From the Pastor's Desk at St. James Catholic Church

JAMES, FEAST DAY, JULY 25TH

On July 25th, I take this opportunity to wish all of you a happy "St. James Day". As this is the patronal Feast day of our parish's name, the parish council is hosting a free breakfast for you in your parish hall following the 8 a.m. Mass today. Please join us, if you can. The breakfast will only be served in-between our two Sunday Masses. There will be no breakfast served after the 10 am Mass. May our worthy and enduring patron, "St. James, Biblical Son of Zebedee," be a source of blessings to all our Catholic people and all who collaborate with us as fellow Christian family members, and neighbors.

Likewise, we wish our neighbors, the parishioners of St. Joachim Parish at Old Mines, Cadet, a joyous patronal Feast day on Monday, July 26th. Their parish observed the patronal Feast day on Saturday evening with a light supper following their evening Vigil Mass. A parish's patronal Feast day is part of the identity of the parish's presence within the larger community. Imagine the graces, unseen powers and sacraments that flow from these churches within a community wherever a parish might be located. There are healed hearts, minds, bodies and souls cared for in every Catholic parish in the world.