St Jude Catholic Church

399 Barrow Street•pearl MS 39208

Office: 601-939-3181 fax: 601-939-3160

Website www.stjudepearl.org

Hours:

8:30 am -- 3:30 pm

Monday -- Friday

V. Rev. Jeffrey Waldrep Rev. Joseph Le

Pastor Associate Pastor

fjwaldrep@yahoo.com Josephle2@aol.com

Deacon Liturgy & Pastoral Care Faith Formation

John McGregor Rhonda Bowden Stacy Wolf

jmcgregor@stjudepearl.org Rbowden@stjudepearl.org ccd@stjudepearl.org

Administrative Assistant Music Director Youth Ministers

Kelly McGregor Pat O’Neil Betsy Walter 601-214-7378

kmcgregor@stjudepearl.org music@stjudepearl.org Mara Villa-Polk 601-421-3849

Mass Schedule

Saturday Vigil

5:30 pm

Sunday

8:30 am & 11:00 am

Monday and Friday

10:00 am

Tuesday, Wednesday,

and Thursday

6:00 pm

Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament

Thursday 5:00 pm

First Saturday

Following Mass

Holy Days

of Obligation

Check bulletin

for times

Reconciliation

Saturday 4:45 pm

or by appointment

Our prayer chapel

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 19, 2017

GENEROSITY BREEDS HOLINESS

“Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy” (Lv 19:2)

In order to be holy, to be perfect, to be a person that reflects God’s presence can be broken down to one essential daily habit - be generous. Leviticus calls the people of Israel, and in these readings us, to have no hatred for people, no sense of vengefulness or harboring grudges. This is what I would propose it means to be generous. Jesus “dumbs it down” to make it really practical for us in the gospel (Mt 5: 38-48). Jesus says turn the other cheek, give more than is asked, go the extra mile and help someone in need of a loan. Then Jesus goes to the heart of generosity, which is the hardest, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Wow. We have all kinds of opportunities to be generous every day, whether it is with our families, co-workers, classmates and neighbors or with ourselves to forgive, to go the extra mile, to love one another and to dig deep in praying for those who we feel persecute us. This is everyday holiness, and the Church says that being holy makes us sacraments of God’s generosity to the world. See, generosity is the key to holiness, the key to being perfect as God is perfect. Holiness is not something we receive from outside. Holiness is taking God’s deep love and generously and sharing with others. So it starts with self - look inward and stand proud. Then you will be instinctively more generous towards oth-ers. Your generosity might be today a simple card, a prayer or a random act of kindness. Whatever you do, be sure to remember daily to tap into God’s generosity within you and the rest will flow naturally. Okay, it will take some work. However, the benefits are massive. Generosity breeds holiness.

Parish Mission Statement

We, the family of St. Jude, Pearl, Mississippi are a vibrant, Eucharistic community with caring members that are empowered by baptism to serve God through the sacraments. We will proclaim the good news and pro-vide spiritual and moral guidance to parishioners and the community by creating a holy and comforting place that encourages active participation, service to each other, and love.

Mass Intentions

Saturday 5:30pm— Ralph Kirby, Sr. (RIP) Sunday 8:30 am— Special Intention

Sunday 11:00 am— People of St. Jude Monday 10am—Special Intention

Tuesday 6:00 pm—Special Intention

Wednesday 6:00 pm—A.C. “Mac” McGregor (RIP) Thursday 6:00 pm—Special Intention

Friday 10:00 am— Special Intention

The RCIA sessions will meet on Tuesday, February 21th at 6:30 pm. This week’s topic will be on Reconciliation.

Parish School of Religion

Classes meet from 9:45 – 10:45 am for children and youth ages 3 years – 12th grade. Contact Stacy in the

office for more information or to register your

WINTER ADULT FAITH FORMATION SESSIONS meets

each Sunday Classes between the Masses meet each Sunday beginning at 9:45 am. We will be watching a video series

“Discerning the Will of God” by Fr. Timothy Gal-lagher. It should be both informative and inspirational. No book is required, just come and participate.

Remember in your prayers the Re-pose of the Soul of Lucille Gold-smith, sister of Charles Golsmith, who died recently. We pray God’s blessing and comfort will be with their families and friends in their time of grief.

