St. James Catholic Church

This Sunday (Feb. 20th) I attended St. James Catholic Church, at 125 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, and played guitar at the 5 p.m. guitar mass, which I do about once a month. St. James is my other home church in a manner of speaking.

I am what is called a cradle Catholic. I was baptized in the Catholic Church soon after my birth, and I was raised in it. I went through First Communion and Confirmation, and served as an alter boy. In addition, I went to a parochial elementary Catholic school, Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Maternity BVM), in Chicago, Illinois, till I graduated from the 8th grade.

I drifted away from the Catholic Church about that time with my parents going through a divorce, and my starting to attend public high school. I later got saved in an evangelical-charismatic church when I was 19, and largely avoided the Catholic Church for many years.

Lately, I have started reconnecting with the Catholic Church, and enjoying many aspects of it, especially its long and rich tradition. As I will be regularly attending the Catholic Church on a regular basis, I will write more about St. James and the Catholic Church in future posts.