The Patrioteer – February 13, 2026

God is love.

1 John 4:8

It’s a simple adage that God is love, but powerful nonetheless. This weekend we will celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, a commercialized secular holiday focused on love. But seen through a Catholic lens, every holiday is about love, specifically the love that God has for us. Without God’s love we would not exist, this total self-giving and powerful love holds the universe in existence. As John tells us in the bible verse above, God doesn’t just love, God is love itself. That is how we know when we love we partake in this attribute of God. 

In another note on love in the wake of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy this week. It can be hard to understand how a loving God can allow tragedies to occur. But we know that even though there is evil in the world it cannot dim the love of God, love will always triumph over hate. Be the good in the world and spread love wherever you can and God will work through you.  

  St. Jude, Pray for Us! 

St. Jude School is very happy to congratulate Ms. Corea on her 25 years of service in the CISVA. Even more impressive is that 24 of those years have been served right here at St. Jude School! Congratulations on your 25 years of dedicated service, we are very lucky to have you here at our school!  

Our teachers had their annual conference this week. They had an amazing time connecting with fellow Catholic educators from around the province and learning skills to bring back to school to connect and inspire their students.

The basketball season is coming to a close, only a few more games after this week! 

Grade 7 boys and girls showed their skills at St. Mary’s on Tuesday. Good job, both teams, spread Patriot pride! 

Grade 6 had a great time playing against Corpus Christi on Wednesday. 

Go Patriots, Go! 

Urban Safari visited with our Nature Club this week and brought some friends with them! The Nature Club was thrilled to see some cuddly and some not-so-cuddly animals. 

Thank you to the teacher sponsors, Mrs. Cheung and Miss Paez as well as Urban Safari for the visit and the lesson on these amazing creatures! 

Parents of Grades 5-7 students received a letter home about the parent meeting taking place on March 3 on the topic of Human Growth and Development at the school gym from 7-8:30 pm.   Questions should go through the office. If you are unable to attend, please alert the office for alternate programming.

In honour of Catholic Schools Week, Cambridge Uniforms has a deal for you! 

FEBRUARY 9 – 16 SAVE 5% on your entire order!

Discount applied at Checkout! Follow the link here.

The Daughters of St. Paul will be visiting SAINT JUDE on FEBRUARY 17TH with a Catholic book fair.

Letter from the Daughters of St. Paul:

We look forward to spending time with your school community! As Daughters of St. Paul, our mission is to proclaim the Gospel using the most effective media—including great Catholic books! Our Pauline Books & Media publishing house is just one expression of our mission to give Jesus Christ to the world in the spirit of Saint Paul. During our visit to your school, we will make available some of the award-winning books that our sisters have prayerfully written and/or published in collaboration with many talented Catholic authors and illustrators. We pray that these books will spark wonder, inspire faith, and help your family grow closer to Christ and each other.

The Pauline Book Fair will be open in the school cafeteria from 9am to 4pm. To preview some of the books that we will have available for children, teens, families, and teachers, please see our School Book Fair list. Note that listed prices do not include tax. (For a comprehensive list of the books we publish, as well as the books from other Catholic publishers that we carry in our Pauline Books & Media Centre in Toronto, you can also visit us online at paulinestore.ca).

We can accept Visa, MasterCard, Debit Interac, and/or cash on the day of the book fair. For more information about us and our Pauline Books & Media mission, please visit us at daughtersofstpaul.com and pauline.org.

You and your family are in our daily prayers!
In Jesus our Way, Truth, and Life,
Sr. Gioan Linh Nguyen and Sr Joane Caritas Gepitulan

Exciting news! St. Jude School is partnering with Little Pawns Academy to offer after school Chess lessons. Little Pawns was started by a Canadian GrandMaster with the goal of bringing Chess to Canadian students and inspiring a love of the game. Classes are open to students in Grades 3-7 and will take place Tuesdays after school from 3:00-4:00pm. There will be three sets of sessions starting Mid-February and pausing for spring break and Easter. Registration must be completed at least one week before each session begins and class sizes are limited so sign up soon! Sign up forms are found on our website here. For more information check out the Little Pawns website: academiedespetitspions.com.

Schedule

Spring Session 2 — April 7-May 12: 6 classes for $120

Spring Session 3 — May 12-June 23: 6 classes for $120 

Our very own St. Jude Orchestra will be performing on Wednesday, February 25th at 7pm in the St. Jude School Gym. 

Come on out to support our student musicians on their big night!

We are excited to launch a year-round Bottle Drive to raise funds for the Grade 7 Graduation.

You can help by donating your empty beverage containers through the Return-It Express Program.  Stickers can by printed at the Return-It Express kiosk by entering St. Jude Fundraising and phone number 604-616-3220.   Please see attached flyer for more information. 

Thank you for supporting Grade 7 fundraising.  

If your family has recently moved, or if you have a new phone number, please email office@stjude.ca with your new address/contact information so that we can update our records.

St. Jude’s Parish offers an RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) program for anyone interested in learning more about the Catholic faith and for Catholics who have not received the sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation.  Classes are held on Thursdays at 6pm in the church hall.  For more information, please contact the parish office at 604-434-6700.

St. Jude Parish Mass Times

Monday – Saturday: 9 am morning Masses
Novena Mass on Wednesdays: 7:30 pm
Saturday anticipated Mass: 5 pm
Sunday Mass: 9 am, 11 am, 5 pm