St. James Parish

Here is a summary of the Bishop’s letter to the faithful on the financial status of the Diocese and the decisions that will affect some of our staff in parishes and in the Pastoral Centre. Learn more about the message here: https://pos.li/2h5n9o

Register for Sacrament Preparation this week! Online or at the Parish Office. www.stjamesparishokotoks.ca/faith

Check out the Parish livestream Mass schedule right on our website's frontpage: https://www.catholicyyc.ca #CatholicYYC

WATCH: Instructional video on the distribution and reception of Holy Communion during Stage 1 of the Reintroduction of the Public Celebration of Holy Mass.

Please see our website to sign up for mass - whether it's to volunteer or just attend. https://www.stjamesparishokotoks.ca/reintroduction-of-publi

Please see Father Luciano's message regarding our Parish's plans for resuming mass. www.stjamesparishokotoks.ca/flocknote-messages

Please see Bishop McGrattan's message on public celebrations of the Holy Mass. We are working hard to put things into place to resume as soon as possible. Please watch for Fr. Luciano's message this week.

Please see the update from the Diocese of Calgary.

THANK YOU to all our Parishioners who have been able to continue their financial support of our Parish. Please visit our website to donate (found in the comments).

Due to the changes at the Parish level, please note our new office hours: Monday-Friday | 10am-2pm

To all our essential workers: Thank you for having the heart of Jesus.

Simply click the link below and join tonight at 7pm (MST) for a Virtual National Theology on Tap. They have some great speakers lined up!! http://email.formed.org//694124ed81ef4e2d4cd9510874fc4f43f

Good news! We have been working with TELUS to make our Triduum & Easter liturgies available on Optik TV, as well as on Facebook and on our website. Starting tom...orrow, after 9:30 am, you can tune in to Channel 8915 on Optik TV to watch the scheduled liturgies. If you are an Optik customer, you already have this channel and it is not necessary to subscribe to it. Reminder: Chrism Mass starts at 10 am (Holy Thursday). For Optik customers: The information in the TV guide will likely say ‘TELUS Live Events’ and you don’t be concerned about that. Channel 8915 will be providing access to Easter services from a number of different churches. Use the arrow keys on the remote control to scroll through the tiles until you find the church that you want and press OK. If a service is streaming you will see it in a smaller video window. Press OK again to view it full screen. Once it is finished, press Back/Exit to go back to previous pages or any remote control button to do the regular TV function (e.g., press guide to go to the guide; type in a channel number to go to that channel). If a Mass is not streaming, you will see a schedule of our Triduum liturgies. #CatholicYYC

Here are some ways to bring these holiest days of the year into our homes. Visit the diocesan website and find resources (prayers, music, activities) for indivi...duals and families for each day of the Triduum and Easter Sunday here: https://www.catholicyyc.ca/blog/keeping-the-lords-day-holy #CatholicYYC See more

Fr. Luciano and Fr. Troy will be available during Holy Week for Reconciliation. Please see below for times and locations.

Livestream schedule for Holy Week and Triduum Liturgies with Bishop McGrattan. Bishop McGrattan will celebrate the Palm Sunday, Triduum and Easter liturgies at ...St. Mary's Cathedral. The Holy Week Masses on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be offered by by Fr. Jonathan Gibson and Fr. Arjay Arbanto at St. Peter's Church. Livestream will be available on both Facebook Live and our website at https://www.catholicyyc.ca Printable poster available here: https://bit.ly/3ayE3RI #CatholicYYC

Sign up for our email Parish Updates! https://stjamesparishokotoks.ca Look for the FLOCKNOTE sign up form on the bottom right side of our homepage!

Please read the letter from Bishop McGrattan. Public Masses are suspended for an indefinite period.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis will give an extraordinary blessing "Urbi et Orbi" on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica. Don't forget ...to follow us on Facebook to get notified when we’re LIVE every morning with Pope Francis' Daily Mass from Casa Santa Marta, at 9:30am ET! Hope will NOT be cancelled! For full text of Pope Francis' "Urbi et Orbi" Homily visit our blog! Link: https://bit.ly/2WOiybJ