The Listening Post
Questions about COVID-19
- Covid-19 Are the Knights having curb side Fish Fries? February 26, 2021YES – For the 2021, Lenten season, we are happy to report that tonight is the first Fish Fry which ...
- We have two sanctuaries and two priests. Can we utilize our resources and serve twice as many parishioners? May 17, 2020A. Thank you for your question and thinking “outside the box’. We assume you are not referring to the chapel ...
- Covid-19 Sunday Mass Documents and Songs March 22, 2020You may not be able to be physically present at Mass but you can still join in singing and responding. ...
- Covid-19 – When will the Sunday Mass be shown? March 22, 2020There are two ways to view the Mass at St. James. Live – We will be streaming the Mass live via ...
Questions about the New Church
- Our communion lines seem long and this means the mass is that much longer. Is there any way to shorten the line? Perhaps we can put some Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion towards the center of the church. December 13, 2019Thank you for your question and your suggestion. The logistics of serving the numbers of people we have been seeing ...
- Question about scheduled confession times. December 9, 2019Q. Hello I had a question pertaining to the church. Now that we have a new facility and we want to ...
- A Second Question about Sound December 9, 2019Q. We read the comment in the bulletin about not being able to hear at mass. We’ve heard–including us–that the organ/piano ...
- Regarding the old Divine Mercy picture, will it be used in an office/meeting room or put into storage? November 25, 2019As you may have seen we have an icon of the Divine Mercy vision in one of the alcoves in ...
- Do the Dedication Candles get lit every Sunday? November 21, 2019There are four candles that are placed in sconces high up on the four main support beams of our worship ...
Questions about the Capital Campaign
- Are we making an effort to individually contact those who are not pledging to the capital campaigns? November 2, 2019There are many meetings and conversations when we struggle with this question. What is the right amount of contact versus ...
- Were we over-crowded in the old church or was the decision based upon future projections. “If we build it they will come.” November 2, 2019At almost every Sunday during the 9:15 AM, 11:00 AM, and the 6:00 PM masses the Narthex had anywhere from ...
- Most homeowners require 20-30 years to pay off their loan, why is it different for our church? November 2, 2019We are in a very similar situation as most homeowners in that starting in January 2020 we will have a ...
- Shouldn’t future members be responsible for helping pay off the loan as well as current members? November 2, 2019The implications of that question are a bit more far-reaching than what might appear. On the surface the answer is: ...
Miscellaneous Questions
- The choir and music were great at the dedication. Who are all the musicians and choir members? Are they all from St. James? November 7, 2019Thank you for your nice compliment. St. James is blessed with a pool of many dedicated and accomplished vocalists and ...