All bulletin submissions due Monday by 8 AM for following week.
Get your tickets for St. Jude Reverse Raffle
This year the annual Reverse Raffle is going to be live, in person, on Nov. 6. Tickets are still available.
Each $100 ticket includes admission for two people, a chance to win $5,000, dinner buffet, drinks and dancing, silent auction baskets, and more!
You need not be present to win. This event helps reach the far corners of the parish and beyond. Invite your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers! They do not need to be a parishioner to have a blast with us! Get a table together!!
For table reservations, information, or questions, please contact Anthony Uberta (317) 601-5383, or email [email protected]
Your support is greatly appreciated! License #002505
Buck Creek Playhouse trip for Young at Heart Circle
Join St. Jude Parish Young at Heart
at Buck Creek Playhouse to see
Rosie the Riveter: The Story of an
Icon. It is happening Nov. 7 at 2:30
p.m.
Young at Heart has reserved 20 group tickets at $13
each.
Make your reservation no later than Oct. 29 by using this
signup here https://bit.ly/3FXYOXa. Then put your
payment in an envelope marked Young at Heart - Buck
Creek Theatre with your name and drop in collection
basket or at Parish Center by Oct. 29.
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Gospel Reflection—October 23/24, 2021
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
When we see God with true sincerity of heart and God passes us along our way, it is only then that we will be able to cry out, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me!” We have to truly want to be healed by, and in union with, God in order for us to reach out to him. If God is only an abstract idea, theory, or someone found in the pages of a book, there is no motivation for a relationship and no desire to seek him. God needs to be real in order for faith to be real. It’s all about the journey.
St. Augustine reminds us that “to fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him the greatest human achievement.” We strive after many things and mercy is not always one of them. We think that we can find fulfillment and healing in other things only to discover that we are still short and empty. From the moment human beings were created, God has been calling us and seeking us. He has been walking right beside the human story from the minute He first breathed life into the first human soul. Are we able to recognize God as He walks with us? At some point we have to realize that there is only one way to satisfy the deepest longings of the human heart and that is in relationship with our Creator. We are called to this. However, we make the huge error of thinking that what we are hearing is coming from somewhere else. We become confused. Every human being would certainly profit with wisdom if they realized Who calls them and to Whom they belong.
Then and only then will we realize that it is only our
Divine Master who can give us true vision and heal us.
Once we recognize and reach out for the merciful
presence of our loving Maker, we will be able to see with
our soul, understanding the true nature and depth of all
things. God’s mercy is always available. It doesn’t matter
how far we have strayed or how blind we become, God
patiently waits to console us, guide us and heal us. All we
need to do is desire Him. Once we reach out, we also
realize that there is no greater love to be found than
God’s, no human adventure that comes even close to the
thrill of a spiritual search, and no human achievement
even remotely as satisfying as union with Him. This is
where we belong. This is salvation.
Mass recording available for the homebound
If you remain unable to attend Mass and would like to
receive an uplink to a recording of Sunday Mass at St.
J u d e , p l e a s e c o n t a c t P a t t i C o l l i n s
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BSA coupon book fundraiser
The Scouts BSA Troops of St. Jude, both Troop 51 and
2720, are selling 2021-2022 Discover Indy books as a
fundraiser through Christmas 2021. These coupon
books are tailored to local Indianapolis
businesses, including $60 of Kroger coupons and
thousands of dollars of additional coupons. The books
sell for $25 and the coupons are valid from Aug. 2021—
Dec. 2022. Please either contact your friendly St. Jude
Troop 51 or 2720 Scout to buy a book, or contact Nick
“There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is,
that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.” –
Sister Lucia dos Santos of Fatima.
“Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.”
– Blessed Pope Pius IX
American Flag Retirement Ceremony
BSA Troop 51 and 2720 would like to invite the St. Jude community to a flag retirement ceremony hosted at the St. Jude Pavilion on November 8 at 7:30pm. If you have American flags that are no longer serviceable, and you would like the Troop to properly dispose of, please drop them off in the front entry area at the St. Jude Family Youth Center before November 5. Additional questions can be directed to Mr. Haggenjos at 317-753-0866.
TEN REASON TO MAKE YOUR OFFERTORY GIFT THROUGH FAITH DIRECT
1. No more checks to write or envelopes to find
2. 52 Weeks of predictable income for your parish
3. Greater security than cash or checks
4. No cost for you to participate
5. Online control of your offertory giving – including special collections
6. Reduction of envelope and postage expense for St. Jude
7. Less work for our parish office staff to post contribution records
8. Offertory cards enable you to witness your gift of treasure
9. Earn credit card points for your offertory gifts
10. Fr. Peter Marshall does! Join the parishioners who use Faith Direct for their parish giving. Visit faith.direct/IN142, text “Enroll” to 317-342-8070 or call 1-866-507-8757.
Celebration of Light
The Sisters of St. Benedict at Our Lady of Grace
Monastery in Beech Grove are holding a ‘Celebration of
Light Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. Because of COVID 19
restrictions, there will have a virtual celebration you
