ALTAR SOCIETY

Shirley McBride

DREXEL SOCIETY

Marietta Andry

BEREAVEMENT

MINISTRY

Joyce Winborn

LITURGY COMM.

PARISH LIFE

COMM.

Genelle Bennett ST. VINCENT de PAUL

Ursula Swann

MAINTENANCE &

BEAUTIFICATION

KNIGHTS OF PETER

CLAVER Robert Blakely

KPC LADIES AUX.

Rosemary Williams Parish Hall Coordinator

Gayle Sylvester

Marriage: For Marriage

Arrangements Contact The Rectory at

least 6 months before intended

marriage date.

When a Funeral is to be celebrated,

please contact the Rectory for

Funeral Arrangements. Funerals are

not permitted on Sundays or Holy

Days of Obligation.

30 minutes before weekend Masses

And upon request

CCD: Parents, please remember to

register your children for their CCD

Sunday School classes. Both First

Communion and Confirmation require

a 2 year preparation.

Anointing of the Sick: If you or a

family member is Sick or Shut-In,

please inform the Rectory so that we

may arrange to bring the Sacraments

to your home, hospital or nursing

home.

Saturday Vigil at 4:00pm

Sunday at 9:30am

CCD/RCIA 11:00am - 12:00noon

Tuesday at 6:00pm

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at

7:00am

Parents desiring Baptism for their

children are encouraged to contact

the Rectory to arrange for the

required preparation class for parents

and Godparents.

PARISH COUNCIL

Herman Thomas

FINANCE

COUNCIL

Dave Alexander

CCD

Carridean Bolden

EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS

Lee Portis

USHERS

Sidney Madise

MUSIC MINISTRY

Joseph Lewis

RIGHT TO LIFE/

VOCATIONS/

EVANGELIZATION

Sebastian Williams

EDUCATION

COMM. - Rhyon

Ervin

YOUTH MINISTRY

Annette Howze

ROSARY GROUP

Earline Davis

714 N. College Street

Prichard, AL 36610

Pastor: Fr. Hyginus L. Boboh, SSJ

Rectory: (251) 456-6842

Fax: 456-6843

Parish Center: 456-0151

Website: www.stjamesmajor.org

Website: www.josephite.com/

parish/al/sjm -

E-mail: sjm@josephite.com

For those who are sick and in the hospital or other wise ailing. Please keep the

following members/family members in your prayers: Brenda Jones, Doretha Whitfield,

Afthiner Evans, Joyce Butler, Mary Kyser, Lee D. Streeter, Sidney Brinkley, David

Hall, Esther Turner, Levi Williams, Juanita Wilson, Rosemary Robinson, Beatrice

Davis, Marva Davis, Mary Francis Sawyer, Fannie Wright, Ronald Robinson, Keith

Winborn, Iletha Moore, Lillie Bush, Consuella Williams Tyus, Dorothy Lewis,

Celestine Hamilton, Brenda Lewis, Joseph Williams, Jr., James Ledbetter, Tyrone

Poellnitz, Xavier Poellnitz, Cynthia Beckham, Martha Bradford, Dolores Washington,

Patricia Reese, Ursula Swann, Lester Turner, Sylvester Jones, Debra Harris, Gwendolyn

Williams, Mary Ann Myricks, Betty McCaskey.

Altar Servers:

Lectors:

Eucharistic Ministers:

Altar Servers:

Lectors:

Eucharistic Ministers:

Monday 4th

Mass - 7:00am Readings:

Heb. 12:1-4 and

Mk.5:21-43

Mass Intention:

For Benefactors of Catholic

Extension Society

Tuesday 5th

No Mass

Office Hours -

8:00am -12:00pm

1:00pm -5:00pm

Readings:

11:32-40 and

Mk.5: 1-20

Mass - 7:00am

Office Hours

8:00am - 12:00pm

1:00pm -5:00pm

Readings: Heb. 12:4-7 and Mk. 6:1-6

Mass Intention:

For Benefactors of Catholic

Extension Society

Wednesday 6th

Your final 2018 Contribution Statement

(useful for IRS tax purposes) and

financial report available upon request the

end of January. If you note any errors,

call the Rectory so that adjustments can

be made.

Yearly offering envelopes will be arriving

around the end of January or the first of

February. Please do pick up your offering

envelopes at the back of the Church.

They will be arranged with the last names

from A-Z. Each pack will contain

offering envelopes for the entire year.

Last Week Our attendance was : 171

The Regular Offertory Collection:

$3,042.65

Church Improvement: 12.00

Fish Fry: 978.00

Total 990.00

Total Deposit: $4,032.65

Thanks For Your Stewardship

If you have not

r e t u r n e d y o u r

Catholic Charities

envelope, please do

so now. Envelopes

are available in the pews. It is our goal to

have every family participate to the best of

their ability. We ask that you be the Hands

of Christ reaching out to those in need

through your prayerful generosity to this

years Catholic Charities Appeal. Please,

help our Parish meet our goal this year

and obtain 100 participation.

