Welcome
A Message from St. Jude Finance Council
Our parish is blessed with the most generous parishioners. We are extremely appreciative of your support.
With the absence of weekend masses and their related offertory, the parish is experiencing a significant lack of income. It appears this will last for at least an additional month plus what has already passed. Please know that the expenditures to maintain our parish continue much the way they do for each of us.
Please consider your continued financial support. Offerings can be made by way of mail or your alternative method of payments. By mail, please send your church envelopes with your offering to our address at 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes DE 19958-1689. Also, online giving is available through the WeShare system. Please click Online Giving on the St. Jude’s website to access WeShare. If you have any questions regarding any form of giving, please call the Parish Office at 302-644-7300 or email [email protected]
Thank you for all you do. We will all be exuberant when we can see each other and be present at the celebration of the Eucharist. Until we can gather together, be assured that you and your intentions are remembered daily at the altar by our priests.
Online Giving
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Palm Sunday Mass w/Bishop Malooly
Spiritual Communion
As we adjust to this unprecedented time of challenge, please consider Spiritual Communion in lieu of attending mass. Even when mass does resume, it can be a worthy practice before mass.
Spiritual Communion
During these days in which we are unable to receive Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, it is recommended to make a Spiritual Communion: a prayer that invites Jesus to come into our hearts as the next best option. Here is one such prayer:
"My Jesus, I believe you are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen."
Here are other helpful resources:
https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/spiritual-communion.html
https://www.virgosacrata.com/spiritual-communion.html
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/armstrong/if-you-cant-receive-communion-make-a-spiritual-communion
Lastly, here is some sound advice from a cloistered nun on social distancing!
Some Thoughts on How to Best Live These Times of Social Distancing
St Jude Palm Sunday Mass
Mass Times
All other activities have been suspended due to COVID-19 and the Delaware State of Emergency
Office Hours
Closed for lunch 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Parish Offices are closed until further notice.
St Jude The Apostle Church
St Jude Mobile APP
Use the procedure above, or you can search Google Play Store or Apple App Store for the Weconnect Parish App
After getting the app, open and it will guide you to set your parish.
Staff
- Rev. Thomas A. Flowers, Pastor
- Rev. Jones Kukatla, Associate Pastor
- Deacon Bill McGann, Clergy
- Deacon Marty Barrett, Clergy
- Deacon Howard League, Clergy
- Deacon Al Barros, Clergy
- Nancy Seaver, Office Director
- Bob Hearn, Business Manager
- Matt Ponton, Facilities Manager
- Carol Turoczy, Executive Secretary
- Judy Gibson, Office Assistant
- Bernadette Baker, Administrative Assistant
- Michael McShane, Assistant, Christian Formation
- Chuck Allen, Maintenance
- Bill Danhardt, Custodial
- Dee Willey, Custodial
- Sheila Allen, Facilities Rental Coordinator
- Jean Stewart, Development Director
USCCB News
President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Releases Message for Holy Week 2020
04/03/20 12:46 pm
WASHINGTON – Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following statement for Holy Week.
Archbishop Gomez’s full statement follows:
Read MoreBishop Chairmen Issue Statement on Rationing Protocols by Health Care Professionals in Response to Covid-19
04/03/20 6:30 am
WASHINGTON— Recent news reports have highlighted policies and practices relating to rationing protocols in response to the COVID-19 virus, prompting a response by three committee chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement:
“Hospitals and health care systems are the true epicenter of this pandemic and our health care professionals – doctors, nurses, technicians, administrators, and support staff – have all demonstrated courage, compassion, and truly remarkable professional care in a time of growing crisis. This pandemic has highlighted the fact that we have limited resources and therefore may be facing some difficult decisions ahead. At all times resources are limited – there are only so many beds and so many supplies – but this crisis has and will continue to challenge us greatly.
Read MorePope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville; Names Father Michael McGovern of Archdiocese of Chicago as Successor
04/03/20 1:50 am
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Edward K. Braxton, 75, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Belleville and has named Father Michael G. McGovern, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago as Bishop-elect of Belleville.
The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on April 3, 2020 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Read MoreDialog
St. Edmond’s Academy adjusts distance learning to meet needs of pre kindergarten students, their families
04/06/20 4:53 pm
There’s no question that 4-year-olds are much different from 13-year-olds, so it only makes sense that approaches to teaching them via distance learning will vary as well. At St. Edmond’s Academy in north Wilmington, the pre-kindergarten teacher and school administrators have worked to make sure their youngest boys are getting an education as close to […]
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Read MoreReflections of Diocese of Wilmington seminarians: Video from Peter Schirmer — Our Catholic mission does not stop
04/06/20 4:50 pm
The Dialog news operation is providing special alerts to readers of the Angelus e-newsletter. Sign up here for a free subscription to the Angelus. Father Norman Carroll, Diocese of Wilmington vocations director, has encouraged local seminarians to be creative in this time of turmoil in the lives of so many. Peter Schirmer, above, offers this video reflection. Brennan Ferris reflection. […]
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Read MoreSign says it all — WE MISS YOU — outside Cathedral of St. Peter School in Wilmington
04/06/20 3:39 pm
The sign — WE MISS YOU — says it all outside the Cathedral of St. Peter School in Wilmington. Elementary and secondary schools in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland are treating this time of closed schools as a cyber day or one where schools are closed for inclement weather, said Lou De Angelo, […]
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