Everyone is welcome to enjoy our lovely Serra Center backyard. The kids can play and the grownups can relax!
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July 12 - BYOD (Bring Your Own Dinner)​
July 19 ~ Tacos by Establos ($10 plate/person)
July 26 ~ Burgers cooked by the Knights of Columbus. 
​You bring the side dishes to share; the parish will provide paper goods and toppings.
August 2 ~ Chili Cook Off
Bring your appetite and join the fun as our parishioner amateur chefs work their culinary magic and compete for the title of Padre Serra Best Chili!
Please bring enough to share along with a salad, side or cornbread.

Contact anne@padreserra.org

Also visit: Everyone, Seasonal

Fraudulent emails are being sent by an individual posing as Father Patrick. Please do not email with the individual, divulge any personal information or provide money/credit card/gift card payments. Father Patrick will never request money from any parishioner by email. We have alerted the authorities of this continuing problem. Please forward any questionable emails claiming to be from Father Patrick to gaby@padreserra.org

​Phishing/Spoofing Prevention Tips

• Be suspicious of any unsolicited email requesting personal information.
• Avoid filling out forms in email messages that ask for personal information.
• Always compare the link in the email to the link that you are actually directed to.
• Log on to the official website, instead of "linking" to it from an unsolicited email.
• Contact the actual business that supposedly sent the email to verify if the email is genuine.

To report potential e-scams, please go the Internet Crime Complaint Center and file a report.

Featuring soprano, Heidi Valencia Vass, with pianists, Eric Kinsley and Aidan Vass; flutist, Caitlin Boruch; and cellist, Celine Gietzen (a Camarillo resident). The program explores music inspired by faith and beauty.

The program features Bach’s iconic Cantata 82a for solo soprano. Maurice Ravel’s moving 'Deux mélodies hébraïques', and Olivier Messiaen’s haunting 'Vocalise-Étude'. Also on the program is a new piece by Los Angeles Philharmonic young composer fellow, Aidan Vass. Closing the program is a series of improvised arrangements of some of the most iconic hymns in the Christian canon. 

Please come early, the truck will leave once filled.
​Items cannot be left in the office or food bin in church.

Help us improve the lives of local children and families in need by donating your usable discards of clothing, household goods, and miscellaneous items - as well as rags and newspapers - when you come to church! *No electronics please*

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.

For free pickup of large donations like furniture, large appliances, and vehicles, please call St. Vincent de Paul at (323) 224·6280 or (800) 974·3571.

Together we can help our neighbors in need!

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

Main course and paper goods provided!
Water, soda, wine, and beer available for purchase.
Entertainment, games and activities for all ages!
Bring your chairs and blankets.

ACE Trio Members:
Shannon Canchola, Flute
Ryan Glass, Clarinet
Jason Stoll, Piano
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Featuring works by Howard Blake, Astor Piazzola, Judd Greenstein, Chris Rogerson, Daniel Dorff, and Guillaume Connesson.

Performing their own innovative arrangements and all accessible contemporary music by living composers from around the world, ACE Trio is devoted to bringing a fresh sound, new perspective, and new understanding to the contemporary music world.

ACE Trio thrives from educating audiences on the world of contemporary music and expert arranging. Every recital has been dedicated to carefully explaining the details to listen for in modern music, and choosing new music that all types of audiences can appreciate (musically trained and non-musically trained). Our mission is to help promote and ensure the survival of classical music through performance of these works.

Also visit: Music

Through this series of fourteen stations, we recall Jesus’ great love for us. This beautiful, ancient prayer commemorates successive incidents on Jesus' journey from condemnation by Pilate to his crucifixion and burial. Stations of the Cross is most commonly prayed during Lent, particularly on Fridays especially Good Friday, but can be prayed at any time.

Consider praying the Stations in our prayer garden. Use one of three versions, found in the garden’s box:

• ​Traditional Stations of the Cross
  (follows the 14  traditional events, depicted in our garden)
• Scriptural Stations
  developed by St. Pope John Paul II (invites us to follow 14 events, different from the traditional)
• Family

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Also visit: Lent,  Prayer

• Fast from worry
• Fast from judging others and negativity
• Fast from pessimism and complaining
• Fast from anger about things and hostility towards people
• Fast from anxiety and bitterness
• Fast from self-righteousness and grudges
• Fast from greed and deceit
• Fast from envy and arrogance

​Also visit: Lent

For centuries, this popular tradition of blessing homes is associated with today’s solemnity of the Epiphany. For this blessing ritual, you will need chalk and a small bottle of holy water. Begin by gathering family members and friends around the front door of your home.

Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
      Let us pray. May Christ bless this home. Amen.

With chalk, sign the main door: 20 + C + M + B + 19                     
      The numbers represent the new year and the letters represent the initials of the Magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. It may also be interpreted as the Latin phrase "Christus mansionem benedicat" which means "Christ bless this house."

Leader:  A reading from the book of Deuteronomy.
      Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength. These commandments I give you are to be in your hearts. Place them on the door-frames of your home and on your entry gate. The Word of the Lord.

Then move inside to sprinkle each room with holy water.

• Living room 
  Bring us to live with you one day in heaven.
  Bless this room, O Lord. Amen. 
• Kitchen
  The celestial feast awaits us.
  Bless this room, O Lord. Amen. 
• Dining room
  Seat us at the heavenly banquet.
  Bless this room, O Lord. Amen. 
• Bedrooms
  Be our renewal and our rest.
  Bless this room, O Lord. Amen. 
• Bathroom
  Make us clean with fresh water.
  ​Bless this room, O Lord. Amen.

All return to the front door to pray together:
Our Father…

Leader:
Bless this household through all the days to come, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Every Sunday morning, rain or shine, we serve coffee, donuts and fresh fruit after each Mass.
This is a great opportunity for adults, teens and children to share in friendship, fellowship, and conversation. Working side-by-side pouring joe and serving dough!
Ministers of coffee and donuts needed. To get involved, contact: ​
Richard king407@aol.com

Also visit: Weekend Experience

Our parish charters Troop #257 for boys in grades 6-12. For more information about Boy Scouts in general please visit their website or the Ventura County Council.
​For more information about Boy Scouts, please contact:
Terry Tong 
​terrytong76@gmail.com

​For more information about Girl Scouts, please contact:
Karen Fraser
(805) 987 · 8432
fraserclan5@verizon.net