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MASS SCHEDULE Our Mission Statement STAFF DAILY: 8:00 AM, Monday through Friday WEEKENDS: We, the Parish of St. James, Reverend Leonard Jacobs Saturday 8:00 AM & 4:00 PM Pastor Sunday 8:30 AM & 11:15 AM Mr. Bill Dean HOLY DAYS: Are a family of faith, Deacon See bulletin PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Mrs. Kim Carlson 8:00 AM 3:00 PM, Monday Friday Who worship together Business Manager SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Mrs. Cathy Trefilek Saturdays 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM, or by appt. Bookkeeper Fridays 8:30 AM 9:30 AM. And serve God’s People Mrs. Phyllis Grisanzio SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Liturgy Coordinator 4th Sunday of the month at 12:15 PM. Mr. Dale Sanders Inquire at the Parish Office. Through works of SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Facilities Manager Arrangements must be made 6 months in Mrs. Kathy Wilson advance to allow for adequate preparation Compassion, education CRE and instructions. DEVOTIONS PARISH OFFICE…..……………..8159621214 MondayFriday 7:30 AM Rosary & Divine Justice and peace. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION……...8153972074 Mercy Chaplet EMAIL………[email protected] Fridays 8:30 9:30 AM Stations of the Cross PARISH WEBSITE………..stjamesrockford.com & Holy Hour ALL SAINTS ACADEMY………..8159628515 First Friday of each month Healing Service & Holy Hour ST. JAMES ROCKFORD
SIGN UP FOR MASS WITH SIGN UP GENIUS MONDAY, November 16: Weekday We have reached our Covid limita- 8:00 AM + Vita Gardona (Peter Pulizzi) tions capacity of 70 people at sev- TUESDAY, November 17: St. Elizabeth of Hungary eral of our Masses so we now need to require people 8:00 AM +Ramona Covarrubias & Rosendo Marquez (Family) WEDNESDAY, November 18: Weekday to sign up in advance for the Mass that you would 8:00 AM + Helen M. Muldowney (John Muldowney) like to attend. Please reserve a spot ahead of time to THURSDAY, November 19: Weekday attend Mass. Please call the parish office to reserve at- 8:00 AM + Susan Katz (Linda Nash) tendance at a Mass or use the online reservation system, FRIDAY, November 20: Weekday 8:00 AM + Mary Connors Sign Up Genius, that we have set up for your conven- SATURDAY, Nov. 21: Presentation of Blessed Virgin Mary ience, where from your computer or phone you can 8:00 AM + Dick Warner (Bev, Andrea & Tim) choose what Mass you are attending and how many peo- 4:00 PM The People of St. James Parish SUNDAY, Nov. 22: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of Universe ple will be attending with you. You can find a link to this 8:30 AM + Deceased Members of Altar & Rosary on our St. James website, stjamesrockford.com, or on My 11:15 AM +Barry & Brian Elmers (Nancy & Duane Elmers) Parish App. For questions or reservations call the parish office 962-1214. Sign up early for Christmas Mass! Make sure to sign up ahead of time for the Christmas Mass that you would like to attend either online with Volunteers are needed to sanitize Sign Up Genius which can be found on our web- the church after the 8:30 a.m. Mass site (www.stjamesrockford.com) or by calling the on Sundays. Please call the parish parish office. You need to sign up ahead of office at 8159621214 to volunteer. time to make sure that you are able to attend due to our Covid capacity limitations. You will not be able to attend without signing up in advance. Christmas ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK Mass Times are: Baer Chiropractic
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parish bulletin. Because of your generous consideration we WITH SYMPATHY are able to provide, free of charge, this bulletin to our Please pray for the repose of the soul of members each week. Parish members please support this Dolores Cascio. May her soul and the souls advertiser and don’t forget to mention you’ve seen their ad of all the faithful departed through the mer- in the bulletin. cy of God rest in peace. Amen.
