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Garden Update, August 11, 2026
We made great progress on fall vegetable planting last Saturday, Join us again this Saturday, August 15th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm as we put more seeds in the ground. Produce ready to be picked include: South Garden - Carrots, Peppers, Tomatoes, Eggplants, Beans (green...
Life and Justice Information from the Diocese
Office of Life and Justice of the Kansas City-St Joseph Diocese.
Missouri Action Alliance
https://www.moactionalliance.com/
St James Synodal story in the National Catholic Register
https://www.ncregister.com/news/what-does-a-synodal-parish-look-like-missouri
New Paintings on Church Walls by Kwanza Humphrey
Parishioner Bob Anderson tells the story of the new paintings on the church walls of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman FSPA, Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, and Venerable Augustine Tolton. The Kansas City artist Kwanza Humphrey (pictured...
My Experience with Sr. Thea Bowman, by Joan DeMerchant
In the late 1980’s, I was the Associate Director of the Institute for Pastoral Life (IPL) in Kansas City, an organization founded to serve the Home Mission Dioceses in the U.S. Our mission was to train liaisons (men and women: religious, lay, and ordained) from these...
Marialuna’s 4th Story: Who is a real friend??
The St. James Youth Group activities always include an opportunity for 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...
Marialuna’s 2nd Story: Dear God, It sure is worth the effort…
The St. James Youth Group activities always include an opportunity for 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...
Marialuna’s 3rd video: Thank you for sharing with me ….
The St. James Youth Group activities always include an opportunity for 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...
Jonah’s 2nd Story: Dear God, I hope you’re not taking a day off!
The St. James Youth Group activities always include an opportunity for 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...
St. James Catholic Church
Diane Etzel-Wise, Synodal Parish Director, parishstaff@stjkc.org
3909 Harrison Street (street address)
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
816-561-8512
PO Box 30388 (mailing address)
Kansas City, MO 64112
Office Hours
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday through Friday
For confessions, please send an email to one of our priests to make an appointment.
Fr Don Farnan - frdon@stjkc.org
Fr Garry Richmeier C.PP.S. - garrycpps@gmail.com
Thanks to Chris Dewberry for providing photos on the website. Please send comments about the website to website@stjkc.org.