August 10th Weekend

**Friday, August 15th is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be at 7pm that day.

**Canning season is here! If anyone has pint and quart canning jars or rings they’d like to donate, please leave them at the canned goods area.

**We are holding a yard sale August 16th from 7am-2pm. If you have items you’d like to donate, please drop them off downstairs during office hours. Volunteers are needed to help out with set up and on the day of the yard sale. Set up dates are August 13-15 from 9am to 12pm.

**The Knights of Columbus are holding their annual Virginia Tech Football Ticket Raffle. The prices are: $10 per ticket, $15 for 3 tickets or $30 for a book of 10 tickets. 1st & 2nd prizes are 2 season tickets each. Drawing is on August 31st. Please see a Knight for more details and to purchase tickets.

**Religious Education registration for Fall 2025 has begun! If you have a child who will be in kindergarten-6th grade this Fall and would like to register them for Sunday morning religious education classes, please sign up in the back of the church. If your child is in 10th grade or older this Fall and would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Spring, please contact Taylor Hofmann at: formation@stjuderadfordva.org for information about Confirmation classes. 

**The Women's Resource Center, located in Radford, is our Charity of the Month for August. The WRC is a non-profit, human service organization providing programs and services to adult and child victims of sexual and domestic violence. Its mission is to implement individual and social change for a violence-free community in the New River Valley. Since 1977, the WRC has provided services such as a 24-hour crisis hotline and emergency response system, temporary emergency housing, legal advocacy, and counseling services. All funds donated will be used to purchase items needed for the adults and children who are served directly by the WRC.

**JUBILEE YEAR PILGRIMAGE TO St. Andrew’s Basilica, Roanoke - Saturday, August 30. St. Jude parish will make a pilgrimage to one of the approved Jubilee Pilgrimage sites - the Basilica of St. Andrew in Roanoke. What a blessing to have a site so close to us! Please sign up at the back of the church or if you are viewing the bulletin electronically, you can complete this GOOGLE SIGN UP FORM. You only need to sign up once. We’ll combine the lists.

**Please see the bulletin for more information on all of our announcements.