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Ministries

Directory of Ministries and Organizations

Ministries

 

The Adult Choir rehearses weekly on Wednesday evenings September thru May at 7:00 pm in the school music room, and is open to anyone 9th grade or older. The adult choir usually sings at the 11 am Mass, but sings at 4:30 pm or 8:30 am Masses approxi...

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Art & Environment is the group responsible for the decoration, preparation and maintenance of our worship “space,” the church, especially during Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter. The sacristan (the person with overall responsibility...

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The Bereavement Ministry provides a very real opportunity to reach out to parishioners who have suffered the death of a loved one. We meet with the family to plan the Liturgy of Christian Burial and attend the liturgy and function as greeters, lector...

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Cantors serve dual roles at our Sunday Masses. The cantor sings or chants the verses of some songs (like the Responsorial Psalm, Alleluia verse, Lamb of God, and other parts the assembly customarily doesn’t sing); and the cantor supports the si...

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Ministry of compassion to those who struggle physically, emotionally, or spiritually.    

The purpose of the St. Jude Youth Ministry is to draw young people to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the faith community, and empower them to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today, by fostering their person...

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Each liturgical celebration has a coordinator. This involves helping to set up the sanctuary area, preparing those items needed for the celebration, and removing items back to the sacristy for cleaning after the celebration has concluded. The coordin...

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The primary musical instrument in our worship is the human voice. Each of us are ministers of music at our liturgical celebrations as we all lift our voices together in sung prayer. The Music Ministry is involved in the leadership of these voices, an...

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The works of the Worship Ministries at St. Jude are many and varied, and offer opportunities for all parishioners to be involved with the spiritual life of the parish.  All are extremely important to proper and reverent worship in our parish.

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The Youth Choir is open to St. Jude parishioners in grades 7-12 as well as those in college. Choir members lead the music at the 11:00 Mass on the first weekend of the month and the 4:30 Mass on the third weekend of the month. Parish Youth are also...

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