ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY    PAGE SEVEN   FEBRUARY 27, 2000 

What Is An Indulgence? An Indulgence is "the remission before God of some or all the temporal punishment due to sins, already forgiven through the Sacrament of Penance".

What Is the Jubilee Holy Year Indulgence?   It is "the remission before God of all the temporal punishment due to ours we have already had forgiven in confession."

How Do We Gain the Jubilee Holy Year Indulgence?      Certain conditions need to be fulfilled by each person in order to gain this total remission of the temporal punishment due to our sins.
How Often Can we Gain this Jubilee Holy Year Indulgence?      We can only gain this Indulgence once per day.     

making a worthy Sacramental Confession,
  Leading to a genuine conversion of heart.
worthily receiving Jesus in the Sacrament of
   Holy Communion,
praying for our Holy Father, by saying: the Creed,   an Our Father, a Hail Mary, and a Glory Be.
either making a Pilgrimage by visiting a Church,    designated by our Holy Father or our Local   Bishop.
or performing 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.

For Whom Can this Indulgence Be Gained?    We can gain this Jubilee Holy Year Indulgence for someone who has died, or for ourselves.

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

St. Jude's Parish Community is going to the Holy Land from October 21^st, 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;  porterage 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.

Brochures are available in the Parish Pastoral Office for more information or to register for this Pilgrimage to Holy Land.     

NB:    For those who would like to visit Cairo and Luxor, there is a Side Trip for 8 days (3 days in hotel in Cairo, 4 days on ship on Nile, and last night in Cairo before returning) for an additional $1,500.00 or less depending upon how many wish to go.

One of the ways to gain the Jubilee Indulgence is by making a Pilgrimage to the sacred shrines in the Holy Land or to the major Basilicas in Rome, or one of the churches designated by our Cardinal Archbishop.     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. and the pilgrim must also receive the Sacraments of Penance
   

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.