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* Join the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange at Angel Stadium on Saturday, June 27 for Catholic Families Night as the Ang...
05/29/2026

* Join the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange at Angel Stadium on Saturday, June 27 for Catholic Families Night as the Angels take on the Athletics at 6:38 p.m. Purchase through this link to receive a custom Catholic Angels Hat! Once you pick up your hat, enjoy a festive “Christmas in June”-themed game with special recognition for the diocese, appearances from the bishop and clergy, and a post-game fireworks show. Arrive early and head to the "Big A" for a Diocese of Orange pregame tailgate.

Please note: only tickets purchased through this link
https://www.mlb.com/angels/tickets/specials/catholic-night
will include the Catholic hat! Pick up your hat in the Gate 5 Courtyard. A portion of every ticket sold benefits the Diocese of Orange. For suites or groups of 15 or more, please contact Clare Wehan at (714) 940-2295 or [email protected]

To get your tickets and learn more,
visit RCBO.org/catholic-family-night

(Note: Offer is only valid online and is subject to availability. This offer may not be combined with any other discounts or promotions.)

* Parents, coaches, teachers, ministers, volunteers, family members and anyone who works with and encounters young peopl...
05/29/2026

* Parents, coaches, teachers, ministers, volunteers, family members and anyone who works with and encounters young people in your parish, school and community … if you’ve ever wondered about how to best identify, assess and respond to mental health needs for those you serve, this training is for you!

Join us for a free nationally acclaimed and evidence-based one-day mental health first aid training for adults who work with youth on Tuesday, June 23 at the Pastoral Center (certification lasts three years). Register by June 1. See details in the flyer attached.
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=OOe0Fi5R20q7CHKAOV6vh0eMDQMYowBInNRJmcpz8xlUOUtKWklKVkFZR0lLWFVPV0U1UlA0SkpaVy4u&route=shorturl

For questions on this event, to set up a training at your parish, for more information about mental health resources and how to start a ministry, contact: Rebecca Freeman, pastoral care ministry coordinator, at [email protected] or (714) 282-6059.

* If you find yourself in the Gen X “sandwich generation,” you may be busy caring for children of your own and looking t...
05/29/2026

* If you find yourself in the Gen X “sandwich generation,” you may be busy caring for children of your own and looking to a horizon with caring for aging parents. But do you have a Plan for the Future? Ever wonder what would happen if you couldn’t speak for yourself during a medical crisis? Curious about what your parents would want? Have you considered what your wishes would be when facing a serious illness? Do you know the process for making arrangements at end-of-life such as how to prepare a funeral or make arrangements with a cemetery?

We realize these are not the easiest things to think about so let’s help you start the conversation. Spend your summer with us and be “saved by the bell” and a plan!
Join us for any or all of a four-part Thursday night summer series: June 11, July 16, July 23 and July 30.

$12 per person per session or $40 for all four

$20 per session for two people (bring your spouse, BFF or boomer parent!)

$80 for two participants and all four sessions

Subs and sips included.



Register here: https://form.jotform.com/261186858140158

*Join us for an exciting evening of fellowship, fun and friendly competition at the annual Priests & Seminarians Basketb...
05/29/2026

*Join us for an exciting evening of fellowship, fun and friendly competition at the annual Priests & Seminarians Basketball Game! This year, the rivalry heats up as the two sides of the county battle it out for the win: North County vs. South County!

Friday, June 12

Mater Dei High School

Food & fellowship begins at 4 p.m.

Doors open at 6 p.m.

Tip-off at 7 p.m.

Come cheer on your favorite priests and seminarians as they put their skills out on the court. Bring your family and friends for a night full of community spirit and excitement!

Get your tickets today at RCBO.org/basketball

* July 21 (Tuesday) marks the first anniversary of the blessing and inauguration of the Poong Jesus Nazareno Filipino Ca...
05/29/2026

* July 21 (Tuesday) marks the first anniversary of the blessing and inauguration of the Poong Jesus Nazareno Filipino Catholic Center. Bishop Vann will officiate the Mass for the dedication of the church and altar of the Poong Jesus Nazareno at 5 p.m. at the Center at 3700 W. Orange Ave., Anaheim, 92804.

Everyone is invited to attend this event celebrating an important milestone in our faith journey as a community in the Diocese of Orange.

