Have you received text messages, emails, or messages through Facebook messenger from someone claiming to be your pastor and asking for money or gift cards, indicating it’s an emergency? Don’t give. It’s not your pastor. It’s a scam. Many parishioners of the Diocese have been targeted by these fraudsters and it’s not just happening here.
Saint Jude Parish is grateful for all the work on the Parish Center building. Many thanks to the Lakeside Construction & its friends (who did all the work), Security Team (who spotted an extensive damage to the building) and Parish Center Committee. Here are some pictures on how the repair work went.
Saint Jude Parish is grateful for all the work on the entrance circle (roundabout). The Lakeside Construction & its friends fixed the problematic curb stones damaged during snowplowing at the main entrance to our parish. If you have an opportunity to do so, please thank them for all the work they've done for us.
Any High School Senior who is a practicing Catholic at St.Jude’s Church is invited to submit an essay for consideration in our annual Scholarship Contest. Submission deadline is June 30th. See HERE for full details.
Registration for the Fall 2022 is now open. If you know of any families who have children ages 4 to 14 please let them to call the office (973-398-6377) so we can register them. Download the registration form HERE. Register by September 1st and save $25.
Every Tuesday after the morning mass we will pray the Morning Prayer taken from the Liturgy of the Hours, as well as special devotional prayer to Saint Jude
After carefully discerning and meditating over all the options, I concluded that the only and best option for our church is to replace the organ with a good quality professional electronic organ. An electric organ is a better and more affordable alternative that should last us for decades without servicing. It is also the last chance to do it at an affordable price, as we see a spike in the price of building materials, and the cost of labor and energy.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Paul Church in Prospect Park June 19, where he was the principal celebrant of Mass marking the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. After the Mass, the Bishop led a procession with the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of Prospect Park.
On June 12, young people of the Diocesan Shrine of St. John Paul II/Holy Rosary Church in Passaic received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney administered the Sacrament and also celebrated Mass marking the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity at the Polish-community parish.
It is a rather unsettling question: what fate awaits the souls of the saved — and the condemned — at the final judgment? Many Scripture passages paint a stark picture: from God sentencing unbelievers to be burned in a lake of fire for all eternity to Jesus separating the saved and unsaved like a shepherd separates his sheep. But perhaps Catholics might think about the Final Judgment like a giant lively party that lasts for eternity, Father Steven Shadwell, pastor of Our Lady of the Magnificat (OLM) Parish in Kinnelon, suggested in the third and final talk in his recent Chapel Chats series on June 16.