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Saint Jude the Apostle Parish

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 31, 2021



All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of . NMark 1:2728 Welcome Visitors and Guests If you are a visitor to Jude the Apostle Parish, we want you to know how very welcome you are. If you are interested in joining Saint Jude or simply would like to learn more about our parish, please feel free to call Gary Heun, our pastoral minister, at 4142588821.

Pastoral Staff

PASTOR ……………………………………….…...4142588821 MAINTENANCE ………………………………..…4143180485  Fr. Charles Conley  Mr. Rick Anderson, Supervisor  *[email protected]  *[email protected]  Fr. Emmanuel Udo (In residence from Nigeriaon Sabbatical)  *[email protected]; 4142588821 x229 PASTORAL COUNCIL OFFICERS & TRUSTEES  Fr. Mark Obeten (In residence from NigeriaDoctoral Studies)  Mr. Jack Raue, Pastoral Council Chairperson   4142588821 x231  Mr. Steven Gorzek, Trustee/Secretary  Mr. Tom Mullooly, Trustee/Treasurer PERMANENT DEACON  Deacon Don Borkowski LITURGY/MUSIC OFFICE …………...…………4142588821  Mr. Crawford Wiley, Director of Liturgy & Music PARISH OFFICE ….4142588821……FAX: 4142587371  *[email protected]  Office Hours 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM MondayFriday  Mr. Gerald Stilp, Director of Administrative Services RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE …….……4142588821  *[email protected]  Mr. Gary Heun, Director of Religious Ed/Pastoral Associate  Mrs. Melinda Morris, Director of Finance  *[email protected]  *[email protected] THRIFT SHOP …………………………………….4142590975  Sr. Dianne Engelhart, SSND Parish Office Assistant/Secretary  Mrs. Roberta Dollhopf, Manager  *[email protected]  *[email protected]  Mrs. Patricia (Patty) Turdo, Accounting Assistant  *[email protected] SCHOOL ……4147711520………FAX: 4147713748  Mrs. Catherine LaDien, PrincipalNPresident  *[email protected]  Ms. Mary Ferguson, Assistant Administrator   *[email protected]

