Confirmation for St. James Teens St. James has seven teens to be confirmed on November 1st of 2020. November 1st. All Saints Day is a very appropriate day to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. Our seven St. James teens attend school across the metro area in Kansas...
The preparation for St. James Confirmation candidates always includes service hours. Examples of service opportunities include Trunk or Treat at the Ronald McDonald House and the Souper Bowl of Caring for Harvesters. This year, due to the pandemic we had to rethink...
This week Pat Thompson and I put together the fall vases and changed our decorating colors. This is the one season which I call our “non-liturgical color scheme.” The church is still in Ordinary Time and so Fr. Garry will continue to wear green vestments. However, to...
Bible Stories read by the St. James Confirmation Candidates The preparation for St. James Confirmation candidates always includes service hours. Examples of service opportunities include Trunk or Treat at the Ronald McDonald House and the Souper Bowl of Caring for...
The first time I went to St. James was in 2008 for a friend’s funeral. While deep down I believed in God, in those days I was not actively practicing my faith or attending Mass. Two years later, on September 30th, my mother died. I couldn’t attend her funeral because...
By Kevin Kelly, Catholic Key Associate Editor UNITE” story appeared in the Catholic Key: 3/11/2011 KANSAS CITY — In cities all over the country, there are streets named “Division,” Deacon Ross Beaudoin told the congregation that filled St. James Parish on March...
