ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY   PAGE EIGHT    JUNE 11, 2000

Due to illness, the Grief Support Meetings on Wednesday evenings is cancelled till further notice.   St. Jude's Pastoral Office has a listing of Grief Support Organizations if you need assistance.

Calling All Moms! Please join us Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon as we share the thrill and joy of watching our children making friends and having fun without our Parish Community.

We need you to join right now so we can make our Great Circle of Caring and Sharing Friends even larger.

For more information, please contact Lourdes Steele at 818 - 879 - 1482, Ann Reeder 818 - 706 - 3679, and Sherry Fitzpatrick at 805 - 446 - 0060.

Volunteers are really needed to help answer the call of a troubled teen or a woman torn by a crisis pregnancy.     Volunteers are also needed to answer questions regarding the value of human life.   If you value human life and if you have some time, please prayerfully consider joining the Ventura Life Center Crisis Team.

Life Centers of Ventura County will present a Volunteer Education Seminar this Saturday, June 17^th, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information, call 805 - 486 - 2721 weekdays between 12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m., or Mary Linn at 818 - 889 - 7849.

If you are new to our parish community, please come by our Pastoral Parish Office to meet the staff and priests and to register.     If time is of the essence, then garb a registration form from the back of the church, fill it out and turn it in.      Soon after registering, our Newcomers Hospitality will visit your home and share with you about our many parish activities, and then you can leave your imprint on who we are. 

Newcomer's Hospitality will be at the side doors of the church on the second Sunday of the month with information, free donuts and juice beginning July 9^th after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Stop by and introduce yourself.

If you are interested in welcoming newcomers to our parish family, please contact Denise Ferrone at 818 - 597 - 9177 or Monica Larson at 818 - 597 - 9177.

MANNA wishes to give a great big "Thank  You" to one and all who donated food stuffs and emergency household items during this past Lenten Season.    Thanks to you, MANNA was able to meet the needs of those who came to them, as you brought in over 1,000 items.     

MANNA also wishes to publicly thank and congratulate St. Jude's Girl Scouts for coordinating this Lenten food drive.

Please come join us in preparing for next Sunday's Mass.     We meet to learn about and discuss the Readings for the upcoming Sunday Liturgy.    Each week we watch a 20 minute video, stopping the tape at appropriate moments to discuss the material presented.   We enjoy lively conversation, faith sharing moments, and good Christian fellowship, as we learn more about the Bible and thereby enable ourselves to be more fully prepared to celebrate next Sunday's Mass.

Tuesday mornings 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in Room 7.       This week we will do the "Solemnity of Pentecost" (B)."    All are welcome!   Come prepare for next Sunday's Mass!   No preparation!     No homework!For more information, please contact Linda Odre at 805 - 373 - 1348, or Cathy Stobbe at 805 - 379 - 4064.