News/Events at St. James Catholic Church

Lewis A. Hornsey died on Nov.26, 1998; Mrs. Dorothy L. (Martin) Hornsey died on May 28, 2011. The Hornsey siblings attended the Mass, and carried the "new" vessels, chalice, bread host and cruets of wine in the offertory procession. A "Star" bearer led the procession with two altar servers carrying processional candles. The ciborium were blessed by a ritual of holy water, before being used for the very first time to contain the "Body of Christ". (Usually a crucifix on a pole leads processions, but at the Christmas nativity, the crucifix is replaced by the lighted "Star of Bethlehem".) Shown are the Hornsey siblings from left; Jeanette Allen (Leawood, KS); Elaine Henry (Wildwood,Mo.); Jim Hornsey, (Greenwood, AR); pastor Fr. Joe Welschmeyer; Margaret Williams (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Carmen Wilberg (Dublin, CA). Edward Hornsey of Rolla, Mo. was unable to be present for the presentation.

Ladies! Please put on your calendar THE SECOND ANNUAL CATHOLIC WOMEN FOR CHRIST CONFERENCE of ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - March 31, 2012.

On Saturday the 24th of March, the First Baptist Church of Potosi is holding a Seder Meal for area Christians. In order for members of their congregation to attend, they are requesting Nursery child care workers (baby-sitters). Fr. Joe our pastor has offered to announce this request in our parish bulletin to see if any of our St. James parishioners would be interested in helping our Baptist neighbors, so their parents can attend the Seder meal. The Seder runs from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm and this is one week before Palm Sunday. Please phone our rectory office and let us know if you would be willing to participate in this community building venture. 438-4686

After a series of seven years of our “Parish Fall Festival”, our St. James parish is reverting to an early summer “Parish Picnic”. The new date of the “St. James Parish Picnic” will be Sunday, June 10, 2012 on our parish grounds. This decision was made on Thursday, October 13th, at a joint meeting of the parish council and the chairpersons of the various Fall Festival Committee members, (some 30 parishioners). The major reasons cited were the inclement Autumn weather of the past several years has had an adverse effect on the nature of the festival as a whole. Another reason is that the mineral area region is somewhat “festival’ed out” by the arrival of the last Sunday of September. Our parish festival meal features the basic menu of fried chicken and roast beef. This is the same menu as served every Sunday in September by some neighboring Catholic parishes. We were the last festival meal of the season. Rather than change our menu, we are trying to change to the early summer “season”. Our parishioners have been working well, to improve our meal. The yearly increase of the number of meals since 2008 clearly shows the evidence.

Please mention this to your out of town relatives and friends. Let them know the season and name have been changed to the St. James Parish Picnic, to be held on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

CONGRATULATIONS to Harold & Patsy Courtois on the occasion of their 60th Wedding Anniversary February 9th.

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At the 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, New Year's Day, 2012 ,the members of the late Lewis and Dorothy L. (Martin) Hornsey family presented a set of Holy Communion ciborium (dishes) to St. James Parish. The family members were commended by the pastor for their foresight and insight into providing a useful and necessary memorial gift to the parish. At the time of the mother's death, the family placed a notice in the obituary, "in lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions to the St. James Catholic Parish." In addition, funds were used from their mother's estate to help purchase the two ciborium.

Empty prescription bottles may be dropped off any time in the back of church (basket under table). All labels must be completely removed. Bottles are gathered and shipped by Nancee Schamel, Ladies Sodality to an organization that reuses the bottles for medications in foreign countries where they are needed.

HAPPY 95TH BIRTHDAY to FANNIE BLACK
FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sunday, March 11, 2012 --- 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Doors Open at 11:30 --- REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE (Homemade Chicken & Dumplings)
No one under 16 years of age allowed.