St James the Apostle, brother of John, sons of Zebedee, among the small group to witness the Transfiguration of Jesus and the first of the Twelve to suffer martyrdom. By tradition his body was taken to Compostela, which remains a pilgrimage site to this day.

                                                          Psalm 34:8

  

  Taste 

  & see

   that the Lord is good; 

   happy are they who trust in him. 

                               Almond torte marked with the cross of St James 

At the very bottom of our diocesan shield there

 is a shell, symbol of St James, sinceRobert 

Woltersdorff , our first diocesan Bishop 

(1974) came from St James La Jolla. 

Pour upon 

the leaders of

 your Church 

that spirit of 

self--denying 

service by which a

lone they have true 

authority among  

your people  - Collect