & Friends, Inc. Is Hosting a Picnic Saturday, March 30th, 2019, 1:00 4:00 pm St. Gerard Church Parish For Additional Information, Contact Marie Kennedy, 225-454-8289 mariekennedy@kw.com Never Married Ministry If you have never been married and would like to gather with other parishioners who have chosen this vocation, please join us. Meetings Will be the Last Tuesday of Each Month 7:00-9:00 pm in the old Admin Building The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, March 26 th