Dear Parishioners,

I am very grateful for my Installation as Pastor of St Jude’s Parish, it has been a beautiful celebration and, as I had said, I will serve this parish with the graces coming from the Good Shepperd, our Lord Jesus Christ. During this time of Advent, we are waiting for the coming of the Lord, the Messiah, the Baby Jesus Christ. He is the only one who can make low the hills and mountains and fill up the valleys of our lives, of our challenges, of our difficulties, and of our crosses, so that we can go through a straight way back to the Lord, back to the Church, back to our true Homeland. Also, in this time of Advent, we need to prepare ourselves for Christmas, the Nativity of the Lord, and New Year. It is a providential time to pass your Catholic faith to your children, by preparing the Nativity scene, by praying together with your family, and by coming to the beautiful Christmas celebrations which we are having at St Jude’s; below you will see all the schedule. Finally, I just want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Be sure that all of you are on my prayers, and I ask you that you also may pray for me so that I may serve St Jude and the Church as a good shepherd.

May God bless you all.

 
Fr. Mauricio Sanjines