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Angel Tags

10/3/2021

Christmas Gift Giving
Donations are accepted until Saturday,
December 11.

Help a child or adult have a special Christmas
morning!

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.

Questions:
Geralyn Moody
angeltags@padreserra.org

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.

Also visit: Outreach, Advent

Thanksgiving Day Liturgy

10/2/2021

Thursday, November 25
9:00 am
Church and Online

Did you know that Eucharist means thanksgiving?
Our local tradition is to bring the bread, wine or cider that will be shared at the Thanksgiving table to church. We lay them on the altar steps where they will be blessed before we take them back home to serve to those we love. This year, since we are celebrating virtually, please have the bread, wine or cider handy wherever you're watching the livestream and we will bless it as you hold it.

Have a blessed holiday! November 25 to 27
The parish office will close at noon on Wednesday and reopen on Monday. In case of an emergency requiring a priest please call (805) 512·3208.

Watch Mass

Photography by Julius Acero

Also visit: Prayer

Catechetical Sunday

9/26/2021

Catechetical Sunday is a day set aside to recognize the vocation and ministry of teaching and sharing the faith with others. A wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each baptized person plays in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel.

On this day catechists throughout the diocese, and country, are commissioned and dedicate themselves to their vocation of teaching the faith to the children, teens and adults of our parish community.

The catechists of our parish, wonderful men and
women who answered YES to the call to be present and walk the faith journey with the adults, youth and children of the parish, are called forth to receive a blessing and be formally commissioned to continue the beautiful labor of sharing and growing in the faith.

To all catechists in our lives, parents and grandparents, priests and deacons, religious sisters, church family, all who have been encounters of Jesus in our lives, we thank you!

Also visit: Children, Youth, Adults, RCIA

Young Adults

5/14/2021

Everyone 18 to 39ish is welcome!

First and Third Thursday of the month
7:00 pm
Serra Center's Backyard

For those who want to grow deeper in their Catholic faith through discussion, community building, spiritual activities, and service projects.
On the first Thursday, we do a Bible study, and on the third Thursday, we play a game. Masks and social distancing are required.
See our Instagram @pspyoungadult or Facebook @PadreSerraYA for other events!
For more information please contact brett@padreserra.org
For more information contact youngadults@padreserra.org

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CROP Walk

5/6/2021

Thank you from Crop Walk 2021
No distance could keep the good folks of Camarillo from coming together to raise a total of $14,170. Gratitude to the people of Padre Serra who contributed $6,033.

About
“O God, to those who have hunger, give bread, And to us who have bread, give the hunger for justice.”
-Latin American prayer

Every March our parish joins with other Camarillo churches and neighbors from different faiths, cultures and ages, to stand against hunger in our local community and the world.

The reason we walk is because “they walk”. Hungry people in developing countries typically walk as much as six miles a day to get food, water, and fuel and to take their goods to market. We walk to be in solidarity with their struggle for existence. Together we raise awareness and funds.

The funds raised will fight hunger around the world and our local food pantries: St. Mary Magdalen/Padre Serra Christian Service Program, Christians Acting Together, Food Share, St. Columba’s Episcopal Food Pantry, Seventh Day Adventist Church Food Pantry, Many Meals and RAIN.

Contact:
Carrie Perry

Walkers take steps to support hunger issue

Photos by Julius Acero

Scouts

5/1/2021

Padre Serra Parish is proud to charter a Boy Scout Troop and support three Girl Scouts units.

Boy Scout Troop #257

Our parish charters Troop #257 for boys in
grades 6-12.

For more information about Boy Scouts of America in general please visit their website or the Ventura County Council.

