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October 2007 Chronicle
•	A Message From Fr. Jim
•	Being Nonviolent
•	Dominican Connection
•	Friends of St. Jude Report....What God Has Done
•	October Novena Guest Preacher

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Prayer for the Friends of St. Jude
Dear God, I can get very caught up in my own problems. After all, they are real and cause me a lot of pain. But I remember that I am part of a large human family, your family, and we all have problems. I expand my awareness to include all people, especially the many others who approach Saint Jude with their concerns. I move out of myself to embrace them in prayer and ask that your grace may flow through every one of them.

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About us
The Dominican Friars, the Province of St. Albert the Great, are Roman Catholic priests and brothers. We are part of the global "Order of Preachers," the Dominican Family of priests, brothers, sisters, nuns and lay people, who live and pray today in a holy tradition that dates back to time of St. Dominic, the thirteenth century.

Our mission is to communicate the Word of God through preaching, theological education, and the promotion of justice and peace. This mission in the Body of Christ demands a vowed community life, liturgical prayer and life-long study.

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October 2007 Chronicle

A Message From Fr. Jim
It’s already time for our annual celebration in honor of St. Jude Thaddeus on October 28! It’s amazing to me how widespread the devotion is to our “Saint of Impossible Cases” is. Our website draws together faithful from six continents and more and more young people are developing a strong devotion to this Apostle.
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Being Nonviolent
When we are afraid or extremely angry with another person, or overtaken with greed, a primitive reaction can possess us. We see this automatic reflex in Luke's Gospel, 9:51-56, when James and John asked that fire from heaven come down and destroy the Samaritans. In more contemporary terms, they were saying, "Let's nuke them!" Jesus rejected this madness and scolded them for allowing themselves to be victimized by such a primitive impulse. It is imperative that we seek the nonviolent way of Jesus.
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Dominican Connection
Fr. Jim shares details about the Arm Relic of St. Jude Thaddeus which has been in the possession of the Dominicans of the Province of St. Albert the Great since 1949. While some will say that relics are just “pieces of bone,” to people of faith relics are signs of how God works through ordinary mortal people (like you and me!).
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Friends of St. Jude Report....What God Has Done
Read how God has touched the lives of three friends of St. Jude in this month's column.
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October Novena Guest Preacher
Fr. Mark Paraday, O.P., currently serves as the Shrine's Pastoral Associate. He also served at the Shrine from 1959 to 1965, before leaving to spend 41 years living and ministering in Bolivia, where he was was very active in youth and pastoral ministry in the poor barrios, hospitals, and jails.
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