If you pick up the newspaper or turn on the television to watch the news, chances are the leading stories are going to be about what is wrong with today's world. Our media outlets feed on violence, hate, and things gone wrong. With all this negative media it easy to become discouraged. It becomes harder and harder to see the good things in life and the beauty in the world around us.

Welcome to the Saint James Parish blog, the latest addition to our parish website. The first thing about this blog that will probably come to mind is the meaning of the title, "Credo." Credo is latin for "I believe" or the more common English translation, "We believe." (The English word "creed" is derived from the latin word "Credo.") These are the first words of the Nicene Creed which we recite every Sunday during mass outlining our core list of Catholic beliefs.