St James' Church
St James' has a tradition of being the local church. As custodians of this inheritance, we recognise that the strength of our parish lies within us: to nurture our faith, to assume responsibility for our pastoral needs and to maintain St James' Church as a house of prayer.
Patron Saint
The church's patron saint is St James the Greater, an apostle of Jesus and the brother of Saint John the Evangelist.
The church was most likely named after this saint because he was the patron saint of the first Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, James Goold and also of the first Parish Priest of Richmond, Rev James Madden.
St James the Greater, traditionally considered to be the first apostle to be martyred, is the patron of of pilgrims and Spain.
His feast day is 25 July.
Image of St James courtesy of turnbacktogod.com