Mass Intentions for the Wee Readings for the Week of Jan. 31, 2021 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dt 18:1520/Ps 95: Wednesday, February 3Weekday 12, 67, 79 [8]/1 Cor 7:3235/Mk 1:2128 6:45 St. Jude Parishioners Monday: Heb 11:3240/Ps 31:20, 21, 22, 23, 24 [25]/Mk Friday, February 5St. Agatha 5:120 9:00 † John L. Toohey Tuesday: Mal 3:14/Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 [8]/Heb 2:1418/Lk Saturday, February 6Mass of Anticipation for Sunday 2:2240 or 2:2232 5:00 † Gracemary Zizzo Wednesday: Heb 12:47, 1115/Ps 103:12, 1314, 17 Sunday, February 75th Sunday in Ordinary Time 18a [cf. 17]/Mk 6:16 9:00 The Parish Thursday: Heb 12:1819, 2124/Ps 48:23ab, 3cd4, 9, 11:00Belated wedding anniversary of Don and Linda Murray 1011 [cf. 10]/Mk 6:713 Friday: Heb 13:18/Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b9abc [1a]/Mk 6:14 Let Us Hold In Prayer . . . 29 The Infirm and the Homebound Saturday: Heb 13:1517, 2021/Ps 23:13a, 3b4, 5, 6 As always, let us pray in a special way for all those who are [1]/Mk 6:3034 homebound or recovering from an illness or surgery. Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jb 7:14, 67/Ps 147: Fr. Jeff Loebl, S.J., Carmen Singleton, Helen Bielefeld, 12, 34, 56 [cf. 3a]/1 Cor 9:1619, 2223/Mk 1:29 Caesar Prospero, Catherine Schmanski, Stephanie Buchmann, 39 Frances Fischbach, Pat Lyons, Don Washburn, Sasada, Elizabeth Handrich, Polly Westfall, Louise Stemo, Dorothy SchneiderFuelling, Bernard Harvieux   All Those Who Serve to Protect Our Faithful Departed Please pray for our service men and women, who are serving William J. Friar, brother of James Friar both at home and overseas, and their families. Born to Eternal Life on January 21, 2021  If you would like to add the name of a St. Jude parishioner to Those Preparing for Marriage our prayer lists, please call the parish office at 4142588821. II. Henry Kuranz and Molly Szews Cover photo credit: Dianne Marie Engelhart, SSND The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 31, 2021 Special Hours for St. Jude Thrift Shop Parish YouTube Channel The Thrift Shop is offering limited The Liturgy of the Word for each Sunday is shopping hours the first and third Wednesdays aired on our parish YouTube channel. We are of the month. The dates for February are the grateful to our producer, Bill Armstrong. 3rd and the 17th, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. You’ll find the link to our channel at: Families needing to shop outside of these https://www.youtube.com/channel/ hours can call or text Roberta at 4146599513. At this time UCHmltjkUDOipNnDZqc43G_A we have no more need for clothing except for winter coats for men, women and children. The Thrift Shop is also in need of Support Your Parish linens, blankets, comforters, pillows, home decor, small Dear Parishioners, I ask and encourage you to continue to furniture, kitchenware, rugs, lamps and other household items. support our wonderful parish either through online giving (On Our top sellers are jewelry, purses, shoes and boots. the top heading of our website homepage, go to Support Us, We’re pleased to be able to offer these opportunities, then to Online Giving and then press We Share.) or by mailing though limited. Covid19 protocols will be practiced. your contributions to the parish office. Every contribution, no matter the size, is needed and appreciated. Food Pantry News Thank you, Fr. Charlie We are continuing to have our monthly food pantry collections for the House of Peace and St. Jude Parish Safety and Security Tosa Food Pantry. Nonperishable items may be Unfortunately, here at St. Jude the Apostle, we are unable placed in the collection baskets located near the to have the parish church unlocked for private prayer because south entrance of the church. Please, no expired of security and safety issues. items. Our boxes for monetary donations will The Sacrament of Reconciliation be located on the communion rails at the Masses the weekend If you desire to04 receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, of February 6th and 7th. please call the parish office/rectory to make an appointment Both pantries welcome your donations of low fat, low and arrangements will be made for either Fr. Charlie or one of sugar, and low salt healthy foods. All donations brought to the resident Nigerian priests to assist you. church should be nonperishables, such as: canned tuna, St. Jude Parish Office Hours chicken, corned beef, peanut butter, soups, vegetables, cereals Until further notice, office hours will be intermittent. etc. Personal care items are accepted as well. Parish Office: 4142588821. Your financial support is also greatly appreciated. Monetary donations help to provide perishable items such as: Baptisms . . . meat, milk, etc. If you wish to offer further monetary assistance by writing a check, please make it out to Tosa  Community Food Pantry and send to: Tosa Community Food Let us welcome: Pantry c/o St. Bernard Parish, 7474 Harwood Ave., Jack Richard Rice Wauwatosa, WI 53213 OR House of Peace and send to: House of Peace, 1702 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee, WI 53205. Thank you for your generosity!!! Parents interested in having their child baptized should register with Gary Heun, Pastoral Associate, at 4142588821. St. Florian’s DriveThru Fish Fry Join us for our next Fish Fry on Friday, February 5, from Please Welcome Our New Parishioners . . 4:30  7:00 PM in the school parking lot. Please follow the signs and remain in your car. We will come to you. Jack and Holly Johnson;  There will be 5 menu choices: Son, Patrick; daughter, Noelle 1.Fried cod with french fries 2.Fried cod with parsleybuttered potatoes Help for Married Couples 3.Baked cod with parsleybuttered potatoes 4.Baked cod with french fries There are 4 Stages of Marriage: Romance, Disillusionment, Misery, and 5. Chicken tenders with french fries Awakening. Many marriages experience       No substitutions the first 3 Stages. Marriages that end in The cost will be $11.00. divorce never make it to the 4th stage of Dinners include: Coleslaw, apple sauce, rye bread, butter, Awakening. Don’t give up without learning about the 4th tarter sauce and dessert. Clam chowder will also be Stage of Awakening. If your marriage suffers from available. Disillusionment or Misery, please contact Retrouvaille (pronounced retroVI with a long I). * Event subject to change. For confidential information about or to register for the  Also selling chances to win a “Green Bay program beginning with the weekend of March 1214, 2021 in Packers 100 Seasons” 2018 teamautographed football along Racine, please call (414) 5027685 or email: with other Packer items. Tickets are 3 for $5. Drawing held at [email protected] or visit the website at conclusion of fish fry. 4143833565 or www.stflorian.org http://www.HelpOurMarriage.org. The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 31, 2021