For more information about Boy Scouts, please contact: Terry Tong
terrytong76@gmail.com

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Girl Scouts

For more information about Girl Scouts, please contact:
Karen Fraser
(805) 216·2235 (cell and text)
fraserclan5@verizon.net

Girl Scouts offers the best leadership development experience for girls in the world - one designed with, by, and for girls. The possibilities in Girl Scouts are unlimited...

build confidence and leadership
develop character and community service
discover the courage to try new things: outdoor adventure, hands-on science, running a business, exploration, etc.
grow new friendships
discover all you can be and everything you can accomplish when you have the right tools and a safe space to shine - and work together to change the world

In the greater Camarillo area, there are about 600 girls from Kindergarten to Grade 12 involved in over 50 troops. Each troop has its own meeting times and activities but also participates with other local troops in events (see Micasa Service Unit website at www.micasagirlscouts.com). We are part of the California Central Coast council stretching from Simi Valley through Santa Cruz (www.girlscoutsccc.org ), the national USA organization (www.girlscouts.org ), and the international World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouting (www.wagggs.org ).

This is a wonderful, low-cost parent/daughter activity (yes, dads are girl scouts too!) building memories and results that last a lifetime. Please call or text me; I would love to meet you and discuss the benefits of scouting further.

Ash Wednesday

2/1/2021

Wednesday, February 17
12:00 pm, online

Celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the annual forty-day retreat to grow closer to God through spiritual practices of prayer, fast, and almsgiving.

Also visit: Lent

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

1/10/2021

The liturgies of Palm Sunday begin with the celebration of the Lord’s triumphal messianic entry into Jerusalem to the acclaim of crowds shouting “Hosanna!” We gather in the courtyard to hear the proclamation of the Gospel account of this event. Palms are blessed and distributed, followed by a procession into the church.

Palms are an ancient symbol of victory and Catholics often display the palms, received this Sunday, on a crucifix in their homes. The Hebrew word Hosanna means “(O Lord) grant salvation” but it has become an acclamation of jubilation and welcome.

Once inside the church, the focus shifts to Jesus’ suffering and death as we hear the proclamation of his Passion from the Gospel of Mark this year. We celebrate the Eucharist with Jesus’ words and actions at the Last Supper still echoing in our minds and hearts.

Watch Mass

Also visit: Lent, Triduum

Photos by Julius Acero

Spark! at Home

4/25/2020

This page has been moved. Please visit Spark! at Home

Also visit: Children

Cherubs Music Program

3/23/2020

Due to COVID-19, Cherubs classes are cancelled until further notice. Any questions, please email Lisa at cherubs@padreserra.org. Thanks!

Preschool through Grade 2

New Semester Begins
February 15
Saturdays
9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)
10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2
Carmel Room

Enroll today!

Tuition: $25 per child/ $35 per family per semester, payable to Padre Serra Parish.

Please register your child today!
Contact Lisa to ensure space is available:
(805) 217·6106, cherubs@padreserra.org
You can download the forms and send by email
or Fax to (805) 388·0512.

Registration Preschool

Registration K to 2nd Grade

Parental Photo Release Form

Parents Letter

Did you know that early childhood music can…

Help develop language and reasoning skills
Help enhance memorization skills
Help increase coordination and strengthen motor skills
Help develop pattern recognition
Increase relationships and social interactions with children and adults
Provide children with a healthy way to express emotions
Help develop good listening skills, so important for academic achievement.

Living Stations of the Cross

3/1/2020

Living Stations of the Cross is a moving portrayal of Jesus’ passion and death, bringing us into his pain and suffering and the emotional experience of those witnessing this journey to the cross.

We recommend bringing a camp chair, water, umbrella for shade.

Also visit: Triduum, Lent

Family Dinner & Reconciliation Service

11/12/2019

This event is for children enrolled in the parish faith formation program grades 1 - 5, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, grandparents...your whole family!

Tuesday, November 12
5:45 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Prayer Service
Serra Center and Church

Celebrate Food, Friends and Forgiveness!
Let's be thankful for all our many blessings. Have some dinner with your family, relax and slow down. Be blessed with the gift and healing of Reconciliation (Confession).