Mark Crumb, 2nd, Sarita Matthews, 4th, Hattie Davis, 4th,

Bennie Parker, 4th, Joshua Morgan, Sr., 5th, Monica

Waller, 7th, Adline Clarke, 8th, JaVaughna’e Malone, 8th,

Judith Dunning,11th, Pearlie Dumas,11th, Daisy Maxine

Minor, 13th, Rosalina Harris, 12th, Marcus & Marcodius

Irby, 13th, Kynedi Danzy Lang, 14th, Kamryn Danzy Lang,

14th, Lola Dumas, 15th, Anthony Davis, 15th, Kendle

McCaskey, 18th, Terria Moore, 19th, Sidney Madise, 21st,

Clayton Moore, 21st, Taylor Crumb, 22nd, Grice Davis,

22nd, Bernard Moore, 25th, Jacob Turk, Kamryn Lipsbomb, 28th.

4:00pm - Saturday

TBA

Jean Lang-Moore, Courtney Dunning, Carrie Bolden

Sharmine Hamilton, Valanita Schnyder

9:30am - Sunday

Ryan White, Rosie Williams, Ashton Rogers

Mary White, Stephanie Danzy, Winifred Maiben

Dave Alexander, Sebastian Williams, Daniel Spriggs

Parish Council Members Parish Council members still serving

1. Gayle Sylvester (to serve a 3 year term 2017-2019)

2. Genelle Bennett (to serve a 3 year term 2017-2019)

3. Rhyon Ervin (to serve a 3 year term 2017-2019) 4. Sybil Whitfield (to serve a 3 year term 2017-2019)

Those appointed by Fr. Hyginus Boboh

5. Winifred Maiben (to serve another 2 year term 2019-2020) 6. Sebastian Williams (to serve another 2 year term 2019-2020)

7. Wanda Conner (to serve another 2 year term 2019-2020)

8. Herbert McCaskey (to serve another 2 year term 2019-2020) Newly Elected members Sharmine Hamilton, Danielle Spriggs, Marjorie Seltzer, Brent Lewis, Herman

Thomas, Carridean Bolden ( The CCD director or her representative will be invited for out Meetings)

Officers of the council (2019-2020)

1. Chairperson Herman Thomas

2. Vice-Chairperson Marjorie Seltzer

3. The Recording Secretary Winifred Maiben 4. The Corresponding Secretary Danielle Spriggs

Mass - 7:00am

Readings:

Heb.13:1-8 and

Mk.6:14-29

Mass Intention:

For Benefactors of Catholic

Extension Society

Mass-7:00am

Readings:

Heb.12:18-19 and

Mk.6:7-13

Mass Intention:

For the Sick &

Shut In

Thursday 7th Friday 8th Saturday 9th

Mass

9:30am

For the

People of the Parish

Sunday 10th

Vigil Mass

4:00pm

For the

People of the Parish

It’s a wonderful gift of prayer to have

a Mass offered for a deceased loved-

one or for a special intention. Make

your Mass requests at the Rectory.

Weekend Masses are reserved for the

Parish only. You may make your

request for Mass Intentions Tuesday

through Friday.

For those seeking assistance from St.

Vincent De Paul Society, please call

456-0151. Also leave your name,

address, telephone number and a brief

message and someone will return your

call. Mobile County Training School Alumni Association is awarding achievement-based

scholarships to eligible high school seniors who are descendents of a MCTS Alumni,

Staff, or Faculty Member. Applications must be postmarked and/or submitted no later

than March 16, 2019. Applications, criteria, and additional information is located on the

table in the foyer of the church and on MCTS website at http/:www.mctswhippets.org.

Join us Each Sunday the 9:30 a.m.

Mass.

For Coffee & Doughnut Fellowship

The St. James Major Parish Grief Support

Group will be meeting and every Sunday

after Mass between 11:00am - 12:00pm in

the Parish Center. This group will reach

out to many of our church members who

are going through grief for their deceased

love ones. Coordinators have been trained

are ready to take on this noble task. So

come out and join us in supporting each

other through grief. A sign up sheet is

also in the back of the Church for those

who wish to sign up and join.

Sunday, February 24th 2019, Black History Month Presentation

Fall Festival Planning Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 5th at 6:360pm in

the Parish Center, please make plans to attend.

Food bank drive is scheduled for the weekend of February 9/10 during our Masses

that weekend.

St. James Major will be hosting a sweetheart cabaret on Friday, February

8th 2019 in the parish hall. More updates coming soon. Herbert McCaskey

coordinator

Gerald Lawson, an engineer and inventor, is the reason that we

have disc-based home video games.

