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| For those who are interested in learning more about the Catholic Church. Tuesday,
7:00 p.m., Parish Hall
The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults is a faith journey for those desiring to
enter the Catholic Church or for those who wish to complete their initiation into the
Church. These "inquirers" include: non-baptized persons, people baptized
in another Christian tradition, or those Catholics baptized but never catechized.
The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation,
and Eucharist.
These are a variety of stages in the process, each marked by a Rite celebrated in the
midst of the assembly. Pre-Catechumenate is a time to ask
questions about the Church; Catechumenate provides a time of
catechesis, prayer, fellowship, and conversion; Purification and Enlightenment
is the Lenten time of prayer and fasting to prepare for the Easter Sacraments of
Initiation; and Mystagogia is a time of reflection to allow the
neophytes (new Catholics) a deeper understanding and living of the Sacred Mysteries which
have been celebrated.
Contact: Joyce
Racine at the Parish Office.
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| For children over the age of seven who have not been baptized or
catechized. Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Parish Hall
The Order of Christian Initiation of Children is a process of initiation into the
Catholic Church for children over the age of seven, not baptized as infants, or baptized
in another denomination, or baptized but have not been catechized in the Catholic Church.
The Order of Christian Initiation of Children meetings are held Sunday mornings at
9:00 in the church. During the process for children, meetings are held for parents
and sponsors once a month in the Parish Center.
Contact: Mary
Barnes at the Parish Office.
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| Normally at Sunday Mass or Sundays at 12:30 p.m.
Parents requesting Baptism for their infants must attend the baptismal
series. This series takes place on the first (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.) and second (7:00 -
8:00 p.m.) Thursday of the month. After attending this series, parents may schedule
their infant's baptism.
Contact: Mary
Barnes at the Parish Office.
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Saturday
9:30 - 10:30 a.m., 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Weekdays 7:45 - 8:00 a.m., or any time by appointment.Communal
Celebrations of the Sacrament: on the Thursdays before Christmas, Holy Week, Pentecost
Sunday, and the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross.
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| Because the Sacrament of Matrimony is a prophetic sign of
radical commitment within the assembly of the faithful, arrangements must be made six
months in advance. The Preparation Process involves several meetings with the
presider, four meetings with married couples who are part of the Parish Sponsor Couple
Program, meetings with a couple who administers the FOCCUS Inventory, a session at St.
Joseph Hospital on Natural Family Planning, and two meetings with the Director of Music
Ministries to plan music for the wedding Liturgy. A Parish Wedding Coordinator
assists the couple with the liturgical details. Contact:
Sheryl Clemens at (219) 485-4378
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| St. Jude Church takes seriously our baptismal call to care
for the sick. Communal celebrations of the Sacrament of the Sick are celebrated four
times a year, on the first Sunday of Advent and Lent, the Sunday before Pentecost, and the
Sunday closest to the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. Please request the
Sacrament whenever needed. Parishioners who are home bound, or in the hospital, or
nursing homes can receive Holy Communion every Sunday from lay ministers of Communion and
once a month from one of the priests. Contact: Barb Stemen at the Parish Office, especially for
serious illness.
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| In the face of death, the Church confidently proclaims that
God has created each person for eternal life and that Jesus, the Son of God, by his death
and resurrection, has broken the chains of sin and death that bound humanity. Christians
celebrate the funeral rites to offer worship, praise, and thanksgiving to God for the gift
of a life which has now been returned to God, the author of life and the hope of the just. For more information, please
visit our Funeral Liturgies page |
