ST. JAMES
Catholic Church
A Roman Catholic Community of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter
Experience solemnity, beauty and reverence, find freedom and life through the Sacraments of the Church, and be welcomed into a family friendly community alive with the joy of the Gospel.
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St. James is a community forming into a mission for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, a diocesan like structure established by Pope Benedict in 2012 which was designed to allow former Protestants to bring with them into the Catholic Church much of the reverence and richness of liturgical traditions reaching back to the middle ages. It is composed of over forty and counting, Catholic parishes and mission communities, led by Bishop Steven J. Lopes, who was appointed by Pope Francis in 2016.
MASS TIMES
Sunday 9:00 AM Live-Stream available on Facebook. All public Mass has been suspended by the bishop due to pandemic.
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Daily 7:00 AM Live-Stream and then posted for later viewing.
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The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available Sunday via drive up 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Mailing Address
St. James Catholic Church Rectory
3725 Lilly Rd. N., Jacksonville, FL 32207
904-999-1423
DIRECTIONS
Because we do not yet have our own building, the pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church has graciously allowed us to meet at the school chapel. This short video makes the chapel easy to find and shows you were to enter.
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LEADERSHIP
PASTOR: FATHER MAYER
Under the leadership of Fr. Mayer, newly appointed parochial administrator, St. James Catholic Church began holding Mass in Jacksonville on July 28, 2019. Fr. Mayer came to St. James after having served as the director of Campus Ministry at Santa Fe Catholic High School in Lakeland, as well as serving for a time in the Diocese of St. Petersburg where he completed assignments in chancery, parish, and hospital settings. Prior to coming into the Catholic Church in 2012 Fr. Mayer served as an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Dallas where he was assigned as the vicar of a mission parish and became known for his fundraising, and energetic leadership and outreach.
Fr. Mayer is a graduate of Nashotah House Theological Seminary and went on to further studies and formation under the oversight of Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall and then St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach.
MUSIC DIRECTOR : DR. BALLOU
St. James is blessed by the musical leadership of Dr. Mary Jane Ballou who studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as well as obtaining a doctorate in Sacred Music from the Graduate Theological Foundation. She is an expert in Gregorian chant, having studied in both the USA and France and led workshops in chant for beginning and intermediate singers. Her experience in music and liturgical leadership encompass Protestant, Russian Orthodox and Catholic communities, the building of choral ensembles, and composing and arranging sacred pieces for a cappella voices.
