(805) 482·6417
Padre Serra Parish
  • Home
    • This Month
    • Happening Now
    • Coming Soon
    • Quick Links
    • Events By Age
  • About
    • Parish
    • Gallery
    • Groups
    • Homilies >
      • Homilies 2021
      • Homilies 2020
      • Homilies 2019
      • Homilies 2018
      • Homilies 2017
    • Ministries A - Z >
      • Ongoing Ministries
    • Music >
      • Jason Stoll
    • Pastor >
      • Online with Fr. Patrick
    • Prayer
    • Sacraments >
      • Baptism
      • Reconciliation
      • Eucharist
      • Confirmation
      • Marriage >
        • Wedding Liturgy Music Planner
      • Holy Orders
      • Anointing of the Sick
    • Stations of the Cross
  • Encounter
    • Children >
      • Spark! at Home
      • Spark! Grade 5
      • Faith Formation Videos
    • Youth
    • Young Adults
    • Adults >
      • A Retreat with Mark's Gospel
      • The Bible and the Church Fathers
      • Catholic Social Teaching
      • Gospel Hangout
      • Growing in Faith at Home
      • JustFaith
      • Lord, Do You Really Mean 7×70 Times?
      • Live, Love, Learn
      • Praying the Psalms
      • The University Series
      • Thriving in the New Year
    • Seniors
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Lent
  • Engage
    • Book of Intentions
    • Calendar
    • Fairways to Heaven >
      • Fairways Gallery
      • Register Online
    • Mass
    • Mass Intentions
    • Reopening Home
    • Presiders
    • Sponsors
    • Volunteer
  • Contact
    • Baptisms
    • Contact Us
    • Directory
    • eNews Sign up
    • Funerals
    • I need help
    • Join
    • Weddings
    • Safeguard the Children >
      • VIRTUS®
      • Fingerprinting
    • Serra Center
  • News
    • COVID-19
    • Watch
  • Give
  • Home
    • This Month
    • Happening Now
    • Coming Soon
    • Quick Links
    • Events By Age
  • About
    • Parish
    • Gallery
    • Groups
    • Homilies >
      • Homilies 2021
      • Homilies 2020
      • Homilies 2019
      • Homilies 2018
      • Homilies 2017
    • Ministries A - Z >
      • Ongoing Ministries
    • Music >
      • Jason Stoll
    • Pastor >
      • Online with Fr. Patrick
    • Prayer
    • Sacraments >
      • Baptism
      • Reconciliation
      • Eucharist
      • Confirmation
      • Marriage >
        • Wedding Liturgy Music Planner
      • Holy Orders
      • Anointing of the Sick
    • Stations of the Cross
  • Encounter
    • Children >
      • Spark! at Home
      • Spark! Grade 5
      • Faith Formation Videos
    • Youth
    • Young Adults
    • Adults >
      • A Retreat with Mark's Gospel
      • The Bible and the Church Fathers
      • Catholic Social Teaching
      • Gospel Hangout
      • Growing in Faith at Home
      • JustFaith
      • Lord, Do You Really Mean 7×70 Times?
      • Live, Love, Learn
      • Praying the Psalms
      • The University Series
      • Thriving in the New Year
    • Seniors
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Lent
  • Engage
    • Book of Intentions
    • Calendar
    • Fairways to Heaven >
      • Fairways Gallery
      • Register Online
    • Mass
    • Mass Intentions
    • Reopening Home
    • Presiders
    • Sponsors
    • Volunteer
  • Contact
    • Baptisms
    • Contact Us
    • Directory
    • eNews Sign up
    • Funerals
    • I need help
    • Join
    • Weddings
    • Safeguard the Children >
      • VIRTUS®
      • Fingerprinting
    • Serra Center
  • News
    • COVID-19
    • Watch
  • Give

​News

Bulletins

Adopt-A-Family this Christmas

12/31/2020

 
Picture
Thank you from Adopt-A-Family
St. Vincent de Paul, our parish outreach ministry, thanks to all those parishioners who participated in the Adopt-A-Family program this past Christmas. Because of your generosity and goodwill, 21 families received Christmas gifts this year. Thank you very much.  May God’s blessing be yours in the New Year!
​
About
This program meets a critical need in assisting our local community of families who have experienced a greater than usual financial hardship due to the pandemic. 
We are looking for families, who have been blessed this year and want to give back in gratitude, to participate by purchasing Christmas gifts for the family members they adopt. Your support will bring joy to your family as well as to the family you adopt during this holiday season.

​​​Questions or to participate:
Annette Prosser (805) 558·7134, annetteprosser@gmail.com

Thank you!

Also visit: St. Vincent de Paul, Groups, Outreach

Merry Christmas (Still)!

12/27/2020

 
Dear Faith Family,
 
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
 
Do you know what is great about our Church? Although it may seem like Christmas ended on Friday night, our Church loves to celebrate Christmas for weeks, even after we’ve opened our presents and spent time with family. I know I probably write about this frequently, but it’s a good reminder for myself as well.
 
If we believe in the life changing fact that God became man for our eternal lives, we should extend the party even further! With such a huge event in our lives, it is worth taking time so reflect on the joy of the birth of our savior.
 
