FEAST DAY OF THE OTHER APOSTLES SIMON AND JUDE...........

Among the Twelve Apostles called and chosen by Jesus, were Simon Bar Jona, renaned, "Peter", and Judas Iscariot, holder of the common purse, and betrayer of Christ.  Two others of the Apostles of Jesus, also berar ther names Simon and Jude.  Simon the Caananite, also called Simon the Zealot, and Jude Thaddeus, said to be a cousin of Christ.  Simon the Zealot, is said to have been a native of Cana, in Galilee, where Jesus' miracle of changing water into wine occurred.  Before being called by Jesus to follow Him as an Apostle, Simon was likely a member of the Zealot Party among nthe Israelites.  Jude Thaddeus, is popularly now known as the Saint of the Despairing and Lost Causes, who is interceded to by believers in times of hardship and struggle.  October 28th, in Sacramento Diocesan history, is the date on which OLOL Pastor Emeritus, Reverend Father Anthony Traynor, began his first priestly appointment as Assistant Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, in Red Bluff, CA, in 1958; and the date he retired from active ministry in his last assignment, as Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Sacramento, where he served for sixteen years; and continues to serve as Pator-Emeritus.  Happy Anniversary Fther Traynor !!!!!!!!!!!...........Fr.  Troy