On Wednesday, March 6th, 56 of our 8th graders will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation from the Holy Spirit through the prayer and imposition of hands of Bishop Parkes! What a joyful evening it will be! These young men and women will receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit – Fear of the Lord, Piety, […]
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On the First Sunday of Lent, we celebrate the Rite of Sending and the Rite of Election. At the 11:30 AM mass, we will have the Rite of Sending in which we, as a St. James Catholic Community, send to the Bishop those who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil and those who will
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After the shortest Advent possible, we now have a very early Lent and Easter! Ash Wednesday is this coming Wednesday, February 14th! I hope you are ready! In just a few days we begin the beautiful penitential season of Lent in which we remind ourselves of the need we have for a Savior and prepare
It is good to be home! Two weeks away including two Sundays is a long time to be away! I am happy to be home after a wonderful experience at the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction! SCHOOL OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Thank you for all the prayers for myself and two of our parishioners who attended
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I invite all men (single and married) of St. James to attend our 2024 Catholic Men’s Conference! Next Saturday, January 27th, St. James will host once again a day long conference to help Catholic Men grow in faith and virtue becoming the men the Lord wants them to be. It is not too late to
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I will be away from St. James for the next two weeks to attend my third and final session at the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction. The first session was on Prayer. The session July of 2023 was on Healing. This session is on Growth. During these next two weeks, we will be examining the
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One more day! I can still wish you and your families a MERRY CHRISTMAS this weekend! Come Tuesday, the Christmas Season ends and we begin Ordinary Time (which is never ordinary because God became man, the Eternal entered into and sanctified time!). For us Christians, Christmas begins on December 25th with the Solemnity of the
Since we are still in the Octave of Christmas, I continue to wish you and your families a MERRY CHRISTMAS! For us Christians, Christmas begins on December 25th with the Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and it ends with the Feast of Baptism of the Lord (this year on January 9th).
Today will be busy and filled with the grace of God for each of us celebrating the 4th Sunday of Advent AND Christmas! We will be flooded with the abundance of the light and life of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! If you are reading this in the bulletin, you have picked it up
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“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, Rejoice. Indeed the Lord is near.” (Philippians 4:4-5) The Entrance Antiphon for the 3rd Sunday of Advent is the above quote from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians! It also happens to be the verse from which our bishop chose his motto – “Rejoice in the Lord