Sat. February 8

4 p.m. James J. Park

Sunday, February 2

8 a.m. For the People of the Parish

9:30 a.m. For the People of the Parish

11 a.m. For the People of the Parish

Mon. Feb. 10 Souls in Purgatory

Tues. Feb. 11 Manuel and Mary Amaral

Wed. Feb. 12 James J. Park

Thurs. Feb. 13 Miguel Inacio de Lima

Friday Feb. 14 Fr. James Greene

Sat. February 15 Jack Pacheco

Sunday, February 16

8 a.m. Olive Anderly

9:30 a.m. For the People of the Parish

11:00 a.m. Mary Leighton and Robert Duarte

SANCTUARY LAMP

Gertrude Correia

http://www.saintjames-nb.org

*Renew: Leaders of the Faith Sharing Groups will meet in the rectory on Wednesday, February 12 at 7 p.m.

*UIA United Interfaith Action will meet at the United Methodist Church on Highland Ave. in Fall River on Thursday, February 13 at 7 p.m.

on the collections for the month of January.

January 5     $2,649.75

Maintenance Collection     $1334

St. Vincent de Paul     $461

January 12     $2,292.88

January 19    $1,655.58

Fuel     $1,142

January 26    $2,372.50

Communications Campaign      $816

Ash Wednesday will be on March 5, 2003.

It has been the custom at St. James to make the Rice Bowl and Sacrificial Offering Folders available to parishioners to use during Lent. The following is the schedule of the weekends when these materials will be available.

Sat./ Sun. February 18/19 Rice Bowls

Sat./ Sun. February 24/25 Sacrificial Folders

Sat./ Sun. March 1/2 Sacrificial Folders

It is strongly recommended that ladies bring their pocketbooks with them when they go to Communion. It is also recommended that no one leaves any valuable possessions in their cars when they come to Mass.

The doors of the church hall will be closed on Sundays. Students for Grades 7,8, and 9 need to go to the hall by the church.

It has been the custom to designate certain food items for parishioners to bring to church on the weekends of Lent. It is a way of including the poor when parishioners do their shopping. A designated food item each week assures the members of our St. Vincent de Paul Society that they will have enough of one kind of food for the food baskets that are delivered to the parishioners who receive help each week.

A list of these food items will be included in the bulletin next weekend.

RENEW

We are preparing for our second session of Renew which will begin on February 24. The theme of the faith sharing sessions and of the homilies at the weekend Masses will be Conversion. The part of the Mass that will high lighted will be the Liturgy of the Word.

Renew is a process by which parishes can grow spiritually and grow in understanding the Faith. The foundation of Renew is the faith sharing groups when people can gather once a week for six weeks and share their faith with others. People can participate as much as they wish.

The commitment to the Faith Sharing group is once a week for six weeks. This session will fall during Lent which is a wonderful way of observing this time of Penance.

Renew is being held in our diocese as a preparation for the centennial celebration of our diocese in 2004.

There are envelopes at the entrances of the church today for any parishioner who would like to subscribe to the Anchor for the first time.

Fr. Mick McCullough, Chaplain at St. Luke’s Hospital and a resident priest at St. James Rectory, is asking parishioners to consider helping his ministry at the hospital by doing secretarial work. If anyone is interested, please contact Fr. Mick.

THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION WILL BE CELEBRATED AT THE PARISH MASS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2003 AT

4 P.M.