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Rev. Charles Saglio, PastorSt. Jude Parish

1014 Clay Street, Franklin, VA 23851Shrine of the Infant of PragueHighway 460, Wakefield, Virginia

Office: 1014 Clay St., Franklin VATel. # 757-569-9600

Parish Office hours: Mon.-Thur. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.Email address: [email protected]

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Reconciliation: Thurs 5:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m., or by appointment

Weekday Mass: St. Jude, Tues & Wed10:00 a.m.

Thurs evening Mass : 6:30 p.m.Weekend Mass Schedule

St. Jude-Sunday Shrine-Saturday9:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

In case of death, please notify the parish office. Outside of parish office hours, call 569-8365 or 818-

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Faith Formation Coordinator:Patricia Cook

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Finance Council Chairman:Calvin Holt

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Parish Pastoral Council Chairman:Maria Sing

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SacramentsBaptism: By appointment with Pastor,

Baptismal class required: contact Mary McDaniel 569-9600

Marriage: 6 months preparation including Pre-Cana and/or engaged encounter.

Communion for Sick &/or Homebound Parishioners: Please phone parish office (569-

9600) to have a Eucharistic Minister visit and offer communion.

AUGUST 13, 2017NINTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY

TIMEMASS TIMES:St. JUDE: SUNDAY, AT 9:30 A.M.SHRINE: SATURDAY, AT 5:00 P.M.Mass Intentions: OUR SICK AND HOMEBOUND: Please pray forLonnie B. Adams, Hugh Ball, Mary and Ernest Beltrami, Sheila Bennett, Loretta Bishop, Delores Bozarth, Donna Brand, Paul Brand, Ed Coleman, Rosemare and Fred Curling, Vera Dawson, Kathy Diggs, Christopher Dockiewicz, Anthony Durante, Jeremy Everett, Linda Gornto, Palma Haydu, Margaret Healey, Breelyn Hewett, Helen Jackson, Marguerite Kannan, Carol Kelly, Edna and Tony King, Marjorie and John Lee, Frank Lehman, Flor Magadia, Alan Marcotte, Billie Dee McQuire, Louise McHugh, Eileen Mullen, Jorge Naranjo, Chuck and Janet Okleshen, Mitch Rabil, Audrey Scarbel, Mary Unser Shifflet, Jamie Stewart, Ryan Tala, Angelina Tallarida, Anna and John Weaver, James and Pat Whitfield, Linda Woulf

OFFERTORY REPORT:

ST. JUDE: ACTUAL BUDGET DIFFERENCE

Reg. Coll.8/6/2017 3,121 2,462

wkly + 659

Reg. YTD 12,755 14,770 - 2,015SHRINE : ACTUAL BUDGET DIFFERENCEReg. Coll.7/29/2017 496 308

wkly + 188

Reg. YTD 3,106 1,538 + 1,568

http://www.bigccatholics.com/2017/08/homily-for-19th-sunday-in-ordinary-time.html, Fr. Charles IrvinToday’s first reading relection:Watching TV news reports night after night can lead us into despondency to the point where we might lose our faith in the basic goodness in our world that seems to be buried alive in the tidal waves of the evils that are reported. Over and over again we are confronted by the actions and inactions of our government in Washington. Instead of concrete corrections we hear nothing but the blame game going on between our nation’s leaders. Added that that are the endless reports of violence in our cities, the horrors inflicted by terrorists in the Middle East, the sufferings of children from Latin America that are crossing our borders in order to escape the violence they face caused by the drug lords in their home countries, and the sufferings of people in the Ukraine. I could go on and on but won’t. We know we’re drowning in chaos. We know we are carrying heavy burdens.“Where is God in the midst of all of this?” some ask. Today’s first reading presents us with the Old Testament prophet Elijah likewise in a state of despondency. Three days prior to the episode we just now heard in today’s first reading he was so miserable that he asked God to let him die. We find him here in this reading hiding in a cave, seeking shelter in solid rock. But just as he finds shelter in a cave along comes an earthquake and then a hurricane of a storm that smashes the rocks and cliffs of the mountains, threatening to drown him in chaos.“Where is God in all of this?” he was asking. What is

