SAINT JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 23, 2018 New to Redmond or St. Jude? Welcome! We are glad to have you as a member of our parish. Please fill out a registration form and return it to the parish office so we can get to know and serve you better. Registration forms can be found on our website or on the glass counter in the narthex. CHURCH OFFICE Telephone: 425-883-7685 Fax: 425-881-2207 Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30am to 4:30pm Church Address and Mailing Address: 10526 166th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Website: www.stjude-redmond.org PARISH STAFF Pastor Rev. James Johnson Parochial Vicar Rev. Raphael Mkuzi frjohnson@stjude-redmond.org frmkuzi@stjude-redmond.org Pastoral Associate ext 118 (Liturgy, Social Justice, Outreach, and Pastoral Care) Sr. Betty Schumacher betty@stjude-redmond.org Pastoral Assistant for Family Faith Formation of Children & Teens ext 123 Rick Casolary rick@stjude-redmond.org Pastoral Asst. for Evangelization & RCIA ext 117 Sondra Sciola sondra@stjude-redmond.org Business Manager ext 128 Krista Schafer kristas@stjude-redmond.org Facilities and Maintenance Manager ext 114 Dave Herridge davidh@stjude-redmond.org Office Manager ext 110 (Admin. Asst. for Family Faith Formation) Lynn Shanta lynn@stjude-redmond.org Scheduling, Bulletin, & Sacramental Records ext 125 Mandy Giusti mandy@stjude-redmond.org Registration, Parish database, Website ext 121 Lisa Brown lisab@stjude-redmond.org ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED St. Vincent de Paul: Assistance call: 206-767-6449 or www.svdpseattle.org To donate furniture or household items call: Jeanne 425-881-2720 for Ministry Information email:svdp@stjude-redmond.org CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES Marriage, adolescent, family and individual counseling and referral Call 1-800-872-3204. CELEBRATIONS OF THE SACRAMENTS SUNDAY MASS Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00 pm - Cantor Sunday: 9:00 am - Sanctuary Choir 11:00 am - Gospel Choir 5:30 pm (Sept 10 mid-june) Soul Purpose Choir DAILY MASS Monday Friday at 9:00 am except Tuesday Tuesday: 9:00 am - Liturgy of the Word with Distribution of Holy Communion HOLY DAY MASS 9:00 am and 7:00 pm COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND Please contact Sr. Betty Schumacher at betty@stjuderedmond.org or 425-883-7685 ext 118 to schedule a visit. EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Fridays from after 9:00 am Mass until 9:00 pm RECONCILIATION Confessions are heard Saturdays 3:30-4:30 pm, or by appointment BAPTISM OF INFANTS Infants and children under 7 are baptized monthly at Mass. A preparation session is required for parents and Godparents. Contact Terri Neely a terri@neelys.net BECOMING CATHOLIC If you are an adult who has not been baptized or were baptized in another Christian community and would like to become Catholic or if you have children over age 7 who would like to be baptized or become Catholic please contact Sondra Sciola sondra@stjude-redmond.org for more information on the Rite of Christian Initiation. MARRIAGE A preparation program over a period of several months is required. Contact Fr. Johnson to begin the process: frjohnson@stjude-redmond.org. ANOINTING OF THE SICK A communal celebration is held twice yearly. In case of serious illness, impending surgery or advanced age, please contact the parish office or Fr. Johnson. The sacrament should not be delayed until the person is unconscious or in imminent danger of death. FUNERALS Contact Fr. Johnson at 425-883-7685 ext 120 Catholic Cemeteries that serve St. Jude Calvary 206-522-0996 and Holyrood 206-363-8404.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR Dear Friends in Christ, The first pastor I remember was Fr. Bill Treacy. We went to St. Patrick s in Seattle. I have this recollection of tugging on his cassock after Mass and of him shaking my hand. When we moved to Olympia, he followed us the very same year and became pastor of St. Michael s there. Fr. Treacy is now the oldest priest in the Archdiocese. He is 99 and will be 100 years old in the Spring. This coming year he will also celebrate the 75 th Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. He was a beloved pastor and throughout his priesthood he was an active promoter of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. What is more, he still helps out in parishes occasionally and still lives on his own. Fr. Treacy is one of the many good priests and women religious who need our support in their retirement. The Called to Serve as Christ campaign will provide funds to secure the future of these and many priests and women religious who will need a secure retirement in the future. It is one way we can say thank you for their many years of faithful service. In the next few weeks you will be receiving a letter from Archbishop Sartain explaining the campaign and asking you to make a three year pledge to support our priests and women religious in their retirement. I would ask that you take some time to pray over what you are being called to give