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Seeds of Faith

1/8/2021

 
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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.

We begin the new year with a new series: The Year of Saint Joseph - by Pope Francis and The Hidden Life of Saint Joseph. 
​Contact: 
Gwen Ripplinger
gwendolynjoy1@hotmail.com

Also visit: Women's Ministry, Groups

Los Angeles Congress 2021

1/8/2021

 

Proclaim the Promise
Friday, Feb 19 - Sunday, Feb 21
Virtual

Congress is going virtual! 

RECongress is a dynamic three day gathering of the global church, welcoming all to meet Jesus through Connection, Learning and Worship.

RECongress inspires, transforms, and sends us out to spread the joy of the Gospel, to be a voice for justice and to serve the needs of the world.

$35/person. Registration is now open. Visit recongress.org
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Also visit: Faith Formation for Adults

Christmas Mass

12/21/2020

 

Christmas Eve Mass

Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!
There will be Holy Communion after the 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass. Everyone is asked to park their car and walk to the gazebo in front of the church courtyard. Please maintain social distancing, and wear your masks over nose and mouth. When you have received, step well to the side, away from everyone else, before removing your mask and prayerfully receiving the Lord. If there are many communicants, there will be a second station on the other side of the large Tau cross out front. If you have mobility challenges, you may park in front of the cross, in the unloading area, and Communion will be brought to you.
Watch Mass
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Photo by Julius Acero

Bible Study

12/1/2020

 

Living Liturgy

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:
  • ​January 10 | Slides
  • January 17 | Slides

​Contact teresa@padreserra.org​

Also visit: Adults, The Bible and the Church Fathers

Concern America

10/29/2020

 

About
Buy gifts with a purpose! This fair trade craft program directly supports materially impoverished artisans and their communities in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. We have an opportunity to support them by purchasing their beautiful hand-made items such as handcrafted textiles, ceramics and wood products from Bangladesh, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Mozambique. 

Our purchases provides a source of income to materially poor families while supporting community development, protecting the environment, and ensuring fair working conditions and fair prices earned for their work.

​Shop online
Learn more www.concernamerica.org

Thank You from Concern America
The total from the 2020 Concern America Fair Trade virtual sales was $541.
Your generous purchases of hand-
crafted textiles, baskets, ceramics, and wood products help to spread hope for a better future to hundreds of economically disadvantaged people in many developing countries around the world.
​Thank you!

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Also visit: Giving, Outreach, Seasonal

Becoming Catholic

10/28/2020

 

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
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 Fr. Patrick, Marcia Galles, Catherine Shadduck.
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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.
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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

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​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!

F
or more information please contact brett@padreserra.org
Everyone 18 to 39ish is welcome!
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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: 
  • Alpha
  • ​Peer Leaders
  • ​​Sacred Heart Servants Mission
  • Theology on Tap
  • ​Young Adults Page
  • Youth Summer​
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Hope Never Fails · Junior High Youth Day

10/1/2020

 

Saturday, November 14
11:45 am to 2:00 pm
Digital doors open at 11:45 am with worship music.
Youth Day officially begins at noon.

Here is the link to join
We are so excited to participate in the Junior High Youth Day!
During our two hours together we will enjoy our keynote speaker Mike Patin, worship music with the Chavez Family band, our Emcee Howard Durand (Padre Serra Parishioner) and a great opportunity for fun and Junior High fellowship from all over the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Reminders about Zoom webinar:
  • You will see and hear the speakers and musicians.
  • Your camera and microphone will not be seen and heard.
  • You will be able to reach the tech crew by sending a message in the chat.
  • Private chat will not be used.
  • yes you may share this link with other middle schoolers in your life.

Any questions, please contact tere@padreserra.org

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Writers Group

9/27/2020

 
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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
​Visit her weekly blog WISE When I Saw Eighty

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.
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​Contact:
Linda Lowe

Also visit: 
Adults, 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)
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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

 
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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
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Resources:
  • A Catholic Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parent, Monica Dodd
  • Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life, Kenneth C. Haugk

​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
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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
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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
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Grace Martinez, Cynthia Jones Campbell, Jett Clyne.
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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
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​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:
  • padreserra.toastmastersclubs.org
  • Adults
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Illuman

7/5/2020

 
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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
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Illuman Retreat 2020

Adult Faith Formation Meeting

7/5/2020

 

Second Monday of the month
1:00 pm, via Zoom

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

Orthodox Faith in a Complicated World

5/29/2020

 

Fr. Gary Kyriacou

From our shared beginnings, millennia ago, Eastern Christian spirituality and theology has always been a leaven for us Catholics. Hear the best of Orthodox faith, especially as it addresses the modern world's questions and conditions. Fr. Gary will offer spiritual tools to help navigate this complicated life.

Ordained to the priesthood on September 9, 2001, Fr. Gary has been pastor of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church here in Camarillo since August 1, 2004. He's been married to Christina since 1997, and they have three children.
Unseen Warfare Slide Show - Fr. Gary Kyriacou
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Sunday, 11:00 am Online Mass
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​​or by appointment:
Barbara Morgan
​
​(805) 482·6417 x324​

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