Saint Jude Catholic Church - Norfolk, MA

01/24/2026

The Knights of Columbus Free Throw contest at Saint Edward Church scheduled for Sunday, January 25th has been postponed due to the weather forecast.

10/30/2025

05/08/2025

We have a Pope!

04/29/2025

SpringFest at BayState Shelter: An Afternoon of Joy with Games and Treats!
Hosted by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Medfield & Norfolk
Please help us in spreading joy and community spirit as the St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP) hosts SpringFest for the residents of the BayState Shelter on Saturday, May 10!
This special afternoon will be filled with games, treats, and heartfelt connection — a chance to celebrate spring while supporting our neighbors.
We need your help to make it a day to remember! Please consider donating food (nut-free baked goods, water, juice boxes), activity supplies (bubbles, hula hoops, soccer balls, etc.), or funds. Contribute items on our SignUpGenius: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../70A0548ADA922A13...
Donations (monetary or requested items) can be dropped off by Friday, May 9 at St. Edward or St. Jude. Please make checks out to "SVdP-St Edward and St Jude Conference" and then write in the memo line "Donation for Bay State Shelter"
Thank you for being the heart and hands that bring hope, joy, and compassion to others!
Questions? Email us at: [email protected]

04/20/2025

Christ is Risen! Christ is truly Risen! This ancient Christian greeting expresses the foundation of our Easter joy and our singing the praises of God. As you gather in Church and around the family table this day, I wish every blessing for you and yours. I pray that you always know this Easter truth that we are not alone in a cold universe. Rather we are enfolded in the arms of a loving Father. He Who created life now shows Hos power to renew and restore life. May that life be yours now and in eternity.
-Archbishop Henning

04/19/2025

“I command you: Awake, sleeper, I have not made you to be held a prisoner in the underworld. Arise from the dead; I am the life of the dead. Arise, O man, work of my hands, arise, you who were fashioned in my image. Rise, let us go hence; for you in me and I in you, together we are one undivided person.” From “Awake, O Sleeper,” an ancient Christian homily for Holy Saturday (you may find the whole text here: https://www.vatican.va/spirit/documents/spirit_20010414_omelia-sabato-santo_en.html).

Holy Saturday is a solemn day in the liturgical life of the Church – a moment that we spend “in the tomb” with Christ after His Passion. It is a moment to reflect upon the truth of the tomb in our experience and the abiding hope that by entering the tomb, the Lord liberates us from its hold in this life and in the next.

It happens that this Holy Saturday falls on April 19th, the tenth anniversary of the martyrdom of 30 Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants in Libya. These Orthodox Christians were seized by operatives of the Islamic State for the crime of their Christian faith. Threatened with death if they would not abandon their faith, they were then brutally murdered by beheading in some cases and shooting in others. The murderers made a cruel spectacle of the deaths with a video threatening a similar fate to any Christian who would refuse to give in to their evil demands.

I hope that all Christians remember those 30 men, poor and vulnerable, who offered such a powerful witness to their faith in the Lord of Life. On this Holy Saturday, may we find that same deep and abiding faith.
-Archbishop Henning

04/18/2025

Dear Friends,
Given the events we remember today, is a strange thing to call this Friday “good.” In fact, is it a bold and hopeful thing to say. For in this moment of the deepest pain and loss, when all seems lost, we see the depth of God’s love for us. Our hearts are pierced by the truth of the beloved Son offering Himself to the end so that we might be delivered from sin and death. His absolute and abandoning trust in Our Heavenly Father shows us how the instrument of death becomes the tree of life. May we ever venerate His Holy Cross and place our hope and trust in Him. We adore you O Christ and we praise You, for by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
- Archbishop Henning

04/17/2025

Dear Friends,
Tonight, across this Archdiocese, the faithful will gather to participate in the memory and reality of the Lord’s Supper. We will touch the mystery of His loving and trusting self-offering to our Heavenly Father for the redemption and salvation of the world. We will remember His command to do this in memory of Him and His example of loving service of others. I pray that we will become ever more authentic witnesses of these sacred mysteries that we celebrate.
- Archbishop Henning

04/15/2025

Dear Friends,
Today at the Chrism Mass, I will bless the oils to be used for the healing of the sick and the welcoming of catechumens. I will also consecrate the sacred chrism for use in baptisms and ordinations. At this beautiful celebration of the sacraments, we priests will also renew our commitment to the promises of ordination. I humbly ask all of us to remember of our priests in prayer this day. May the Lord make us holy and humble servants of God’s people and faithful sharers in His own priestly ministry of healing and reconciliation.
-Archbishop Henning

03/03/2025

Spring Forward: Diapers, Coats & Care Drive! 🌸

St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP) of Medfield and Norfolk and Norfolk Strong are coming together to support migrant families at the Baystate Shelter, and we need your help!

The shelter urgently needs diapers (sizes 4-6), wipes, warm coats, and other seasonal essentials. Every donation makes a difference for families in need!

✨ Visit the SignUpGenius to see how you can help.
📍 Drop-off locations at St. Jude and St. Edward as well as other locations noted in the signup.

Your kindness and generosity mean the world—thank you for supporting our community! 🙏💛

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040544ACAD22A2FA7-55337182-baystate #/