January 20, 2019 Second Sunday In Oridnary Time

Baptism To schedule a baptism and to make arrangements for a baptism preparation session (required for all) please contact the parish office at 501.982.4891. Please check our website (www.stjudejax.com) under “Sacraments” for some very important information! Marriage In addition to some critically important steps noted on our parish website (www.stjudejax.com) under “Sacraments,” our Diocese has set a required period of at least six months of preparation between setting a wedding date and the wedding ceremony itself. Please check our website and call the office (501.982.4891) before setting any dates or making any plans. Funeral Masses will take the place of daily Masses.

Holy Days: Vigil 7:00pm

Holy Day: 8:00am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00pm—4:30pm

Or by appointment

Welcome! If you are a visitor to St. Jude’s, we want you to know you are welcome!!

Deacons: Deacon Mike Alberson 501.982.1917 Deacon Max Elliott 501.412.4974 Deacon Ernie Gallegos 501.352.4881 Faith Formation Director Paula Price 501.551.1873 stjudesdre@yahoo.com Secretary Anne Birmingham 501.982.4891 stjudeapostle@gmail.com RCIA Ann Gallegos 501.352.4880 Amgdesign1958@gmail.com

Office Hours 8:30am-4:30pm Monday through Thursday

8:30am-12:00pm Friday

Pastor Fr. Andy Smith 501.982.4891 Website: www.stjudejax.com

Fax: 501.982.0821

Mass Times Tuesday/Wednesday 6:00pm

Thursday/Friday 8:00am Saturday: 5:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am,11:00am 2:00pm Spanish

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W E E K L Y E V E N T S

Saturday, January 19 5:00pm Mass Tony Pavlovic+ Sunday, January 20 8:00am Mass Parishioners 11:00am Mass Melissa Brannen+ 2:00pm Mass Priest’s Intention Tuesday, January 22 6:00pm Mass Mike Malham Sr.+ Wednesday, January 23 6:00pm Mass Raymond Braun+

Thursday, January 24 8:00am Mass Daniel Flowers + Friday, January 25 8:00am Mass Daniel Flowers+ Saturday, January 26 5:00pm Mass Mary Maureen Brown+ Sunday, January 27 8:00am Mass Parishioners 11:00am Mass Mary Maureen Brown+ 2:00pm Mass Priest’s Intention

Monday, January 21 Office Closed Tuesday, January 22 7:00pm First Reconciliation 6:30 pm Cub Scouts 7:00pm Scripture Study Wednesday, January 23 10:00am Scripture Study 1:00pm Biblical Roots of the Mass (study) 5:00pm Choir 6:30pm Jr/CYM 6:30pm Fellowship Meal-Family Life, the Domestic Church 7:00pm RCIA—Family Life

Thursday , January 24 7:00pm Choir Practice Friday, January 25 10:00am Queen Bee Quilters 7:00pm Vincentian Small Groups

Please keep in your prayers, Alex Smith, our seminarian and Sister Judith Timmerman who is also from our parish and is at St. Scholastica Convent in Fort Smith.

March for Life 2019 Join us for the 41st Annual March for Life on Sunday, January 20th in Little Rock at 2:00 p.m.The staging area is between Wolfe and Battery Streets behind the State Capitol. A short program will follow the march on the front steps of the Capitol. For more information visit artl.org or call 501-663-4237. Volunteers are needed.

St. Edward Catholic School in heart of downtown Little Rock is seeking applications for a principal. The PK-8 grade

school was established in 1885 and has an enrollment of 143 students.

An applicant must be able to demonstrate leadership ability in past or present educational assignments and be a

practicing Catholic actively committed to developing their faith community. Qualifications include five years

teaching or administrative experience in a Catholic school system and a MSE or its equivalent in Educational

Leadership. Compensation includes a salary commensurate with experience and excellent benefits.

To apply, please send cover letter, complete resume, and copy of licensure or transcript to: Theresa Hall,

Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Diocese of Little Rock, 2500 N. Tyler Street, Little Rock, AR 72207

or thall@dolr.org. Deadline for applications is March 1.

