Your fellow parishioners from all over the world have planned an outstanding adventure in culture and culinary delights for the second annual St. Jude International Food Festival and Parish and Community Art Show. It begins on Sunday, October 21st at 1:15 pm in the Parish Hall.

Once again our Knights of Columbus will be collecting coats for kids in our community. They are asking for donations of new coats for children ages 5 to 15. They will be available to accept donations after all Masses on the the weekend of October 27th and 28th.

Come enjoy an evening of Ultimate Frisbee with other Young Adults on Monday, October 22nd at 6:30 pm. This is a casual get-together at Celebration Park in Allen. Just show up if you want to jump in.

All 9th -12th grade students are invited to join us for a one night get-away retreat. From the evening of Friday, Nov. 9th through Saturday, Nov. 10th we will take an opportunity to pray, have fellowship, eat, and participate in activities with each other at Bonham State Park. Watch for registration information coming soon.

It's never too early to be thinking about Christmas! The Women of St. Jude will be sponsoring their annual Craft Fair on Friday and Saturday, November 2nd & 3rd. We will have over 90 booths of hand-made items including jewelry, decorations, clothing, floral arrangements, candles and many more surprises. Sunshine and Rainbows will be holding their every popular raffle and bake sale. The Women of St. Jude will be serving their famous baked potatoes and home-made soups.

Imagine the "joyful sounds" of our own Bell Tower at St. Jude, ringing out as a reminder of God's presence. And with it, the zeal to gather, serve the Lord and exercise hospitality. It's been an amazing and beautiful transformation of our church over the years. We are beyond blessed. Yet there's more to do. And we can. Adding multiple classrooms to the Education Building and a covered walkway to connect the parish life building with the education building will allow us to grow many of our existing programs.