God saying to me in all these events? Elijah, however, couldn’t figure anything out until he was able to hear the voice of God in a tiny little whisper. The voice of God came to him in the most unexpected of ways. And so it is with us.We find our own lives these days surrounded by chaos. The floodwaters of social change along with the cultural earthquakes of our times, globalization, terrorism, and the energy crisis severely threaten us. Only one in four of our nation’s households today have the typical arrangement of mom and dad living together in the same home with their children. Stated another way, only one in four children find themselves in typical, traditional homes. Indeed, the very definition of the so-called normal family is at issue. What do we mean by the term “normal family”? A recent newspaper article dumbs everything down and defines family as: “The we around me.” What, I ask, has that anything to do with being family?Drugs, AIDS, absent fathers, divorce, an unstable economy, job loss, and a surrounding culture that’s alien and hostile to the normal family are the storms and floodwaters that threaten us. Child abuse, pornography, sexual wantonness, and a blatant media exploitation of sex, violence, and lust for money assault the moral characters of our youngsters, washing away the levees that protect what we have regarded in the past as the terra firma, the solid ground of normalcy. “Where is God in all of this?” we cry.Confidence is the word we need to take into our hearts and souls today. Confidence. Confidence comes from a Latin word; it means, “to believe with”. We cannot have confidence when we’re isolated and all alone. We cannot have confidence all by ourselves. No, we can

only have confidence when there’s an Other near us, the Other that is God. And that’s the point of today’s readings. One can find confidence, even in the worst of storms, even in the most chaotic of times. You can go through the worst that life can throw at you if only you keep up your contact with God. No prayer? No confidence. Stop coming to Mass? No confidence. Not sharing in the life of the Church, in the Body of Christ?. Soon you’ll only be able to hear the screaming wind, the awful noise, and the deafening roar of the storms and winds in our world that shake the very foundations of your life. And without the voice of God you will either be blown away or drown.Is your life out of control? Is your faith slipping away from you? Do you experience more and more powerlessness in the chaos that surrounds you? If so, here’s what you do. Find a place of solitude and silence. Go to your room, shut your door. Then kneel down by your bedside and in that silence and in that solitude say: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” If you do that, you’ll be in exactly the same position that Elijah was. Never forget, after all was said and done, God restored Elijah in power, and eventually swept him up into heaven. And God will do no less for us, if and only if we give our confidence to Christ and remain faith-full to our Father in Him. And I’d suspect that a whole lot of people living amidst violence and chaos would tell us just that, facing as they have the much different and far more destructive floodwaters that we face here.The real question, you see is not “Is God absent from us.” Rather the real question is: “Are we absent from God?”

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FRANKLIN COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES:We will continue to collect food items and household items for Franklin Cooperative Ministries on the second Sunday of each month. Please leave these items under the table in the commons.

LIVING OUR MISSION FUNDS : St. Jude received $6,096 and the Shrine received $3,813 from last year’s collections of Living Our Mission.St. Jude is holding this for repairs to the stained glass windows, and the Shrine will need to reconsider as it was originally earmarked as a payment toward a social hall.

HAITI CORNER: FOR ALL WHO CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI AND THOSE WHO DON’TAfter mass on February 26, in preparation for Lent, there will be a free soup and bread luncheon to discuss progress in Haiti. Paul Fletcher, Chairman of the Haiti Committee at St. Mary’s, will be here to give an update and answer questions anyone may have. Supporting Haiti could be a Lenten project for the family.