According to the liturgical calendar, Advent actually ends on Christmas Eve. But once that ends, we officially begin celebrating the Christmas season which ends with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, which is usually the second Sunday of January.
 
If the lays out this plan, how should we celebrate? That’s where the beauty of this time really shines, because it is absolutely up to you!
 
Daily devotions? Sure! Giving yourself an extra deadline to deliver gifts to loved ones? Of course! Baking Cookies in the shape of John the Baptist? Why not?! In whatever way you want to celebrate, feel free to do so. The goal is to hold onto the glory of the Incarnation beyond the scene of the Nativity. Joy should not be confined only within Christmas day.  The birth of our Lord should encompass our lives every day of the year.
 
To be honest, this might be the year to really dive into the joy of our Savior. It’s not a well kept secret, but this year has been difficult. Why not give ourselves a reason to pursue joy even further?
So I just want to say Merry Christmas to all of you! It may seem a couple days late, but in reality, it’s only just begun.
 
God Bless,
Brett
Picture

Merry Christmas!

12/25/2020

 
It makes me happy to get Christmas Cards, to see the family pictures, and even to receive the generic year-in-review letters that come in many of them. I know these letters usually give a curated, Facebook kind of glance at people’s lives, but I enjoy them anyway.

This year, though, many of my Christmas letters have started with something along the line of “What a year this has been!” or “We’re all so glad in the Smith family that 2020 is coming to an end!” It’s clear that people haven’t been travelling, or celebrating with big family get-togethers and meals out. It has even noted that the included group photo was actually from last year. People say right up front just how much they miss everyone. Life and death finding a way regardless, baptisms, weddings, graduations and funerals have gone on, as I know firsthand. Often, though, with travel restrictions, if these important events happened at a great distance, they happened without us. Sigh.

There is an authenticity to this. The first Christmas, as portrayed in the Gospels, stripped of our romantic notions, was a story of hardship. Pregnant, completely worn out by travel, in a strange town, and displaced by the crowd, giving birth in a place where animals dwelt – this is no one’s dream of the birth of a baby. We only darken the picture further by pointing out that the Romans were as dark a plague on the face of the earth as the Coronavirus, and were displacing people so that they could know how much to tax their conquered neighbors.

Angels still found reason to sing about it. I hope that you are able to find reasons to sing about it, too.

No matter how dark the world can seem, how painful our bodies get, how much we have to struggle, we are loved by Emmanuel, God with us. Regardless of how politics unfolded, or international relations decayed, or raging wildfires consumed, we are loved by Emmanuel, God with us. In spite of rancorous debate on how to address the pandemic, or the struggle to educate children, and the terrible loss for business owners and employees, we are loved by Emmanuel, God with us.
Picture
Take that love seriously. In fact, bathe your weary hearts in that love, and carry on. Get in the procession with Joseph and Mary, far from home and comfort, and fearful for Mary’s health, and the baby’s, and maybe your own…and carry on.
Even in these days, I wish you a blessed and merry Christmas!
​

Fr. Patrick

Christmas Mass

12/21/2020

 

Christmas Eve Mass

Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!
There will be Holy Communion after the 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass. Everyone is asked to park their car and walk to the gazebo in front of the church courtyard. Please maintain social distancing, and wear your masks over nose and mouth. When you have received, step well to the side, away from everyone else, before removing your mask and prayerfully receiving the Lord. If there are many communicants, there will be a second station on the other side of the large Tau cross out front. If you have mobility challenges, you may park in front of the cross, in the unloading area, and Communion will be brought to you.
Watch Mass
Picture
Photo by Julius Acero

Luz Villarama

12/17/2020

 

1924 - 2020

Funeral Liturgy
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
9:00 am
Padre Serra Parish

​Funeral
Following Mass
Conejo Mountain

Advent and Catholic Inquiry

12/13/2020

 
Those of us who have been Catholics all our lives take the symbols and rituals of Advent for granted. But for those who are seeking to join the Church, the pre-Christmas season presents an opportunity to immerse themselves more deeply into the Catholic way of life.

They catch the spirit of joyful anticipation as they worship with us on Sundays. They are full of questions about the Advent wreath, the liturgical colors, and the meaning of the scriptures chosen for Advent. They learn the Catholic way of preparing for Christmas by watching online Mass and participating in works of charity like Angel Tags.

The Catholic-seekers among us can be models of wonder and awe for those of us who may have become a little less enthusiastic about the season. Invite your non-Catholic Friends and relatives to attend Mass on the Grass with you. It may refresh your sense of this meaningful time of year.

​If you or anyone you know is interested in finding out more about the Catholic Church, please contact Catherine Shadduck at (805) 482·6417 x331 or catherine@padreserra.org

Angel Tags

12/8/2020

 
Thank You from Angel Tags!
​
Thank you to everyone who bought gifts or sent in donations for our Angel Christmas Gift program. Together $16,000 was donated in gift cards and donations plus all the gifts which allowed our parish to bring gifts to the RAIN shelter, the seniors at OASIS, the Ventura County Youth Facility, Immaculate Conception Parish in New Cuyama, St. Francis Parish in Fillmore, and San Salvador Mission in Piru. A special thank you to our Confirmation kids who collected Target gift cards for the Confirmation group in New Cuyama. They were so touched by your generosity.

