We offer weekly and monthly opportunities for adults to learn, understand and share faith in an adult setting. 

​Visit our monthly team meeting to see how we dream, plan, and present adult formation opportunities for our parish.

Contact:
Teresa Runyon 
teresa@padreserra.org
(805) 482 · 6417

Coming up

Mark your calendars for these opportunities:

• Fr. Jim Clarke ~ We are All Children of the One God
  Wednesday, September 14,
  7:00 pm. in the Serra Center.
• Dr. Paul Ford ~ Three Evenings in Narnia
  Tuesdays, October 11, 18, 25; 
  7:00 pm. in the Serra Center.
• Sr. Carol Quinlivan ~ Advent
  Wednesday, November 9
  7:00 pm, Serra Center
• Santa Barbara Regional Congress
  ​Saturday, October 15.
• Fr. David Loftus ~ Liturgy
  Tuesday, January17, 2023;
  ​7:00 pm. in the Serra Center.​

Peace & Justice

Our team works towards making Catholic social justice permeate the life of the parish, with local and global foci on the needs of the vulnerable and the excluded.

Growing in Faith at Home

​Resources for praying and learning while at home.

Adult Faith Formation Past Sessions

• ​The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice:
  ​A Month of Mediations with Ignatius of Loyola
  Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J.
• Between Sundays
  Teresa Runyon
• A Retreat with Mark's Gospel
  Rita DaCorsi
• Thriving in the New Year
  Dr. Ross Porter
• Faith and Society
• Commander Eric Tennessen, ​Rev. Julie Morris,
  ​Fr. Patrick Mullen
• Lord, Do You Really Mean 7×70 Times?
  ​Fr. Jack Stoeger​
• The Bible and the Church Fathers
  Rita DaCorsi
• ​Live, Love, Learn
  Teresa Runyon
• ​​Praying the Psalms 
  Steve Picard
• How to Vote Like a Catholic
  ​Dr. Janice Daurio
• Catholic Social Teachings and the Signs of Times
  Sr. Lisa Megaffin, SND
• ​Our Truths
  It is time we begin the healing process by listening to the experiences of our faith communities of color
• Kinship: Pandemic, BLM, ​and Elections
  Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.
• Orthodox Faith in a Complicated World
  Fr. Gary Kyriacou
  Pastor of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Camarillo
• Deep Dive into Matthew
  Fr. Patrick Mullen
• The (Scandalous) Mission of the Messiah in the Gospel of Luke
  Fr. Slawomir Szkredka
• ​Fr. Patrick's Camino​​
  ​Fr. Patrick Mullen
• Venus and Mars Revisited
  ​​Fr. Jim Clarke and Sr. Kathleen Bryant, RSC
• Family Life Matters
  Deacon Manuel Valencia

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