(Thursday evening through Sunday evening) Dates of our 2020 Cursillo Men’s Weekend are February 20-23 or June 11-14. Women’s Weekends are March 26-29 or June 25-28. The weekends will be held at the Sisters of St. Francis Retreat Center, 2100 N. Noland Road, Independence, MO. Cursillo ena-bles us to: Deepen our relation-ship with Christ; Grow in our understanding and appreciation for the Catholic faith; Share our faith with family, friends and others; Sustain a much deeper faith life for the rest of our lives. Come and see for yourself. Con-tact Judy (816-806-1997) or James Newkirk (816-807-7700); email jknewkirk65@gmail.com for more information. God bless you!

We will begin Sunday Sept 15. Right after mass for Kindergarten - 6th grade. Please respond what grade your child(ren) are in as we are getting new books this year. Going back to Finding God series. Class will be $20 per child (covers the materials) this is the only cost for the year. 7-9 we need a meeting Sunday Sept 8 after mass to figure out our schedule. This will be our preconfirmation year with bible study and we will put on the Last Supper during Lent for the Parish. We will also host Good Friday Mass. Please pass info on and watch the bulletin. Enrollment will start this weekend.

August 6th Knights of Columbus, 7:15 pm -- August 10th Clean-up Day, 9 am ----- August 21st Maintenance Committee Meeting, 7 pm ------------------------------------- August 29th Holy Hour for Priests at Sisters of St. Francis, 7-8 pm--

Volunteers are needed for the St. James soup kitchen on the third Wednesday of each month. Please call Laura Rush at 461-2910 or Donetta Mautino at 796-2964 if you can help.