Most of us are quiet people who struggle and sin themselves, and they embody an unspoken desire to live a good and holy life, timeless wisdom that just sounds and feels right. taught promote the values and mission of with this same type of authority and it astonished many who the as best we can and listened. We do not need to move mountains, advance a cause, desire to one day inherit the write books or become notable. All we have to do is become surprise of life eternal God credible witnesses of the faith we profess. people can promises to us. We are not trail blazers. We are simple people teach us how to do this. who want to do the simple things of life well. But there are St. Oscar Romero was an amazing man and a Moses  others who left a more profound impact along the way of the figure for sure. He saw God in the burning bush and brought paths they walked. Folks like , Martin Luther the flame of Gospel faith to the poorest of the poor, chal King, Thomas Merton, Gandhi, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and lenging the evils of the society in which he lived. He was many others left lasting impacts and legacies. Like Moses, tireless and persistent. He must have gotten very close to the they show us by word and deed who God is, and what integrity problem because it cost him his life. He suspected it would. and a purposedriven life look like. They show us how to be St. Romero said, “When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the holy. We need Moses people like these to give us inspiration, way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his hope and an example of holy living. heart brave and strong to face the world’s difficulties.” We We do not need to do what they did or even mirror their can learn from this wisdom. If we allow the power of the Mass relationship with God. Each one of us is God’s special to truly transform us, we will leave that holy encounter creation, with a purpose and soul known only to us. We need changed. Our face will shine, and we will have courage. We to learn how to open up and bring, without compromise, our can then bring what we have received to life’s challenges. soulness to life. We know when someone is authentic and That sounds doable, doesn’t it? Because of the example of our centered because they always point to truth, even though they simple holiness, people will be amazed. ©LPi

Zoom Offerings at Siena Center Programs at Siena Retreat Center, 5637 Erie St., Racine  call 2628982590 for more Compassionate and Loving Father, information or visit www.SienaRetreatCenter.org and click on Retreat Programs. In the face of confusion and concern Morning of Refreshment for Those Who Help Others, Saturday, F eb. 6th, 9:30 impart to us the calm of your 11:00 AM, Bob Beezat; Miriam Brown, OP; Mary Rath and Marybeth Zuhlke. Offered virtually via Zoom. We welcome all who are making efforts to be kind, presence. compassionate, and courageous in the midst of today’s high stresses. We need each In You allow us to find hope and other. We are all Carriers. The spirit we send into the air around us is ContagiousN healing. and essential to the health of our society today. Tune in to be renewed and inspired, to share your ideas, stories, and challenge. May we all test positive as Kindness Be with those who serve the sick and Carriers. Free. give them Your caring hands. WellBeing Wednesday, Wednesday, F eb. 10th, 10:4511:45 AM, Gretchen Be with those who lead and give Baumgardt. Offered virtually via Zoom. Gentle yoga is a wonderful way to relax them Your Spirit of wisdom. and reenergize. There will be an option for those sitting in a chair. Gretchen is a Be with those who have fallen ill retreat facilitator and yoga leader. Cost: $12. and give them Your comforting Creative Wednesday, Wednesday, Feb. 10th, 1:003:00 PM, Missy IselyPoltrock. heart. Offered virtually via Zoom. Creative Wednesday invites you to fortify your spirit as you express yourself creatively. In this Wrap your arms around our world session we'll be making gratitude jars with mod podge Cost: $18 and hold us in your love.  if you provide your own supplies. Cost if we mail supplies to Allow us at this time of trial to then you: TBA; check website. serve as instruments of that love R.C.I.A.: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults to all we meet. R.C.I.A. is for adults who are interested in being baptized a Catholic Christian, We ask this in Your Name. Amen. or are already baptized in another and wish to become ©LPi Catholic, or for adult Catholics who wish to be Confirmed. The format this year is quite flexible. The sessions can be virtual or in person Inspiration with the safety precautions of social distancing and the wearing of masks. The day and timing of the sessions are adaptable as well. Found on SSND Website Please contact Rob Hoffmann (Cell: 4148282038) or Fr. Charlie. For thoughtprovoking reflections, Invitation to the Community of St. Jude the Apostle Parish photos, articles, “prayer moments” please go to: https:// Do you know a family member or friend who might be interested in this conversion process? www.facebook.com/ Would you be willing to sponsor a candidate? ssnd.centralpacific/ or https:// If so, please contact Rob Hoffmann (Cell: 4148282038) or Fr. Charlie. www.facebook.com/ssnd.northamerica/ The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 31, 2021

