The Advent season is here! Please click here for a full Advent calendar of events at Parish Family 45, including Christmas Mass times. We can’t wait to celebrate this joyous season with you!

This Advent season, all three locations within our parish family will offer giving trees to help support St. Vincent de Paul. These Christmas trees will hold gift tags for children who do not have the usual luxuries we may enjoy. Please consider taking a tag and buying a gift.

Lay readers (lectors) are entrusted with proclaiming the readings from Sacred Scripture at Mass and sometimes announcing the intentions for the Universal Prayers when a deacon is not present. There are upcoming Lector Trainings across our parish family!

There is one remaining Knights of Columbus Breakfasts in December! See the schedule here!

There are some penance services in the Southern deanery to help you cleanse your souls (by God’s grace) and prepare for the upcoming celebration of Christmas.

This weekend our parish family will take up a special collection for the Catholic Community Services Appeal Faith in Action.

Parish Family 45 will be offering inquiry sessions for people interested in becoming Catholic at all three of our churches beginning in September! Please see the schedule for upcoming inquiry sessions here.

Join us on Friday, December 19th at 7:00 pm in Marian Hall at St. Joseph for La Pastorela! Huellas Migrantes presents La Pastorella, a story of unity, understanding, and resilience that will lead you to reflect and undoubtedly, to understand the true meaning of Christmas.

Adults aged 18 - 39 are invited to a retreat on December 20th titled, "Patiently Waiting in Hope". This retreat will be from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Our Lady of Lourdes Pastoral Center.

The Proto-Cathedral will be given an extra deep cleaning in preparation for our Christmas celebrations. Our usual caretakers will be here, but we need additional able-bodied adults, age 18 and over, who would enjoy giving our spiritual home an extra polish.

St. Joseph will be celebrating our Christmas Posadas on Saturday, December 20th, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Marian Hall. Although the presentation will be in Spanish, everyone is invited. This is a time to share our faith, fellowship, and camaraderie as members of one family.

If you are a baptized Catholic over the age of 18 seeking to complete your Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation and/or First Communion), you are invited to our next Adult Confirmation Preparation classes.

We welcome and encourage you to join our newly forming funeral ministry at St. Joseph! To learn more about this much needed ministry and how you can help with prayer, funeral liturgies or hospitality please plan to attend one (no need to attend both) of the following meetings.

Please join us on January 24 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes, for a Parish Family Grief Retreat. We are happy to be joined by our Keynote Speaker, Colleen Storey, a Grief Recovery Specialist and Holistic Care Supervisor for PeaceHealth Hospice.