Please keep the following parishioners and their caregivers in your thoughts and prayers as they cope with their illnesses: Betty Wandell Michael Smith John Smith Loretta Reif Marsha Newburg Ricky Lind WEEKLY SUNDAY COLLECTION Camryn Guinta John Zuba BUDGET NEEDED $ 7,200.00 Lucille Jens Rolleen Cerio TOTAL COLLECTIONS: $ 7,203.00 Dick Fleming Rose Mary Ruth Szleszinski Christine Labella SURPLUS/DEFECIT $ 3.00 Justus Nicaloa Mary Ann Dion FUEL ENVELOPE $ 175.00 Marcia Chiodini Linnea Lundy James Macdonough Gregory Hartman Dorothy Canode Sharon Enna St. James Prayer Chain Michael Serrano John Barton
Would you like prayers for someone who is ill or Paula Scwitters Joan Sprague Don Sawyer Mary Ann Knighton dealing with serious problems? Terry Torrez Jacki Lindquist
Call Diane Roman at 815-566-9746 May they keep their faith in getting stronger every day. or email [email protected] Call the parish office 8159621214 to add or remove a name. to make your prayer requests. THIRTYTHIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME November 15, 2020 The good news of today’s Gospel is the Dear Parishioners,
extravagance of what is being given us. Today’s Gospel reading tells us a para- All we need do is be faithful in “small mat- ble of a wealthy man who before going away ters.” The cost of fidelity has no compari- has handed over big amounts of his money to son to the reward given. If you can give a lot to the St. Vincent de Paul Society to his servants. His idea is for all of them to help our Friends in Need, God will reward invest and use them properly so when he you. If can only give a little, God will also reward you. comes back he gets more money from the capitol. Those diligent ones immediately This year, the Knights of Columbus are hosting invested what they have and make more money and the master a poster contest entitled “Keep Christ in Christ- praised them, and rewarded them with bigger responsibilities. mas.” All children age 514 are eligible to par- On the other hand, those who were sluggish did not exert any ticipate. Paperwork is available on the table by effort at all and the capitol never gained anything. As a result the entrance. If you would like to participate, please take an entry packet. All posters are due they were rigorously punished, not given any share or position in by December 6th. Winners will be announced the masters properties. before Christmas. The parable’s lesson should be so apparent to us; we all received gifts from God and therefore He’s expecting that we “We can’t imagine loving a child whom should be responsible in developing them and using them we conceived more than we love Andrew. properly. If we take good care of our gifts, develop them, and It is amazing how he fits our personalities use them for our own benefit and for others we’ll be rewarded. so well… Adopting Andrew has made us more aware of God’s power and of his But if we disregard them and not exert any effort to develop and love for us. We realize that he always has use them correctly then we’ll lose them. a perfect plan for our lives.” USCCB Secretariat of ProLife Activ- We must have the tenacity and steadfastly strive to keep on ities, “An Adoption Love Story” (respectlife.org/adoptionlovestory) going in difficult times, to us our talents for us and for others. What awaits us is God’s reward for our faithfulness. Even if we The 2019R2020 school year brought many have only a few gifts while others have more, still we are to work successes for the enrollment office and hard to receive our reward. Boylan Catholic. God Bless You. Fr. Jacobs First yearRoverRyear increase in over a decade with the Class of 2024 Our student body connues to grow Hello Parishioners! We have started a new initiative wherein we will share with you projects that need in diversity to be completed at St. James, providing you with an Largest aendance at our annual Open House in recent opportunity to make a financial contribution to that project on a personal level. In some cases you may history wish to contribute the full cost of the project with a fellow parishioner. In either case, your participation The Class of 2024 includes students from over 20 will be greatly appreciated! Current opportunities: middle schools Power wash the rectory. There are two reasons for this pro- Over 100 students spent a shadow day at Boylan (preR ject: one is, naturally for beautification; the other, and most im- COVID) portant, is that sandstone needs to "breathe" in order to remain healthy (this is true of most all stone and brick). The buildup of Awarded financial assistance to 45% of our students mold and mildew is harmful for the stone and will eventually cause it to deteriorate. $1,600 While we had hoped to build on our programming like New sinks in the school (this is a shared cost with ASCA) open houses, shadow visits, and Future Titan acvies at $4,620 school events, the pandemic has forced us to change and A new item on our Wish List is the restoration of our beautiful adapt. We are proud and excited about the new opportuni- wooden church doors. The exterior of the doors is in dire need of refinishing. There are 7 doors and 2 windows that need to be es we have to engage with prospecve students. redone. The cost for this project is $4,500. (We hope we never have to replace them!) You will now see incredible informaonal videos on our As always, thank you for all you do for St. James Church and stay website delivered by administrators, faculty, and staff safe. about what Boylan has to offer. Please check them out! We have added a photo gallery to our website so they may 930 AM Catholic Radio Daily view campus from afar. We want to make the Boylan expe- EWTN TV & Internet rience possible for every student who wants it. The more Boylan love we can share, the beer off our school and St. James Catholic Church website: stjamesrockford.com St. James Church email: [email protected] community will be. Please feel free to contact me with any *Follow St. James Catholic Church on Facebook. quesons at[email protected]or (815) 877R0531.
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