Category: Virtual

Bible Study

10/18/2020

Living Liturgy

October 26
Dr. Paul Ford offers a weekly reflection and study of the upcoming Sunday scriptures so we can better understand the good news message of Jesus Christ and how He is present in our lives.

Until we can meet in person again, he will email a pre-recorded lesson each week.

Sign up:
paulfford@stjohnsem.edu
or visit this page for each week's recording:

Contact teresa@padreserra.org

Also visit: Adults, The Bible and the Church Fathers

Peer Leaders

10/18/2020

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

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

Young Adults

10/18/2020

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

Also visit:

Becoming Catholic

10/4/2020

Tuesdays
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Via Zoom

Are you longing for a closer relationship with Jesus and a church to call your own? Do you know someone who is wondering if the Catholic Church is the place for them? It could be your neighbor, your coworker, or someone in your family.

We have a group that meets year-round to explore what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in the Catholic tradition. The atmosphere is informal, open, and free of any pressure. Those attending are invited to ask any questions they may have followed by a discussion on various topics regarding our faith.

If you know someone who might be interested, invite them to accompany you to one of the meetings. We serve great refreshments, too!

For information please contact:
Catherine Shadduck
catherine@padreserra.org
(805) 482·6417 x331

Also visit: RCIA

Fr. Patrick, Marcia Galles, Catherine Shadduck.
Photo by Julius Acero

Writers Group

9/27/2020

Fridays
10:00am - 12:00pm
Courtyard and Virtual

We gather virtually. We pray virtually. We write.

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.

Featured Writers

If They Knew Our Names
A poem by Dave Flood

I Was Thinking…
A blog by Theresa Schultz
How frustrating to be home bound and need to cover my face when I go out for essentials. I hate being restricted. Then I talked to a friend living in an Assisted Living home. She has been confined to one room and eating alone for about five months. The TV shared stories about people who lost financial security, some even their homes. I saw pictures of ventilators and families mourning. The whole world is engulfed in hardship and here I am complaining about the least of all problems.
Whoever thought one could be thankful in such overwhelming times. I am.

Contact:
Linda Lowe

Also visit: Adults, Groups

PAX Christi

9/12/2020

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

This month we continue with the Examen, the fourth stage which focuses on sorrow and the heartbreak of racism and reconciliation.

Please join us as we offer together the Peace of Christ as remedy for hope in the of struggle for justice.

"No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do." - Dorothy Day

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

About
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

JustFaith

9/6/2020

Registrations for the Faith & Racial Healing series is now closed. Mark your calendars now for the next racial justice series which will begin in February.

JustFaith is a series that invites participants to look at contemporary issues through the lens of Christian faith by engaging in reading, prayer, thought-provoking dialogue, encounter, and by building lasting relationships with a small group.

Faith & Racial Healing:
Embracing Truth, Justice and Restoration

Select the day the session that works for you:
Tuesday evenings
September 15 – November 17, 6:00 - 8:15 pm

Wednesday mornings
September 16 – November 18, 10:00 am - 12:15 pm

Cost: No fee other than the purchase of required reading materials

This ten-week racial justice formation journey guides participants in learning about the history of racism in the United States, so that we might work toward true reconciliation with God and restoration with one another. Faith and Racial Healing will address through education, prayer and discussion, the difficult but necessary conversation about the historical roots of racial injustice.

Required Reading:

40 Days of Prayer: For the Liberation of American Descendants of Slavery (Simmons)
The Color of Compromise (Jemar Tisby)
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Injury and Healing (Dr. Joy Degruy)
JustFaith Participant Journal (Free and PDF is accessible online. Printing is optional.)
Estimated Cost of Books:
- $47 Amazon www.amazon.com
- $53 Barnes & Noble www.barnesandnoble.com
- $52 JustFaith Ministries justfaith.org/product-category/faith-and-racial-healing
- $69 Eso Won Bookstore www.esowonbookstore.com
  (a black owned independent bookstore in Los Angeles)

Participation Commitment

Open mind and heart
Time - plan 5 - 6 hours per week for session and reading during the 10 weeks
Reading the three books and Participant Packet
Access to a quiet, prayerful place without interruptions during session
Access to computer or tablet with internet
Zoom app (account is not needed)

Overview of Sessions

Questions: Michelle Paschen mcpaschens@gmail.com

Also visit: Groups, www.justfaith.org

Caritas Caregivers Support Group

8/16/2020

Fourth Tuesday of the month
7:00 pm via Zoom

Offers support to those who are caring for an aging parent, relative, or spouse.
Contact:
Patricia Sentianin
sentclan@gmail.com

Resources:

Also visit: Care

A Caregiver's Prayer
Lord Jesus, who from the cross gave the care of your Mother to St. John, help us to realize that you have blessed us too with the care of someone in our family. Help us to be your gentle hands and loving compassion on earth.

Father in heaven, you know my heart, calm my anxieties. Pour out your grace and mercy in my life like a healing balm. Lighten my burden, answer my prayer, and give me the strength to do what so often seems impossible.

Spirit of life, remind me to breath - give me a quiet place to rest when I need it and breathe in me your loving peace. Remain my constant companion through this journey. And, when it is time for me to let go, help me remember that my dear one is leaving my loving embrace for yours.

