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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeWe invite you to participate in this weekend’s Mass online celebrating the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click the button below to watch and as always you will find the order of service, Fr. David’s homily and a link to the Sunday bulletin available for you to download and/or print. https://youtu.be/S9tTxoru81I … Continue reading Friday Check-In from St. James the Apostle Parish

Celebrating Cardinal George: An Evening to Benefit the Chastity Education Initiative Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 7 p.m. on Facebook or YouTube.In honor of Francis Cardinal George, OMI in the fifth year after his passing, this free event  will include selections of the film "Glorious Lives" (a documentary about the life of Cardinal George), followed by a panel … Continue reading The Archdiocese Invites You to “Celebrating Cardinal George: An Evening to Benefit the Chastity Education Initiative”

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time We invite you to participate in this weekend’s Mass online celebrating the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click the button below to watch and as always you will find the order of service, Fr. David’s homily and a link to the Sunday bulletin available for you to download and/or print. … Continue reading Friday Check-In from St. James the Apostle Parish

Congratulations to Marilyn, Andrew and Christopher! Every year at the Easter Vigil, we receive into the Church those who desire to enter the Catholic Church and who have completed the RCIA Program. In addition, at the Vigil we celebrate Sacraments of Initiation with Catholics who have not fully completed their Initiation into the Church. This … Continue reading Wednesday Check-In from St. James the Apostle Parish

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time We invite you to participate in this weekend’s Mass online celebrating the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click the button below to watch and as always you will find the order of service, Fr. David’s homily and a link to the Sunday bulletin available for you to download and/or print. … Continue reading Friday Check-In from St. James the Apostle Parish

The parishioners of St. James the Apostle Parish send our best wishes to our pastor emeritus, Father Sebahar, on the occasion of his 89th Birthday! We pray that Father will be blessed in this new year of his life with and abundance of love, joy, peace, hope and health!

Welcome Bishop Hicks! The Diocese of Joliet just announced that Pope Francis has named Bishop Ronald A. Hicks as the sixth bishop of the Diocese. Bishop Hicks comes to us from the Archdiocese of Chicago where he served as an Auxiliary Bishop and the Vicar General. We welcome this good news with great joy and … Continue reading St. James the Apostle Parish Welcomes the Appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks to the Diocese of Joliet!

Good Evening! Today's edition of the St. James Check-In is all about Contact Tracing-the whys and hows we will be doing it here at the parish. If you are coming back to church for public worship, you may want to save this for future reference. Why Do We Require Pre-Registration for Mass and Sacraments? Since … Continue reading Wednesday Check-In from St. James the Apostle Parish

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeWe invite you to participate in this weekend's Mass online celebrating the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Click the button below to watch and as always you will find the order of service, Fr. David's homily and a link to the Sunday bulletin available for you to download and/or print. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9olzsL6XUE&feature=youtu.be … Continue reading Friday Check-in from St. James the Apostle Parish

Photo by Jacqueline Munguía on Unsplash “Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his mercy endures forever!”   -PSALM 107:1 St. James Welcomes You Home! As of today we've celebrated three weekday Masses and it is a true joy to see familiar faces (behind those masks). Now we look forward to seeing all those who … Continue reading Wednesday Check-In from St. James the Apostle Parish