Dear Friends, 
Welcome to St. James Parish. Catholic Schools Week begins on January 31st here at St. James, at the 11:45am Mass. We are blessed at St. James to have an outstanding Catholic school which just last year received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States as one of the top elementary and junior high schools in the country. It is an award we are all proud of and we have a great academic institution here for the education and spiritual formation of the young people in our community. If you have not had a chance to see our wonderful new building, this would be the week to make an effort to see what we have to offer our young families in regard to a top rated academic place to send their children.
In February we will once again be talking about the Annual Catholic Appeal - which is a yearly collection to help the many different agencies and services of our great Archdiocese. On February 17th the great season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. Masses and services will be celebrated beginning at 6:30am in the morning and ending with an evening mass at 7:30 pm in the Church. Please watch the bulletin and website for a full schedule of services for Ash Wednesday.
Lent is another great season of grace, and opportunities for all our members will be featured in the next general letter.
Fr. Bill Zavaski