This is an important faith learning experience for the children in which they witness their grown-ups participating at church in prayer and going to talk with a priest. By your example, you teach.

Come to our gathering and enjoy:

Yummy food provided!
Great family fellowship with a spiritual connection...and craft!
Holy peace, prayers and priests available to give blessings.

This is not First Reconciliation! Children enrolled in grades 1 to 5 who have not yet made their First Reconciliation will go to a breakout session that is sacrament preparation focused.

Children preparing for First Communion next May, will make their First Reconciliation on March, 14 2020.

This is our Faith Formation gathering the week of November 12. Regular Centers resume the week of November 18.

Photography by Julius Acero

Chorus Caritas

9/14/2019

Chorus Caritas in Concert
Live. Praise. Light.

Beatitudes (selections) by Patrick Hawes
Te Deum in C by Franz Joseph Haydn
Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen

Saturday,
September 14
7:30 pm
St Charles Borromeo Church
10800 Moorpark St.
North Hollywood CA 91602
(818) 766·3838

Concert to benefit the
St. Charles Borromeo Service Center

Sunday,
September 15
4:00 pm
Padre Serra Parish
5205 Upland Road
Camarillo, CA 93012
(805) 482·6417

Concert to benefit the
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley's Respite Center

Chorus Caritas is a collaborative choral project by conductors James Drollinger and Dominic MacAller featuring singers from St. Charles Borromeo Church and Padre Serra Parish.

Our mission is to create beautiful choral music and to support charities who do the work of disciples - caring for "the least of these."

Suggested donation: Adults $20 (Seniors $10).

Download Flyer

More info:
Dominic MacAller
(805) 482 · 6417 x327
dominic@padreserra.org

Also visit: Music

Sacred Heart Servants Mission

8/18/2019

Sunday, August 18
After 11:00 am Mass
San Juan Capistrano

Help us welcome back our Sacred Hearts Servants. Conversation and refreshments.

We have 17 teens and young adults who will take part in this inaugural mission trip to serve the poor in St. Martinville, Louisiana. This will be a life changing, cultural faith experience. If you would like to sponsor one of our young adults please contact tere@padreserra.org

The Sacred Heart Servants Mission is an opportunity for hands on service to the poor. Participants will work directly with families in need, learn about the committed religious life of our hosts, participate in the Fete-Dieu de Teche eucharistic boat procession and experience the unique food and culture of this region of Louisiana.

For more information contact
Tere Delgado, tere@padreserra.org
Howard Durand, hdurand@line6.com

Also visit: Youth, Young Adults

Nerf War

8/4/2019

This event is canceled until further notice.

Sunday, August 4
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Serra Center

High school teens and young adults come join Brett and the peer leaders. Bring your Nerf blasters and darts, snacks and drinks. Remember your eye protection (goggles or glasses).

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter
@PSPYouth
Also Visit: Youth, Young Adults

Friday in the Backyard

8/2/2019

Photography by Julius Acero

Thank You!

Our Fridays in the Backyard were a success! Each week well over 60 adults and kids enjoyed the summer evening, eating, drinking, playing games, and each other's company.

Many thanks to the following companies who donated to our parish picnic vegetable centerpieces: Boskovich Farm (cilantro), Houweling’s Group (tomatoes), Oro Del Norte (avocados and lemons) and Smart and Final (jalapeños).

Thanks to these folks for helping: Our Confirmation candidates, volunteers, Knights of Columbus, and Establos.

These restaurants generously donated gift cards for chili contest prizes: Slate Bistro & Craft Bar, Adolfo Grill & Daily Bar, and Agave Maria Mexican Restaurant.

Contact anne@padreserra.org
Also visit: Everyone, Seasonal

Theology on Tap

8/1/2019

All Young Adults 18 - 29ish are invited!

Drinks, snacks, and speakers!

Theology on Tap reaches out to young adults who want to explore the role of faith in their daily lives.

