All Are Welcome

After more than 150 years in Kearney, the parish of St. James has a rich history as a community of Catholic worship and an established legacy of service to the people of Kearney and the surrounding areas.

We invite our Catholic brothers and sisters, as well as visitors from other denominations, to pray and celebrate the Sacraments with us. You will be welcomed and embraced as we join together as one in the presence of God.

Weekend Mass Times

Saturday – 5:00 pm

Sunday – 8:30 am & 10:30 am

Misa en Español – 12:30 pm

(cada segundo del mes)
(every 2nd Sunday)

Mass in Vietnamese - 3:00 pm

(every 1st Sunday)

Weekday Mass Times

Monday – No Mass

Tuesday – 12:00 pm

Wednesday – 12:00 pm

Thursday – 8:15 am with KCHS

Friday – 8:00 am

RECONCILIATION

Saturday – 3:30-4:30 pm

(or by appointment)

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

First Fridays – 8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Holy Thursday

Thursday, March 28, 2024
   7:00 pm
Please bring Rice Bowls 


Good Friday

 Friday, March 29, 2024
12:00 PM Good Friday Service
  3:00 PM Were You There?
  5:30 PM Stations of the Cross
  6:30 PM Via Crucis

 

 

Easter

Saturday, March 30, 2024
Easter Vigil
 
8:00 pm
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Easter Sunday
  8:30 am
10:30 am
12:30 pm - Misa en Español
  3:00 pm - Mass in Vietnamese

 

* This is the regular Mass schedule - be sure to check the Weekly Bulletin or our Mass Times page for any changes!

Our Mission

St. James parish was established in 1881 to be a sign of the presence of the Kingdom of God, to spread the Good News of the Gospel, and to minister and serve others. As Catholics, we believe in Jesus' dying and rising and in our call to celebrate the Sacraments and proclaim the Gospel.


St. James is Live Streaming Masses according to the following schedule:

Saturday - 5:00 pm - Weekend Mass
Monday - No Mass
Tuesday & Wednesday -12:00 Noon - Weekday Mass
Thursday - 8:15 am - Weekday Mass with Kearney Catholic High School
Friday - No Live Streaming

These can be viewed either live or replay directly from the St. James Kearney YouTube Channel or by using the “Mass Videos” button on the St. James myParish App.


Fishing with St. James

Sunday, March 31, 2024

To The Paschal Mysteries of St. James

During The Sacred Triduum we participate in rituals that are once a year liturgical events. During the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper receive the Holy Oils, wash feet, empty the tabernacle and strip the sanctuary bare.

On Good Friday there are no Masses in Catholic Churches throughout the world. We read the Passion of St. John, and we reverence the cross with a kiss and venerate it with a genuflection.

Holy Saturday is a time of emptiness, fasting and silence in the church to observe Jesus’ time in the tomb and connect our sorrows with the grief of his family, friends and followers.

The introduction to the Easter Vigil from the Roman Missal guides our transition into the Easter Season: “Dear brothers and sisters, on this most sacred night, in which our Lord Jesus Christ passed over from death to life, the Church calls upon her sons and daughters, scattered throughout the world, to come together to watch and pray. If we keep the memorial of the Lord's paschal solemnity in this way, listening to his word and celebrating his mysteries, then we shall have the sure hope of sharing his triumph over death and living with him in God.”

At the Easter Vigil we bless an outside bonfire to light the new Easter (Paschal) Candle for the first time. The congregation processes into the church, carrying tapers lit from the Easter Candle while singing three times, “The Light of Christ. Thanks be to God.” A prayer called the Exsultet (The Easter Proclamation) is sung to proclaim the meaning of Easter and to consecrate the Paschal Candle.

Inside the church that is now glowing in the new light, we listen to the beginning of Exsultet: Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King’s triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and darkness. Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, arrayed with the lighting of his glory, let this holy building shake with joy, filled with the mighty voices of the peoples.

In our liturgical tradition Easter Day is eight days long and is called the “Octave of Easter.” We celebrate this incredible mystery for seven days plus one. One single day cannot contain our experience of the Resurrection.

The fifty days of the Easter Season, a week of weeks (seven weeks plus one day), include the celebration of Ascension Thursday, forty days after Easter. The Season reaches fulfillment on Pentecost Sunday, when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first disciples. This same Holy Spirit descends upon us, the disciples of Jesus in our time and place, bringing peace and encouragement to our hearts and through us to the whole world.