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S T E W A R D S H I P A T T E N D A N C E

Watch for an update in February for capital campaign/stewardship

January 12/13 5:00pm 213 8:00am 221 11:00am 256 2:00pm 160

January 20, 2019 Second Suday in Ordinary Time

JERICHO WAY

St. Joseph’s Helpers

Sick or Homebound

Stewardship: May God continue to bless you for your faithful stewardship.

COMMUNITY

The clothing closet is open part time on Tuesdays and Thursdays and now that it’s chilly, clothes are flying out the door. Right now clothing needs are: men and women shoes all sizes, Larger sizes (2X - 3X) men tops and shirts, men and women's pants - all sizes especially 38 and above, men and women's coats all sizes, men and women sweaters all sizes. Tooth brushes, aerosol deodorant, and razors are always important and very much needed items.

Dear Friends at St. Jude's, Thanks for your continued dedication and donations to

Jericho Way. You all are such a blessing and your assistance

helps us to help others less fortunate than ourselves.

Janet Nelson

As of December 17, 2018 Jacksonville Care Channel has received from St. Jude’s 5,375 pounds of food, 548 cake mixes and 468 Icings. Way to go St. Jude’s!! If you have a family member who is ill, in the hospital, or homebound who would like to receive communion, please have a family member call the office at 501.982.4891. We will arrange for one of our many wonderful people to come visit and bring communion.

Jacksonville Care Channel

SJH/Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center is a nonprofit agency to help enable abortion minded clients to make informed lifelong decisions for their baby and themselves. APRC (St. Joseph Helpers) would appreciate your prayers and generosity in giving diapers, wipes, new clothes,(which may be left in the Parish Hall box for St. Joseph Helpers) and/or monetary donations. Please mail monetary gifts to: APRC PO Box 25413 Little Rock AR 72221 Or donate online: Pregnancylittlerock.com/donate Thank you

St. Jude’s compassion ministry has provided over 350

prayer shawls and afghans. Thank you for all you do. You

have been a blessing to those who have received them.

Keep them coming. Items can be dropped off at the church office

and if you have any questions please call Mary Koorstad at

501.982.7961.

Would you like to have flowers placed at the altar in the sanctuary on weekends in memory of a loved one? If you are interested in doing

so, please contact the church office at 501.982.4891. The donation to cover the weekly expense of placing the flowers is $100. The name(s) of the person(s) you are remembering will be placed in each week’s bulletin on the week the flowers are placed.

Trivia Night “Your Guess is as good as mine”,

Friday February 8 2019 , 7-10pm. Call Paula

Price @ 501-551-1873 to book your table.

$15. Each includes: 2 drink tickets, 1 door prize ticket each.

Get your team together and book your table,NOW!

Readings for the week of January 20, 2019

Sunday: Is 62:1-5/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 [3]/1 Cor

12:4-11/Jn 2:1-11

Monday: Heb 5:1-10/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 2:18-22

Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20/Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c [5]/

Mk 2:23-28

Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk

3:1-6

Thursday: Heb 7:25—8:6/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a

and 9a]/Mk 3:7-12

Friday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2

[Mk 16:15]/Mk 16:15-18

Saturday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a,

10 [3]/Mk 3:20-21

Next Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 [cf.

Jn 6:63c]/1 Cor 12:12-30 or 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27/Lk 1:1-4;

4:14-21

Observances for the week of January 20, 2019

Sunday: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday: St. Agnes, Virgin & Martyr; Martin Luther

King Day

Tuesday: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of

Unborn Children

Wednesday: St. Vincent, Deacon & Martyr; St. Marianne

Cope, Virgin

Thursday: St. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the

Church

Friday: The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle

Saturday: Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops

Next Sunday: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

4 January 20, 2019 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Bill Aldrich, John Aldrich, Jennifer Anderson, Brother Andrew, Spencer Aydeot, Paul Avaltroni, Priscilla Baltazar, Andrea Bistrain, Vickie Blackwood, Misty Brazzell, Lisa Buckner, Rayeigh Butrand, Natalio Carrillo, Michael Carter, Christina