Baby Shower to Help Women’s Care Center Dear God, The Women’s Care Center is a nonprofit, As we face these uncertain times in our volunteer organization dedicated to the service of nation and the world, we ask you, Lord, to pregnant women and babies. The Center offers dwell among us. We are comforted by the pregnancy testing, ultrasound, counseling, 24 knowledge that You alone are our Savior and hour hotline and parenting classes. Their Crib Lord, and the ultimate Master of life. We Club program provides baby items under an entrust our nation to Your loving care, Lord. incentive system that rewards participation in Send Your Spirit to touch the hearts of our parenting classes, prenatal care and other valuable programs. nation’s leaders. Give them the wisdom to Please donate new or gently used: quilts, blanket sleepers, receiving know what is right, and the courage to do it. blankets, sweaters, hats, booties, socks, sleep and play outfits, books, Give us Your light and Your truth to guide us umbrella strollers, diapers. All clothing should be for 3 months to 5T. in our ways so that we may Please place donated items in the crib in the back of church. The baby shower is sponsored by the Respect Life and Human Concerns seek Your will in our lives, Committee of St. Jude the Apostle. Donate all items, please, between and impact the world Saturday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Feb. 7. around us for Your Any questions please call Judy Richlen at 4143036726. Kingdom. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer for World Day for Consecrated Life, Feb. 2 Two Guys and a Gospel Gracious God, You have called me to life and gifted me in many ways. Through is produced by the Archdiocese of Baptism You have sent me to continue the mission of Jesus by sharing Milwaukee. This free podcast is my love with others. Strengthen me to respond to Your call each day. posted every Wed., at 10:00 AM Help me to become all You desire of me. Inspire me to make a prior to the upcoming Sunday difference in others' lives. Lead me to choose the way of life You have Gospel. Subscribe via: planned for me. Open the hearts of all to listen to Your call. Fill all with SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher, or Your that we may have listening hearts and the courage to respond to You. Enkindle in my heart and the hearts of others the desire Google Play. to make the world a better place by serving as a Lay Minister, Sister, Priest, Brother or Deacon. Amen.

Scholarship Provides Financial Help St. Jude the Apostle Parish and School truly is our "Faith Family". With that in mind, we have initiated a scholarship fund to provide financial support in our school community to those who have been impacted by Covid19. You can donate to the St. Jude Lighting the Way Educational Scholarship by going to our website www.stjudeparishwauwatosa.org. Click on Support Us. Go to Online Giving and then click on W e Share. You can also donate by sending a check payable to: St. Jude the Apostle School, 800 Glenview Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI 53213. Please mark Lighting the Way Educational Scholarship in the memo notation. Thank you very much!!! Christian T. Harteau, D.D.S. Parishioner Thomas F. Charapata, D.D.S. Fresh Custom Cut Choice Meats • Party Trays • Catering Michael Golovin, D.M.D Thank You For Supporting A Family Tradition Cecilia Margraff, D.D.S. 9015 W. Burleigh • 873-7960 704 E. Layton Avenue • 414-483-1600 www.bunzels.com 5007 S Howell Avenue • 414-877-0840 www.dentistsouthshore.com Dr. Tobin J. Strupp Schmidt & Bartelt Family Dentistry Funeral Homes 14335 W. Capital Dr. Family and Employee Owned Gary Gerhardt Angela Sisk Suite 4 • Brookfield “Providing the service and facilities the 262-783-3311 Wauwatosa Community has come to expect.” (414) 732-4279 (414) 531-7151 www.struppdentistry.com 10121 W. North Ave • (414) 774-5010 [email protected] [email protected] Parish Members Serving All Your Real Estate Needs

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