Parish
The church and associated school were closed in 2006, when, after a lengthy court battle, the Diocese of Pennsylvania assumed control of the property. The congregation of St James the Less had disaffiliated from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1999 over theological differences, and the diocese sued the parish in 2001 to seize the property. The Pennsylvania courts eventually decided that while the parish owns the property, there exists an “implied trust” in favor of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, and the congregation left.
The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel is an Anglican Use Roman Catholic parish continuing the parochial and congregational life of the Church of Saint James the Less. Sunday Mass is at 9:00 am at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 140 E. Mount Airy Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
In the summer of 2008, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania voted to allow St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, to adopt the Church of St. James the Less as a mission of St. Mark's. With the assumption of St. James as a mission of St. Mark's a weekly celebration of Mass was resumed on Sundays at 5:00 pm.
In June 2009, the first City Camp took place, where children aged from 6-12 participated in a Vacation Bible School. A help from St. Francis Episcopal Church (Potomac, Maryland) and St. Mark's Episcopal Church made this event possible. It lasted from June 22, 2009 to June 27, 2009, although members from both churches helped before and after to make it possible. A second successful City Camp was held in 2010.
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