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St. Jude Catholic Church Grand Rapids, MI . July 26, 2018 Vol. 5 Issue 31 The Best of Matthew Kelly Get this FREE newsletter e-mailed to Many of you have enjoyed Matthew Kelly you...contact Mary Ellen at the Parish this past Lent watching his videos on a Office by calling (616) 363-6897 or by daily basis. For the next several weeks we email to [email protected] will be featuring the script of some of those daily reflections. Why are we doing this? Our hope is that by going over some of the From the Director of Faith Formation ideas Matthew Kelly shared with us, we will be able to review how we have changed. Each day we have another This week, we continue our selective opportunity to change the direction of our lives. Here is a link if you wish to essays from Matthew Kelly who watch a particular video again: discusses success and what it is to be a https://dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentever/lent-reflections-2018 successful person.. View the video by Here is the script from day 11 clicking on the link: https://dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentev One of the things our culture has enormous respect for is success. We're constantly reading about, you know, “What is the secret to success?” There are constantly articles er/lent-reflections-2018 about “What's the secret to success?” or journalists asking specific people, “What is Looking to take your marriage from the secret to your success?” or “What has been the secret to your success?” I think it's natural to be fascinated with success, but one of the things that this tells us is that our good to great? You and your spouse culture respects success. And that's good. It's OK to respect success. But, what do you may wish to consider attending one of respect? What is it about a person that really wins your respect? the Marriage Encounter Weekends. The dates and locations are found on For me, it's virtue. It's the integrity of virtue. It's people who are patient, people who are kind, people who are generous, people who are courageous, people who are living page 2 of this newsletter. virtues. I respect virtue because it's something infinitely more important than success. Don’t forget the Kelly Conference It's something infinitely more important than excellence. The reason is because we're Room has many DVD’s for you to take not here to do stuff. We're not here to have stuff. Who we become is infinitely more home for the kids as well as films on St important than what we do or what we have. And we become all God created us to be, John Paul II and St. Mother Teresa. A we become that best-version-of-ourselves, by growing in virtue. partial list of some of the DVD’s can It's the collection of all of those virtues put together that creates the jigsaw puzzle of be found on pages 13 and 14 at the end an integrated life. And we look at a person with that and say, “Wow, that is a woman of the newsletter of character,” or, “Wow, that man has deep character,” because they're living an integrated life. For me, that's the Mount Everest of life: to live a life of virtue, to live a Looking for a good book to read? John life of character, to live an integrated life. O’Neil’s "The Fisherman’s Tomb" Commentary: By Clem Schwartz, Director of Faith Formation tells the true story of the Vatican’s secret search for St. Peter’s tomb in Matthew Kelly has some really good lines in this day’s reflection. “I respect virtue Rome. There is a special offer for a because it’s something infinitely more important than success. The reason is because we’re not here to do stuff …to have stuff. Who we great price and FREE standard become is infinitely more important than what we do or Table of Contents shipping for this book when you buy it what we have.” Yet we all know it is often how we Matthew Kelly 1 from Our Sunday Visitor Catholic judge ourselves and others by what they do or what Gospel Summaries 6 Bookstore. See page 4 of this goods they have. God has a plan for each of us. We do Living the Word 7 Vatican News 8 newsletter for the details. God’s will by doing the right thing each day. You know Weekly Lesson Plans 9 all those things we have accumulated, all the rewards CIC Schedule 11 Kindly e-mail your comments and and accomplishments will one day be gone. What God Parish Calendar 12 suggestions to [email protected] will judge us on will be who have become day by day. DVD List 13 & 14 Looking for a marriage enrichment that will take your marriage from good to great? Or from great to even better? Or from a little tarnished to dazzling? Look no further! Worldwide Marriage Encounter, the original Catholic marriage enrichment weekend, has been enriching marriages for 50 years. Upcoming weekends... Sept. 28 -30 at the Holiday Inn in Troy Oct. 5-7 at the Augustine Center in Petoskey Nov. 2- 4 at the Saginaw Center for Ministry in Saginaw Space is limited, so register today at www.wwme.org or contact Andrew & Alaina Wollner at 734-531-9191 for more info. Looking for a good book? Why not purchase this best seller.... The Fisherman's Tomb by acclaimed author...John O'Neill A Texas oilman. A brilliant female archaeologist. An unknown world underneath the Vatican. In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades — a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter — a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church — was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime. The incredible, sometimes shocking, story of the 75-year search and its key players has never been fully told — until now. The quest would pit one of the 20th century’s most talented archaeologists — a woman — against top Vatican insiders. "The Fisherman’s Tomb" is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds. Buy it now at OSV Catholic Bookstore. Click on the link below to order... https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/ Just $21.95 with FREE STANDARD SHIPPING Bishop Barron Sunday Radio Homily This week we begin reading from the Gospel of John, Chapter 6, for the next several weeks. The feeding of the five thousand is one of the few miracles which can be found in all four gospels. Learn three things from this story: 1) food for the journey – food for our soul. The sacrament of the Eucharist is unlike the other sacraments; it gives us our daily bread. Without the Eucharist we don’t have the substance we need to make our daily journey. 2) We are feed together: holy communion. “You are what you eat” We are conformed to Jesus and linked to each other. We are not in this alone. We are the body of Christ. 3) There are leftovers. More than enough for the moment. We are feed at the altar and what is left over is placed in the tabernacle. https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/homily/food-for-the-journey/592/ Volunteer Catechists needed for the 2018/19 School Year. We are currently searching for energetic spirits to work with Preschool through early elementary grades during St. Jude’s Sunday Faith Formation programs. Children’s Liturgy of the Word meets for 15 or 20 minutes during the scriptures and homily at the 10:30 Mass. Volunteers commit to one Sunday per month. The Lord’s Lambs program provides a unique learning experience for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade. These students meet in the lower level of church during the 10:30 Mass. Volunteers commit to one Sunday per month. Faith Formation Elementary Catechists are needed for St. Jude’s Sunday evening program. Classes meet on Sunday Evenings from 5:30 to 7PM, from September through March. All Leader manuals; materials and lesson plans are provided along with guidance and peer support. Please contact the Parish Office or Janet DeBoe at [email protected] for more information. Check out some of the films, videos and study programs by clicking on this direct link (no parish code needed) https://formed.org/custom-register?url=stjudes Login to FORMED for FREE Catholic-related movies, books and special programs. It's FREE....Register NOW at formed.org using this St. Jude Parish link - no parish code needed... https://formed.org/custom -register?url=stjudes Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation for Practicing Catholic Adults If you or your spouse may have never celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation you have two choices here at St. Jude’s Parish. You may join the Sunday evening classes for the RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS (RCIA) th beginning September 16 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. during the weekly classes for children in grades 1-8 in the public school. You will join the other adults who have never been baptized or wish to celebrate the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation in the spring of the year, too.