ST. JUDE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY   PAGE SIX                MARCH 3, 2002

Lenten Masses:  8:00 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. Monday through Friday, Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. with the Novena to St. Jude, and Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m.
Liturgy of the Hours:  Morning Prayer: 7:45 a.m., and Daytime Prayer:  11:50 a.m.
Confessions:  4:00-4:45 p.m. and 7:30-8:00 p.m. Saturdays. 
Stations of the Cross:    7:30 p.m. Fridays.
Bible Study:  Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in Room 3 regarding the coming Sunday's Mass Readings.
St. Max-St. Jude Lenten University: Adult Education Seminars Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings throughout Lent.

We are asked to stand in solidarity with our Archbishop and the priests, religious and lay leaders of our Archdiocese, especially with those who serve in the poorest of parishes in our Archdiocese.  We cannot allow ourselves to reason why these parishes may be poor, nor can we ignore the needs of our poorest sisters and brothers.  Rather, we need to stand in fullest and most heartfelt support with our poorest sisters and brothers in their needs.

"Together in Mission" truly does help our poorest parish communities.  However, as the income has risen so have the bills for services.  In reality, the help we give shrinks unless we increase our donation. Today our poorest parishes have "real needs" that are not being met.  It is estimated that it would take $128,000,000.00 today to make all the necessary repairs and do the retrofitting needed in these parishes and parish schools.   

If you have not yet made your Pledge Commitment, please prayerfully consider giving a little more than you have over the past years.  We all need to come to a real awareness of the burdens and the genuine needs that exist in our poorest parishes.  We need to understand that our Baptismal Calling encourages us, in fact impels us, to share with those less fortunate.  Let us dig deeply this year and try our best to help this worthwhile project, "Together in Mission."

    All Fridays of Lent are Days of Abstinence.  Also, Stations of the Cross will be celebrated each Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the church.

In addition, St. Jude's Knights of Columbus along with other parish groups will be giving away a Lenten Friday Soup & Salad Dinner in the Parish Hall.