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Weekend Masses Resume

                                       
Saturday, 5:00 PM   Sunday 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM.

You must pre-register to attend Mass.  Registration opens on Wednesday at 10:00 AM & closes on Friday at noon.        Go to Sign-Up Genius:                 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044eaeae2caaf58-saturday

Safety Volunteers Needed.  To Volunteer go to this link at anytime:                                             https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044eaeae2caaf58-safety

If you have any issues getting to the website by clicking the link, please copy the web address and paste it directly into your browser. If you have questions about signing up through     Sign-Up Genius, feel free to contact Liz Bergan at lizardm98@hotmail.com

See the following for more information:

Father Charlie's Letter, "Resuming Masses"

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Mass Participation Guidelines

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Church Seating Plan

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You Tube Video "Resuming Mass at Saint Jude's

Awww.youtube.com/channel/UCHmltjkUDOipNnDZqc43G_A

Two Weekday Masses Now Being Celebrated

With the resumption of Sunday Masses, we now have a 6:45 AM Mass on Wednesdays and an 8:15 AM Mass on Fridays.    Pre-registration is not necessary.

Sunday Mass Dispensation

The obligation to participate in Sunday Mass continues to be dispensed by Archbishop Listecki until September 6th.  The dispensation will be extended month by month as needed.

Support Our Parish

Support Your Parish
Dear Parishioners, I ask and encourage you to continue to support our wonderful parish either through online giving (on the top heading of our website homepage, go to “Support Us,” then to Online Giving and then press “We Share”) or by mailing your contributions to the parish office. Every contribution, no matter the size, is needed and appreciated.
Thank you,
Father Charlie
Friends in Christ,
I have a deep respect for Fr. Jerry Herda, the Archdiocesan Vicar for Clergy.  Some of you may remember him as the chaplain and a teacher at DSHA from 1995-2002.  In the July 16th issue of the Catholic Herald, Fr. Jerry has a very nicely written article on the Church’s response to the pandemic.  He gave me permission to offer it to you.                                                                                            Fr. Charlie

The Church's Response to the Pandemic
by Father Jerry Herda

I recently had coffee with a friend who expressed deep, almost bitter, feelings regarding the Church’s response to COVID-19. He feels like our leadership has “caved” to society’s pressures and have made the priority to keep people safe more important than the need for people to be engaged in the sacraments, and has done some damage to the Church that will be challenging to overcome. Is he right?
 
     Allow me to respond with a few thoughts.  First, I am very saddened by how the coronavirus has divided our Church and divided our country.  In my role as Vicar for Clergy, almost every day I deal with phone calls and emails from people, some complaining that we should allow communion on the tongue, and some complaining that we should not allow communion on the tongue.  Some complaining that we should make masks at Mass mandatory, while others are complaining they don’t want to wear a mask.  Some complaining that we should not have re-opened the churches, and others complaining that we are letting the government dictate the Church and we should never have closed the churches.  The one thing I know for certain is the devil is working overtime to divide our Church.
     Second, this virus is very different from most anything we have ever experienced.  It is often referred to as the invisible enemy, and there is so much that we do not know about COVID-19.  Some people without symptoms test positive for the virus and are hardly sick from it, while others get severely sick from the virus, some end up in the hospital and, unfortunately, some die from COVID-19.
     So, let me tell you a little about the early conversations that the leadership of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee had about this pandemic.  The discussion from the very beginning was that we, as a Catholic Church, are a pro-life church. We believe and teach that we should do everything in our power to preserve life. This seems obvious when we talk about abortion, but being a pro-life church also applies with this virus. The reality is that if you get the virus, there is a high likelihood that you are going to infect other people. If you infect the elderly and vulnerable, there is a possibility they are going to die. With this knowledge, we needed to do everything we could, as a pro-life Church, to keep people safe and to prevent the spread of this virus.
     Unfortunately, too many people are taking a selfish approach to this virus. Their comments are “don’t tell me what to do,” or “I have the right to do what I want.” With this virus, the decisions we each make can have a profound effect not only on our life but on the lives of others as well.
     There is little doubt in my mind that the Catholic Church will have challenging days ahead. So much of what we are doing as a Church is contradictory to what we have been taught. We are telling people to stay away from Mass. For those who come, we have been telling them not to sing, stay away from other people, no handshakes and no hugs. It all seems wrong, but we do so because we are a pro-life Church. We, as both individuals and as a Church, need to do everything we can to keep people safe and bring this virus to an end.

