St. James Mission Statement: We, the Parish of St. James, are a family of faith, who worship together and serve God's people through works of compassion, education, justice and peace.
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Diocesan Appeal Collection
May 1 & 2, 2021 is our 2021 Diocesan Appeal commitment weekend. Each year, the Diocesan Appeal raises critical funds that make our ministries and programs possible in our parish and in our entire diocese. These programs include support for Catholic Charities, seminarian formation, Catholic Schools, and so much more. Please prayerfully consider making a gift to this year’s Diocesan Appeal. We thank you for your consideration and your commitment to our diocesan faith community!
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From Fr. Jacobs - April 25, 2021Dear Parishioners,
Today is “Good Shepherd” Sunday because John’s Gospel describes Jesus as the Good Shepherd. As the Good Shepherd, Jesus seeks out the lost sheep. He is meek, humble of heart and compassionate towards the sinners and to all who are lost in this world. As the Good Shepherd who would do everything in order to protect his flock. He would fight his flocks’ enemies, would risk his own life for them and stand up to anybody who would endanger his flock.
All of us in many ways, especially those in authority are and should be good shepherds. All of us who are disciples of Jesus must imitate His qualities. We must have a great love for our flocks, our families, our communities, our parishioners, our citizens. We have to go beyond the law and doing just the minimum. We have to do everything we can, even sacrificing our own life for the good of our flocks.
We should have a very clear intention if we want to be a good shepherd. We are not doing it for selfish reasons, to get some personal benefits or advantages. Gratitude, fame, material gain or any kind of reward must not be our consideration. If we have these, we are not really following Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
God Bless You
Fr. Jacobs -
Online donation is now available!
St. James Parish has made Online Giving available for our weekly offerings, as well as other parish collections. Donating is simple, safe, and secure and take less than five minutes.
You’ll be able to give to any of our collections and view complete financial records at any time. Set up a one-time or recurring donation by following these three easy steps:
1. Click on the Online Giving link (the button above).
2. Select the collection you wish to donate to and click to make a donation.
3. Enter your payment information.
That’s it. You can return at any time to edit your donation or to view your financial records.
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Formed Program
FORMED is an online service for accessing thousands of Catholic videos, audios and ebooks on Demand anytime, anywhere!
As a member, you will have access to entertaining movies, inspiring audio talks, informative bible studies, and much more. We are providing this resource free of charge to help our members learn and grow in their faith. You will also be able to easily access any featured content the we are promoting within our community from time to time. So please join us.
Also once you have signed up, don’t forget to download the free iOS or Android app to put FORMED at your fingertips.
We hope you will enjoy this incredible gift and please spread the word to others.
To sign up for FREE, just visit us here: https://stjamesrockford.formed.org
Put in your email address.
Make a password. (8 spaces=upper/lower case, numbers, @ or #)
After you are signed-up close the screen.
Then go to the App Store and download the FORMED education app.
ENJOY!
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Mass Sign Up 04/25/21
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Mass Sign Up 05/02/21
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Today's Readings
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Reading I Acts 9:1-20Responsorial Psalm 117:1bc, 2Gospel Jn 6:52-59
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Mass Times
- Saturday: 4:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Sunday: 8:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN 11:15 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- MonSat 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
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Adoration Times
- Friday: 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
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**Confession - By appointment only until further notice
- Saturday: 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM