St. James Church

St. James Church is a Catholic church at 125 Harrison Avenue in Boston, MA 02111. It is one of 363 churches in Boston, and one of 25 Catholic congregations in the city.

We at St. James’s are not a perfect community, but we take seriously the commandment to LOVE our neighbors: it is the HEART of who we are and who we are becoming.

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125 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02111

Service times

  • Tuesday 9am · Morning Prayer
  • Thursday 8pm · Biweekly Evening Compline
  • Tuesday 10am

Phone: (617) 542-8498 · Website: https://sites.google.com/view/bccc-stjames

St. James Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 390 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Massachusetts — 18,927 across the United States on The Church Map.

From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.

Ministries at St. James Church

  • Food pantry
  • Community meal
  • Mission fund

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Latest from St. James's Episcopal Church - Cambridge's YouTube channel: Pentecost 17/Creation 3, 9.20.26 (all videos).

The community around St. James Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 4,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Social Isolation: 42.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.2% (22.0–40.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 24.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Boston city is served by 162 churches — about one congregation for every 4,110 residents.

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