St. Vincent de Paul will host St. John’s Community Health and Joseph Cabaret, M.D., who will discuss opioid addiction and its prevalence in our community. All are invited.
Terri korellhome@verizon.net

​Serra Seniors are parishioners and guests who gather for spirituality and fellowship October to May.
Contact: Patricia Matthews

Come for fellowship, hot breakfast donated by Alma Via and entertainment by Jerry Weisbecker. Breakfast is free but ticket required; pick up in the parish office.
​Contact:
Teresa Runyon teresa@padreserra.org

Also visit: 

• Seniors Adaptive Exercise Class
• Seniors Christmas Luncheon
• Seniors Summer Luncheon

Join the PSP Young Adults group (18 to 29ish) for the last #TBT Food Truck Festival event of the year at the Camarillo Ranch House on Thursday, October 25. The group meets at 7:00pm in the San Juan Capistrano room to carpool. Hope to see you there!

Contact youth@padreserra.org for more information.
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Also visit: Young Adults

Through your donation, we assist those in need twice! Once by donating the goods to the thrift store to be offered to those in need at little or low cost, second as the money from the sales of items in the Thrift Store is given back to the local St Vincent de Paul chapters.

Items to donate:
Clothes, coats/jackets, shoes, pots & pans, utensils, books, DVDs/CDs, glasses, toys, belts/purses, luggage, umbrellas, helmets, sports gear, lamps.

Together we can help our neighbors in need!
​Spring collection date: April 7, 2019.

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

Also visit: Adults

The Saints are not just those we look up to as examples of living holy lives.  They are our friends in heaven. We believe that, together with them, we are one Church. They care deeply about us and we can ask them to pray for us as we journey to join them in heaven.
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Pope Francis reminds us that we can all be holy in the context of our ordinary lives. He tells us that holy ones are not gloomy but “joyful and full of good humor.”

​Each year the Church honors all the saints, named and unknown, with a special feast day. Come to mass, thank God for their example and friendship, and to strengthen us on our journey to be saints in our ordinary lives.

Transitional Kindergarten – Eighth Grade
Accredited through Western Catholic Education Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
A Landmark of Faith, Character, and Academic Excellence.

Now accepting applications for the 2019 – 2020 year.

Principal Mike Ronan invites all to school for campus tours and presentation on various programs.

• Faith – filled environment
  
• Community service learning
  
• National standardized testing
  
• Music and art programs
  
• Integrated classroom technology
  
• Outstanding high school acceptances
  
• Honors Math, Literature, and Writing Programs
  
• Foreign language
  
• Kindergarten through 8th grade
  
• Extracurricular Activities: National Junior Honor Society, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Track, Softball, Art Club, STEM Club, Chess Club, Bricks 4 Kidz, Manners 4 All, Science Club

Whether interested in giving the gift of Catholic education or just knowing about our school, all are welcome to come see this dynamic gem.

Contact:
mronan@smmschool.net
(805) 482·2611
www.smmschool.net
2534 Ventura Blvd. 
Camarillo, CA 93010 
Centrally located near the 101 FWY in Old Town

Earthen Vessels Ministry believes that all Catholics/Christians impacted by divorce remain welcome!  So we are joining together as a family-or-sorts to journey together - sharing collective lessons learned and resources available, holding each other up in prayer, and serving our community together.

Earthen Vessels offers a welcoming environment for people dealing with divorce whether they are in the earliest (often most painful) stages of grief, the initial stages of coping with difficult changes (making necessary life adjustments), or whether they are through the worst of it and now looking to move forward, grow, and serve.

Our mission is:

• To be instruments through which God can embrace Catholics/Christians who have experienced divorce, by offering acceptance, comfort, encouragement, reconciliation and healing
• To be instruments through which divorced Catholics/Christians are encouraged to listen to the Word of God, attend mass, persevere in prayer, contribute to works of charity and to community efforts for justice, bring up their children in the Christian faith, and cultivate the spirit and practice of reconciliation and thus implore, day by day, God’s grace.

Our Motto is F.R.O.G. Fully Rely On God
Contact: Jett Clyne jettclyne@gmail.com 

Also visit: Groups, Care

A New Look at Male and Female Spirituality
​Fr. Jim Clarke and Sr. Kathleen Bryant, RSC.

Spirituality is a broad subject area that has rightfully garnered much publicity in recent years.  Men and women approach this field of study and practice differently.

​In this workshop Fr. Jim and Sr. Kathy will unpack the differences through stories, analogies, images and humor.  Come and join the fun and expand your own repertoire of spiritual practices!

We provide community and spiritual support for transitioning special needs teens and young adults (16+), their families and friends. 
Meetings:

• ​November 14
• December 12
• January 9
• February 13
• March 13
• April 10
• May 8

Contact:
Monica Spooner
(805) 484·8379
monicaspooner@twc.com

Begin your holiday with fellow parishioners at mass. Our local tradition is to bring the bread, wine or cider that will be shared at your Thanksgiving table to church. Lay it on the altar steps where it will be blessed before you take it back home to serve to our loved ones.

Staff enjoy the holiday!!
November 21–23
​The office will close at noon on Wednesday and reopen on Saturday, November 24.
In case of an emergency requiring a priest please call (805) 512·3208.​

​Have a blessed holiday!

More information coming soon!

Also visit: Seniors Ministry

All are invited to this celebration of preparing our hearts, minds and lives to welcome and receive Jesus at Christmas.

Simbang Gabi signifies nine days of Christmas Novena Masses traditionally held at dawn in the Philippines. During these celebrations, churches in the Philippines are filled out the doors, and many Filipinos believe that petitions brought to the baby Jesus during these masses are likely to be answered.

After mass, people partake of traditional sweets and snacks at the town or church plaza and enjoy a sense of camaraderie and festiveness with fellow mass goers.

At Padre Serra, we celebrate this beloved tradition with a cultural Mass during Advent, after which we serve a sumptuous meal to the parish community.

“Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and heart toward the Lord.” Saint John Paul II

Praying the rosary is a distinctively Catholic experience we can share in family and community. 

Contact:
​John (805) 587·1210

​Also visit: Prayer,  Knights of Columbus

​Also visit: Groups, Spiritual