The Patrioteer – February 6, 2026

Happy Catholic Schools Week! 

This week I am so thankful for Catholic Schools! 

I have the privilege, as Principal, to interview new families who have applied for our school. In these conversations I always ask why they have applied for our school and what it is about a Catholic School that led to their decision to apply. The answers do tend to be quite similar, but the one answer that I hear often is our community is very appealing. Our school has an amazing close community forged in a shared love of Christ and a striving to care and love our neighbour. I couldn’t agree more that Catholic schools have the best communities and ours is exceptional! 

  St. Jude, Pray for Us!

Grade 5 boys placed third in the OLS and St. Matthew’s tournaments! 

Grade 5 girls captured first place in the St. Matthew’s Tournament! 

Congratulations to the Grade 7 girls who were triumphant against Saint Francis of Assisi! 

Go Patriots, Go! 

Teaching is a vocation, and our teachers take their vocation seriously…most of the time! This week our staff celebrated the joy of teaching in a Catholic school! Every day they had a new spirit week activity–but they didn’t tell the students! Did any students notice? Only time will tell!

All in all it was a very fun week! 

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.

A reminder that re-registration documents for the 2026-2027 school year is due by Monday, February 9.  

Required forms checklist:

• Student Verification Sheet (signed)
• Re-registration documents 
• Void Cheque or PAD 
• Proof of BC Residency

If your child will not be returning to St. Jude’s in the fall, please kindly let the office know.  Thank you!

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 1 — February 17-March 10th: 4 classes for $80

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!

A reminder to our families that our referral program is operational. Every student that is referred and enrolls in our school for the year results in a reward of $200 for the the referring family. 

To learn more about the referral program, please click here. 

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