Faith Facts
Sts Phillip and James: On May 3rd, the Church celebrates the Feast of Saints Philip and James to honour two early disciples of Jesus, who were among the original Twelve Apostles.
Saint Philip the apostle was one of the first of the disciples that Jesus called to follow him. On the way from Judea to Galilee, Jesus found Philip and said, “Follow me.” Philip obeyed immediately. He was present at the miracle of the loaves and the fishes just before the Lord’s Passion. The St. James of this feast day is James the Less, or Lesser, who was the brother of the Apostle Jude Thaddeus; both being sons of Alphaeus and of one of the “Three Marys” at the Cross. St. James’ body is in a church that bears his name in the city of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The church is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the world.
