The Patrioteer – January 10, 2025

Happy New Year! 

We are witnessing something very exciting in 2025 as this year is a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church. Jubilee Years take place every 25 years and are an opportunity for us to come together and reestablish our relationships with God, each other, and creation. Pope Francis has declared the theme to be “Pilgrims of Hope,” which is particularly fitting as we are living in a world struggling through natural disaster, war, and sickness. In honour of the Jubilee, I would like to share the official Jubilee Year prayer from Pope Francis which was shared on the vatican website. ( https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html)

The Jubilee Prayer

Father in heaven,

may the faith you have given us

in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame of charity enkindled

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,

reawaken in us the blessed hope

for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us

into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.

May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos

in the sure expectation

of a new heaven and a new earth,

when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,

your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee

reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,

a yearning for the treasures of heaven.

May that same grace spread

the joy and peace of our Redeemer

throughout the earth.

To you our God, eternally blessed,

be glory and praise for ever.

Amen

St. Jude, Pray for us!  

The St. Jude Parish Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a free throw competition in our school gym on Friday, January 24 at 3:00pm. 

Students aged 9-14 are welcome to join. Sign up sheets are available in your child’s classroom. 

Check out the website for the current schedule: https://stjude.ca/extracurricular/athletics/basketball/

Munchalunch is open for ordering from now till Spring Break.  A reminder that the deadline to order hot lunch is every Wednesday at 7am for the following week. 

Construction in the parking lot to fix the drain pipes began over the Christmas break. As you can see, there is still much work to be done. We are hoping to have the work finished by the end of the month, please be cautious when walking near the caution tape in that area. 

We are now accepting new applications for the 2025-2026 school year.  If you know of anyone who would like to attend St Jude’s, please have them contact the office or visit our website for an application form.    They can also contact our office to schedule a school tour, led by a couple of our Grade 7 Student Ambassadors.

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. 

Relics Touring in Vancouver

You are invited to come pray with the relics of St. Jean de Brébeuf, St. Gabriel Lalement and St. Charles Garnier as well as St. Kateri Tekakwitha as part of the Jubilee Year celebrations in the Archdiocese of Vancouver. These relics are visiting from the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ontario as part of a larger relic tour. The purpose of the relic tour is to give people who may not be able to easily travel to the Shine the opportunity to pray and receive these graces. Along with times to venerate the relics, you are also invited to plan your visit around Mass and confession times. These are available on Holy Rosary Cathedral’s website.

Schedule at Holy Rosary Cathedral

Sunday, January 12

• 11:00 AM Mass with Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB (English)
• 6:30 PM Mass with Fr. John O’Brien, SJ (Spanish)
• Public veneration times of the relics:
  • From 12:30 to 1:00 PM
  • From 2:00 to 4:00 PM
  • From 7:30 to 8:00 PM

Monday, January 13

• 12:10 PM Votive Mass of St. John de Brébeuf
• Public veneration of the relics from 1:00 to 4:00 PM

There are also two New Year Events coming up in our Diocese. 

Chinese New Year Mass
Wednesday, January 29, 11 a.m.
St. John the Apostle Parish (5457 Trafalgar Street, Vancouver)

Jubilee Lunar New Year Dinner
Monday, February 3, 6:30 p.m. (Door opens at 5:30)
Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant (3888 Main Street, Vancouver)
Cost: $70 per ticket. For information and tickets, please call Deacon Ken Fung at (604) 803-5778, or Cecilia Leung at (604) 264-0613.

These events and more can be found on the Diocesan Website: https://beholdvancouver.org/events/cny.

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