Carver, John Claude, Evelyn Cook, Charles Delorenzo, Emily Downs, Dick Dworshak, Terry Franks, Eva Maria French, Bill Garner, Misty Gay, Betty Gibson, Michael Gilbert, Elsa Gillan, Jerry Grimley, Susan Hall, Mike Hargrove, Jane Hayes, Helmut Herm, Hibbard Family, Cindy Houston, Robert Houston, Louise Hubbard, Joey Hunter, Jill Jamell, Dylan Jeffrey, Mickey Kamer, Rebecca Kendall, Joceyln Kennedy, Melinda King, Rudy Kurz, Norma Laberdee, A.J. Lowry, Ruth Lowry, Carol Lloyd, Joan Lowry, Lisa Luckett, Jean Luman, Joshua Luker, Patrick Mackey, Maria Malham, Al Manning, Henry McFalls, Ken McFalls, Betty McMillan, Sally G. Menke, Steve Menke, Tim Menke, William Mergenschroer, Carol Miller, Susie Mitchell, Perry Molens, Greyson Moore, Sandra Morris, Bridgette Mucha , Bob Nawrocki, Jeffery Nordmeyer, Cindy Nunez, Bonnie Orcutt, Tom Pack, J. W. Palmer, Gerry Pickels, Erine Rabino, Jeff Rauber, Maria Rose Riley, Emma Roberts, Dawn Robnett, Mary Robnett, Cissy Rodriguez, Beverly Saltz, Piper Scott, Linda Seidl, Ryan Shaw, Jeremy Sheeran, Joe Schilling, Tom Shaw, Dan Smith, Dennis Sobba, Maria Stewart, Patsy Strode, Mary Suiter, Sarah Sweeden, Patrick Testa, Verna Thompson, Joann Thornburg, Walter Townes, Judy Vaulner, Mimi Walters, Maria Watkin, Brandon Weisenfels, Charles Whitaker, Tammy Davidson Williams, Blake Wilson, Patrica Wilson, Xander Wolford,Patricia Zawislak, Karen Zipfel.

Altar & Rosary Wanda Ford 504.319.2289 CYM Paula Price 501.551.1873 JRCYM Toni Fredricks 501.422.8543 Knights of Columbus Greg Deen 501.231.9391 Ladies of the Knights Cindy Marion 501.834.2978 Senior Citizens Donna Aldrich 501.772.2098

ORGANIZATIONS

If you know of anyone who is deployed please call the office so we can add them to the list. Thank you MSG John Paul Jebb, John Benson, Commander David Sobba, Conor Hawkins, Major Kate Hrynyk, and Xavier J. Brown.

Catholic High School Open House for Prospective Parents and Students: Sunday, January 27, 12:30pm – 2:30pm. Come see all that Catholic High has to offer to your son. Call 501-664-3939 for more details. Catholic High School Entrance Exam: Saturday, February 2, 8:30 am in the school auditorium. All 8th grade boys interested in attending Catholic High must take this exam. Please dress in khaki pants, button down shirt, and tie. Call 501-664-3939 for more details.

Prayer for Missionaries in America Dear Lord, We pray for those who work among poor and

isolated communities across America, bearing witness to the

life of Christ in a thousand different ways. Give them wisdom,

courage and joy in their generous ministry. AMEN

Next week, our parish will take up the 134th annual National Black and Indian Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities from coast to coast. Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan ministries depend on your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ!Our diocese also received $50,000 in grant funding from this collection last year, benefiting Arkansas Council of Black Catholics, St. Peter’s in Pine Bluff, St. Bartholomew and St. Augustine.

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Change in Date: RERUN for the Campaign Kickoff will be

January 27, at 9:00am in the Parish Hall.

Fellowship meal Wednesday, January 23, 2019.

Topic: Family Life, the Domestic Church

Starts at 6:30pm

In the Parish Hall.