Category: Events

Friday, August 7
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Serra Center

Sincere gratitude to all who donated
on July 9 and July 16. You can save a life!

Please know:

We are checking donors’ temperatures upon check-in and masks are required to be worn by all donors.
Only healthy people are encouraged to come give blood. In fact, donors must be feeling well and free of respiratory illness symptoms, including fever, to be eligible to donate.
We are using CDC guidelines for social distances at our donor centers and blood drives.

To schedule an appointment call (805) 543·4290 or select a date below:

August 7

Questions: Teresa Runyon (805) 482·6417 x322
teresa@padreserra.org

Also visit: Outreach

Faith Formation for Children and Teens at Padre Serra!

7/31/2020

Live a Life of Faith, Understanding and Love...

Registration begins June 1!

Online Registration

Questions contact:
Tere Delgado
tere@padreserra.org
(805) 482·6417 x347

Third Thursday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm
via Zoom

Our parish community invites you for a virtual evening of prayer, study and action.

We will continue our focus on personal and systemic racism as well as every form of violence and domination. We will be looking through the lens of Gratitude, the second phase of our Examen. Join us as we together bring the peace of Christ into this transformative moment of struggle and grace.

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass

Please RSVP to receive the login information
Deacon Luc (805) 444·1563, lucpapillon@gmail.com or Gary Freeberg gfreeberg@gmail.com

About PAX Christi:
Grounded in the gospel and Catholic social teaching, our PAX Christi ministry seeks to model the peace of Christ in our witness to the nonviolence of the cross through prayer, study and action rooted in justice for the common good of all God's children.

Also visit: Groups

Our Truths

7/29/2020

A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, August 11
7:00 - 8:30 pm
via Zoom

“The Catholic community stands with all people who struggle for an end to racism and violence, in our families, in our places of worship, in our communities and in our world. We must continue to build bridges and we must confront racism and violence with a commitment to life, a vision of hope, and a call to action,” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, President of the U.S. Bishops Conference, June 19, 2015.

With this call to action, we can no longer stay silent or idle to the persistence of racism embedded in our institutions and public policies and how it impacts us personally. It is time we begin the healing process by listening to the experiences of our faith communities of color. May we be present with our compassionate hearts to listen to their voices and truths.

Panelists include: Nirmala Bheemisetty, Martita Martinez-Bravo, and Cynthia Jones-Campbell

Young Adults

7/10/2020

We are gathering via Zoom until the current COVID19 situation is resolved and we’re allowed to meet again. We will be doing a Bible Study with some other activities mixed in. See our Instagram @pspyoungadult or Facebook
@PadreSerraYA for other events!

For more information please contact brett@padreserra.org

Everyone 18 to 39ish is welcome!

Thursdays
7:00 pm
Carmel Room

For those who want to grow deeper in their Catholic faith through discussion, community building, spiritual activities, and service projects. For more information contact youngadults@padreserra.org

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Writers Group

7/5/2020

Fridays
10:00am - 12:00pm
San Fernando room

We gather virtually. We pray virtually. We write.

If you enjoy writing, you are welcome any Friday to share your work and to listen to the inspiring writing of others. Fridays 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, online.

Contact:
Linda Lowe

New members are welcome anytime to our friendly group.

We explore and practice different types of writing and read our work to one another each week. Some days we do “free writing” for ten minutes on a chosen topic.

Other weeks we read our prepared pieces (up to 500 words) on a designated subject. Our comments on one another’s writing are constructive and honor the deep feelings that are expressed.

We share each other resources about writing , and equally the responsibility for the successful working of the group.

Our topics are not overtly “religious,” but give us an opportunity to express the concerns of our souls. Many consider the experience to be healing. We encourage humor and playfulness; we laugh a lot. This is as much a faith sharing group as it is a writing group. We pray together. We take care of one another.

Also visit: Adults

Peer Leaders

7/5/2020

During our current crisis, we are moving our regular gatherings to video gatherings via zoom. Ask Brett to add you to our GroupMe to keep you updated.

Tuesdays
7:30 - 9:00 pm
San Juan Capistrano room

Everyone confirmed, 14 to 39ish is welcome!
Dates are subject to change, ask Brett to add you to our GroupMe to keep you updated.

