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ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY    PAGE NINE   JANUARY 23, 2000

55 PLUS

opportunity to honor all husbands and wives, to uphold the sacredness of Matrimony, and to provide an occasion for all couples present at each Mass to renew their marriage vows in the presence of the entire Gathered Assembly.

Silver & Golden Anniversaries
Celebration with Our Archbishop, Cardinal Roger Mahony


Couples celebrating their 25th, 50th or more wedding anniversaries are invited to join Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, for Mass on Sunday, February 13th, at 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace parish in Encino.      A donation of $15.00 per couple includes a commemorative certificate, ribbon, a formal photo with the Cardinal, and a reception immediately following the Mass.

Reservations are necessary.   To register or for information, please call the Office of Family Life:   Annette at 213 - 637 - 7228 or John at 213 - 637 - 7582.

FIFTY-FIVE PLUS CLUB

Please join us on Wednesday, February 9th (always the second  Wednesday after the 12:05 p.m. Mass.

We meet in the parish hall for a potluck luncheon. Please bring a salad, main dish, or desert. This can b store bought or homemade.

The dues for each month are $2.00 and if by chance you are unable to bring food, then it is $5.00 plus the dues. 

At this meeting we will have as the guest speaker Deputy Shawn Brownell from the Malibu Police Department. He will give us information on fraud and self defense for seniors. This will be very interesting so I suggest you bring a friend or two.

If you have any questions, please call Diane at 818 706-2721. 

If you are under the age of 55 you are welcome anyway. No questions asked. Honest! See you there!

Regional Bishop's Wedding Anniversaries Mass
Celebration for Couples
Married for years numbered by 5's.


A special Anniversary Mass will be celebrated by our Regional Bishop, Thomas J. Curry, on Sunday February 20th, for those couples in our Region who are celebrating their 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, or more wedding anniversaries.      This Mass will take place at San Roque parish, 325 Argonne Circle in Santa Barbara, CA. at 2:00 p.m.

It is necessary to pre-register for this celebration.   To register for this special celebration, please Maggie Stapp at 805 - 682 - 0442.

Parish Celebration of World Marriage Day


All parishes are asked to celebrate World Marriage Day and honor all married couples on this day.    Here at St. Jude's, we will salute all couples married in the Church that day, and we will ask them all to renew their wedding vows.     Please try to attend Mass on that Sunday as a family

PLEASE HELP A FAMILY IN NEED

One of our parish families is being faced with an incomprehensible challenge. The Sikorra family is being devastated by Batten's Disease which has effected both of their boys. In an effort to provide financial and emotional support for the parents and the boys, a Benefit will be held in our Parish Hall on Saturday evening, February 12th.

The primary purpose of this non-profit benefit will be to raise as much money as possible for the Sikorra family's Trust Fund.

Tickets are available for a "suggested donation" of $25.00 each. Since the capacity of our Parish Hall is limited, tickets will be available on a first come basis. Tickets can be obtained through the good services of Charlotte in the Parish School Office.

Join us for a fun evening with good music, love and genuine caring support! Please see the flier in today's bulletin for more information regarding this devastating disease.

MARRIAGE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM


In celebration of "World Marriage Day", the local Marriage Encounter community will host a "Marriage in the New Millennium" seminar for all Married Couples on Saturday, February 12th, at St. John Vianney Catholic Community in Hacienda Heights from 12:00 noon till 4:00 p.m.

If you are looking to enrich your marriage, to find ways to communicate better, to revitalize the romance, or to just plain cope, this is the place to be and the seminar for you.

Refreshments will be served and baby-sitting will be available at no cost. Advanced registration is recommended.   Please call Bill and Phyllis Luehrmann at 818 - 830 - 2766.

WORLD MARRIAGE DAY CELEBRATIONS


 His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, has asked us to celebrate World Marriage Day on Sunday, February 13th.     On this day our world, our community, our parish, are all asked to stand-up for marriage.    Our world and our media have given-up any belief in the sanctity of marriage.     "Love them and leave them!"     "Sex for pleasure without any commitment or responsibility!"    "Children are not needed!"    "Don't let children or family get in the way of advancing your career or cramping your ability to get ahead!"     All these ideas seem to be some of the current trends of our world and media that are so openly proposed and acted upon, as if God does not exist!

World Marriage Day will give our parish community an occasion to stand-up for the sanctity of marriage.    It will also give us an