Flowers in the Church donated by

John & Kelly McGregor In Memory of

A.C. “Mac” and Anna “Mae” McGregor

And Katie Kirby

In Memory of Deceased Family Members

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Monday: Presidents’ Day Tuesday: St. Peter Damian Wednesday: The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle; Washington’s Birthday Thursday: St. Polycarp Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Sir 1:1-10; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mk 9:14-29 Tuesday: Sir 2:1-11; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28,

39-40; Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Thursday: Sir 5:1-8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mk 9:41-50 Friday: Sir 6:5-17; Ps 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35; Mk 10:1-12 Saturday: Sir 17:1-15; Ps 103:13-18; Mk 10:13-16 Sunday: Is 49:14-15; Ps 62:2-3, 6-9; 1 Cor 4:1-5; Mt 6:24-34

Upcoming Knights of Columbus

Events

February 25th we are cooking for the

youth Mardi Gras party

February 26th we are hosting another meet the

Knights after 8:30 Mass in the meeting room in Parish

Hall. Coffee and donuts

March 3rd is the first fish fry starting Lent.

If you are a man in good standing with the Church

and are interested in learning more about the Knights

of Columbus, contact Danny Nelson at 601-549-6783

or by email at danielknelson@yahoo.com

MARTYRDOM Live as though today you may die a martyr’s death. —Charles de Foucauld

PRAY FOR OUR TROUPS Remember in your prayers all those who serve our nation in the Armed Forces. We especially pray for: Christopher and Lamont Arnold, Meghan Bietzel, Jessup Boatner, Chris Curry, Troy Resurrec-

cion, Emma Rueter, Steven Renslow, Ryan Roy, Inis-sa Zambrano.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

$ 5,832.00 Online Giving

$ 1,62700 Children’s Collection

$ 34.16

Food Pantry $ 210.00

Stewardship Thought In today’s first reading, the Israelites are urged to love

their neighbors as themselves. In the Gospel, Jesus spells out how we are to do that — to give generously to those

who ask of us and not to turn our backs on those who seek

to borrow.

Please remember in your daily prayers the sick and

suffering of our parish family.

Parishioners:

Viola Allen, Barbara Armstrong, Brody Bokros, Ginger

Brown, Asuncion Cannon, George Cox, Stella Davis, Cathy Dunn, Ed Dunn, Charles Goldsmith, Jane Kai-

ser, Katie Kirby, Lil Lipovsky, Louise Loepke, Joe Loomis, Mike Meadows, Kathy Moody, Ernie Murray,

Charles Myers, Lois Pearce, Patricia Poole, Nell

Ramsdell, T. Raymond, Phyllis Rogers, Florence Scanlon, Mike Siller, Scott Statham, Charlie Thames,

Jose Varela, Ignacio Zambrano, Mary Jo Zummo.

Family and Friends of Parishioners:

Ed Peeples (husband of karen Peeples), Joyce Over-

ton (stepmother of David Overton), Faye Lea (wife of Allen Lea), Keith Tonkel (friend of Riza Caskey), Flora

and Luis Martin (Daughter and Son-in-law of Mary Rippa), Missy Goodman (Daughter of Nick and

Maureen Calico), Pearl Turner (mother of Sheilah Re-sweber), Michelle and Cassandra Garza (daughter

and granddaughter of Sharon Siller), Jeremy McIntyre

(son of Brenda and Dorian McIntyre), Cathy McWilliams and Thomas Marville (Sister and Brother

of Anthony Marvelli), Flossie Fraiser (cousin of Linda Smith), Emily Bennett (daughter-in-law of Carol

Denslow), Irene Jones (mother of Gail Dowdle), June

Harkins (mother of Beth Bivens), Donna Neese (mother of Nicole Chapman), Marian Lyons (friend of

John and Kelly McGregor), Karla Fidler (friend of Monique Augustus), Charles Downey (father of April

McDonald), Kevin Thames (grandson of Charlie

Thames), Carolyn Arnold (friend of Roxi Quirin), Jean-nie Marvelli (Aunt of Anthony Marvelli), Ken Rainey,

Mala Torrence, (friends of Sandra Walker), Reagan Madere (Father of Eric Madere), Veronica Womack

