Newsletters

Dear St. James Family, How are you doing as we move through Lent? Have you been getting back to the basics of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving? Not doing so well? No worries. This Sunday is an opportunity for a new start as we enter into the time of Lent called...

Dear St. James Family, I am looking forward to being back with you this Sunday. For the many who have asked, I had a great time last weekend connecting with the family while kayaking down Rainbow Springs and visiting the mermaids over at Weeki Wachee State Park....

Dear St. James Family, This Sunday we welcome Fr. Ernie Davis, a retired priest of the Diocese of Kansas City. Fr. Ernie was originally ordained as an Episcopal priest forty years ago. Then, twenty years ago, after coming into the Catholic Church, he was ordained as a...

Dear St. James Family, This Sunday we will participate in a first Sunday of Lent tradition that is unique to the Ordinariate and the Anglican patrimony that has been brought back into the Catholic Church: the Great Litany. This practice helps to set the tone for this...

Dear St. James Family, Do you find yourself having a difficulty with a particular teaching of the Church, doubts or perhaps disagreements about a doctrine? My homily this Sunday is for you! Come and learn about a unique gift bestowed by Christ and found only in the...

Dear St. James Family, This weekend we celebrate World Marriage Sunday, a day to affirm and support husbands and wives and their most holy institution of the family as the basis of all society. I will be preaching a homily especially for couples who are having...

This Sunday learn how your home can be a place of good food and warmth for others to be able to experience the light of Christ. We also enter into Pre-Lent as a reminder to be getting ready for that soon coming holy season. Also, today is Bishop Lopes anniversary.

Dear St. James Family, Have you ever wondered about that Bible verse that says to think of others as better than yourself (Phil 2:3)? Aren't we all equal? The great fourth century bishop and preacher St. Augustine said that “almost the whole of Christian teaching is...

Dear St. James Family, I had a great time last Sunday with all of the people that came to the Welcome Dinner. I shared with them about the history of St. James and the exciting things that are coming. Below is a picture of the gathering. Thank you to Wendy Cruff and...