Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

09/05/2026

09/03/2026

The San Diego Union-Tribune recently reported on the FAITH program, a project by the Jesuits’ Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, The Roman Catholic Diocese of SAN DIEGO and the San Diego Organizing Project. The ministry is grounded in bearing witness, building trust, and providing pastoral care for individuals and families during their immigration court hearings and ICE check-ins.

Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ (pictured, center), pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe, has been ministering to immigrants during their court hearings and check-in appointments at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building for the past year. Volunteers do not interfere with arrests; rather, their role is to bear witness and have a consistent presence.

“Our ways of accompanying people have had to change and adapt,” Fr. Santarosa said. For instance, earlier this summer, a federal judge ruled that the federal government could not make arrests at immigration courts. “But there’s still a consistent need for people to show up and offer a smile, a prayer, a sense of warmth and friendliness in an otherwise, I would say, cold and sterile federal building.”

For some volunteers, FAITH was a way to turn a feeling of despair into action. “I really felt that I needed to do something, even in a small way,” said Mary Holmes, who has volunteered with FAITH since its inception.

09/03/2026

All are welcome to join the procession on September 27 at 2:00 pm! We hope to see you there. 🩵💛

New Venue for the procession
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World Day of Migrants and Refugees: All Are Sacred

Bishop Michael Pham warmly invites Catholic, non-denominational, interreligious leaders, and communities to come together for an Interreligious Procession honoring the sacred dignity of every human person—“no matter where they are born, or where they now live.”

Let us walk together in prayer, solidarity, and hope, recognizing that every person is sacred and every human life is worthy of dignity, welcome, and love.

September 27 at 2:00 PM
Location: Balboa Park (6th Ave and Laurel St.)

Join us as we stand together as one human family and bear witness to God’s call to welcome the stranger, accompany those who migrate, and honor the dignity of all.
All are welcome!

To register and learn more:
https://shorturl.at/YXSxo
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09/03/2026

Our Lady of Guadalupe Kermes is almost here! Join us on October 10 & 11 for a weekend full of activities, raffles, and food. If you received your raffle tickets in the mail and won't be able to sell all of them, please return them to the parish office.

We hope to see you there!