LIVING OUR MISSION:

Shrine Of The Infant Jesus Of PragueParish Goal: $24,000Parish Pledges: $39,202Reimbursement: $ 11,682 Families Participating 12**********************************St. JudeParish Goal: $116,000Parish Pledges: $100,926Reimbursement: $ 34,273

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, KOVAR PROGRAM : St. Jude parishioners and all Brother Knights young and not so young: As announced in Church, again this year the Knights of Columbus will accept donations to the KOVAR program on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Wal Mart Supercenter in Franklin. The donations allow KOVAR to provide grants and interest-free home loans to organizations throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia that serve people with intellectual disabilities. Grants are used to provide services such as job training, employment, medical and dental care, transportation and after school activities. Interest-FREE home loans provide enhanced opportunities for quality housing. This benefit is particularly important because of newly instituted changes in State housing requirements. Please sign up to help God's Special children. Just two hours; but without 6 per shift, we cannot do it well. Call me to sign up or if you have questions at 757 859 6855. God Bless You and the USA, Dan Hohman

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Fr. Charles will be on retreat this coming week, but back on Sunday for mass. In case of an emergency, such as death or dying, please call the parish office.

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) through the Lives of the Saints: The Office of Social Ministries invites you to attend our CST presentation through the lives of the saints focusing on Brandon Vogt’s bestseller “Saints and Social Justice: A Guide to Changing the World.” The seven major themes of Catholic Social Teaching defined by the U.S. bishops has changed not only individuals but also whole societies. Following in the saints’ footsteps, we will learn from their example, and become the spark of authentic social justice that sets the world on fire. Please come and listen to your OSM Regional Coordinators (James, Emmanuel and Katrina) present these principles through the lives of the saints. Date: Friday, November 11, 2016 Time: 7-8 PM Cost: $5 (without book), $12 (includes Saints and Social Justice book)Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/catholicsocialteachingPlace: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newport News Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 Time: 7-8 PM Cost: $5 (without book), $12 (includes

Saints and Social Justice book)Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/catholicsocialteachingPlace: Church of the Ascension, VA Beach Please contact Office of Social Ministries if you have any further questions.

****************************************************************************CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA MEMORIAL DONATIONS:Clarence And Mary Unser by Michael and Claudia Everett,Louis and Charles Kannan, by Marguerite KannanBert E Hall Jr., by Patti BassRob Councill by Tommy & Vera SykesJohn, Helen, Andy & Lillian Kume by Agnes and Wesley GayleMargheret & Paul Belviss, George & Ryan Jackson, and Erma Urbas,The Deceased members of the Dolan & Indilla families by Peg & Andy Indilla,Phillip Dimsey, Nicholas Piperato, Flora Domenicucci,

GUIDELINES FOR LENT AND EASTER 2009 Regulations for Fast and Abstinence:Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all 18 years of age and older, who have not yet celebrated their 59th birthday. On a fast day one full meal is allowed. Two other meals, sufficient to strength, may be taken

according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and juices, are allowed.Abstinence is observed by all 14 years of age and older. On days of abstinence no meat is allowed. Note that when health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does no oblige. Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence.Note: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, other suitable forms of self-denial are encouraged.Fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are the three traditional disciplines of Lent. The faithful and catechumens should undertake these practices seriously in a spirit of penance and of preparation for baptism or of renewal of baptism at Easter.

ASH WEDNESDAY MASS AND ASHES: Although not a holy day of obligation, Ash Wednesaday is the traditional day to begin our annual period of atonement. Fr. Charles will celebrate mass at the Shrine at 10 a.m., and Msgr. Frederic Elkin of the USN will celebrate at St. Jude at 7 p.m.

ECUMENICAL LENTEN SERVICES BEING HOSTED BY ST. JUDE: Each Wednesday of Lent the first luncheon session begins at 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. is the proclamation of the Word, and from 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. is the 2nd luncheon session. Thank


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you to all who have volunteered to show up and help host the event.

CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA MEMORIALS:►Charles, Kathleen & Dan Falls, Inez & Marvin Moore by Kathy & C.B. Moore►Gary Krasnesky & Rodney Joll►Gauthier Family►Deceased members of Indilla & Dolan families►The Eckenrode family


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