St James has many groups and clubs to get involved in:

• Quilting (Mother Seton) - contact Kathy Brunstad
• Knitting (St. Anne's Yarners) - contact Kathy Brunstad 
• Crafting (St. Elizabeth) - contact Cindy Sarazen
• Book Club - contact Sally Julson
• and more.....

The primary groups are the Parish Council of Catholic Women and the Knights of Columbus.

Both groups are very active supporting the parish and community with their time, talent, and treasure. Each is a great way to meet other women or men in the parish!
 

Knights of Columbus Roundtable

A men’s fraternal organization committed to spiritual growth that is open to all Catholic men age 18 and older. The Knights respond to parish and community needs. The St. James Roundtable is the parish arm of the Eau Claire Knights of Columbus John F. Kennedy Council #1257.

Contact

Terry Griffin | 715-835-6979

St James Parish Council of Catholic Women

This women’s group assists in religious, educational, social and economic endeavors of the parish. General meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month. The PCCW is open to women of the parish 18 years of age or older.

We are: Women of Service:

• We serve funeral lunches
• We offer assistance to Dove residents who attend Thursday Mass
• We provide activities for residents at Dove; apple pie making and bingo
• We provide hospitality after Thanksgiving services
• We provide hospitality for the Mission and on Sundays
• We deliver Christmas Poinsettias and cookies to the homebound
• We supervise and organize church cleaning
• We make Baptismal gowns, quilts and lap robes
• We actively support all charitable collections sponsored by St James
• We sponsor bake sales to raise funds for charitable works

• We provide scholarships to eighth graders beginning High School at Regis
• We provide monies to: Triniteam, Family Promise, Sojourner House, Literacy Volunteers, Stand in the Light Memory Choir, Just Us Walk for Justice, St Francis Indian Mission, St James Religious Ed, St James School, Books to St James classrooms, St James Walk for Virtues, Sonshine Days and Our Sister Parish in Puerto Rico.
• We provide money for the needy of the parish
• We send Easter gifts to the Diocesan Seminarians (28 in 2018)
• We give Christmas gifts to Parish Staff
• We purchase items as needed for the kitchen and the rectory
• We send greeting cards to the sick of the Parish

• We always pray at our meetings.
• We offer Masses for our deceased members
• We recite a rosary at each funeral for women of St James
• We strive to live quiet lives of virtue and prayer as we give of ourselves for St James and the Whole Church.