St James Catholic Church

01/01/2026

12/31/2025

Today we give thanks to God for Bishop Jaime Soto as he celebrates his 70th birthday.

We are grateful for his faithful witness, steady leadership, and pastoral care of the people of the Diocese of Sacramento. Through his ministry as shepherd, teacher, and servant of the Gospel, Bishop Soto continues to guide our local Church with humility, wisdom, and love.

Please join us in praying that the Lord grant him strength, joy, and peace in the years ahead, and that the Holy Spirit continue to bless his ministry.

Ad multos annos!

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas to ALL! May you have a blessed, wonderful, and safe Christmas Day.

11/30/2025

First Sunday of Advent – Hope

The candle of hope symbolizes promises delivered through the prophets from God as well as the hope we have in Christ.
Let us prepare our hearts to celebrate Jesus’ arrival as a gift to all humanity; stir up in our hearts and homes a sense of anticipation.
Prayer for Hope
Father, let your hope arise in our hearts! Lift our eyes up to see that you alone are where our hope comes from. Help us to shake off the anxiety, discouragements, and distractions that have filled this year. May we pause to remember that we have hope in you.
You know the end of our stories, and we give thanks because you have promised that it will be a victorious ending. Give us the grace we need to wrap up this year joyfully.
We invite your Spirit into this beautiful Advent season. Renew our sense of holy anticipation! Let us be those who are waiting eagerly for Jesus to come again. More than anything, we ask that you be glorified in this season of expectation. Amen.

10/21/2025

October 16, 2025 Diocese of Sacramento DAVIS — A spirit of joy and unity filled the city of Davis on Sunday, October 12, as more than 250 students, parishioners, and community members gathered for the Jubilee Mass for Young Adults and the dedication of the newly renovated Newman Catholic Center gr...

10/14/2025

October 13, 2025 Bishop Jaime Soto I welcome the Apostolic Exhortation of the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV,  Dilexi Te.  I encourage the Catholic community and all people of good will to read and meditate on this timely magisterial teaching.  In many ways, the Apostolic Exhortation reflects a conver...

09/30/2025

Hello Everyone,
My name is Ronvic Cuevas, I work at St James Church as a data entry specialist, inputting donations and currently supporting the myParish app and St James website by making updates on bulletins and information from different organizations.

I am humbly asking for your help to ask for support for my cousin, Christopher Jason Magno, who is diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and currently undergoing Chemo Therapy. He is currently residing in the Philippines where there is no medical insurance, so he really needs financial help to support his medical expenses to beat this cancer. Thank you in advance for all the help and if you can share the link to others, I will surely appreciate it.

Here is the link for gogetfunding:

In August 2025, my brother, Christopher Jason Magno, 36 years old, was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer. This devastating news has changed our lives, and we are now reaching out to ask for your help in supporting his fight against this disease. Christopher urgently needs to undergo a PET scan a

07/09/2025

From yesterday’s Angelus with Pope Leo XIV: I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters, who were at the summer camp, in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe river in Texas in the United States. We pray for them.

Support relief efforts at: https://ow.ly/OATH50Wlpkw

07/04/2025

Have a blessed and safe day with family.