ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Established 1966 9150 Highland Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 (On the Corner of Highland Road and Gardere Lane) St. Jude the Apostle Church, as a Catholic Faith Community, strives to spread the love of Christ by embracing our diversity of God-given gifts celebrated in prayer, sacraments, Eucharistic worship, fellowship, religious education, and service to the local and world community. –St. Jude Parish Advisory Council: March 15, 2006 Third Sunday of Easter April 18th & April 19th, 2015 Diocese of Baton Rouge to Begin Parish Visitations In keeping with its mission the Pastoral Planning Task Force of the Diocese of Baton Rouge has developed a process for dialogue with Catholic laity which will begin in late April. The goal of this process is to give every parish in our diocese the opportunity to relect on its own vitality and how that vitality can be strengthened as we look to the future, given the number of priests available for ministerial service. Prior to making visits to every parish the Task Force will “pilot” this process in 3 parishes of the diocese: Most Blessed Sacrament in Baton Rouge, Immaculate Conception in Scotlandville, and the Churches of East St. James (Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, and St. Michael the Archangel) located in Gramercy, Paulina, and Convent respectively. It was determined by the Task Force that it would be good to pilot this process in a suburban, urban, and rural setting. These 3 communities were chosen, simply because they are representative of the diocese as a whole. Once the pilot process has been completed, the Task Force will adjust the components as necessary and then begin going to all other parishes in our diocese. The current plan is for parish visitations to be conducted from June to August of this year. The Task Force will then take late Summer and Fall to review the results and then bring the inal report to Bishop Muench in December. (As chair of the task force, Father Trey invites our prayers for this very important effort. Please look for more details in the April 17 edition of the Catholic Commentator newspaper.) Daily Masses Parish Contact Information Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 8:15am Parish Office Phone 225-766-2431 Tuesday at 5:30pm (followed by Benediction and Adoration) Parish Office Fax 225-766-0722 Wednesday at noon also School Phone 225-769-2344 Parish Website www.stjudecatholic.org Weekend Masses School Website www.stjudebr.org Saturday 4:00pm Vigil Sunday at 8:00am, 9:45am, and 11:30am Fr. Trey Nelson, Pastor [email protected] Deacon James Morrissey, [email protected] The Sacrament of Reconciliation Director of Administration Saturdays from 3:00pm-3:45pm Emergencies: after hours, please call 766-2431 and follow the or by appointment directions given on the voice mail message. FROM THE TEE BOX A Few Thoughts from Our Pastor From the Tee Box! April 18-19, 2015 Commemorative The Third Bottles of Wine Sunday of Easter To celebrate the beautiful church renovation and to Dear Friends: launch the new St. Jude Church website, we are Last Saturday our First Eucharist selling commemorative students came together for their bottles of wine. Both a annual retreat and then joined us for Merlot and a Chardonnay are available, the 4:00pm Vigil Mass. I had the each with a distinctive picture of the new opportunity to visit with them, and church. all I can say is that they were filled with energy! Being with them truly $25 per bottle. Please stop by the church made my day. Thank you again to office to purchase your wine…..while Melanie Chabarria (our Director of supplies last. Christian Formation), our catechists, and all of our parents who helped out during the retreat! This Sunday I The Catholic Home have the special treat of celebrating Missions Appeal will First Eucharist with my nephew, take place next week. Brendan, at Our Lady of Mercy One way that this appeal Parish, and then the week after that works to strengthen we will have our celebration here at home mission dioceses in Saint Jude. I am really looking the United States is by forward to it! funding seminarian formation in poor Have a great week! dioceses. The blessing of seminarians places a financial burden on these Sincerely, dioceses, where educating each seminarian costs $35-40K per year. Your support is needed for these young men so that they might go back and serve their parishes. Please Fr. Trey Nelson strengthen the Church at home by making a Pastor generous gift to next week’s appeal. KC APRIL FAMILY OF THE MONTH The Knights of Columbus Council 9692 have named Jeremy and Kimberly McDaniel as the honorees for the April 2015 Family of the Month Award. Parishioners are asked to join Fr. Trey and Grand Knight Eddie Guidry in presenting