LOOKING AHEAD
Jan
25-26: Special Human Life Collection
Feb 2, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4: Class for students preparing for Confirmation
preparation, 6:00 PM, Parish Center
Feb
15-16: Food Shelf Weekend
Mar
5: Ash Wednesday Masses at 8:30 and 5:30
Mar
15-16: Food Shelf Weekend
May
11: First Communion
RELIGIOUS WEB SITES
Mission Intention for February: That the Church and society may
respect the wisdom and experience of older people.
BAPTISM:
Mason Timothy Wilson son of Kevin and Kimberly (Matthews) Wilson became a member of the Catholic
community through the Sacrament of Baptism on January 19th
HEALING MINISTRY:
Living Waters Healing Ministry Mass at St. Alexander’s Church, Morrisonville,
First Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM.
MARRIAGE
TIP: When’s the last time you and your spouse have prayed together to
know God’s will for your family? Spend time today asking the Lord what more he
has to teach you. Pray to be always ready to do His will. Find more Marriage Rx
at www.foryourmarriage.org.
GLUTEN FREE HOSTS: If you are in need of a gluten free host, simply inform
Fr. Deno before Mass, and he will make sure there is one available for you at
Communion.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: The United States Catholic Conference
and Bishop Terry LaValley invite you to pray for victims of human trafficking
on February 8, 2014. This is the Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita. She was
from Darfur in the Sudan. St. Josephine was kidnapped as a child and sold into
slavery. You can learn more about St. Josephine Bakhita and pray for the end of
this horrible offense against the dignity and the sanctity of human life. To
access a copy of the prayer, the prayer service and additional facts about
Human Trafficking, visit Catholic Charities website: www.cathcharities.org.
Pray on your own or invite others to pray with you.
PRAYER: God of hope and freedom, inspire and strengthen us in
our work to loosen the chains of human trafficking in our world, so that like
St. Josephine Bakhita, we may stand firm in our resolve to create a slave‐free world. Through Christ our Lord.
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Growing in your Catholic faith
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SIMPLY STATED:
Whenever material things, money, worldliness, become the center of our lives,
they possess us; we lose our very identity as human beings. How do some people, perhaps ourselves
included, end up becoming self-absorbed and finding security in material things
which ultimately rob us of our face, our human face? This is what happens when we
no longer remember God. (from a Homily preached by Pope Francis at a
Mass for Catechists)
STATEMENT
OF GIVING FOR INCOME TAXES: If you wish to receive a statement of
your financial contributions to St. James Church for 2013, please indicate this
on your Sunday offering envelope so that we can assure confidentiality.
RESPECT
LIFE COLLECTION: The annual diocesan collection to
support pro-life initiatives is taken up in our parish this weekend. Funds are distributed within the diocese to
support local activities in various communities that support the value of human
life. This collection will support the ongoing Respect Life efforts in the
Diocese of Ogdensburg. Last year, this collection was able to fund twenty
grants totaling over $70,000 to help build a culture of life in the North
Country. Those receiving grants supported important local Pro-Life efforts such
as: the Gabriel Project, a parish-based crisis pregnancy apostolate that
provides spiritual and material help to single mothers and families;
Plattsburgh’s Birthright which
supports women in distress with an unplanned pregnancy, offering alternatives
to abortion and free pregnancy tests; and Carthage’s Brook Haven House, a Christian home for unwed moms. Bishop LaValley
has established support for human life as an ongoing priority of the Church
here.
