Saturday, December 2nd, one of our parishioners, Mary Speir, received the Gartland Service Award! She was nominated for her years of service to St. James the Less Parish as the Director of Religious Education, an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, a minister to the homebound, a member and leader of the Bereavement Committee, and countless […]
Can you believe it? This Sunday after Thanksgiving is the First Sunday of Advent and a New Liturgical Year! Christmas is on a Sunday this year, so we have the longest possible Advent – 4 full weeks of preparation! These weeks are set aside for us to prepare to welcome Jesus into our homes, into
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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