Questions:
Geralyn Moody
​angeltags@padreserra.org

Picture
Every year, our parish helps over 1,100 children and adults have a special Christmas morning. This year we are collecting gifts for RAIN, OASIS, Ventura County Youth Correctional Facility, St. Francis Parish in Fillmore, San Salvador Mission in Piru, and Immaculate Conception Parish in New Cuyama. 
​
Also visit: Outreach, Advent

New Year’s Resolutions

12/6/2020

 
Have you or someone you know been thinking about joining the Catholic Church but not yet taken that next step to inquire? Make it one of your New Year’s resolutions!
For more information please contact Catherine at (805) 482·6417 x331 or catherine@padreserra.org

What sort of persons ought we to be?

12/5/2020

 
Dear Friends,
 
The Advent season gives us some wonderful scripture readings and this weekend’s seem particularly suited to the time in which we live.
 
Comfort, give comfort to my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her service is at an end,
her guilt is expiated;
indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD
double for all her sins.
 
Isaiah’s prophecy in the first reading may ring true or false depending on what our experience of 2020 has been, but when we hear it as part of the promise that the Lord would redeem Israel and in light of the reality of Jesus Christ’s presence and action in the world, the truth of it rings clear.
 
Do you ever succumb to the temptation (as I do) to put off necessary work and growth because of a complacent reliance on God’s mercy and patience? Today’s second reading can help us properly realign. The first part is an encouragement to trust God and to be patient as he is patient: “Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard ‘delay,’ but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
 
The next sentence deals decisively with the complacency I mentioned: “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.” So, my friends, what we do and what we say matter: “Since everything is to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be?” “…eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.”
 
 The mighty Advent figure John the Baptist we encounter in the gospel (this, year, Mark’s) proclaims a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
 
John has a healthy understanding of his own place in the scheme of things and so should we. He is content to be a creature, not the Creator; a messenger, not the Message; a humble servant, not the Master.
Jesus sent the apostles out to preach the Gospel and to baptize (a mission given also to us by our baptism). We are sent as they were to “give comfort to my people”. May we embrace that call so that we can sincerely make the Advent cry “Maranatha”, “waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God.”
 
Siempre Adelante,
 
Dominic MacAller
Music and Liturgy Minister
Picture

Evelyn McMillion

12/4/2020

 

1940 - 2020

Funeral Liturgy
Monday, December 14, 2020
11:00 am
Padre Serra Parish

​Funeral
Not at this time

Advent Reconciliation

12/1/2020

 
♪ Let every heart prepare him room ♪
We decorate our homes for Christmas. Even more important is readying our hearts, both for the Lord’s return at the end of time, and to celebrate His birthday.

Examine your life. Confess your sins. Trust the Lord’s mercy. Celebrate with joy.

Also visit: Advent
Picture

    NEWS CATEGORIES

    All
    Adults
    Advent
    Altar Servers
    Audio
    Becoming Catholic
    Behind The Scenes
    Bulletins
    Children
    Confirmation
    Eucharist
    Events
    Everyone
    Faith Formation
    Friday
    Funerals & Memorials
    Giving
    Knights Of Columbus
    Lent
    Liturgy
    Men
    Message Of The Week
    Monday
    Music
    Ongoing
    Other Notes
    Parish Safeguard
    Photo Albums
    Reconciliation
    Retreats
    RSVP
    Saturday
    Scouts
    Seasonal
    Seniors
    SMMS
    Special Needs
    Spiritual
    Sunday
    Support
    SVdP
    Thursday
    Tuesday
    Virtual
    Volunteer
    Wednesday
    Wellness
    Women
    Workshops
    Young Adults
    Youth


    Past News
    ARCHIVES

    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    January 2017
    May 2016
    April 2016
    September 2015
    April 2015


    RSS Feed

Mass Schedule

Monday to Friday, 8:00 am
Saturday, 4:00 pm Mass on the Grass
Sunday, 9:00 am Mass on the Grass
Sunday, 11:00 am Online Mass
Sunday, 4:00 pm Mass on the Grass

​​Reconciliation (Confession)

Saturday, 2:30 to 3:30 pm
​​or by appointment:
Barbara Morgan
​
​(805) 482·6417 x324​

Blessed Sacrament Chapel Hours

Monday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Vertical Divider

Telephone

(805) 482 · 6417
(805) 987 · 8100  FAX

For emergencies requiring
a priest after hours,
such as serious illness or death,
​please call:

​(805) 512 · 3208

Email Us

(staff first name)@padreserra.org
​
parish@padreserra.org

Address​

5205 Upland Road, Camarillo, CA 93012

Guest WiFi

Login: psp-guest
​Password: pspwelcome
Bulletin
Calendar
Donate
Join Email List
For eNews you can trust.
Sitemap

Staff Login​

​Contact Communication

​Disclaimer