ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY   PAGE EIGHT         JANUARY 20, 2002

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INFORMATION NITE

Our parish sponsored Knights of Columbus Council this Wednesday evening, January 30^th, at 7:00 p.m. in our Parish Hall will have an "Information Night."  Come and bring your family.  Have some dessert and enjoy some fellowship with your fellow parishioners

The Knights of Columbus today are 1,600,000 men strong. They give more than 50 million hours of volunteer service every year throughout the world.  They have given $100 million every year to the needy and the causes of the Catholic Church. Member benefits include scholarships, student loans, life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance.

If you plan to come, please call and let us know how many will be coming so we can plan accordingly.  Please phone Terry Lilly at 818-991-0340 or Seth Thompson at 805-241-6446.

Mark your calendar for our next meeting on February 13. Please join us. For more information, call Diane at (818) 706-2721.     

Last Monday evening we began a new Inquiry Class for anyone wishing to know about us Catholic Christians.    You are always welcome amongst us.   You may come as often as you like to our Sunday Eucharist and/or any of our other celebrations or activities. You are also invited to come and find-out what we Catholic Christians are all about. In fact, we would really like to tell you all about us. What we believe as Catholic Christians, how we express our beliefs, and how we live it. We are not perfect. We are sinners who have hope because of our faith in Christ Jesus. In fact, we acknowledge that we are sinners who are trying to repent and to change our ways, so as to be able to believe more deeply in the Good News of Jesus and thus live out the Gospel more faithfully in our daily lives. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Promised One, and that He came to save us. We very much believe in the forgiveness of sin and God's unconditional love for all of His children. We have experienced God's movement and presence in the Catholic Christian Church. We would love to have you as a part of our community, and so we invite you to join us.     

Monday evenings in our Parish Hall at 7:30 p.m.      Come and share your story, and we will share ours.

"Magnificat," a ministry to Catholic women (men invited too) will have a luncheon meeting on Thursday, January 24^th, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Porter Valley Country Club, 19216 Singing Hills Drive in Northridge.   Guest speaker this month is Father John Hampsch, C.M.F., who will give a personal testimony.

Tickets purchased early are $15.00 per person. At the door $19.00. For tickets or information, please call 818 - 347 - 8271 or 805 - 495 - 5273.

You can either call the Pastoral Office for a copy of your 2001 donations, or you may access your account on our parish web site. However, to access your financial report, you must first call Marie at 818-889-1279, ext. 212, and give her the city of birth of the head of household and also the last four digits of the head of household's Social Security number. This is for security reasons.