Religious Education Open Registration
2024-2025 (Discount Available until June 26th, from 2:30 ) Tuesday, May 21, 2024, from 2:30 to 6:00 pm (St. James Center)Tuesday, June 11, 2024, from 2:30 to 6:00 pm (St. James Center) Registration by Appointment is also available. Call the RE Office at 815-547-7633. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE YOUR CHILD’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Even […]
Golf Outing Save the Date
St. James Parish Golf Outing Saturday, August 3, 2024 Tee-Off at 1:00 PM Swan Hills Golf Course Sponsored by the Knight of Columbus
Corpus Christi
Mark your calendars for the Corpus Christi Procession beginning at 1:00 p.m. on June 2, 2024, at the corner of Church and Caswell Streets. The procession route will be around the block and back to the church.
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 5-10-24
Friday of the 6th week of Easter, May 10, 2024 Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23 We have all had dreams. And, If I were to surmise, some were good, and some were nightmares. Paul understood the dream he had to be a premonition as to what would lie ahead. I don’t know if I would […]
Happy Mother’s Day
The St. James Church Priests, Deacons, and Staff would like to wish all our mothers a beautiful Mother’s Day! PRAYER FOR MOTHERSHeavenly Father,From thHoy celebramos la Ascensión del Señor al Cielo. Hacen muchos años en la mayoría de los lugares, incluido el nuestro, esta celebración se había trasladado del tradicional jueves. La idea era que la Ascensión es una parte tan importante del evento de Pascua que podría perderse incluso para los católicos devotos que no podrían celebrarla durante la semana. Así que celebramos hoy domingo. Parece una despedida, un final. Jesús, en su presencia física y corporal, está regresando al Padre. […]
Fr. Schuessler’s reflexión para el 5-12-24
Hoy celebramos la Ascensión del Señor al Cielo. Hacen muchos años en la mayoría de los lugares, incluido el nuestro, esta celebración se había trasladado del tradicional jueves. La idea era que la Ascensión es una parte tan importante del evento de Pascua que podría perderse incluso para los católicos devotos que no podrían celebrarla durante la semana. Así que celebramos hoy domingo. Parece una despedida, un final. Jesús, en su presencia física y corporal, está regresando al Padre. La graduación es vista como una especie de final, sin embargo, también se considera un inicio, un comienzo. Envía a sus discípulos a salir a […]
Fr. Schuessler’s Reflection 5-12-24
Today we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord into Heaven. Many years ago In most places, including ours, this celebration had been transferred from the traditional Thursday. The thought was that the Ascension is such an important part of the Easter event that it could be missed even by devout Catholics who would not be able to get to celebrate it during the week. So, we celebrate today on Sunday. It seems like a farewell, an end. Jesus in his physical bodily presence is returning to […]
Religious Education Open Registration
2024-2025 (Discount Available until June 26th, from 2:30) Wednesday, May 21, 2024, from 2:30 to 6:00 pm (St. James Center) Tuesday, June 11, 2024, from 2:30 to 6:00 pm (St. James Center) Registration by Appointment is also available. Call the RE Office at 815-547-7633. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE YOUR CHILD’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Even after […]
Fr. Timothy Mulcahey Letter/Carta 9-8-24
Ephphatha – “Be opened” – “ábrete” Maybe you´ve seen a strange practice at baptism. Suddenly the priest walks up to the newly baptized child, touches the baby´s ears and mouth with his thumb while saying: “May the Lord who made the deaf hear and the mute speak grant you the grace to hear His Word and…
Notice for Cemetery Clean-up
ATTENTION! PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING GRAVE DECORATIONS GUIDELINES FOR CATHOLIC CEMETERIES FOR THE DIOCESE OF ROCKFORD. THE ST. JAMES CEMETERY MUST FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES, THEREFORE, CLEAN-UP OF ALL GRAVES WILL BE HAPPENING SOON. ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CEMETERY BELVIDERE, ILLINOISPLEASE LIMIT DECORATIONS TO ONE PER GRAVETHESE GUIDELINES PERTAIN TO THE ENTIRE ST. JAMES CEMETERY. Natural and […]