Well, we have come to the point of announcements! Sunday, October 13th, will be the last Sunday we will be in the Church! In the week that follows we will begin moving and storing things for our renovation.
Where will we be having mass while work on the Church is going on? Sunday mass will be in the Parish Center/Gymnasium while Daily mass will be in the Mercy Conference Room. Confessions will be heard in the offices of the priests – signs will point the way. Baptisms will be held at the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Hope. Funeral masses will be held at a local church or the chapel at the Catholic Pastoral Center on Victory Drive.
We will still have access to the Lumen Christi Adoration Chapel and the entrance to the Parish Offices from the Narthex. The Blessed Sacrament will be reserved in the Adoration Chapel and not in the Mercy Conference Room. This will give us a place for prayer. Eventually, there will be a short period of time when the Adoration Chapel and the Narthex will be unavailable.
The Mercy Conference Room will still be used for some meetings and classes, but at the end of each, it will need to be set up for morning mass. Details are still being worked out.
We might need assistance in setting up chairs in the gym for the weekend masses, so be on the lookout for that. Every Monday, two classes from St. James School will come to mass and help put up the chairs afterwards so that the gym can be used for PE class and after-school sports.
Be prepared for more announcements! As I mentioned a few Sundays ago, the word for this year is flexibility and the virtue for this year is patience! We might add another virtue – service! There will be many opportunities to serve as we make this move. This is an exciting time for St. James the Less Catholic Church and School!
Please pray for the success of our Charging Forward in Faith and Education Capital Campaign, for successful fundraising and for the projects themselves!
St. James the Less, pray for us and all our endeavors and plans!
May the Lord Jesus bless you and your families abundantly this week!
~ Fr. Daniel Firmin