Vacation Bible School - for 2020 has been CANCELLED.
Vacation Bible School is open to children entering grades K-4 and costs $30 per student and is held in the Church Hall and on the lower-lot (playground). Registration Forms can be filled out and either dropped off at the Parish Office or mailed to St. James Religious Education Office, 3565 Hubble Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45247,
Volunteers are always needed and welcome! High school students are needed to lead groups, and junior-high students are needed to assist the leaders. This is also a wonderful opportunity to accumulate needed service hours!
Please contact us in the Religious Education Office (513.741.5339) to volunteer or for additional information. We hope to see you at this year’s Saint James Vacation Bible School!
Parish School of Religion (PSR) - Monday Evening Religion has been REVISED for 2020-21 to PSR from Home.
PSR from Home: After much prayer and conversation, the Office of Religious Education will provide materials for students to do using CatechismClass.com resources. The lessons are weekly, with flexible scheduling for learning. Each family will be partnered with a catechist that they can check in with bi-weekly or monthly. During these meetings, parents and students will meet with the catechist, discuss questions, progress in the program, and any concerns that St. James can assist the family with. We hope to also hold monthly in-person activities/lessons for the PSR students and their families. You can visit CatechismClass.com or contact Claire Zink in the Parish Office for more information.
Sacrament Preparation for PSR: Sacrament Preparation will mostly be done at home. If your child will be in second grade for the 2020-2021 school year, you will receive the CatechismClass online program for your child’s sacrament prep.
If your child will be in the 7th grade for the 2020-2021 school year, they will do an at-home, online version of the confirmation prep course Chosen. We hope to provide small group opportunities both in person and virtual.
Registration will close end of August. Below are the 2 registration forms to download.
Letters were sent to families with the registration forms. If you did not receive one and are interested in registering your child, please contact the Office of Religious Education at 513-741-5339.
PSR Registration Form 2020-21
PSR Confirmation Registration Form 2020-21
Sunday Preschool -
Due to the current situation of Covid, Sunday Preschool will NOT be held for the rest of the 2020 calendar year. The Office of Religious Education will communicate if this is to change.
Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)- will NOT be held during the rest of the 2020 calendar year. The Office of Religious Education will reevaluate towards the end of the year if we can have it during 2021.
CLOW takes place during the 10:00 AM Sunday Mass each week (except for five Sundays - Christmas, Easter, First Communion, Wedding Anniversary and Festival Weekend).
CLOW is a wonderful opportunity during Sunday Mass for our 1st through 4th Grade parishioners to experience the Liturgy of the Word in a way that is appropriate to their age group at the same time that our other parishioners are celebrating the Liturgy of the Word in our church space. CLOW takes place downstairs in the Church Hall. When Opening Prayer at the 10:00 AM Mass is finished, the celebrant invites the children forward and, after a special blessing, the children process together downstairs to the Church Hall.
Each week they are led by a group of dedicated adult and high school volunteers in hearing the Scripture Readings and a reflection, and participating in praying the Creed and the General Intercessions. The children then return to their families during the Offertory of the Mass.
Children younger than the 1st Grade are welcome to join the other children for CLOW, but they must be accompanied by a parent. CLOW does not take the place of Mass, it IS part of the Mass, and enables them to participate in the Mass more fully. The coordinator for this program is Mrs. Carole Ann Yeazell (385-5163). There is no cost or Registration Form.