St. James Community of Faith

Purpose

“I want a laity who know their religion, who enter into it, who know what they hold and what they do not now, who know their creed so well that they can give an account of it, who know so much of history that they can defend it. I want an intelligent, well-instructed laity. I wish you to enlarge your knowledge, to cultivate your reason, to get an insight into the relation of truth to truth, to learn things as they are.”

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

1. To provide parishioners with instruction so that they may prepare to receive the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
2. To provide opportunities to study the prayers, practices, beliefs and traditions of the Catholic faith in order to deepen their relationship with Christ.
3. To provide opportunities to study the spiritual traditions of the Catholic Church as well as other religions and disciplines in order to deepen the individual’s own religious beliefs and practices.
4. To provide resources  both within and without the parish to enable parishioners to deepen the knowledge and practice of their faith.