(friend of Serie Barnhill), Barry Watts (friend of San-dra Walker), Tanya Harris (daughter of Phyllis Rog-

ers.), Martha Young, (mother of Cathy Dunn), Tammy

May, (daughter of Carol Bourne), Robert Caskey (Husband of Riza Caskey), Nancy Saville (former pa-

rishioner). Clyde Cox (brother of George Cox), Phyllis Davis and Rosemary West (mother and sister of Da-

vid Peters), Douglas Montague (nephew of Sandra

Walker), Clyde Couey (brother-in-law of Nina Couey)

Track your Giving in 2017 Have your considered using

Online Giving? By creating a login

and contributing online you’ll al-ways have a report of your giving

history. You can access your report easily and securely via the web, your information will always be up-to-date with

your latest contributions. You can find the Online Giving

link at www.stjudepearl.org or on our parish app.

2017 Catholic Service Appeal: Share His Light Your gift to the CSA supports the education of our seminarians, promotes the lifelong formation and education for Catholics involved in youth and adult ministry, helps those served by Catholic Charities, and other important ministries of our diocese. God calls each of us in a special way to Share His Light. These needs of our diocesan ministries are real. Your gener-osity in prayer and through your sacrificial gift, make it possible to provide these services, and more im-portantly, to bring the message of the Gospel to all people. To date St. Jude Parish has raised $20,420.00. For more on information about the Appeal or to donate online please visit www.jacksondiocese.org/in-action/stewardship- development.

Support the St. Jude Young Apostles……….

Mardi Gras Ball Dancing, Music, Food and fun

Saturday

February 25th

7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased

after weekend masses

(starting the weekend of January 28-29)

Single $10.00

Couple $15.00

Family $25.00 (up to 4 members)

St Jude Catholic Church

Parish Hall

399 Barrow Street

Pearl, MS 39208

What do you wear? Mardi Gras Colors

Semi Formal to Formal Dress are optional. Do not forget your mask!

This is an alcohol-free event. Thank you!

Food sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 8038 and St. Jude Young Apostles Parents

Staying connected to our parish throughout the year by downloading our parish app. Downloading the app is as simple as texting the word APP to phone number 88202. Again text APP to 88202. You

can receive notifications from our parish and access Mass Readings, Prayers, and many other great fea-tures.

WOMEN OF FAITH The Women of Faith would like to invite all the ladies of

our parish to be part of our awesome women's group. Through fellowship and fun we strive to grow spiritually as Catholic women through service and learning more about our faith. Please see the online schedule for meeting dates. For more infor-mation contact Jennifer Diez 601-750-9943 jen-nydiez79@gmail.com or Denise McKnight 601-953-9139 denisemcknight@msn.com.

Young Apostles February 19, 2017

Mardi Gras Ball We will begin selling tickets for the Mardi Gras Ball on

January 28th after every Mass. We will need help as this is our big fundraiser for the year. Please see Mrs. Mara to schedule a time to help sell. We also need parents to help with appetizers. Please let us know what you will be bringing as soon as possible. We have already had a few parents sign up. Let’s all work together to make this a successful fundraiser!!

Please keep our confirmandi in your prayers!! They are: Alex Booth, Austin Burnham, Kaeden Burnham, Hannah Chapman, Jack Dowdle, Ad-

am Elcan, Rhynel Elizar, Dominic Lopez, Char-lie Millette, Sarah Murphy, Cody Myers, Grace Ray-born, Taylor Swaggart, Mary Beth Vandlandingham, Christopher Watkins, Mary Rose Wolf, and Ricky Woodward.

Upcoming Events

February 24, 2017-set up for the Mardi Gras Ball at 8:30 pm.

February 25, 2017-Mardi Gras Ball.

Mrs. Betsy-601-214-7378 Email-elizabeth.walter@rocketmail.com Mrs. Mara-601-411-3849 Email-maravilla10@gmail.com

Confirmation

Information

Contact Information

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Knights of Columbus Council 8038 ST JUDE CENTENNIAL Grand Knight: Bob Ganz

Chaplain: Reverend Jeffrey Waldrep grandknight.stjude8038@gmail.com

Knights of Columbus serve our community, our Church and our fellow man, in an effort to better

society as a whole. Meetings 4th Sunday of each month

Officers Meeting: 4:00 PM Council Meeting: 5:30 PM

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