St. Jude Catholic Church

On May 15-16th Bishop Chad Zielinski from the mission Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska will be celebrating Mass with our parish.

Bishop Zielinski faces the challenging task of shepherding the largest geographic diocese in the United States with only seventeen priests, compounded by Alaska’s vast distances and the isolation of the Catholic communities from access to roads.

Amongst the poorest dioceses in the nation, only 8 of its 46 parishes and missions are capable of financial self-support. Bishop Zielinski will share the site story of the Catholics living in the missions of Northern Alaska at each of our Masses, and invite our prayerful consideration to helping him provide for the proper pastoral and sacramental care of our far northern sisters and brothers.