to support this worthy effort. Make a pledge that feels right to you and that you feel good about. Every gift makes a tremendous difference. Over the years I have been so impressed by your generosity and love of the Lord. I know that with your help we can make our goal of just over $1.3 million dollars from St. Jude. Archbishop Sartain asked the priests to be the first to give to the campaign. I am happy to report that the priests themselves have already pledged over $1.3 million to the campaign. Working together throughout the Archdiocese, I believe we can continue the good work of spreading the Gospel and providing for our future ministers of the Gospel. Thank you so much for your support and all you do to build up our parish. Sincerely in Christ, Fr. Johnson Children s Choir will be starting this week. Our new Children s Choir Director, Priscilla Pizzichemi, will be holding Children s Choir practice starting this Tuesday from 5:30pm - 6:20pm in the Sanctuary. This allows children to come after the 4:30 Faith Formation classes and before the 6:30 class. All children ages 7-18 are welcome to join and participate! Please encourage your children to participate and please welcome Priscilla! -2-
FAITH FORMATION Faith Formation Upcoming Classes K-6 - Tuesday, September 18th, 25th... Please note new time..4:30pm & 6:30pm First Reconciliation Preparation - Tuesday, September 18th, 25th.... Please note new time 4:30pm & 6:30pm Ignite Teen Ministry - Sunday, September 23rd, & 30th.....6:30pm Confirmation Class - Sunday s, October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th 2:30pm OR Monday s, October 8th, 15th,22nd, 29th...7:00pm All Confirmation classes will meet in the Faith Formation Office If you have not signed up for Confirmation please contact Rick Casolary at rick@stjude-redmond.org SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION FOR CHILDREN 4 TH GRADE AND HIGHER Reconciliation and 1 st Eucharist Preparation is available for children in the 4 th grade or higher, who are baptized Catholic, but have not yet celebrated their Reconciliation and 1 st Eucharist sacraments. Contact Sondra Sciola at sondra@stjude-redmond.org or go to the St. Jude website for registration forms under the Our Faith/Sacraments tab. -3-
SOCIAL JUSTICE SERVANT OF LOVE In the gospel we see the humanness of the disciples who are discussing among themselves who is the greatest. In response to their conversation Jesus puts his arms around a little child. Perhaps this was to show the disciples that they were not chosen for their importance or potential, but because they were loved. Their mission was not to perform might works, but to receive the little ones, the needy, the forgotten and the rejected. Their mission was to share the love they had been given so freely. They were called to the humbling service of embracing the little people just as Jesus did. When Jesus picked up the child, he was performing a living parable, teaching that loving someone is the greatest service you can do for them. Loving is also the greatest service we can do for the entire world because the more people are loved, the less they need to compete and use violence to make their mark. Jesus faith in the mission God gave him was what made him so different from the rest. Jesus knew in his bones that love is more powerful than violence. NICKEL AND DIMED On (Not) Getting By In America The Social Justice Committee invites you to read the book Nickel and Dimed and to join them for a discussion on Monday, October 22nd at 7:00 p.m. This book is a first hand account of life in low-wage America. The story of Barbara Ehrenreich s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart associate. When people were hungry, Jesus didn t say, Now is that political, or social? He said, I feed you. Because the good news to a hungry person is bread. Desmond Tutu -4- MAY THE BLESSING OF MERCY May the blessing of mercy carry us through each day. May mercy be tattooed on our hearts and minds to speak the truth in love as we go about the ministry of our life. May mercy be sown deeply in our souls, core to our identity, who we are in mercy. May mercy invite mercy to be the prophetic voice in this moment of time. May mercy be seeded in our hearts sown and cultivated by the work of our lives. May we know we are the body of Christ one mercy open to respond to the needs of our time. May God use our hands to feed the hungry, to build community, our eyes to see the needs of others, our ears to hear the cries that are carried in the wind across oceans and desert lands and in our cities, our mouths to speak tenderness and love, to be mercy here and now. May we bless the other in mercy over and over and over again. Amen. BECOMING AMERICAN A Documentary Film and Discussion Series Redmond Library Facilitated by Dr. Nalini lyer, Seattle U My American Girls Tuesday, September 25, 6-8 pm Sandra and Bautista Ortiz, hardworking immigrants living frugally in a multi-family house in Brooklyn, dream of retiring to their native Dominican Republic. Their American-born and acculturated daughters have other ideas altogether.
