Novena to St. Jude

We would like to invite you to give thanks to God with us for St. Jude asking St. Jude to pray with and for us. We gather at St. Jude Chapel, Mt. D’or:
Friday, 19th of October: Novena at 5.30 pm followed by Holy Mass at 6.00 pm.
Saturday, 20th of October: Novena at 4.30 pm followed by Holy Mass at 6.00 pm.
Sunday, 21st October – Wednesday, 24th October: Novena at
5.30 pm

Triduum to St. Jude: The Faith
Saturday, 26th October, the Feast of St. Jude, our Saint Patron: Novena at 4.30 pm followed by Holy Mass at 5.00 pm

Thursday, 25th October and Friday, 26th October: Novena at 5.30 pm followed by Holy Mass and Conference at 6.00 pm



About St. Jude

St. Jude is known as the brother of Saint James the Less. According to tradition, he wrote the epistle bearing his name in the New Testament as well, although this is not as certain.

In his letter he stressed having faith in apostolic teachings in the midst of heresies through fraternal charity, prayer, and loving obedience to God. According to the historian Eusebius he assisted in his brother St. Simeon’s election as Bishop of Jerusalem in 62 A.D.

St. Jude is said to have preached the gospel in such regions as Judea, Samaria, Libya, and Mesopotamia, before suffering martyrdom in Armenia, which was then part of Persia. According to one account, he is said to have cured the King of Edessa’s leprosy in Mesopotamia with an image of Jesus’s face that our Lord had pressed on a cloth.

The king was so impressed he converted to Christianity, along with much of his family and kingdom. Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words! St. Jude converted countless others to the faith as well.

He is often shown in drawings, like the one above, holding an image of Jesus in one hand and a club (a symbol of his martyrdom) in the other. Often the Holy Spirit is seen over his head as a tongue of fire (in remembrance of Pentecost when He came upon the apostles).

- Excerpt taken from Our Catholic Prayers