Created in 1981, RENEW International’s Theology-on-Tap is a nationally recognized speaker and fellowship program that has been successfully bringing young adults to the church for more than 30 years.

In this casual atmosphere, you’ll hear straight talk and honest answers to your deepest questions about faith, love, work and other real life experiences. Theology on Tap provides an opportunity to not only learn about the Catholic faith but also meet like-minded people and make new friends.

Theology on Tap is open to all young adults, ages 18 to 29ish, singles and couples, regardless of religious affiliation.

Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

To find more speakers and topics in your area visit totlosangeles.weebly.com

For more information contact youngadults@padreserra.org
Also visit: Young Adults, Youth

Theology on Tap 2018. The New Atheists: Love'em or Leave'em? - Dr. Janice Daurio

Children's & Middle School Choir - CMSC

8/1/2019

Grades 3 - 8

Rehearsals Mondays
5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 5
5:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through May

Our Children's & Middle School Choir (aka CMSC) is open to boys and girls in third through eighth grades. Their "season" runs from September through May. CMSC sings at liturgy about once a month and rehearses every week on Mondays. The choir also is featured in the annual PSP Christmas Concert, singing alone, and in combination with the other choirs as well. Membership is open to all children who would like to participate and who are willing to commit to what's required. For questions and more detailed information about the requirements, please contact kathleen@padreserra.org.

There are occasional solo opportunities and one of the most important missions of CMSC is to form young people in music ministry - the idea that rather than a mere performance what the choir does at the liturgy is to lead the singing of the assembly, and to enable their own and everyone's sung prayer. Additionally, when the choir sings by itself at the liturgy, the purpose is to help everyone there who hears the music, including the singers themselves, to encounter Jesus. We are trying to teach all participants in all the choirs that it is a ministry of service to God's people and to the liturgy, and that worship "in spirit and in truth" is what we are aiming for.

To join CMSC, schedule a Vocal Checkup with our Children's Choir Director, Kathleen MacAller.

Also visit: Music Ministry

Parish Picnic

6/29/2019

See you next year!
Mass followed by a potluck picnic with our parish family!

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.

Parish Picnic 06/29/2019 by Julius Acero

Serra Seniors Summer Luncheon

6/19/2019

Wednesday, June 19
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Serra Center

$25 per person.
All adults 55+ will enjoy a catered lunch served by Command Performance, silent auction, and entertainment by ACE Trio Doors open at 11:15 am.

Contact: Patricia Matthews

Parish Pancake Breakfast

6/2/2019

Thank you for your generous support of our 2019 troop pancake breakfast fundraiser!

Every year our parish Boy Scout Troop 257 hosts a pancake breakfast complete with raffle baskets and silent auction items! The menu includes pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice, milk and coffee. Proceeds help the Scouts pay for summer camp, other activities, and Scouting gear. Thank you!

For donation opportunities or questions please contact:
Nicole Sasek
(805) 816·7177
nicolesasek@earthlink.net

Also visit: Scouts

2019

Photography by Julius Acero

2018

First Communion 2019

5/12/2019

99 young people received Jesus in communion for the very first time last weekend! May they, and all of us, be nourished by and respond to his love. Congratulations children and families on this milestone!

Go to Gallery

Also visit: Children, Eucharist

Cantors and Instrumentalists

10/12/2018

For for an audition, please contact:

Liturgy & Music Minister
Dominic MacAller
(805) 482 · 6417 x327
dominic@padreserra.org

Also visit: Music Ministry

Adult Choir

8/5/2018

Rehearsals Thursday evenings
7:30 - 9:00pm
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through June

We sing for the 9:00am liturgy on Sundays.
We also provide music for special events, Christmas, Holy Week, concerts, etc. We sing in four-part harmony (SATB).

