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 Third Sunday of Lent March 7th & March 8th, 2015 Save the Date! Evening of Renewal Concert We are pleased to welcome renowned singer-songwriter Rory Cooney to St. Jude. On Friday, April 17, 2015 Cooney will present an Evening of Renewal Concert open to the public. On the morning of Saturday, April 18, he will facilitate a Change Our Hearts - Day of Reflection workshop for anyone in the diocese involved in music ministry. Save the Dates! Composer of a dozen recorded collections of liturgical music and published by Oregon Catholic Press, World Library Publications, and GIA Publications, Cooney s works are anthologized in most Catholic hymnals and missalettes utilized in prayer and praise across the United States, including those devoted to youth ministry. His works include Mass of St. Aidan, part of the World Library collection of Christ the Icon, which won the 2006 United Catholic Music & Video Association (UCMVA) Unity Award for Best Liturgical Song. He is the 2014 recipient of the Pastoral Musician of the Year award from the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Rory Cooney has been the director of liturgy and music ministries at St. Anne Catholic Community in Barrington, Illinois, since 1994, previously serving for 11 years at St. Jerome Catholic Community in Phoenix, Arizona. His published compositions span a 35 year career of songwriting. He is married to musician Therese Donohoo. Daily Masses Monday, Wednesday, 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.
FROM THE TEE BOX A Few Thoughts from Our Pastor Dear Friends: From the Tee Box! March 7-8, 2015 The Third Sunday of Lent As with many weeks of the year, please allow me to offer a quick recap of some of the happenings in our parish and then a brief reflection on this weekend s Gospel. (I am thankful to Fr. Mike for celebrating all of our Masses this weekend, as I am away for a little 4 day vacation.) First, we had another great turn-out this past Tuesday for evening Mass and our guest speaker, Dr. Tina Holland. My thanks once again to Dr. Holland for sharing her faith story with us. Second, we also continue to prepare for our annual parish fair. I know that we are so grateful to our entire fair committee and Charmaine (our Director of Ministries) for their hard work! And lastly, I had the privilege of facilitating a workshop last Saturday for a group of adults from throughout our diocese on the topic of boundaries when using social media in youth ministry. I look forward to sharing some of our conversation with you here in our parish. This weekend we come to a scene in John s Gospel with which I am sure we are all quite familiar. It is commonly referred to as the cleansing of the temple. People automatically think that the main reason Jesus was angry was due to the fact that the money changing was taking place in the temple. Surely, this was part of the cause for his anger, but there was also a deeper, underlying reason. Since pilgrims would travel a great distance to the temple, it was common to make certain provisions available for sale to them: food, water, and so on. This was a common practice. The real issue was that some of the money changers were cheating the pilgrims, shorting them on their change, if you will. Innocent, sincere people were being taken advantage of, and this was one of the reasons for Jesus anger. Can you really blame him? So, what could this say to us about our life together today? Well, to use the common image, we are all on a journey together pilgrims of faith. And as we go about our traveling, we are called to remember that we are all in this together. Along the way, we are called to greet and treat one another with compassion and honesty. Today more than ever, perhaps, we need to be reminded of this reality. Pope John Paul II, many years ago at the celebration of World Youth Day at Manila in the Philippines, made the statement that, as with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we are called to be traveling companions with one another, especially with our children. Perhaps consider how this Lenten season can be a time in which we let go of our petty differences and embrace one another more faithfully as friends on the journey. Sincerely, Fr. Trey Nelson Pastor Lenten Tuesday Evening Time-Outs! March 10 Guest Speaker Anthony Zehyoue (Strength and Conditioning Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach, Catholic High School of Baton Rouge) Mass (5:30pm) Guest Speaker (in Church) Soup and Bread Meal (Parish Hall)
Calling All Home Cooks!! Our home cooking booth has been a great success the past three years and we are again looking for some of St. Jude s Finest Chefs to help us with this year s fair on March 20-22, 2015. All Parishioners, especially those aspiring chefs, are encouraged to join us by preparing your favorite family recipes to share with friends and fellow Parishioners in our Home Cookin Booth. All meals should be prepared in advance of the fair weekend, packaged, frozen and delivered to the Home Cookin Booth located directly outside the school cafeteria on Friday March 20 th. Meals should be packaged in serving sized por ons, (i.e. 2, 4, 6 servings per container) and in containers that you are willing to part with (plas c or paper freezer containers, foil pans, etc.). Please include a label on each container with the following informa on: Chef s Name (op onal) Recipe Name/Descrip on No. of Servings Cooking/Hea ng Instruc ons Ingredients (what s in it - not the quan es, for those with food allergies) A sign-up table will be set up outside of church a er all Masses on the weekends leading up to the fair, so please feel free to stop by and ask ques ons and/or to drop off completed registra on forms. Completed forms can also be Chef s Name Email Address Recipe Name/Descrip on No. of Containers Servings per Container Home Cookin Booth Registration Form dropped off at the Parish office, submi ed by FAX to 225-766-0722 or emailed to Charmaine Biossat at charmaineb@stjudecatholic.org. You can also contact the booth chair, Edgar Oubre, (225-439-2525 or edgar.oubre@gmail.com) if you have any ques ons. Mark Your Calendars St. Jude the Apostle Church Easter Egg Hunt Sponsored by Catholic Daughters Court Regina Coeli #2063 Sunday, March 29th -3:00 p.m. -Parish Ac vity Center Fun, Fellowship & Games for our Children Age Groups: *1-2 years old *3 years old *4 years old *5 6yr. old *7-8 yr. olds *9-10 yr. olds Bring Your Camera for Pictures With the Easter Bunny!