PARISH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES SCRIPTURE STUDY GROUP The Scripture Study Group will begin again on Tuesday, September 25th. This group reflects on the Sunday Readings and explores ways to integrate them into our daily lives. The group meets on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-11:00 in Lovett Hall. You are welcome to come to as many gatherings as you can. Let us remember those who have died. Larkin Kinsella. husband of Patricia PRAYER WARRIOR NETWORK We know that God is listening to our prayers and they bring healing and peace. The St. Jude Prayer Network is available to pray for your family and friends. Please contact Ann Case with your prayer requests at thecaseplace@comcast.net INFANT BAPTISM & BEYOND You are a child of God & so we baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. NEXT CLASS November 6th at 7:00pm in Lovett Hall St. Jude Baptism Preparation process for parents and/or Godparents consists of one session before the Baptism. Contact Terri Neely at terri@neelys.net for more information or to register for this class. -5- ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH?. St. Jude Parish welcomes all who come to worship with us and to share in our life as disciples of Jesus Christ. We also extend an invitation to anyone who is not Catholic, to consider becoming a full member of our faith community. If you are a non-baptized person, or someone baptized in another faith, and would like to learn what would be involved in becoming Catholic, please call Sondra Sciola at the Parish Office, 425-883-7685 ext. 117, or email at sondra@stjude-redmond.org. Sondra will be happy to discuss your personal situation and answer any questions. Adult Confirmation Confirmation is one of the three Sacraments of Initiation (along with Baptism & Eucharist) in which the baptized person is sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit and is strengthened for service to the Body of Christ. Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ. We will be offering sessions for adults who desire the sacrament of Confirmation. These sessions are for adults who have been baptized Catholic and who have already received First Eucharist, but have yet to be confirmed. Preparation sessions will begin on October 21st at 10:15 am. Need to register to participate. For more information on being a candidate or a sponsor, please contact Sondra Sciola at the parish office or sondra@stjude-redmond.org.
Brothers in Christ Men s Group We meet in Lovett Hall every Friday from 6:15-7:30 AM for coffee, snack, camaraderie and spiritual enlightenment. HOLY YOGA.Join Andrea Congdon, St Jude Parishioner and Holy Yoga instructor, at Lovett Hall at 7:00-8:15 on Sunday evenings. This is a holistic form of prayer using your Body, Mind, Sprit. Please Contact Andrea to be placed on an email list to receive scheduling adrea@balancedwholeness.com Guardians & Angels Mothers Ministry We meet every Friday that LWSD has classes. Mothers of children of all ages are welcome. Come to socialize, grow in spirituality and perform some good works too. Meetings are free and childcare is provided. Next meeting ~ Friday, Sept 28th 10:00 am - 12:00 noon in Lovett Hall Please join us! Contact Patty Smith with any questions at 206-849-9244 or Pjseattle@hotmail.com St Bernadette Guild A Fellowship of Women A special invitation for all the women in our parish to this year s first gathering. Wednesday, October 3rd At 7:00pm in Lovett Hall Our special guest, Father Johnson, will share his faith journey With us and answer our questions Please join us for a social and educational time! The St. Jude's Sanctuary Choir is up and singing again for another great year of church music-making. If you're wondering if you can still join, the answer is "YES!" Do come to the church this Thursday evening at 7:00 PM and check us out. For more info, please contact Sue Shellooe (425-788-9194, sue4choir@aol.com) or Patt Beise (425-770-1418). ---Do something nice for yourself this year, and sing in a choir!!---- Gospel Choir Sunday 11:00am "The St. Jude's 11AM Gospel Choir has started practicing on Wednesday s at 7:30pm. We would love to have you singing with us in the choir section. All skill levels are welcome from. Come give rehearsal a try and see what you think. We are a fun, spirit filled community, and we think you'll enjoy being a part of our family. Questions? Contact the director, Stacey, at staceylporter@gmail.com Soul Purpose Sunday at 5:30pm Choir Do you love upbeat, contemporary, spirit filled music? Soul Purpose Family Choir is looking for a volunteer drummer to join us in leading Sunday Night Liturgy. We rehearse on Tuesdays at 7pm and Sundays at 4:30 for the 5:30 evening mass. Come and join in the worship, fun and faith that is our Soul Purpose. Contact Meghan Pozywio, SP Director to express your interest. Pozytivelyknit@gmail.com. -6-
The St. Jude Knights of Columbus Present...The 14th Annual Saturday, October 20th - 6:30pm 9:30pm at St. Jude in the Parish Hall The Knights of Columbus sponsored event will include: Sampling Local Brews and the best Bratwurst dinner in the area for $30 per person. OR The dinner only (especially for designated drivers) for $15 per person. There will be a silent auction and a raffle with all profits used for youth and community endeavors. Watch for ticket sales in the narthex, but plan now to attend for a fun evening. HANS, IS COMING TO CELBRATE WITH US..