May this Easter Season be one of increasing light and love and may we all receive experience the blessing given in the final words of the Exsultet: "May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star: the one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son, who, coming back from death's domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity, and lives and reigns for ever and ever." AMEN

May we Exult in this Easter mystery and together rise well and often,
Fr. Joe Hannappel


Pescando con St. James

Los Misterios Pascuales de St. James

Durante el Triduo Sagrado participamos en rituales que son eventos litúrgicos una vez al año. Durante la Misa del Jueves Santo de la Cena del Señor, reciba los Santos Óleos, lavamos los pies, se vacía el sagarrio y dejamos el santuario desnudo.

El Viernes Santo es un día sin Misa en todas las iglesias católicos del mundo. Leemos la Pasión del San Juan y nos adoramos la cruz con un beso y con una genuflexión.

El Sábado Santo es un tiempo de vacío, ayuno y silencio en la iglesia para observar el tiempo de Jesús en la tumba y conectar nuestros dolores con el dolor de la familia de humanos.

La introducción de la Vigilia Pascual del Misal Romano nos guía la transición a la temporada de Pascua. “Hermanos: En esta noche santa, en que nuestro Señor Jesucristo pasó de la muerte a la vida, la Iglesia invita a todos sus hijos, diseminados por el mundo, a que se reúnan para velar en oración.Conmemoremos, pues, juntos, la Pascua del Señor, escuchando su palabra y participando en sus sacramentos, con la esperanza cierta de participar también en su triunfo sobre la muertey de vivir con él para siempre en Dios.”

En la Vigilia Pascual bendecimos una hoguera afuera para encender el nuevo Cirio Pascual por primera vez. La congregación entra en procesión a la iglesia, llevando velas encendidas con el Cirio Pascual mientras canta tres veces, “La Luz de Cristo. Gracias a Dios."Una oración llamada Exsultet (El Pregón Pascual)es cantado para proclamar el significado de Pascuas y para consagrar el Cirio Pascual.

Dentro de la iglesia que ahora está relumbrando en la nueva luz escuchamos el principio del Exsultet: Alégrense, por fin, los coros de los ángeles, alégrense las jerarquías del cielo y, por la victoria de rey tan poderoso, que las trompetas anuncien la salvación. Goce también la tierra, inundada de tanta claridad, y que, radiante con el fulgor del rey eterno, se sienta libre de la tiniebla que cubría el orbe entero. Alégrese también nuestra madre la Iglesia, revestida de luz tan brillante; resuene este templo con las aclamaciones del pueblo.

En nuestra tradición litúrgica, el día de Pascua dura ocho días y se llama la "Octava de Pascua". Celebramos este increíble misterio durante siete días más uno. Un solo día no puede contener nuestra experiencia de la Resurrección.

Los cincuenta días del Temporada Pascual, una semana de semanas (siete semanas más un día), incluyen la celebración del Jueves de la Ascensión, cuarenta días después de la Pascua. La temporada se cumple el Domingo de Pentecostés, cuando recordamos la venida del Espíritu Santo sobre los primeros discípulos. Este mismo Espíritu Santo desciende sobre nosotros, los discípulos de Jesús en nuestro tiempo y lugar, trayendo paz y aliento a nuestros corazones y a través de nosotros al mundo entero.

Muchas Iglesias orientales continúan compartiendo el saludo pascual en griego, el idioma utilizado en las primeras liturgias cristianas: Christos Anesti – Alithos Anesti. En español, una persona puede saludar a otra con "¡Cristo ha resucitado!" La otra persona responde “Cristo ha resucitado en verdad”.

Que exultemos en este misterio pascual y juntos nos levantemos bien y con frecuencia,
Pd. Jose Hannappel

 

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St. James Catholic Church

3801 Avenue A, Kearney, NE 68847
308-234-5536
office@stjameschurchkearney.org

Parish Office Hours

Mon-Thurs – 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Fri – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Kearney Catholic High School

110 East 35th Street, Kearney, NE 68847
308-234-2610
kearneycatholic.org

KCHS Foundation

20 East 21st Street, Kearney, NE 68847
308-236-6903
kchsfoundation.org