Christmas 2020 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” -Isaiah 9:1 Dear Friends of St. Jude, More than two millennia ago, a child was born in Bethlehem, a small village outside of Jerusalem. Angels announced to shepherds and visiting Magi that this child was the Messiah, the Savior of the world. […]
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Dear Friends of St. Jude, The Advent and Christmas liturgical cycles have always been my favorite of the ecclesiastical year. Like a great painting the seasons provide background colors highlighting the figures we celebrate during the feast days of these weeks. The Mother of God is celebrated under some of her greatest titles and the […]
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Our Christmas Mass Schedule is as follows: CHRISTMAS EVE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 Christmas Vigil Family Masses 4:00pm & 6:00pm Carol service followed by Mass at Midnight 11:15pm Carol service 12:00am Solemn Mass with choral music, strings and brass CHRISTMAS DAY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 Parish Mass with Carols 8:30am Solemn Mass with choral music, strings and brass 11:00am […]
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“We are a ‘touchy’ people, Father… we like to touch.” Dear friends of St. Jude, I was invited for this past St. Jude feast by the devotees of St. Jude in Tucumán, Argentina, to come and give a novena with some of our relics of St. Jude, while Fr. James Moore, OP, my predecessor, was […]
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