It is the last day to say this, so I’ll say it! MERRY CHRISTMAS! THANK YOU! From all the priests of St. James, Thank you for all the wonderful Christmas gifts given to us over this Holiday Season! We greatly appreciate all the love and prayers poured forth for us and given to us! It […]
2022! Can you believe it? Here we are at the beginning of another year! Last year brought so many different joys, highlights, difficulties, and sorrows. For each of us we walked through quite a bit in 2021. Now we turn the page and look forward to a new year! What will this year bring for
Merry Christmas to each of you and your families! As we celebrate these Holy Days, be assured that I remember and include all of you in my prayers and masses. As a Christian community, we celebrate the eight days, the Octave of Christmas as if we were celebrating Christmas! Now that is a beautiful gift!
Here we are – the final week before Christmas! Everyone is getting excited with anticipation in celebration of the Birth of our Lord Jesus! The house is decorated, the presents purchased and wrapped, and plans to see family and friends are set. We are ready. My brothers and sisters, I hope that this week can
WOW!! Fr. Tim McKeown led those who came on an awesome retreat on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings this past week! He was a wonderful presenter and teacher! Each night there was something new to learn and more practical tips on deepening our life of prayer! It was a blessing to have him with us
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Fr. Tim McKeown is here this weekend to preach at all the masses and to preach our Advent Parish Mission this year! Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings (December 5-7) at 7:00 PM in the Church, he will be preaching on how we can deepen our prayer life during Advent. Almost every Sunday, we hear from
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The First Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new Church year! We begin with Advent leading up to Christmas. Then we have Christmas and the Christmas Season. This begins our new liturgical year. This is the second longest Advent possible because Christmas is on a Saturday! Our Christmas Mass schedule begins on Christmas
Pope St. John Paul II encouraged us to build and live a culture of life to combat the culture of death which pervades our modern age and the modern mind. St. James does a great deal to do just that. We have our Pro-Life Holy Hour. We host the Pre-Cana retreats for couples preparing for
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I thank the Lord Jesus for you always! I am so proud of you, the parishioners at St. James! You responded so beautifully in your generosity to the Afghan families who will be resettling here in Savannah and in Jacksonville! We surpassed every parish in Savannah in volunteering and in giving when called upon to
Saturday, October 9th, at 7:00 pm in the Church here at St. James, we will be hosting Immaculée, a world renowned speaker and a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Each year we host a speaker during October and ask them to speak on some aspect of the dignity of human life. She will share her