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ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY   PAGE EIGHT    NOVEMBER 19,  2000

BIBLE STUDY - Sunday to Sunday


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 Christ the King" (B)."    All are welcome!   Come prepare for next Sunday's Mass!   No preparation!     No homework!

joining another Ecclesial Community should attend our "Welcome Home Returning Catholic Program" first.

For adults, please give Jenifer Carmichael a call at
805 - 497 - 2551.     New Adult Inquiry begins last Monday of January 2001.

RETURNING CATHOLIC PROGRAM


Our parish community offers a wonderful program three times a year for those Catholics who have fallen-away from the practice of their Catholic Christian Faith for one reason or another.   Whether they have been hurt in some way, or whether they just walked-away for some reason or another.      This program has as its chief goal:   1) the hopeful healing of wounds and hurts,  and 2) the welcoming of a brother or sister Back Home.

No questions are asked as to why anyone left.    However, opportunities are given for sharing your story, if you wish, during this three-month program.    In addition, opportunities are offered to help answer questions, fix-up marriages in the Church, and heal wounds.

If you yourself would like to be a part of this Welcome Back Home Process, or if you know someone, or even if your want to know more about this program, please contact one of the priests or Deacon Joe Manion at
818 - 889 -1279.     Deacon Joe's extension is # 219

We miss you!    We are all anxious to have you come Back Home.    Our Father is anxiously watching and waiting to reach out and welcome you Home, and to remind us all:   "Let the celebration begin for my son/daughter who was away has come Back Home to us!"

CHAT WITH FR. BILL


Sunday-to-Sunday invites one and all to a "Chat with Father Bill" regarding the Sunday Readings, especially as regards to St. Luke and his Gospel, which will be the Gospel proclaimed during Year "C".      Father Bill will also answer any questions regarding Scripture or the Church.

For more information, please contact Linda Odre at
805 - 373 - 1348.

ARCHDIOCESAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONGRESS
High School Students - February 15th    Adults-February 16th, 17th & 18th

   
The Annual Religious Education Congress is coming soon.    It is time to look over this year's Booklet of Classes and Programs.   

The Congress begins on Thursday for approximately 10,000 high school students from around California and neighboring States, including Hawaii.    They will enjoy 13 diverse workshops, a concert, and a Eucharistic Liturgy presided over by Cardinal Mahony.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday approximately 22,000 adults will attend some 250 workshops presented in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Mandarin by renowned speakers from the across the United States and Europe.    The topics presented will range from spirituality and personal development to theology and catechesis.

Archbishop Robert Weakland will deliver the Saturday morning Keynote Address and Bishop Samuel Ruiz will be one of the Sunday Morning General Assembly speakers.    Morning Praise from the Liturgy of Hours will begin each day.     Afternoon Masses will be offered in different languages and cultures.    Daily noon time concerts will help uplift tiring feet and minds.   Evening presentations promise to be entertaining and inspiring.

Register now.    Joan Nardone has Registration Booklets in the Religious Ed Office.   You may also obtain a Registration Booklet from the Archdiocese.    Call Adrian Whitaker at
213 - 637 - 7332 or 213 - 637 - 7346.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION


Since the Second Vatican Council, there has been restored the special process for people interested in knowing and learning about our Catholic Christian Faith.    This process is known as the Rite of Christian Initiation --- RCIA.      There are special levels for adults, for teens, and for children six and older.     At the end of this process, those not baptized in any fashion, are given the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion.  Those who have been baptized in another Ecclesial Community --- such as Episcopal, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, etc. --- are given Confirmation and Holy Communion after they make a Profession of Faith.     Orthodox Christians merely make a Profession of Faith.

If you know anyone --- adult, teen or child --- who might  want to know about us Catholic Christians, why not invite them.

This program is also for anyone who was baptized a Catholic as a child, but who was never raised in the Catholic Christian Faith.

Anyone who was baptized a Catholic and who practiced the Faith for some time before dropping-out or