Peer leaders help engage our confirmation candidates by acting as mentors and facilitators during our weekly confirmation sessions, our annual retreats, and at 4:12 youth nights.

If you are confirmed and are interested in joining our team, or if you have any questions, contact youth@padreserra.org

Visit also: Youth and Young Adults

Seeds of Faith

7/1/2020

Third Monday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Join us online! Contact Cynthia

SEEDS (Sisters ~ Embracing ~ Enlightening ~ Daughters of Faith) is a monthly evening of spirituality for women to meet in fellowship to share the Word of God and grow in faith.

Contact:
Gwen Ripplinger
gwendolynjoy1@hotmail.com

Also visit: Women's Ministry, Groups

Mass Schedule

6/10/2020

Please visit our COVID-19 web page for the latest Liturgy updates.

COVID-19

Photography by Jeff Edelstein

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

6/8/2020

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena
Wednesdays
6:30 - 7:30 pm

Come join us every week for an online hour of prayer and devotion to our Mother Mary.

Contact:
Madel Mercado

Also visit: Groups, Prayer, Filipino Ministry

On June 13, 2018 we celebrated the third anniversary of the start of our devotion.

Men's Retreat

3/3/2020

Once a year the men of our parish join with other Catholic men from around the diocese for a weekend silent retreat at the Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre, materdolorosa.org

For more information, please contact:
Dave McCormick
dave.mccormick.mba@gmail.com

Also visit: Groups, Spiritual, Men's Ministry, Retreats

Women’s Retreats

2/26/2020

We offer a variety of retreat styles to meet the needs of the women and friends of our parish family.

Silent Retreat 2021
Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in
Sierra Madre

Contact: Eileen Richards

Weekend Retreat 2022
Mary & Joseph Retreat Center
5300 Crest Rd, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Due to the uncertainties of this pandemic and for the well being of our parishioners, the decision has been made to cancel the January 2021 women's retreat.

We look forward to the 2022 retreat on January 21 - 23 with Sr. Gretchen Hailer.

For more information contact Teresa Runyon: teresa@padreserra.org

Also visit: Women's Ministry, Groups, Retreats, Spiritual

Graduates Blessing Mass

2/25/2020

Sunday, June 21
11:00 am Mass

Attention all new high school and college graduates! You are invited to celebrate your accomplishment with a special blessing. Please bring your mortarboard.
Parents and grandparents, please invite all of the new grads in your life.

Brett Becker
youthministry@padreserra.org
Also visit: Youth, Young Adults

Friday, August 712:00 - 4:00 pmSerra Center

Live a Life of Faith, Understanding and Love...​

Third Thursday of the month7:00 - 8:30 pmvia Zoom

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A Panel DiscussionTuesday, August 117:00 - 8:30 pmvia Zoom

For Zoom link please RSVP

Thursdays7:00 pmCarmel Room

Fridays10:00am - 12:00pmSan Fernando room

Tuesdays7:30 - 9:00 pm​​​San Juan Capistrano room

Third Monday of the month7:00 - 8:30 pm

Our Lady of Perpetual Help NovenaWednesdays6:30 - 7:30 pm

Silent Retreat 2021Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre

Weekend Retreat 2022Mary & Joseph Retreat Center5300 Crest Rd, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Sunday, June 21​11:00 am Mass

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Friday, August 7
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Serra Center

Live a Life of Faith, Understanding and Love...

Third Thursday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm
via Zoom

A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, August 11
7:00 - 8:30 pm
via Zoom

Thursdays
7:00 pm
Carmel Room

Fridays
10:00am - 12:00pm
San Fernando room

Tuesdays
7:30 - 9:00 pm
San Juan Capistrano room

Third Monday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena
Wednesdays
6:30 - 7:30 pm

Silent Retreat 2021
Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in
Sierra Madre

Weekend Retreat 2022
Mary & Joseph Retreat Center
5300 Crest Rd, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Sunday, June 21
11:00 am Mass

News
ARCHIVES

Reconciliation (Confession)

Church Hours

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

Address

Staff Login

Contact Communication