the award at a coffee and donuts reception in the cafeteria immediately following the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 26, 2015. As soon as Jeremy and Kimberly joined St. Jude in 2008, they began joining ministries and meeting fellow parishioners. Jeremy is a member of the St. Jude Men’s Club and has worked on numerous projects for the parish. He has already begun teaching their son William to volunteer by allowing him to help with the Men’s Club Lenten Fish Fries. Kimberly was the Play and Pray chairperson and initiated the ‘first-baby family food’ program within that ministry. She also volunteers in the Hospitality ministry. Together they belong and participate in the Family Life Ministry, the annual Giving Tree project and the Gardere Initiative Partnership Ministry. They both have worked the fair since they joined St. Jude. Kimberly was on the Fair Core Committee as auction co- chairperson for several years; Jeremy has also been on the core committee now for several years as the vice-chair of the fair bank. They are both St. Jude school volunteers. Kimberly is the SJ Home and School Association Community Campaign assistant, a Pre-K room mom, reads in the library to the children several times during the year and chairs the Teacher Appreciation Week breakfast. St. Jude is fortunate to have young professionals like Jeremy and Kimberly who give so much of their valuable time volunteering. Jeremy and Kimberly have two children, William, who is in the first grade at St. Jude and Madeline, who is in Pre-K. Congratulations to Jeremy and Kimberly on being recognized as the recipients of the April Family of the Month Award. We thank you for blessing St. Jude with your dedicated and loyal service to our parish community. The Knights of Columbus sponsors the parish Family of the Month Award and aims at naming a family who serves as an inspiration to parish and community life in supporting and strengthening Christ’s family. Mr. Bill Wilhelm chairs the committee. Promote your church parish! St. Jude has received a lot of community praise for our renovated church. Now you can show your support For Prayer Request while showing off your church in a fun way. Call our Prayer We are selling beautiful sets of glasses Line, 766-3668 or etched with our new church. $20 for a set 766-3736 of 4. The glasses can be purchased at the church office. Catholic Daughter Dinner Diocese of Baton Rouge Red Beans/Rice and Sausage Catholic Schools Salad and Bread Special Education Program P. O. Box 2028 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2028 Telephone: 225-336-8735 FAX: 225-336-8711 When: May 3, 2015 Where: Parish Hall The Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Schools Time: After 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. Masses Office is pleased to announce the expansion of “Special” Cost: $8.00 education programming from an existing one-site program to seven Catholic school Prepared by Percy Franklin sites around the diocese beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. Individual Desserts also available for .50 each With a mission of Faith Formation, Come and Enjoy! Individual Development, and Preparation for the Future, the Diocesan Department of Special Education will not only be offering a Program for Exceptional Students, but Seelos Healing Mass also Dyslexia Lab services for regular education students. Exceptionalities served Celebrate the Healing Sacraments of Penance & Anointing will include (but are not necessarily limited to) Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, Sunday, April 26, 1:00 PM Specific Learning Disability, Other Health Impairment, and Developmental Delay. St. Mary’s Assumption Church 919 Josephine Street, New Orleans, La Limited space is available. Interested applicants should visit csobr.org to access For more information, call (504) 525-2495 the application and tuition/fee schedule. There is also a link on the homepage for those interested in making a donation to this most worthy endeavor. Archdiocese of New Orleans Whatever your interest level in the Retreat Center program, please keep it in your hearts and (504) 267- 9604 prayers as they seek to provide appropriate services to students in our May 2015 Retreat Schedule diocese so that all families who wish can have the “Gift for Life” that is Catholic ♦ May 15-17 and May 22-24 Schools. Seeking the God of Mercy Presenter: Rev. Simeon Gallagher, OFM, Cap Culture of Life Reflection The power of God’s mercy has been one of the tihemes of Pope Francis. He has returned to this element of the "All Christians and people of good will are thus Gospel repeatedly. This retreat will explore the richness called today to struggle… for abolition of the of God’s mercy and offer ways of practicing this most death penalty." important virtue.