St. James the Greater &

St. Thomas the Apostle

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                   Please check our Church Bulletin   [via link  above - top right]                    for timely info and upcoming parish or area events.
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     Check out our Upcoming Events sub-page for a number of parish events.
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See  info about
St. James' annual Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 2nd
 by looking under FUNDRAISERS - in header.
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     2023 - 2024 Religious Education program classes 
                   The Sacraments of Christian Initiation for those students who                     will receive First Holy Eucharist and Confirmation,
                        builds on the grace that each child first received at Baptism.                       Reception of the two sacraments requires two specific years of preparation for these Sacraments,  usually in 1st & 2nd grade, and again in 7th & 8th grade.      Children entering 1st grade in September should be enrolled.

The grades in between are necessary stepping stones, to help assure that each child will fully grasp and understand their faith, and cannot be skipped.

Children's Liturgy of the Word

    C.L.O.W.  is  offered at St. Thomas the Apostle
during the Sunday 9:30 AM Mass .
Check bulletin [top R corner] for the specific dates.
All students should attend either St. Thomas' 4:30 PM Sat. Vigil,
or a Sunday Mass at St. James or St. Thomas, or a church if away, 
each weekend year-round. 

                  Mrs. Flexer welcomes  Confirmation Candidates (from grades 7 & 8) and Confirmed teens to consider assisting as Lector, and/or as Hospitality Minister for  C.L.O.W.
 or  in any other Liturgical Ministry.

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 Sister Stan on Thursday, July 13th,  shared her remarkable story of starting a mission                      and orphanage (Nazareth Home for God’s Children) in Northern Ghana.                 Sister presently cares for more than 100 orphaned “spirit children”,
i.e. children who are considered disposable because of their physical impairments       or other circimstances.
 www.sisterstanschildren.org/sisterstan.html 
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           Eight of our children received their First Eucharist on Saturday, April 29th, 2023.           
  May our children continue to grow in knowledge and love of Jesus and may they continue to receive Him lovingly and reverently all the days of their lives.

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     Bishop Sweeney presided over Confirmation, calling down the Holy Spirit upon  fifteen of our young people, on March 31st, 2023 at St. Thomas the Apostle.     

 Pray that they may allow the Holy Spirit to inspire them 
while they continue to mature in their faith.

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Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
  If anyone is already baptized, there is no reason to delay being fully initiated. 
If you are over 18 and for any reason did not receive any of these
Sacraments of the Catholic Church: Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation  -
 please contact the Parish, if you now desire to receive them.

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