St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church-Mokane

04/05/2026

A few of our younger St.Jude members stopped for a photo this Easter Sunday during our Easter egg hunt. Happy Easter to all!

02/21/2026

01/24/2026

Due to weather and road conditions Mass has been cancelled for Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Fr. Gabriel has issued the following message:
“Following the direction by Bishop O’Donnell and assessing the road conditions and safety of the people, I am cancelling the Sunday Mass. I am also encouraging the faithful to watch Mass online or EWTN and receive Spiritual Communion or pray, read Sacred Scriptures and make a spiritual communion, and so on.

May God bless you all and keep you safe!

Fr. Alex Gabriel”

01/24/2026

Please see the guidance below from Bishop O’Donnell regarding weekend Mass and be sure to watch this page for any updates on Mass as the winter weather moves in.

Stay safe and warm and remember to check on your family, friends, and neighbors, particularly those move vulnerable to the cold. We ask that you join the St. Jude family in offering prayers for those without a warm and safe place to find shelter over the next few days.

01/01/2026

Wishing you a very happy new year and a wonderful 2026!

01/01/2026

December 31
St. Sylvester I

St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through those days of terror, witnessed the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, and saw the triumph of Constantine in 312.

Two years later he succeeded St. Melchiades as Bishop of Rome. In the same year he sent four legates to represent him at the great Council of the Western Church, held at Arles. He confirmed its decision and imparted them to the Church.

The Council of Nice was assembled during the reign, in 325, but not being able to assist at it in person, on account of his great age, he sent his legates, who headed the list of subscribers to its decrees, preceding the Patriarchs of Alexandria and Antioch. St. Sylvester occupied the chair of St. Peter for twenty-four years and eleven months. He died in 335.

St. Sylvester I is the patron saint of stonecutters, masons, domestic animals, the Benedictine Order, and the chivalric order known as the Militia Aurata or the Order of the Golden Spur.

Prayer: Lord, come to the aid of Your people who are supported by the intercession of St. Sylvester Your Pope. May they pass the present life under Your guidance so that they may have the happiness of attaining eternal life in heaven. Amen.

*Information taken from Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
Published by Catholic Book Publishing Company, New York, New York

12/31/2025

The Solemnity of Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation, is celebrated on January 1, 2026. Mass at St. Jude will be held on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

12/31/2025

December 30
St. Anysius

We know very little about the life of this saint who became Bishop of Thessalonica upon the death of Ascholius in 383. On this occasion, St. Ambrose wrote to the new Bishop and expressed the hope that since Anysius was a dedicated disciple of Ascholius he might prove to be “another Elisha to Elijah.”

Pope St. Damasus made this saintly Bishop the patriarchal vicar of Illyricum and he was confirmed in his power by Sts. Siricius and Innocent I. When St. John Chrysostom was being harassed by the authorities, St. Anysius came strongly to his defense. In 404, he called upon Pope Innocent I to review the case whereby St. John had been exiled from his See, and he was joined in this by fifteen other Bishops of Macedonia. In return he received a letter from St. John thanking him for his efforts on his behalf.

St. Anysius was a dedicated shepherd who inspired his people by his life and teachings. Both St. Innocent I and St. Leo the Great had high praise for his virtues. He died about 410.

St. Anysius is not known to be the patron saint of a specific group or cause.

Prayer: God, Light and Shepherd of souls, You established St. Anysius as Bishop in Your Church to feed Your flock by his word and form it by his example. Help us through his intercession to keep the Faith he taught by his word and follow the way he showed by his example. Amen.

*Information taken from Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
Published by Catholic Book Publishing Company, New York, New York

12/30/2025

December 29
St. Thomas Becket

St. Thomas was born in London in 1117, eight years after the death of St. Anselm, whose successor he was destined to become. He embraced the ecclesiastical state and attached himself to Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, by whose leave he went to Italy to study canon law at Bologna. On his return home he was ordained deacon and made archdeacon of Canterbury. In 1154, at the recommendation of Theobald, Henry II appointed him Lord Chancellor of England, a post which he filled with distinction.

On the death of Theobald, in 1160, the King forced upon him the dignity of Archbishop of Canterbury; but when St. Thomas refused to tolerate the existence of certain abuses, the King felt himself offended and finally matters came to an open rupture between Archbishop and King. After much persecution, to which he was subject, Thomas secretly left the kingdom and went to Pope Alexander III who was then in France and who received him kindly. Later he was able to return to England, but he went with the presentiment that he was going to his death. He was received with the greatest demonstrations of joy by his people, but the end was near. Henry, in a fit of passion, let slip some unguarded words which, however they may have been intended, were construed so as to place weapons in the hands of the saint’s assassins. The result was that St. Thomas was murdered in his church, at the foot of the altar, in 1170. Within three years after his death, he was canonized as a Martyr.

St. Thomas Becket is the patron saint of secular clergy, the City of London, Exeter College in Oxford, Arbroath Abbey, and the city of Portsmouth.

Prayer: God, You enabled St. Thomas, Your Martyr, to sacrifice his life courageously in the cause of justice. Through his intercession, help us to give up our lives for Christ in this world so that we might find eternal life in heaven. Amen.

*Information taken from Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
Published by Catholic Book Publishing Company, New York, New York