Mission & Ministry News
Emergency Appeal for St. Jude Shrine
Dear Friend of St. Jude, I hope I can count on you for an urgent need that we have here at our Nationwide Center of St. Jude Devotions in Baltimore. Please let me know if you will help by replying to this urgent request. As you know, our revered St. Jude Shrine is a…
Read MoreUpdate from the Pallottine Mission in India
Dear Friend of St. Jude, I recently received wonderful news from Sister Diana Lasrado, Pallottine Sister serving in the Holy Family Province in India. Sister Diana writes that thanks to your kindness, compassion and support, the girls at our Krupa Bhavan Center are thriving and doing well in their studies. All of the children at…
Read MoreThe Power of St. Jude
Dear Friend of St. Jude, Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of letters from people who are overwhelmed with troubling circumstances in their lives. I’ve also been receiving many letters from people who asked for St. Jude’s intercession in their lives and received it. Here are a few examples… I have prayed to St. Jude…
Read MoreThank God for Our Country
Dear Friend of St. Jude, I ask you to take a moment during your Independence Day celebration on July 4th to remember with me that our country was colonized out of a need for people to worship freely, and God is the guiding light of our nation. Since that first American Revolution, Americans have held…
Read MoreHelp for Our Pallottine Sisters in Peru
Dear Friend of St. Jude, Your compassion for the poor is an indescribable blessing! Thank you for faithfully serving Christ who comes to us in the poor. I hope you will open your heart again for our Pallottine Sisters and Fathers who serve in an impoverished and spiritually broken community of Peru. Sister Chetna, Sister…
Read MoreAn Urgent Request from India
Dear Friend of St. Jude, We are so very grateful for all you do for our Pallottine missionaries who serve the poor and needy in 46 countries around the world. Your kindness, compassion and generosity often make the difference between life and death for so many impoverished people…like the ones whose story I bring…
Read MoreEmergency Help Needed in Peru
Dear Friend of St. Jude, I need your urgent help for one of our Pallottine priests who “travels on a wing and a prayer” every day. Father Manoel Vierira wrote to me recently requesting emergency help to purchase a reliable vehicle. You see, Father Manoel serves deep in the Andes Mountains of Peru, where he…
Read MoreThe Gift of Prayer
Dear Friend of St. Jude, At Christmas when I look at a beautiful Nativity scene, my heart is filled with love for the Holy Family. I am reminded how our Savior came to us, born into a world of poverty, oppression and injustice, and how Mary and Joseph were homeless, cold, hungry and in search…
Read MoreA Prayer for the New Year, 2016
Dear Friend of St. Jude, In gratitude for all you have done for our Pallottine ministries, I would like to offer you our 2016 St. Jude Shrine Calendar. Please sign our Guest Book and put “Calendar” in the comment box. The calendar highlights feast days that are important to our Catholic faith. I encourage you to…
Read MoreSee the Face of Jesus in our Neighbors
Dear Friend of St. Jude, Thank you so very much for your faithful support of our Pallottine priests and brothers and our mission to serve the poor. Your works of mercy in St. Jude’s name have been an answer to the prayers of so many hopeless people around the world. As I reflect on Pope…
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