Catholic Daughters | Feed the Needy | Grief Support | Habitat for Humanity | Knights of Columbus | St. Vincent de Paul
Feed the Needy
Linda Cabibbo
310.372.5228
The above video represents the annual Christmas Luncheon. We provide a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings. In addition, Santa visits with gifts for the children.
The program prepares lunches for the needy
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. all year round.
We are very fortunate to have contributors within the parish as well as donations from select markets in the community.
When we have extra food it is given to needy families as well as the Catholic Charities Program in Long Beach.
Our program has proven very successful in helping those in need and through difficult times.
Contact Linda for further information about the program or volunteering.
Knights of Columbus
In Service To One. In Service To All.
Alan Baptisa 214.729.8582
Built on Four Pillars:
Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism
A Catholic Family Fraternal Organization for Men
The Knights of Columbus group within our parish has taken on Columbus inspiration to call forth our own courage, to follow our dreams for a better community, and to see how we can contribute to the people within it. Through fundraising efforts the Knights help support the vocations of seminarians, the homeless and hungry, and several youth Pro Life and Home building projects in the South Bay. We also support tasks for the pastor and other ministries. Membership is available to all Catholic men in the parish over the age of 18 and family participation is encouraged as well.
For more information,
contact the Los Crusados #1990 Grand Knight at KofC1990.org
Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Regent Kristin Flannery
310.529.6813
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas is one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas. We donate to charities, administer scholarship programs and strive “to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow or sickness.” The CDA motto is “Unity and Charity.” The CDA was formed over 100 years ago and today numbers 95,000 dues-paying members in more than 1,400 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country. Catholic Daughter women enjoy each other’s company at meetings and work hard for our parishes and communities. CDA’s Court Our Lady of Victory meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month in Kavanagh Hall beginning at 7:30pm with the Rosary and 8 pm meeting with social to follow.
Habitat for Humanity
Tom Miller
310.971.7589
We are all about changing lives. Imagine the joy and excitement this new family will experience once they have a place that they can call “home.”
Gallery of most recent build day>
Gallery of prior build day>
St. James Church has joined with other Catholic churches to form a coalition that partners with Habitat for Humanity. The parish provides financial support toward the building of a new home for a family in need of affordable housing. In addition to the financial support, members of the parish volunteer to work on the house on specific build days arranged for St. James. Build dates are announced in the parish bulletin.
St. Vincent De Paul
Parish office
310.372.5228
Offers assistance to struggling families. Members of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul are men and women who strive to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to individuals in need. We are young and old. Our members come in every shade of skin color. Some of us are wealthy, some are financially poor, but all of us are blessed with an awareness that our blessings (time, talent or treasure) are to be shared with our brothers and sisters in need.
For Donation Pick up
800.974.3571
Grief Support
Parish Office
310.372.5228
Losing someone that you love can be devastating. The pain and the anguish are at times just too much to bear because at times you feel alone and abandoned. But you don’t have to go through grief alone. There are others out there that have gone through what you are going through and they want to journey with you. Come and join us to receive the tools to cope with the loss of a loved one.