Around the Archdiocese Why are we making changes to the priest pension plan funding model? Over the years the Archdiocese has taken many steps to improve the funded status of the priest pension plans: Increased the amount from the Annual Catholic Appeal to the plans to $1.6 million per year Increased billings to the parish contribution of the plan $600 per year since 2008 Raised the benefit eligibility age from 65 to 70 Full benefit vesting age increased from 25 to 30 years, depending on date of birth Eliminated three percent extended service benefit Despite these efforts, it was not enough to provide a sustainable path for the future. Based on independent actuarial studies, we know if we continue the pay-as-you-go approach, amounts billed to our parishes will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. A much better approach is to properly fund the plans with adequate capital so present and future generations of priests will have a secure retirement plan and the burden on our parishes will be reduced. Your charitable gift will help the Archdiocese to build a future which answers Christ s call to serve for future generations. Rachel s Corner. Hope and Healing After Abortion It is exactly what I needed, even though I didn t know it. I experienced God s loving touch and grace on weekend of healing. I am very grateful. - Retreat testimonial If the thoughts and feelings you have carried inside since the day of your participation in an abortion decision have burdened you with regret and remorse, join others women and men for a weekend of healing and forgiveness. October 26-28, en Español/November 9-11, English Call Aleah : 1-800-822-HOPE (4673) www.ccsww.org/projectrachel Project Rachel is a program of Catholic Community Services. PARISH STEWARDSHIP Finance Council Report Stewardship of Treasure Parish Financial Giving/Sunday Offertory YTD Goal (July 1, 2018 thru August 31, 2018)... $171,100 YTD Actual( July 1, 2018 thru August 31, 2018)... $172,303 YTD Difference +/- $1,203 Our Parish Finance Council Thanks You and Asks for Your Continued Generosity! Jose Barreto, Vinod Nazareth, John Reilly, Ron Fechtner, Carol Michael, Fr. James Johnson Mercy Night at Holy Family Friday, October 19th, 2018 7:00 to 9:00 PM Drop in anytime Come experience a candlelit evening in the church with contemplative music, adoration, confession, testimony and healing prayer. Additional Mercy Nights February 15th & May 10th, 2019-7
WEEKLY CALENDAR MONDAY - September 24 Rosary/Divine Mercy TUESDAY - September 25 FFF K-6 FFF K-6 RCIC Soul Purpose Rehearsal WEDNESDAY September 26 Gospel Choir Rehearsal THURSDAY - September 27 7:00pm, Chapel 4:30pm, Parish Hall 6:30pm, Parish Hall 6:30pm, Parish Hall 7:00pm, Sanctuary 7:00pm, Sanctuary Steps to Freedom 12:15pm, Lovett Hall 1/2 Safe Parking Dinner 6:00pm, Parish Hall RCIA 7:00pm, Lovett Hall 1/2 Sanctuary Choir 7:00pm, Sanctuary FRIDAY - September 28 Brothers In Christ 6:15am, Lovett Hall 1/2 Adoration 9:30am-9:00pm, Chapel Guardians & Angels 10:00am, Lovett Hall SATURDAY - September 29 SUNDAY - September 30 Sanctuary Choir warm up 8:30am, Lovett Hall 5/6 COFFEE & DONUTS after Mass in Parish Hall Ignite Teen Group - 6:30pm, Parish Hall Holy Yoga 7:00pm, Lovett Hall 3/4 Share the Journey # sharejourney Share the Journey Prayer Pilgrimage Join Us on Sunday September 30 th For a Prayer Pilgrimage in Solidarity With Refugees and Immigrants At Holy Innocents Catholic Church 26526 Cherry Valley Road, Duvall Walk 1.5 miles or Pray the Rosary Join Pilgrims around the world who are walking, praying, and standing with Pope Francis in compassion with those who have lost their homes Join us in the Narthex at 12:15, Following the K of C pancake breakfast Please RSVP to Lynn DeBroeck at jefforlynn@frontier.com Prayer to Mary, Mother of the Church Mary, Mother of the Church, we stand before you shaken by the scandal and division in the Church that we love. We pray for victims of abuse, whose trust was betrayed and whose innocence was shattered by members of the clergy. We pray for those whose suffering was ignored or disbelieved. We pray for Church leaders, that they may regain the trust that has been broken, by putting the needs of the vulnerable first, by acting with transparency, and by always holding themselves accountable to God and to the People of God. We pray for ourselves, that the darkness and confusion we feel may give way to light. Soothe our hearts and renew our trust. Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us, And show us the way to justice, healing, and hope. Amen