Fredrick Jones, an inventor, is responsible for the creation of the cooling system on

refrigerated trucks.

Robert Lawrence Jr. was the first Black to be trained as astronaut in 1967. He died

while in training on an air flight.

We shall operate our Food Bank on Tuesdays and Thursdays between

10:00am until 2:00pm. Renovation of the building to be used is near

completion. A date will be set for commissioning in February. Letters

will be given to all parishioners to support our food bank. Our first food bank drive is for

February 9/10.

Suggested Items For Food Bank Drive - Canned Food Products

Pumpkin (net wt. 15oz.), Bush’s Best Black Eye Peas ( Net wt. 14 1/2 oz.), Whole Kernel

Corn ( Net Wt. 29 oz.), Green Beans, Toiletries & Household supplies, Marconi & Cheese

( Net wt. 7.35 oz.), Suddenly pasta salad ( Net wt. 7.25 oz.), Tomato paste, Chicken

noodle soup, Chef Boyardee Spaghetti & Meat Balls ( Net. Wt. 14.5oz), Cream of

Mushroom condensed soup (Net wt. 10.05 oz.), tuna fish, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce (Net.

Wt. 15oz), eggs, rice, beans.

Frozen Goods

Chicken, Hot dogs, smoked ham, ground beef, smoked turkey

We need all your support and contributions to reach out to our community

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251-456-6842

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(July- December 2018)

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251-456-6842

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Advertise here . $50 for 6 months

(July- December 2018)

Call rectory

251-456-6842

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◄ Jan 2019 February 2019 Mar 2019 ►

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

First Friday Devotion Exposition of the Blessed

Sacrament 5:00 PM

Mass 6:00PM

2 Groundhog Day

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

3 Super Bowl

Confession 9:00

Mass 9:30 AM Rel. Edu 11:00- 12:00

Parish council installation

4

Cabaret meeting

5

Mass 6:00PM

Fall Festival meeting 6:30pm

6

Mass 7:00 AM

Choir Practice 6:00 PM

Meeting with CCD Teachers

6:00pm

7

Mass 7:00 AM

Bible/Catholic Doctrine

Classes 6:00pm-7:00pm

8

Mass 7:00 AM

Meeting with youth Ministry

Coordinators 6:00pm

9

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

Food bank drive sunday

10

Confession 9:00

Mass 9:30 AM

Rel. Edu 11:00- 12:00

Meeting with All Eucharistic

6:00pm

Food bank drive sunday

11

Food bank Voulnteer Meeting

with 5:00pm

12

Mass 6:00PM

Meeting with All lectors

6:30pm

13

Mass 7:00 AM

Choir Practice

6:00 PM

(Fr will meet with choir group)

14 Valentine's Day

Mass 7:00 AM

Visit to the Sick begins 10:00

AM

Meeting with all parish council

committee chairs 6:00pm

15

Mass 7:00 AM

Meeting with Bearevement

Committee 6:00pm

16

Meeting with all Altar

Servers 11:00am

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

17

Confession 9:00

Mass 9:30 AM

Rel. Edu 11:00- 12:00

18 Presidents Day

Meeting with Ushers 6:00pm

19

Mass 6:00PM

Finance Council Meeting

6:30pm

20

Mass 7:00 AM Choir Practice

6:00 PM

21 Int'l. Mother Language

Mass 7:00 AM

Movie Night 6:00 PM

22

Mass 7:00 AM Parish Lunch/Dinner sales

@ 10;30am

23

Confession 3:15 PM

Mass 4:00PM

24

Confession 9:00

Mass 9:30 AM

Rel. Edu 11:00- 12:00

25

26

27

Choir Practice

6:00 PM

28

714 N. College St. - Prichard, AL 36610

Phone: 251- 456-0151 - Fax: 251- 456-6843

Dinners - $8.00

Sandwich- $5.00

(Any one of these)

Fried Fish

Fried Bone Fish

Baked Fish

Fried Chicken

Baked Chicken

(Any 2 of these)

Green Beans

Baked Beans

Potato Salad

Macaroni & Cheese

Cole Slaw

(Dessert: Any 1 of these)

Bread Pudding or Cake

Condiments, drinks (Soda/ water

for plates only)

Soda $ 0.50 for sandwich orders

Hush Puppies free with fish plates

Extra sides ($0.50) each

Last Friday Of Each Month

10:30am until

@ SJM Parish Center Jan. 25th, Feb. 22nd, March. 8th, 15th,

22nd, 29th, April 5th, 12th, 26th, May

31st, June 21st , July 26th, August 30th,

Sept. 27th and October 25th.

We will be serving only fish from

March 8th through April 12th.

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