St. Jude Parish Chatter

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler dive into this weeks Gospel about the Good Shepheard.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler sit down and tell some jokes, talk about Deacon John's Spring Mini-Series, and dive into this weekends beautiful Gospel about the Road to Emmaus. Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about Divine Mercy Sunday, our own encounters with the devotion to divine mercy, and we talk about how to pray the divine mercy chaplet.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler read through and reflect on an ancient homily on Holy Saturday. They also spend some time talking about our bucket list items. This weeks sponsor is the upcoming celebration of Fr. Bob Kinkel's retirement on April 15th with the 5pm Mass and a celebration from 6:30-9:00pm in the Community Center Ancient Holy Saturday Homily Fr. Bob's Retirement Party

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler sit down with parishioner Gloria Pearson.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about this weekends gospel and the raising of Lazarus. We also talk about birthdays (happy birthday to Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler this week) and don't forget to save the date for Fr. Bob's retirement party on April 15th. Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about peoples favorite Friday Lenten meal and then we dive into this weekends longer gospel where Jesus heals the man born blind. This weeks sponsor is our parishes upcoming Family Breakfast hosted by the Knights of Columbus. The breakfast is on Sunday, March 26 after all Masses. Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf is without Tyler who is sick but he is joined by Curtis and Michaelann Martin the founders of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). They talk about college experiences and living out the faith in a world that seems to be against our faith. FOCUS

This week Fr Thuerauf and Tyler discuss our experiences on retreats, and then we dive into this weekends Gospel about the Transfiguration of Jesus. This weeks sponsor for the podcast is our weekly stations of the cross at the parish on Friday evenings. Mass Readings Catechism References (paragraph 2096-2097)

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about the start of lent, how we like our coffee, our upcoming parish mission, and then we dive into the Gospel for this week which is the temptations of Jesus in the desert. Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk all things Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. They discuss their own experiences with Ash Wednesday, our parish Ash Wednesday schedule, as well as the journey of Lent that starts with Ash Wednesday. Check out the book Father referenced from Dr. Anthony Lilles- Hidden Mountain, Secret Garden

This week Fr. Thuerauf turns the tables on Tyler and interviews him. Take a listen and learn a little about our Director of Religious Education and Youth (DREY).

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler discuss our own experiences in a classroom, Deacon John's adult mini-series on the Faith, our sponsor for the week sack lunch Sunday, and then we dive into this Sunday's Gospel reading where Tyler nerds out about food and salt. Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about our favorite things to cook, the upcoming Blessing of Throats on the Feast of St. Blaise (February 3), and then we enter into this weeks Gospel which is the Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew. Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about our upcoming adult faith formation mini series on Faith lead by Deacon John, our experiences at different March for Life, and then we dive deeper into praying for the unborn and the Gospel of Life. Don't forget to spend some time in prayer and fasting this Monday January 23 for our National Day of Prayer for the Unborn. CCC 2271 Evangelium Vitae

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler sit down with parishioner, security guard, and sacristan Dennis Staff.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about their papal experiences meeting both Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, the Epiphany house blessing (this weeks sponsor), and then they spend some time reflecting on the life of Pope Benedict XVI as we pray for him after his passing recently. Let us all echo his final words as our own prayers each and every day of our life "Lord, I love you."

This week we continue to celebrate the Christmas season and now the new year. And we thought we would start the year off with an interview with our pastor Fr. Thuerauf. We learn about some of his favorite things as well as his life before the priesthood, and before coming to Colorado. We hope you enjoy this interview and get to know our pastor a little better.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler wish you all a Merry Christmas, We talk about our favorite Christmas movies, Father talks about a few ways to deal with awkward family conversations this time of year, and most importantly we discuss the "Good News of Great Joy". If you haven't signed up to receive our parish flocknotes, you should consider doing that to get weekly updates about what is happening a...

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about whether they would rather sing or dance to every song and we dive into why we worship the way we do. Also this weeks sponsor is Christmas Mass. Join us for Mass on Christmas eve at 4pm, 7pm, or Midnight or on Christmas Day at 10am.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler talk about patience that we must practice not only during this Advent season but during our lives. Our sponsor this week is our upcoming parish penance service which is this Wednesday, December 14th at 7pm in the Church.

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler sit down with Brenda Maxwell our Director of Evangelization and music director to talk about her journey here at St. Jude and we also discuss the impact of Mike Marek on her and the parish as we remember his passing a year ago. 

Happy New Year! This week we talk about the start of the new liturgical year and the start of Advent, Fr. Thuerauf is officially installed as our pastor, and we dive into preparing for Christmas, not celebrating it during Advent. We also take a look at the Gospel of Matthew that we will get familiar with over the next year as we hear from it every Sunday during this new year.  Mass Readings

This week Fr. Thuerauf and Tyler discuss Thanksgiving, the fundraiser that is going on to support our youth program, and we dive into the the solemnity of Christ the King. Mass Readings Youth Ministry Fundraiser with Sock Religious

This week we are welcomed by seminarian Brian Jacobson who spoke to the parish last weekend about eh annual seminary appeal. We chatted with him about his call to the seminary, what life at the seminary is like, and some other wonderful priests we have encountered in our lives. If you haven't already done it please consider a donation to the seminaries. Donate