From the Chaplain
Services in the Chapel of Saint James of Jerusalem (December 11-17, 2021)
December 11, 2021 (Saturday after Advent II)
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Forms II-IV) at 8:00 pm
December 12, 2021 (THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT--Gaudete Sunday)
Holy Eucharist--Rite II at 11:00am
Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-20
Canticle 9
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:7-18
Celebrant: Father Dunnan
Preacher: Father Montgomery
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (Forms V-VI) at 8:00 pm
December 13, 2021 (Monday after Advent III)
Daily Chapel at 8:00 am
Evening Prayer--Rite I at 7:15 pm
December 14, 2021 (Tuesday after Advent III)
Daily Chapel at 8:00 am
Speaker: Dokyung Oh '22
Evening Prayer--Rite I at 7:15 pm
December 15, 2021 (EMBER WEDNESDAY)
No Daily Chapel--Christmas Breakfast in the Refectory
Holy Eucharist--Rite II at 7:15 pm
Readings: 1 Corinthians 3:5-11
John 4:31-38
Celebrant: Father Montgomery
December 16, 2021 (Thursday after Advent III)
Daily Chapel at 8:00 am
Speaker: Josephine Akhigbe '22
Evening Prayer--Rite I at 7:15 pm
December 17, 2021 (EMBER FRIDAY)
Special Christmas Chapel at 8:00 am
Christmas Eve Solemn Mass of the Nativity
A Solemn Mass of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ will be celebrated in the Chapel of Saint James of Jerusalem on December 24, 2021 at 10:00 pm. All alumni, current families, and other friends are invited to attend this wonderful service.
In accordance with the Bishop of Maryland's mandate, all worshippers will be required to wear a mask.
If anyone would like to have specific intentions (prayers and thanksgivings) included in the Prayers of the People, please send them to Father Montgomery at bmontgomery@stjames.edu.
No Sunday Masses During Christmas Break
Except for the Solemn Mass of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve, no other Masses will be celebrated in the Saint James Chapel during the Christmas Break, being the dates of December 18, 2021 through January 3, 2022. The first Sunday Mass following the Christmas Break will be celebrated on January 9, 2022 (FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY: BAPTISM OF OUR LORD) in the Chapel with Father Dunnan celebrating and Father Montgomery preaching.