An Invitation to Help Make Homemade Face Masks

Archbishop Listecki invites all who have the gift of sewing and crafting to make homemade facemasks for our local healthcare systems. Please visit the Archdiocese of Milwaukee website – Homemade Masks to learn how you can help our local healthcare systems in this effort.
www.archmil.org/Our-Faith/CoVID-19-Updates/Homemade-Masks.htm

Parish YouTube Channel

The Liturgy of the Word for each Sunday will continue to air on our parish YouTube channel.  Other episodes include Exploring the Pipe Organ with Crawford Wiley.   We are grateful to Bill Armstrong for producing all of these.  You’ll find the link to our channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmltjkUDOipNnDZqc43G_A

Readings for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time

https://www.ocarm.org/en/content/lectio/lectio-divina-19th-sunday-ordinary-time


Additional daily readings can be found on the following link.
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/032520.cfm

Parishioner E-Mail Address Questionnaire

In an effort to build communication with all parish members through e-mail, we are trying to update and secure all the e-mail addresses of our parishioners.  We already have addresses for our school parents,  our religious education program parents, the various  groupings of liturgical ministers and the pastoral       
                                           council membership.
                                           Thank you!  Fr. Charlie

                                           Parishioner Email Address Questionnaire
                                           Open in Forms

Lighting the Way Academic Scholarship

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 Saint Jude the Apostle Parish and School truly is our "Faith Family".  With that in mind, we have initiated a new scholarship fund to provide financial support in our school community to those who have been impacted by Covid-19. 
Our new Lighting the Way Educational Scholarship has been established to provide financial assistance to those families in need -helping our current Saint Jude students remain in our school.
We recognize this is a difficult time for all.  However, we also know that some individuals, some companies, and some organizations are still in a position to support others financially.
You can donate to the Saint Jude Lighting the Way Educational Scholarship by clicking on the Support Us tab of this web site.  Go to Online Giving and click on We Share.  You can also donate by sending a check payable to:
Saint Jude the Apostle School, 800 Glenview Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI  53213
Please mark Lighting the Way Educational Scholarship in the memo notation.

Saint Jude Parish Safety and Security

Unfortunately, here at Saint Jude the Apostle, we are unable to have the parish church unlocked for private prayer because of security and safety issues.

                                 The Sacrament of Reconciliation
If you desire to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, please call the parish office/rectory to make an appointment and arrangements will be made for either Father Charlie or one of the resident Nigerian priests to assist you.

                                   Saint Jude Parish Office Hours
Until further notice, office hours will be intermittent.  Parish Office: 414-258-8821.

                                        Saint Jude Thrift Shop
The Saint Jude Thrift Shop Is Closed for the foreseeable future due to the Coronavirus situation.
NO DONATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED.  PLEASE DO NOT ABANDON     ITEMS OUTSIDE THE SHED.  Thank you!
 

CALENDAR

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A note from our Director of Liturgy & Music--
At this time of uncertainty and natural anxiety we are strangely deprived of one of our deepest comforts—coming together to worship at Mass. This beautiful setting by the late Stephen Paulus of a very familiar text by St. Teresa of Avila has been a comfort to me and to members of the choir and I hope that it speaks to you as well. We are never alone, even when it most feels like it. As an inscription at St Swithun's shrine in Winchester Cathedral says: Whatever partakes of God is safe in God. As we partake of God in our hearts and homes in these coming weeks, I pray that we would all know the safety of God's love. Alone God sufficeth. 
Praying with you, and with the prayers of Mary our mother,
Crawford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_yanwDCvv4

Tosa Food Pantry

We will again be having baskets available for non-perishable food items in the church vestibule. There will be no specific day for the collection, but items may be brought when coming to Mass. If this is not possible, please call ahead to be sure someone is in the parish offices to accept your donation. Be sure that the items do not have an expired date. Also, since this is the season for vegetable gardening, the Pantry will accept produce. Please drop off your perishable items directly at the Pantry, located at St. Bernard Parish, on Saturdays at 9:00 AM or on Mondays at 1:00 PM. The Pantry continues to welcome any monetary donations. Checks should be made out to Tosa Community Food Pantry and sent to: Tosa Community Food Pantry c/o St. Bernard Parish, 7474 Harwood Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI   53213