Lent U: Bloom Wildly

Description:

• Open to all Individuals
• Join Barb Hauck & Victoria Brogdon for an evening bible study on Tuesdays starting at 7pm in the Founder’s Room exploring the Book of Job.

Dates:

• Tuesdays during Lent 7pm Founder’s Room

Description:

• Open to all Individuals
• Would you like to start your Saturday mornings with a powerful bible study? Join Roy Kim on Saturdays at 10 a.m. in the Founder’s Room for an old-fashioned bible study.

Dates, Location, & Time: Saturdays during Lent 10am Founder’s Room

Description:

• Open to Young Adults (18-30)
• We’ll be gathering in the Youth Room for an evening of heated competition. Please register with Nate & Abby at ya@saintjude.church and via FlockNote.

Dates, Location, & Time:

• Thursday, February 15th 6:30 pm Youth Room

Description:

• Open to all Individuals & Families
• Stations of the Cross will be led by Fr. Amico. Come pray with our mid century contemporary stations.

Dates, Location, & Time: Friday, February 16th 7pm Church

Description:

• Open to all students making 1st Reconciliation and their families
• Pray for our children making their 1st Reconciliation this year. Students from Saint Jude School & our Faith Formation class will be joined by their families to receive this Sacrament of Healing.

Dates, Location, & Time: Saturday, February 24th 8:30am Church

Description:

• Open to all Individuals & Families RSVP Needed
• Bring the family out to make pretzels with Kate Fatter. Learn the spiritual history of pretzels and enjoy a warm treat at the end together. RSVP with Sara at sara@saintjude.church.

Dates, Location & Time: Thursday, February 29th 5:30pm Parish Center

Description:

• Open to all Men & High School Males RSVP Needed
• Men from all over the Diocese are welcomed to our annual Men’s Conference. Bishop Persico will be presiding over the Mass alongside more than 250 of your Brother’s of Christ. Please register at www.2232men.com.

Dates, Location, & Time: Saturday, March 2nd 8:30am Church

Description:

• Open to all IndividualsJoin Attorney Shaun Adrian and Lisa Louis of the Catholic Foundation for some basic Estate Planning 101. They will discuss living wills, powers of attorney, and other questions you may have concerning estate planning or the work of the Catholic Foundation of Northwest Pennsylvania.

Dates, Location, & Time: Tuesday, March 5th 5pm Founder’s Room

Description:

• Open to all Individuals & Families
• Check out our new coffee house on Tuesday, March 5th at 7pm, featuring Erie legend Rusty Halo aka David A. Slubowski and our in-house Matt Maher, Tim Rydberg. All donations go towards our EF Tour to Ireland.

Dates, Location, & Time: Tuesday, March 5th 7pm Youth Room

Description:

• Open to all Individuals & Families
• Join Deacon Brogdon for Stations of the Cross in the church.

Dates, Location, & Time: Friday, March 8th 7pm Church

Saturday, March 9th & Sunday, March 10th Church Open to all Individuals.

Our parish SAGES are collecting new youth sized sweatpants for Tracy School and food for GECAC. Please bring any donations to Linda Jacky in the back of the church during any of the Masses.

Description:

• Open to all Individuals & Families
• Join Kathy Bigwood in this time honored tradition. Learn how to make some wonderful Pierogies and enjoy the spoils! Email sara@saintjude.church to RSVP.

Dates, Location, & Time: Tuesday, March 12th 5:30pm Parish Center RSVP Needed

Description:

• Open to all Individuals
• Join Dr. Michael DeSanctis for a powerful presentation on the Six Reasons Catholic Attend Christ’s Paschal Banquet, Then Skip the Dessert in the Founder’s Room.

Dates, Location, & Time: Monday, March 18th 1:30 pm & 6:30pm Founder’s Room

Description:

• Open to all Individuals & Families
• Come celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation during the Season of Lent. There will be four priests available to hear your confession.

Dates: Location & Time: Thursday, March 21st 5-7pm Church

• Friday, March 22nd 1:30pm & 7pm Church
• Open to all Individuals & Families
• Saint Jude School students will be hosting their annual Living Stations. Come pray as a family at the living stations.

• Saturday, March 23rd 9:30am – 3pm Parish Center & Gym
• Open to all Individuals & Families RSVP Needed
• Saint Jude Parish will partner with St. Paul’s Lutheran and Pastor Eric to assemble 10,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger. Sara Comi will also provide a poverty simulation for those attending and to finish the day, we will break bread together and enjoy some fellowship.

• Thursday, March 28th 7pm Church
• Open to all Individuals & Families RSVP Needed
• Join us after Mass of the Lord’s supper for a pilgrimage around different Erie sites for prayers and community awareness. Please RSVP with Jesse at jesse@saintjude.church.

Students from Faith Formation and FBLA will create comfort cards for our parish shut-ins. This powerful message will be an excellent approach to link generations around a message of hope for the Easter Season.

All those connected through our Flocknote will receive a weekly reflection from Bishop Barron during the Season of Lent.

Families during each Mass will be asked to bring forth food for the less fortunate. All proceeds will benefit our food pantry located at Saint Andrew Parish.

As a parish family we will be uniting our prayers together during this Season of Lent at all our Masses. Mary, Untier of Knots is a popular devotion and favorite of Pope Francis.

Pickup a free Advent Meditation Booklet in the back of church for your Lenten Journey. We appreciate the anonymous donor for their contribution towards our continued education.

The parish staff and volunteers will help Fr. Ross create a parish magazine on Saint Jude’s Lenten Journey and all of the beautiful individuals who reveal Jesus to the world.

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