![]() ![]() The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Eve. ![]() Through hard work and the donations of time, talent, and treasure by parishioners, the church finally opened in 1986. Daniel Barrett became the second pastor of St. He felt the cost of educating the children should be borne solely by the parents, but the diocese did not agree and the school became a parish-wide endeavor. He wanted to keep it independent of the church. Jude Academy with only 25 students to a class. Totty’s vision for the school was to call it St. Jude and the Diocese of Palm Beach.īy 1985, the school building had still not been completed, so the parish rented out a house called “The Mansion” in Deerfield Beach on Lyons Road where classes could be held while construction was being finished. The responsibility for the two million dollar construction debt fell squarely on St. Totty’s home.ĭisaster struck in 1984 during the middle of the construction when the contractor suddenly went bankrupt and the Archdiocese of Miami split into the Diocese of Palm Beach and the Archdiocese of Miami. Sunday Mass was celebrated at the Lynn University Chapel and the Pope John Paul II High School gym. While the church was being built, parishioners attended Mass on Saturday afternoons at St. Jude’s groundbreaking was held on the Feast of the Assumption in 1983. The Miami Archdiocese asked the Enrico family if they would mind the change and they said “no,” so long as another church was named after their mother, Rita. In return, he asked that the church be named St. Totty could raise another million for the school. He decided to help with the construction and agreed to donate one million dollars for building the church if Fr. In the early 1980s, a local contractor was developing condos on SW 18th Street. ![]() He was faced with the awesome task of constructing a church and a school-but he received unexpected assistance that seemed a godsend at the time. But around the same time, the Texaco Company had fifteen secluded acres off Toledo Road they wanted to exchange next to the YMCA. Rita because the Enrico family had donated ten acres on the corner of Powerline and Palmetto in memory of their mother Rita. Jude Parish began in 1979 when the Archdiocese of Miami approved plans to build a new church in Boca Raton. More than buildings, ours is the ongoing story of God’s people in Boca Raton-men and women united by faith, with hope for the future, building a parish community through acts of charity and love. Going beyond facts and figures, we see children being baptized, sons and daughters attending school, couples getting married, and loved ones being laid to rest. Looking past the dates noted and dollars spent, we find devoted priests, religious, and laity ministering to those in need and families coming together in worship. Our history is not just a list of construction milestones.
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