St. James Roman Catholic Church

We need your input!

As of now, there is no “formal” ministry to the youth of our parish,  with no specific gatherings as such.  However, there ARE, even as we slowly come back together in the aftermath of the virus a number of young people in our parish who are active in their faith, and involved in a variety of ministries here including sacristans, musicians, leaders of song, youth choir members, religious education volunteers, altar servers,  and ushers, and those who attend liturgies on Sunday. 

We also have, as well, some college-aged parishioners who are involved in Diocesan youth programs, Young Adult Groups, and Campus Ministry.

The typical practice regarding young people or Youth Ministry, while well-intentioned, is to create some type of group or program and then try to get people to come.

Another common practice, also well-intentioned, is to create a way to try to evangelize those who just completed their  Confirmation program.  And while the issue of how to Evangelize non-practicing Catholics is a significant issue and a tremendous challenge, perhaps it’s beyond the scope of what the young people who are already here might need.

Therefore, what we would like to do here at St. James is to determine what the young people in the parish would like to see developed for them by asking them what they want and need.

A survey was assembled by some young parishioners, along with some adult parishioners involved with youth work in the past.  Please click on this link:  Youth Survey 2021  to complete the survey which can then either be emailed to:  [email protected]; or brought to the office; mailed to the office, or put in the collection basket at Mass.

There are no preconceived plans or notions about what to do and no formalized leadership structure is in place.  Our hope is to be able to offer something to benefit our young parishioners but we need to hear from you!  PLEASE  help us help you by filling out the survey.

We are starting with youth who would be contactable through Mass, but feel free to pass the info onto your peers as well.

One Family in Mission, Called to Evangelize

We are happy to tell you that through the kind generosity  of St. James parishioner Jim Townsend and his partner Corey Arnold, and Corey's son Justin, of Bars and Tone Media Productions, we will continue to provide our weekend celebration of the Mass. Mass will be available on the website as well as the parish Facebook page as well as the Religious Education YouTube Channel.

Beginning on Sunday, June 6, 2021, through mid-August 2021, our live stream Mass will change from 5pm Saturday to 11:30am on Sunday, as we celebrate the First Holy Communions of some of our youngest parishioners. 

The Catholic Faith Network (CFN),  will continue to  provide televised and online daily Masses. CFN also offers other devotional and spiritual programs. (Optimum channel 29/137; Verizon FiOS TV channel 296 and Spectrum channel 162/471)