ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Established 1966 9150 Highland Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 (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 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time November 4 & 5, 2017 Please keep St. Jude Confirmation Candidates, their sponsors, and the Confirmation Team Leaders in your prayers this weekend. They will be Confirming this Sunday at a special Mass with Bishop Muench at 3:00 PM Thank You! 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 Parish Contact Information Parish Office Phone 225-766-2431 Parish Office Fax 225-766-0722 School Phone 225-769-2344 Parish Website www.stjudecatholic.org School Website www.stjudebr.org Fr. Trey Nelson, Pastor fathertrey@stjudecatholic.org Deacon James Morrissey, deaconjmorrissey@gmail.com Director of Administration Emergencies: after hours, please call 766-2431 and follow the directions given on the voice mail message.
DMA Potluck Dinner Thursday, November 16th 11:30 AM Parish Hall Parishioners 50 and older are invited to come share a good meal, have a good time visiting with each other and listening to an interesting speaker. Bring a friend and your favorite food dish to share Meet more of your fellow parishioners. RSVP: Nancy Kora at 767-3781or nancy.kora@gmail.com DMA is an interesting and fun group of parishioners of varying ages from 50 and older. Participants share in potluck dinner meetings held monthly Sept. April. Different social and/or spiritual activities are planned for each meeting; guest speakers, activities and entertainers are scheduled monthly. Members also help the parish by bringing goodie bags to our homebound parishioners during Christmastime and Easter. No commitments or dues required. Get involved in your church parish participate in some of our ministries. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION What is the name of the pope s cathedral? If you said the Vatican, or St. Peter s, you were off by a few miles, since the answer is the Basilica of St. John, the Lateran, the Mother Church of all the churches of the world and the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. It takes its name from the Lateran family, the Trumps of their day, who somehow ran afoul of the Emperor Nero. He seized all their property, including their vast Roman palace and estate. We don t know how Plautius displeased Nero so badly, but eventually all the Lateran property came to Constantine, the first Christian emperor, through his wife, Fausta. Early in the fourth century, when Christianity was at last legalized, Constantine gave the property to the church. Soon the great meeting halls were expanded and adapted. Over the centuries, the church building has been sacked by armies, ruined by fire, torn down, and rebuilt. The oldest and most unchanged part of the Lateran is a vast, separate baptistery with steps leading down to a huge green basalt pool. Imagine what a triumphal moment the dedication of this public church building was for a community that had worshiped in secret for so long! This Thursday s feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica is really about the tradition of consecrating space for worship, and so by extension, a feast for your parish church building and, given the beautiful second reading, for its baptistery as well. Children from grades K-3 are invited to hear the readings read on their level during the 9:45 AM Sunday Liturgy, followed by a homily or activity suited to them. Children return from the parish hall to the church for the remainder of the Liturgy with their families. Contact: Kelli Kearns, (225) 766-8780 or the Parish Office at (225) 766-2431. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co.
St. Jude School is looking for a few volunteers to assist with the newly formed SJS Robo cs Club. The robo cs club will compete in the Regional Autonomous Robo cs Circuit (RARC). RARC is a series of three robo cs compe ons for middle school students. The compe ons build upon one another and allow students to showcase their STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and cyber skills by compe ng against other students in a series of integrated challenges. The robo cs club will meet once a week a er school. Contact Katy Ullrich at ullrichkaty@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering. St. Jude Christmas Giving Tree Parishioners We have begun taking requests for our annual Christmas Giving Tree & strongly encourage our St. Jude parishioners in need to call. Names of those who call are kept highly confidential. If you would like to let us help you, call Charmaine at 766-2431 or email charmaineb@stjudecatholic.org by Monday, Nov. 6 th. Mandatory Eucharistic Minister Training Session St. Jude Men s Club Meeting November 9, 2017 St. Jude training session will be held on Monday, November 6 at 6:30 pm in Church and is required for all current Eucharistic ministers. Contact Deacon James in the parish office if you are not able to attend deaconjmorrissey@gmail.com, 766-2431. For Prayer Request, Call our Prayer Line, 766-3668 or 766-3736 All male parishioners 21 and over are invited to a meeting of the St. Jude Men s Club on Thursday, November 9 th beginning at 6:00 PM in the parish hall. We will cook, provide a meal and discuss upcoming events. Make your plans now to attend. Popular motivational speaker Albert Pellissier will be the guest speaker. The Men s Club is NOT a dad s club or a select group of friends, but rather embraces diversity and encourages men of all ages to participate. We focus on Christian fellowship and social fun while providing assistance to the church parish and school as needed.
