St James the Apostle Catholic Church

July 4, 2020
 
Dear Faithful Parishioners,
 
In order to respond and accommodate our pastoral needs in the community of St. James the Apostle Catholic Church, such as funeral mass, school mass, and pastoral meetings I would like to inform you that our daily mass and Sunday Masses will be rescheduled effective on Sunday, July 12^th, 2020. Our daily mass will be scheduled at 8.00 AM from Monday to Friday. While our Sunday Masses will be scheduled at the normal time as it was. Below is the information regarding to the time of all masses:
 
Weekday Masses:

• Monday – Mass at 8.00 AM
• Tuesday – Mass at 8.00 AM
• Wednesday – Mass at 8.00 AM
• Thursday – Mass at 8.00 AM
• Friday – Mass at 8.00 AM – School Mass

• Saturday – Mass at 5.30 PM – English
• Sunday – 1^st Mass at 8.00 AM – Bilingual

• Every Saturday prior to the mass at 4.30 PM – 5.30 PM
• By appointment, please call the office.

• Every Wednesday at 6.00 PM – 8.00 PM
• Every 1^st Friday of the month at 8.30 AM – 9.30 AM

 I do sincerely apologize if the changing time of the masses in our church community has caused confusion and uncomfortable. This changing time of the mass is made after taking consideration and review the facts of pastoral needs in the parish that encourage me to be available for the pastoral ministry.  Thank you so much and God bless you.  
  
Blessing,
Fr. Sonny Aryanto, CICM
Parish Administrator    

It is with great excitement that on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, I officially start my pastoral ministry at St. James the Apostle Catholic Church in San Antonio as Parish Administrator. I believe that many of you have been aware of this change in leadership especially since Archbishop Gustavo-Siller officially announced the new clery assignments on May, 18, 2020 through the Archdiocese of San Antonio website. 
I am personally honored for this new assignment as Parish Administrator; and, as the new leader of the parish, I realize there are many things that I need to learn from you, loyal St. James parishioners. It is for this reason, certainly during my parish ministry at St. James, I will try my best to always be open to you and willing to walk together with you. My intention is to be a good listener and hope you will feel comfortable in voicing your concerns and future plans. My goal is to always try to be available and present to the needs of the parish community. New beginnings require time, patience, and willingness to work together to strengthen the ties that will bind us together to grow St. James into the church, we will be proud to call our home. 
With the aforementioned goals, I am also aware of how difficult is that this leadership change is happening in the middle of a difficult situation in which COVID-19 has created social distancing between us. Therefore, as we look forward together for better circumstances, I would like to ask of you to always be safe and to pray that this period of uncertainly will end soon so that the "Big Family of St. James the Apostle" will be united closely without social distancing. 
With the great excitement and anticipation, I am looking forward to walking with you in this journey of my ministry at St. James the Apostle. 

Thank you 
Fr. Sonny Aryanto, CICM