ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH Established 1966 9150 Highland Road Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 (On the Corner of Highland Road and Gardere Lane) Thursday, December 31st - No Mass Friday, January 1st - Mass at 9:00 am No Communion Service The Parish Office Will be Closed All Day Thursday , December 31st and Friday, January 1st We Will Resume Regular Business Hours Monday, January 4 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Saturday and Sunday Dec. 26-27, 2020 www.stjudecatholic.org Dear Friends: It seems as if we were just together in church! Oh, wait—we were! Once again, Merry Christmas to all of you. I hope that your celebraon of the big day was enjoyable and peaceful. My family and I were together, the first Christmas without our Mom. It was nice. Different. But very nice. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you, especially those of you who are celebrang a first holiday season without a loved one. This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. I think we all know that family is probably our greatest gi, although, at mes, it brings its challenges. There is a certain grace in imperfecon. This was one of Saint Paul’s constant mantras, and even the poet, Ernest Hemingway, said it, “Life breaks us all, but some are made stronger in the broken places.” This is uniquely so when it comes to family. Sll, I don’t know where I’d be without my family. I pray each day for yours and mine. I pray for good health, protecon, and happiness. As we come to this feast day this year, I might suggest that we pray for a greater openness to one another in family, not only during the fun and easy mes, but in those moments of misunderstanding and pain. What makes a family genuinely holy is the willingness to see and embrace the Christ in one another. Sincerely, Fr. Trey Nelson January 1, 2021 Mass at 9:00am No New Year’s Eve Mass Charmaine Biossat, Director of Ministries, 225-766-2431 [email protected] Society of St. Vincent de Paul St. Jude the Apostle Parish Conference 9150 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 (225) 317-0929; [email protected]; (225) 766-2431; www.stjudecatholic.org Thank You and update from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Jude Parish Conference October 2019 – September 2020 Many thanks and blessings to the St. Jude Parish for supporting and praying for the members of the Saint Jude the Apostle Parish Conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul as we provide a hand up to the poor in our parish community. We have submitted our Annual Conference Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 to the Parish Office and the St. Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council. During the year, 67 active, associate and contributing Vincentians visited with 35 families consisting of 125 individuals to provide financial, nutritional and spiritual assistance. We provided food 217 times and other services 67 times. We also provided 185 food boxes and frozen turkeys during 2019 Thanksgiving and Christmas with 140 toys. In March, we emptied our food pantry and donated 66 boxes of food to the Shepard’s Market at St. John’s United Methodist Church. We serve an average of 15 neighbors weekly on Monday nights until March 2020. In March we continued to provide financial and spiritual assistance by phone. Cherye Roussel, Anne George and Tom Randolph went above the call of service by consistently answering the call of our neighbors. We are extremely grateful for their untiring service. Your donations of $60,250.50 throughout the year and from Souper Bowl of Caring, along with the St. Jude School’s food and toy drives, allowed us to provide the above services to our neighbors in need throughout the year. We provided $13.741.00 in rental assistance and $30,411.42 in utilities assistance. The conference also provided $4,800.00 to St. Vincent de Paul Special Works, which is the Shelter, Pharmacy and Dining Hall, to assist others throughout the Diocese. The conference contributed $2,281.00 to the Diocesan Council and $800.00 for our twinning partner in India. Our operating expenses were $641.00 for telephone, stamps and supplies. The St. Jude Conference members, without using the above funds, prepared and served dinner twice times at the Bishop Ott and Sweet Dreams homeless shelters. Until March, a small group of Vincentians picked up bread, pastries and food from various retailers for the St. Vincent de Paul kitchen. Vincentians also serve on prison ministry teams to provide monthly communion at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola and Hunt Regional Corrections Center in St. Gabriel. Recognizing a need for long term skills building, in April, we began providing a 12-month money management spreadsheet to our neighbors needing financial assistance. Please consider becoming a member of the St. Jude Conference. Contact Reginald Brown, (575) 756-8356, [email protected] or Phil Bruder, (225)766-2452, [email protected] Michaelyn McGinnis, Director of Chrisan Formaon Nathalie Bagwell, Director of Communicaons 225-766-2431 [email protected] 225-766-2431 [email protected] PSR Teachers Needed For 3rd and 7th Grade PSR Classes Begin January 6, 2021 If you have questions, or if you are interested in volunteering, please contact Michaelyn McGinnis in the Parish Office. Mindy Coogan, Bookkeeper & Child Protecon Coordinator 225-766-2431 [email protected] We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family on the first Sunday after Christmas! This feast day is a reminder to us of the example Mary and Joseph set for all of us in welcoming Jesus into their lives. The Holy Family serves as a model for us all in which to live in faith and simplicity. Add an additional prayer to your family routine today and brainstorm ways you might help each other grow in faith throughout this New Year. The new 2021 Mass Intenons Book is NOW OPEN! Please contact Mrs. Linda McVay, Receponist/Secretary, in the Parish Office to schedule at (225) 766-2431. Or visit our website for addional informaon: hp://www.stjudecatholic.org/files/ Mass_Intenon_Form.pdf Friday, January 1st is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Thank you St. Jude Family! Your faithfulness is what makes our ministry opportunities possible! “Mary is more blessed in receiving the faith of Visit our website for all of our giving options: Christ, than in conceiving the flesh of Christ.” http://www.stjudecatholic.org/content.cfm?id=1242 - St. Augustine, On Holy Virginity, 3 MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 Monday: 1 Jn 1:5 — 2:2; Ps 124:2-5, 7b-8: 8:30 am NO MASS Mt:13-18 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:36-40 5:30 pm Frank & Floy Vogt Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30 Friday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; 12:00 pm Win Lochbrunner Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; 8:30 am NO MASS Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 - NO Communion Service 9:00 am John Louis McGinnis SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 4:00 pm Carl Pitre William G. 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