| St. Jude's Parish History (2311 words) |
 | John J. Hayes became St. Anthony's pastor in 1953 and he and Ceres members of the Altar Society, the Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus continued gathering pledges and donations for a church. |
| On September 30, 1962, when John XXIII was Pope, and the Most Reverend Hugh A. Donohue was the first Bishop of the new Stockton Diocese, the Parish of St. Jude, Ceres, California, was delivered into the possession of Father John A. Coghlan, pastor. |
| Coghlan and St. Jude's complied and the most obvious and dramatic difference appeared when the altar position was changed and Father began offering Mass facing the congregation and speaking the sacred words in English. |
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