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ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY   PAGE EIGHT    JANUARY 9, 2000

THE JUBILEE HOLY YEAR INDULGENCE


An Indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins, already forgiven through the Sacrament of Penance.    This Jubilee Holy Year is a year to gain such forgiveness and mercy from God.   The conditions for gaining the Jubilee Holy Year Indulgence are:

  1. a worthy Sacramental Confession,
leading to a genuine
conversion of heart.
  1. a worthy Reception of Holy Communion,
as this Jubilee Holy Year must be
intensely Eucharistic.
  1. a Pilgrimage
to recall that
"The whole of Christian life
is like a great
pilgrimage to the house of
of our Father."
  1. praying for our Holy Father,
by saying for the Holy Father's
Intentions:
the Creed, an Our Father,
a Hail Mary, and a Glory Be.
  1. visiting a Pilgrimage Church,
designated by the Holy Father
or the Local Bishop.
  1. making charitable works,
by making the care for the sick,
for those in prison,
for the elderly or abandoned children,
for young people in trouble,
and all who are in need,
a part of daily living,
because Christ is in each one
of them.   (Matthew 25:34-46).

JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE CHURCHES


December 24th, 1999, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, opened the "Holy Year Door" in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.    At that moment, the Millennium Jubilee Holy Year began.   


One of the graces during each Holy Year, is the ability to gain a Full Plenary Indulgence for the remission of all temporal punishment due to our sins.     One of the ways to gain this Indulgence is by visiting the holy shrines in the Holy Land and/or visiting the major Basilicas in Rome.      During these visits, the pilgrim must pray:   

  1. for forgiveness for his/her sins,
  2. for the grace to be truly reconciled to God and all those he/she has hurt or offended in anyway,
  3. for the intentions of the Holy Father; 
  4. the pilgrim must also
  1. visit a designated pilgrimage church,
  2. and must receive the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion within eight days of making this pilgrimage.       

Since many people cannot visit these far off places, the Holy Father has asked each Local Bishop to name certain Holy Year Pilgrimage Churches in his local diocese.     His Eminence, Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony, as our Archbishop, has named the following local churches in the Santa Barbara Region as Holy Year Pilgrimage Churches.   
  Mission San Buenaventura
211 E. Main Street, Ventura
  Blessed Junipero Serra
5205 Upland Road, Camarillo.
Each parish has been asked to make a "Pilgrimage together" after seeking God's healing mercy and reconciliation.    Individuals can also seek these graces on their own after they have tried their best to choose life, have forgiven all who have hurt them, and have sought to be reconciled with God and neighbor.

Parish Pilgrimage to local Pilgrimage Church

Our parish community, St. Jude's, will make a Formal Community of Faith Pilgrimage after spending this coming Lenten Season seeking reconciling healing from God, family and neighbor.    We will offer a bus for those wishing to go as a community of faith.    Others may go by car.    Full details will be in the Bulletin in January.

PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND


St. Jude's Parish Community is going to the Holy Land from October 21st, 2000 to November 1st, 2000.     We leave one week after the Oktoberfest.     

Cost:  $2,170.00 net price per person in a double room.    $455.00 supplement for a single room.    Price includes round trip air-fare to Holy Land; arrival and departure transfers; two meals daily (breakfast and table d'hote dinner); farewell dinner party with wine, soft drinks, coffee and tea; portage at airport; land transportation and guide; entrance fees to all sites; daily Mass at different Holy land shrines; 12 days of pilgrimage and over night stays in first class hotels.

For more information or to register for Pilgrimage to Holy Land, please contact Fr. Bill at 818 - 889 - 1279.

HOLY YEAR DOOR IN YOUR HOME
To Remind You to Open the
Doors of your Hearts to Christ.


Pope John Paul II has issued a Call and a Challenge that each individual "Open Wide the Doors to Christ" --- the doors of our hearts and minds and souls.    We can accomplish this only by reconciling with ourselves; by reconciling with family members with whom we live; by reconciling with those at work or school with whom we spend a lot of time; by reconciling and forgiving anyone who has offended or hurt us; and by reconciling with any we have hurt or offended.

We have put up a banner on the Main Interior Doors of our church reminding us to be about the work of reconciling, healing and forgiving during 2000.     We also have put up "Open Wide the Doors to Christ" markers on the front doors of parish offices. Each family is encouraged to put-up a similar banner on one door in their home, so as to have a daily reminder to open the doors of their hearts and home to Christ

YOUR JUBILEE DOOR


 We as Catholic Christians have been encouraged by our Holy Father to mark "a" door in our homes, schools, parishes, and even our offices with a Door Hanger stating "Open Wide the Doors to Christ."      There are packets in our Parish Pastoral Office for making a Jubilee Door in your home.

SLEEPING BAGS & BLANKETS DESPERATELY NEEDED


Dolores Mission in East Los Angeles has a great need for sleeping bags and blankets.   In fact, it is a Desperate Need!

If you can help, please bring your donations to the Parish Pastoral Office.    Louise Brennan will make sure these items get to Dolores Mission as soon as possible.