St. Jude 2017 Christmas Giving Tree Join in the true spirit of Christmas by spreading Christ gift of love with an outreach to the underprivileged in our area. Our 2017 Giving Trees will be up near the entrances to the Church by November 18 th -19 th. The trees hold ornaments that represent needy families within our church parish and community area. Each ornament has a particular family number and a gift wish. If you participate in the Giving Tree project, PLEASE follow the instructions listed below: *Take one or more ornaments off the tree beginning November 18th. *Purchase the item listed on the ornament. (The gender of the recipient is listed, followed by his/her age.) *Wrap the gift and tape the ornament firmly on the outside of the package for identification and sorting. Bring the wrapped gift or gifts to the church office or place them under the Christmas trees in the church before Masses by December 4th. ***Please, please be prompt so that we know if any gift request has not been filled. Thank you for your sacrifice and loving support of this annual program.*** ***Very, very important!*** Please do not take an ornament if you cannot purchase the gift and DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO TAKE ORNAMENTS WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Although we sincerely appreciate your desire to help, we have a large number of gifts NOT BROUGHT IN every year. (But the ornaments are taken.) All gifts must be submitted no later than the morning of Thank you! Tuesday, 12/4
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 9:45 am Nursery - MB 9:45 am Sunday School - School 1:00 pm Confirmation - Hall 2:00 pm Confirmation Sponsors - MB 3:00 pm Confirmation - Church MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 5:00 pm SVDP - Hall 6:30 pm SCC - MB 6:30 pm Eucharistic Minister Training - Church TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 9:30 am St. Martha Ministry - MB 9:30 am SCC - MB 11:00 am Spiritual Direction - MB 6:30 pm 11:30 Choir Practice - School 6:30 pm School Advisory Council - MB 7:00 pm Baptismal Seminar - MB WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 9:30 am Music Ministry - Hall 10:00 am SCC - MB 10:30 am Play and Pray - Hall 5:30 pm School 4-H Club - School 6:00 pm High School PSR - School 6:15 pm K-8 PSR - School 6:30 pm 9:45 Choir Practice - School 7:00 pm KC Officer s Mtg. - MB THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 11:30 am Come Lord Jesus - MB 1:00 pm Come Lord Jesus - MB 6:30 pm Men s Club - Hall 6:30 pm RCIA - MB FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 No Scheduled Events SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 RCIA Rite of Welcome 5:00 pm Private Baptism - Church SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 KC Corporate Communion 9:45 am Nursery - MB 9:45 am Sunday School - School 12:45 pm Baptisms - Church 4:00 pm Boy Scouts - Hall READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Rom 11:29-36; Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36; Lk 14:12-14 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday: Wis 6:12-16; Ps 63:2-8; 1 Thes 4:13-18 [13-14]; Mt 25:1-13 MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 8:15 am Shelton Launey TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 5:30 pm For the People WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 12:00 pm Bernie Bitting THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 8:15 am For the People FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 No Daily Mass SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 4:00 pm Peter Dragna John Russo Dallas Decuir Harold L. Kueht John L. LeMaire SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 8:00 am Deceased KC Auxiliary Members 9:45 am George Arceneaux 11:30 am Shelton Launey Culture of Life Reflections The defense of the dignity of human life from the first moment of conception to natural death has been taught by the Church consistently and authoritatively. -Pope Francis, October 11, 2017