Fair Book Store The 2015 St. Jude Fair is this month and our book store needs your gently used books, cd s, dvd s and puzzles. Please save your donations for us. We will have book barrels in the lobby of the church. Thank you for your help! Raffles: We have two raffles at the St. Jude Fair this year that gives opportunities for all budgets to support your parish fair. $100 Buys a ticket for the $10,000 raffle. It also gives you the opportunity to win 8 other cash prizes. Contact Cindy/Jimmy Zitto at Mattz7@cox.net $1 Buys a ticket for the chance to win $1,000, or a $200 consolation prize. Contact Mike/Linda Wilson at mike_p_wilson@bellsouth.net or through one of our St. Jude school or PSR students. St. Jude Parish Fair March 20-22 SWEET BOOTH Please consider baking some goodies for our fair s sweet booth. Sweets sell for.50,.75 or $1, so please package your cookies, brownies, fudge, pralines, cake slices, etc in zip lock sandwich bags. Cakes & pies of all kinds are also very welcome. Items can be dropped off after 2:00 on Friday afternoon, March 20th, after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, March 21st or after 10 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 22nd. For mor information contact Merry Wanless at Merrywanless@aol.com or Jill Congemi at Jill0209@cox.net Fair Wine Pull: Come join the fun and fellowship of a wine pull at the parish fair. The auction committee is now accepting donations of bottles of wine valued at $10 or higher for this fun event. The wine pull will take place on Friday night, March 20 th, in the gym. Your donation can be dropped off at the parish church office or contact Jamie Savoie at (225) 278-1319 to arrange a pick up. Thank you in advance for your donation. Ride Vouchers: Advanced Ride Voucher Sale Price: $15 At the gate: $20 RIDE SESSION TIMES: Friday, March 20th/6 10 p.m. Saturday, March 21st/11 am 3 p.m.; 3-7 p.m.; & 7-10 p.m. Sunday, March 22nd/12:30-4:00 p.m. ORDER NOW!!! QUANTITIES LIMITED!!! (Each Ride Voucher is good for one time, at any session listed. Ride Vouchers will be exchanged for a Session bracelet at the voucher gate) No. of Ride Vouchers Needed: No. of 50 cent Tickets Needed: (You do not have to request a time of ride session now) WHILE QUANTITIES LAST X 15.00 X.50_ Total Total: TOTAL ENCLOSED: (Make checks payable to St. Jude Church ) Student Name: Phone Number: Grade/Section: Name of Homeroom Teacher: Please enclose payment with this form in an envelope clearly marked ST. JUDE FAIR VOUCHER/TICKET SALES. Return to School or Parish Office. DEADLINE: Thursday, March 12, 2015 (While Quantities Last) For more information contact: Lisa or Chad Lemaire at 768-7932 Or Charmaine Biossat at the parish office at 766-2431
All Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of St. Jude parish are invited to a Scout Recognition Service on Sunday, March 15 th at the 11:30 a.m. Mass. This is our annual special service featuring scouts as lectors, mass greeters, altar servers, gift bearers, flag bearers and usher assistants. All scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms and are requested to gather in the parish hall at 11:00 to prepare for the procession into Mass to reserved seating. For additional information, please contact Eddie James at 268-7295. Bags for the St. Jude Homebound Don t Mention Age D.M.A. Collection Drive Please help us show our homebound parishioners that our church parish cares about them! Members of our DMA ministry are collecting items to place in gift bags for the Lenten season for these parishioners. Place your items in the designated barrels in the Narthex of the church. Date of Collections: Weekend of March 7/8 Suggested (only) Items/Ideas (Please donate new - never used items only) *Toiletries (such as small shampoos, toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand lotion, razors, etc.) *Candies/Sugarfree Candies *Kleenex/Purse size Kleenex *Microwave popcorn *Small packaged cookies/crackers *Socks/Diabetic Socks (men/women) *Find-A-Word Books *Pens *Note pads *Magnifying Glass/Sheet *Sugarfree Drink Mixes/Teas *Drink Coasters *Lap Desk Church Linens We need your help. We are in need of some volunteers to help maintain our church linens. Each volunteer is assigned one month to wash & iron the linens used during our mass. The volunteer picks them up and returns them to the church once a week. If interested in volunteering, please contact Mary Altazan at 766-5276 or mbaltazan@cox.net. Next week, our parish will take up the Catholic Relief Services Collection. This Collection supports six Catholic agencies that touch more than 100 million lives around the world. The funds from this Collection provide food to the hungry, support to displaced refugees, and show Christ s love and respect to all people. Next week, please give generously to the Catholic Relief Services Collection and help Jesus in disguise. Lenten Seafood Dinners! $8.00 Donation Per Plate Fried Fish, French Fries, Salad & Roll March 13 th & 27 th 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. St. Jude Parish Hall *** Take home or Eat-In! *** Sponsored by the St. Jude Men's Club THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY, March 8 9:45 am Children s Liturgy of the Word-Hall 9:45 am Sunday School-School 9:45 am Nursery-St. Michael Room 12:45 pm Baptisms-Church 5:00 pm Boy Scouts Meeting-Hall MONDAY, MARCH 9 5:00 pm St. Vincent de Paul Client Meeting-Hall TUESDAY, MARCH 10 9:30 am Music Makers-Hall 5:30 pm Tuesday Time Out-Church/Hall 6:30 pm School Advisory Council Mtg. School 7:00 pm Choir Practice-School Music Room WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 6:15 pm Parish School of Religion-School 6:30 pm Choir Practice-Church 6:30 pm Fair Committee Meeting-Hall 7:00 pm KC Officer s Meeting-Hall 7:00 pm High School PSR-School THURSDAY, MARCH 12 6:30 pm Men s Club Meeting-Hall 7:00 pm RCIA-Church FRIDAY, MARCH 13 9:30 am Play and Pray-Hall 2:00 pm School Stations of the Cross-School 5:00 pm Men s Club Fish Fry-Hall 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross-Church SATURDAY, MARCH 14 5:00 pm Boy Scout Practice-Church SUNDAY, MARCH 15 Scout Sunday 9:45 am Children s Liturgy of the Word-Hall 9:45 am Sunday School-School 9:45 am Nursery-St. Michael Room 10:15 am RCIA Follow Up-Hall 10:45 am Boy Scout Meeting-Hall 5:00 pm Boy Scouts Meeting-Hall Jesus cleaned out the temple of moneychangers. He was angry; He was zealous; He spoke with authority. He was doing what He had to do even though it involved risk, danger, insult and wonder. Such is a religious vocation in the Church. If you think God might be calling you to one, call or email Father Matt Dupré at 225.336.8778, mdupre@diobr.org, or visit, www.diobr.org/vocations. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 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: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 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] For Prayer Request Call our Prayer Line, 766-3668 or 766-3736 MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, MARCH 9 8:15 am Susan & Claire Schlecht & Family TUESDAY, MARCH 10 8:00 am School Liturgy 5:30 pm For the People WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 8:15 am For the People 12 Noon Emma Dell O Brien THURSDAY, MARCH 12 8:15 am DeCuir & Conant Families FRIDAY, MARCH 13 No Mass SATURDAY, MARCH 14 4:00 pm Territo & Musso Families SUNDAY, MARCH 15 8:00 am Vicki Daviet 9:45 am Bonfanti & LeJeune Families 11:30 am James LeBlanc, Jr.