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The mission of the Altar Server program at St. James is to provide assistance to the other ministers during the Eucharistic celebration and other liturgies by performing the required duties in a reverent and responsible manner, and to instill in the servers an appreciation for the Mass.

Our Mission: To instill in the boys the values of duty, service, self-confidence, and respect within the context of a love of God (based upon the Catholic doctrine) and country.

Our mission statement reads "Catholic Daughters of the Americas strives to embrace the principle of faith working through love in the promotion of justice, equality, and the advancement of human rights and human dignity for all". Catholic Daughter courts are not bound to any particular parish, but its members come from various parishes within the Los Angeles Diocese and some are located out of town and out of state. However, while we do not have a particular ministry leader, members are involved in various apostleship ministries.

Our Mission: This ministry enhances the meaning of worship and scripture for our younger members of St. James Parish, by allowing them to hear and experience the Liturgy of the Word in their own language. The structure takes the same form as the Liturgy of Word with the general assembly having its own trained Presider and Reader. The full structure is: 1) gather with the assembly, 2) invitation and sending the children forth from the church to the hall (stage), 3) gather the children, 4) First Reading, 5) Psalm/Response, 6) Gospel, 7) Homily, 8) Profession of Faith, 9) General Intercessions, 10) return to general assembly.
Offered at the 10:00am Mass on the second and last Sundays of each month.

Our Mission: To have programs available for our parishioners to complete their sacraments.

Our Mission: To serve our Lord and fellow parishioners with LOVE! To reach out to the sick and the elderly, offering them the body of Christ, and to let them know that someone cares.

Eucharistic Ministers are needed to offer Holy Communion at the following CARE CENTERS and RETIREMENT HOMES:

Earlwood Care Center

Driftwood Care Center

Torrance Care Center

Torrance West Care Center

Huntington Retirement Home

Pacific Inn Retirement Home

Spring Retirement Home

Words cannot describe how much the residents appreciate a visit from a Eucharistic Minister and being offered Holy Communion. Often the Eucharistic Minister is the only person that visits a patient/resident other than a doctor or nurse. Please consider sharing your time at least once a month at a care center or retirement home. Your visit will be greatly appreciated.

Our Mission: To feed the needy and homeless in our community, and to provide some guidance for those who have lost their direction.

Our Mission: To reach out in sympathy to those who have lost a loved one and help them plan the funeral service. We also have a grief support group that meets twice a month.

Our Mission: To have religious items readily available for our parishioners and our community.

Our Mission: To give girls from all walks of life a chance to develop their full potential, to make new friends, and to become a vital part of their community. Based on ethical values, it opens up a world of opportunity for girls, working in partnership with adult volunteers. Its sole focus is to meet the special needs of girls. It is a continuous adventure in learning that offers every girl a broad range of activities that address her current interests and future role as a woman. Through activities that stimulate self-discovery, girls are introduced to science, the arts, the out-of-doors, and people. Girls grow in skill and in self-confidence and through meaningful community service they acquire an understanding about themselves and others.

Our Mission: To create an atmosphere where our parishioners can socialize within our Catholic community. This is also a fundraising opportunity for our Parish School.

Our Mission: To increase parishioner involvement in the St. James community by providing an electronic forum on the internet to communicate the activities and the ministries of the parish. Our goal is that our parisioners will add us as a Favorite or Bookmark and then check us out each week to see the parish news and calendar.

Our Mission: To prepare parents and godparents of infant children for their role and responsibilities as Catholic Christian witnesses in the formation of the spiritual lives of the newly baptized children.

Our Mission: We support seven seminarians with financial aid, other local charities, and give support to STAR, House of Yahweh, St. James School, etc. This year we donated the U.S. flagpole to St. James School.

Our Mission: To develop the liturgy so that our parish grows and is within the guidelines as established by the Diocese.

Our Mission: To help any person pray, with our group, and to include Bible readings, information on hearing Mass, etc.

Mothers with Young Children Our Mission: To develop a network of mothers with young children. We hope to offer a nurturing environment of support and open a window to the meaning and understanding of motherhood as we strive for stronger personal faith.

As active members of this ministry, we hope to:

Gain a stronger personal relationship with God and enrich our families' faith.
Learn and reintroduce Catholic traditions into our families.
Grow as mothers through regular participation and support of the activities associated with the Mothers' Ministry.
Become focused on our ever-growing job as mothers, as well as, Catholic women in a society where the well-being of children and the family unit are essential.
Open opportunities to develop friendships and provide as needed service to the disadvantaged community.

Our Mission: To enhance liturgies by providing quality music that encourages the full, conscious and active participation of the gathered community.

Our Mission: To serve in an advisory capacity to the pastor and give council and advice on: unifying the parish, analyzing and prioritizing the future needs, energizing the community, building and reviewing the council’s faith and building the parish faith.

Our Mission: To provide a preschool experience for children of our parish and others aged 21/2 - 5 on a part-time basis.

R.C.I.A. – ADULT INQUIRY & CATHECHUMENATE
Our Mission: To provide a process of adult formation compatible with the rite of Christian initiation of adults. To provide a welcoming and hospitable atmosphere for those adults who wish to become fully initiated members of the Catholic Church. To provide catechesis on various topics, always based on Scripture and tradition, and To assist the newly baptized and newly received with the discerning process of how they may become active participants in their parish communities.

R.C.I.A. – HIGH SCHOOL
Our Mission: To help bring Christ to these teens that come from severely dysfunctional families. To instruct them in church theology, practice, and sacraments. To empower them to understand that they are the church and to take responsibility for their own spiritual growth and welfare. To learn what community is and to realize that being Catholic is not just "cultural". To prepare high school-age children for initiation into the Catholic Church, and maybe more importantly, strengthen their Christian commitment.

Our Mission: Our Parish Religious Education Program provides a process of faith development for those children in grades 1-8, not registered in parochial schools, as well as preparing them to receive the Sacraments. Centered on message, community, worship and service, the program is dedicated to collaborating with and supporting parents in this faith development process.

Our Mission: 1) Increase and reinforce respect for human life, 2) to provide information on such topics as chastity, abortion, adoption, etc. to parishioners, especially the youth, 3) provide access to local resources for counseling, financial aid, housing, adoption information, etc., 4) mobilize the parish to provide assistance to those community resources which are there for us, such as Pregnancy Counseling Center & Casa de Los Angelitos.

Our Mission: To assist those who feel drawn to taking another look into their Catholic faith. It is a place to ask questions and voice concerns about the Church. It is a short clear process at the heart of the welcoming side of Catholicism.

Our Mission: To serve the people of St. James, and to serve in God’s will. A call to God’s service, to help in any way necessary.

Our Mission: St. James School exists to provide academic excellence within a values-oriented Catholic educational system. We work in partnership with parents to provide a comprehensive religion program that is integrated throughout the curriculum and encourages an active faith community.

The primary mission of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is to provide emergency short-term care for parish members. This care comes in many ways, but usually in the form of short-term financial aid. These funds have been used for shelter, food, utility bills, emergency car repairs, and travel. We see this effort as an evangelization of supplying material needs first, by caring during times of need, in order to address spiritual awareness.

Our Mission: To strengthen positive faith development, images, and attitudes in young children. To teach young children to appreciate their own uniqueness and become aware of the goodness of a loving God through developmentally appropriate experiences.

Our Mission: To seat people comfortably and collect the stipends for the Church (parish).

Our Mission: To ensure everyone who walks into Mass is greeted and knows we are happy to have them.