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Auditions are held for voice placement and/or solo opportunities. For an audition, please contact:

Liturgy & Music Minister
Dominic MacAller
(805) 482 · 6417 x327
dominic@padreserra.org

2018 Summer Olympic Games!

7/7/2018

EVERYONE is on God’s Team!
Kids to came together to hoot and holler, pray and sing, eat, play games and share stories about what it means to be a part of God’s team!

Contact Christine Olsen
christine@padreserra.org or (805) 482·6417 x349

Also visit: Children

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​Christmas Gift GivingDonations are accepted until Saturday,December 11.

Thursday, November 259:00 am​Church and Online

First and Third Thursday of the month7:00 pmSerra Center's Backyard

Padre Serra Parish is proud to charter a Boy Scout Troop and support three Girl Scouts units.

​Boy Scout Troop #257

​Girl Scouts

Wednesday, February 17 12:00 pm, online

This page has been moved. Please visit Spark! at Home

New Semester BeginsFebruary 15Saturdays9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)​10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2​​Carmel Room

Enroll today!

Tuesday, November 125:45 pm Dinner7:00 pm Prayer ServiceSerra Center and Church

Please RSVP

Chorus Caritas in ConcertLive. Praise. Light.

Saturday,September 147:30 pmSt Charles Borromeo Church10800 Moorpark St.North Hollywood CA 91602(818) 766·3838

Sunday,September 154:00 pmPadre Serra Parish5205 Upland Road​Camarillo, CA 93012(805) 482·6417

Sunday, August 18After 11:00 am MassSan Juan Capistrano

This event is canceled until further notice.

Sunday, August 41:30 - 3:30 pmSerra Center

Thank You!

All Young Adults 18 - 29ish are invited!

Rehearsals Mondays5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 55:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8San Juan Capistrano RoomSeptember through May

See you next year!​Mass followed by a potluck picnic with our parish family!​​

Wednesday, June 1911:30 am - 1:30 pm​Serra Center

Thank you for your generous support of our 2019 troop pancake breakfast fundraiser!

2019

2018

Liturgy & Music MinisterDominic MacAller (805) 482 · 6417 x327dominic@padreserra.org

Rehearsals Thursday evenings7:30 - 9:00pmSan Juan Capistrano RoomSeptember through June

Liturgy & Music MinisterDominic MacAller (805) 482 · 6417 x327dominic@padreserra.org

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Christmas Gift Giving
Donations are accepted until Saturday,
December 11.

Thursday, November 25
9:00 am
Church and Online

First and Third Thursday of the month
7:00 pm
Serra Center's Backyard

Boy Scout Troop #257

Girl Scouts

Wednesday, February 17
12:00 pm, online

New Semester Begins
February 15
Saturdays
9:30 am - 10:20 am Preschool (3 yrs+)
10:30 am - 11:30 am K to Grade 2
Carmel Room

Tuesday, November 12
5:45 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Prayer Service
Serra Center and Church

Chorus Caritas in Concert
Live. Praise. Light.

Saturday,
September 14
7:30 pm
St Charles Borromeo Church
10800 Moorpark St.
North Hollywood CA 91602
(818) 766·3838

Sunday,
September 15
4:00 pm
Padre Serra Parish
5205 Upland Road
Camarillo, CA 93012
(805) 482·6417

Sunday, August 18
After 11:00 am Mass
San Juan Capistrano

Sunday, August 4
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Serra Center

Rehearsals Mondays
5:15 - 6:15 pm, Grades 3 to 5
5:15 - 6:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through May

See you next year!
Mass followed by a potluck picnic with our parish family!

Wednesday, June 19
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Serra Center

Liturgy & Music Minister
Dominic MacAller
(805) 482 · 6417 x327
dominic@padreserra.org

Rehearsals Thursday evenings
7:30 - 9:00pm
San Juan Capistrano Room
September through June

Liturgy & Music Minister
Dominic MacAller
(805) 482 · 6417 x327
dominic@padreserra.org

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