Amen

Left to right: Lisa Barra (Cherubs), Patricia Sentianin (Caritas Caregivers).
Photo by Julius Acero

Kinship: Pandemic, BLM, and Elections

8/5/2020

St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care’s Urban Interfaith Chaplaincy Program in Los Angeles invites all to a gathering with Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J. who will address the current pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and upcoming elections.

Contact St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care
(323) 225·4461 x111
info@stcamilluscenter.org

Gospel Hangout

7/30/2020

Tuesdays
9:00 - 10:00 am

Wednesdays
7:00 - 8:00 pm

What is Gospel Hangout? Gospel Hangout is an online gospel reflection process that connects the Sunday gospel with life through prayer and small-group conversation using Lectio Divina and Zoom small breakout rooms.

Gospel Hangout is not... Gospel Hangout is not a scripture study, rather it uses a reflection process for groups called Lectio Divina that invites people to reflect on how Jesus in the Gospels is intersecting with their life at this moment.

Required: Smart device or computer to access Zoom (no account is needed). Bible optional. No fee.

Questions:
Teresa Runyon
teresa@padreserra.org

Our Truths

7/29/2020

A Panel Discussion

“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

Divorce Support

7/10/2020

A ministry for those healing from divorce

First & Third Tuesday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Via Zoom

All Catholics/Christians impacted by divorce are welcome, and we join as a family-of-sorts to journey together, sharing collective lessons learned and resources available, holding each other up in prayer, and serving our community.

We offer 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.

Contact: Cynthia cjonescampbell@yahoo.com

Also visit: Groups, Care

Grace Martinez, Cynthia Jones Campbell, Jett Clyne.
Photo by Julius Acero

Peace & Justice

7/10/2020

Our team works towards making Catholic social justice permeate the life of the parish, with local and global foci on the needs of the vulnerable and the excluded.

We provide learning and growing opportunities for parishioners to fully live out Catholic social teaching and to see the face of Jesus through actions such as: feeding, clothing, and housing the poor visiting prisoners caring for life at every stage changing systems that are unjust.

All are welcome!

Questions: Deacon Luc Papillon
peaceandjustice@padreserra.org

See also: PAX Christi, CROP Walk, JustFaith

Photography by Julius Acero

Toastmasters

7/10/2020

Mondays
7:00 - 8:15 pm
Online

Want to learn to become a confident communicator, speak in public and develop leadership skills?

Come check out our Toastmasters anytime.

Contact: Virginia Norris or (805) 443·5186

Visit also:

Photo by Julius Acero

Illuman

7/5/2020

Second and Last Wednesday
of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Online

Illuman is a ministry for men, by men, to honor the uniqueness of male spirituality and committed to support who are seeking to deepen their spiritual lives. Bimonthly group gatherings are designed to help become better, more authentic men.

Contact:
Dave McCormick
dave.mccormick.mba@gmail.com

If you are interested in becoming involved and wish to be on our mailing list please contact us.
Find us on Facebook

Also visit: Men's Ministry, Illuman Retreat

Illuman Retreat 2020

Adult Faith Formation Meeting

7/5/2020

Second Monday of the month
7:00 pm

Visit our monthly team meeting to see how we dream, plan, and present adult formation opportunities for our parish.

Contact teresa@padreserra.org

Also visit: Ministries A to Z, Adults

Photography by Julius Acero

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.

While the sight of injustice may swell righteous anger within us and fill our eyes with tears, we must be wise in how we respond. Seeds of Faith invites all women to join in a 4-part discussion series as we delve into the USCCB pastoral letter against racism "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love." Come and spend time as we read, reflect, pray and discuss how to transform our understanding of life, charity and justice.

Contact:
Gwen Ripplinger
gwendolynjoy1@hotmail.com

Also visit: Women's Ministry, Groups

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.

Living Liturgy

Tuesdays7:30 - 9:00 pm​

Thursdays7:00 pmCarmel Room

Tuesdays7:00 - 8:30 pmVia Zoom

Fridays10:00am - 12:00pmCourtyard and Virtual

Featured Writers

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

RSVP

Fourth Tuesday of the month7:00 pm via Zoom

Tuesdays9:00 - 10:00 am​​Wednesdays7:00 - 8:00 pm

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A Panel Discussion

First & Third Tuesday of the month7:00 - 8:30 pmVia Zoom

Mondays7:00 - 8:15 pm​Online

Second and ​Last Wednesday​of the month7:00 - 8:30 pmOnline

Second Monday of the month7:00 pm

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

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

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Tuesdays
7:30 - 9:00 pm

Thursdays
7:00 pm
Carmel Room

Tuesdays
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Via Zoom

Fridays
10:00am - 12:00pm
Courtyard and Virtual

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

Fourth Tuesday of the month
7:00 pm via Zoom

Tuesdays
9:00 - 10:00 am

Wednesdays
7:00 - 8:00 pm

First & Third Tuesday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Via Zoom

Mondays
7:00 - 8:15 pm
Online

Second and Last Wednesday
of the month
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Online

Second Monday of the month
7:00 pm

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

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

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

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