Hope to see you there and celebrate with you.

* Save the date to join us for the 2026 Blue, Red and White Masses at Christ Cathedral as we gather in prayer for those ...
05/29/2026

* Save the date to join us for the 2026 Blue, Red and White Masses at Christ Cathedral as we gather in prayer for those who serve our communities in law enforcement, the legal profession and healthcare. The Blue Mass will be on Sept. 27; the Red Mass will be on Oct. 5; the White Mass will be on Oct. 18.

All are invited, especially those who work in these professions along with their families and colleagues, to be part of these special celebrations honoring the service and vocation of these men and women. Please help us spread the word!

* THE MOST HOLY TRINITY    I was 16 years old on a youth group retreat in the mountains. One night, I opened my heart to...
05/26/2026

* THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
I was 16 years old on a youth group retreat in the mountains. One night, I opened my heart to the message being proclaimed: that God so loved the world that He sent His Son for us. Later, I lay under the pine trees and looked up at the countless stars. They seemed different. No longer cold, distant balls of chemical reactions, they appeared as an expression of God’s love, as if He were giving those stars directly to me. The truth of God sending His Son changed how I saw the whole universe.
That is what today’s Gospel reveals: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” (John 3:16) The universe is not just a whirl of impersonal forces or empty space. At its heart is a gift: the Father eternally giving the Son, not to condemn, but to bring life.
This is not abstract doctrine but deeply personal. God gives His Son for you and me. Each human life is precious enough to be caught up in that eternal gift.
It is in the Mass where we encounter this most directly. In the Word proclaimed, in the assembly gathered, in the priest, and above all in the Eucharist, the Father once again gives His Son. What looks like bread and wine is the drama of the Trinity, laboring to love us here and now.
The Trinity is not a puzzle to solve but the blazing Truth at the center of everything: the Father gives the Son for you and me. Lord, help us to see this more clearly.
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¡Gloria al Padre, gloria al Hijo y gloria al Espíritu Santo! “¡Así amó Dios al mundo! Le dio al Hijo Único, para que quien cree en él no se pierda, sino que tenga vida eterna” (Juan 3:16). Después de la solemnidad de Pentecostés, que celebramos el domingo pasado, la Iglesia nos invita ahora a celebrar el gran misterio de la Santísima Trinidad: misterio de amor y de unidad.
El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica (número 253) nos habla del dogma de la Santísima Trinidad:
La Trinidad es una. No confesamos tres dioses sino un solo Dios en tres personas: "la Trinidad consubstancial". Las personas divinas no se reparten la única divinidad, sino que cada una de ellas es enteramente Dios: "El Padre es lo mismo que es el Hijo, el Hijo lo mismo que es el Padre, el Padre y el Hijo lo mismo que el Espíritu Santo, es decir, un solo Dios por naturaleza". "Cada una de las tres personas es esta realidad, es decir, la substancia, la esencia o la naturaleza divina". Por la gracia del bautismo, “en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo”, somos llamados a participar en la vida de la Bienaventurada Trinidad: aquí abajo, en la oscuridad de la fe, y después de la muerte, en la luz eterna (CIC 265). Dios es amor, y cualquiera de nosotros que haya experimentado lo que es el verdadero amor puede comprender, por la gracia del Espíritu Santo, este gran misterio de fe. La esencia de la Trinidad es servir y amar; por lo tanto, como cristianos, a eso estamos llamados: a servir y amar.
Lpi

* RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTSMini reflection: Our failure to understand is not a poverty. It is a gift. It pr...
05/26/2026

* RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS

Mini reflection:
Our failure to understand is not a poverty. It is a gift. It propels us constantly back to the wellspring of our glorious Faith — to Scripture, to Tradition, to the in-dwelling of the Holy Spirit which sustains each and every one of us who dare to believe.

The Gift of Not Understanding

I once listened to Bishop Daniel Flores — a renowned scholar and prelate — give a 70-minute talk on the Trinitarian nature of God. In those 70 minutes, Bishop Flores said a lot of eloquent things. But what that really landed with me was not any group of words, but a single gesture.

Defining hypostasis, the term we use for the “the reciprocal dynamic relations that constitute distinct identities within the Godhead” (yes, I am using his words because I could never, in a million years, trust my own) Bishop Flores said “the Father and the Son are true God, but the Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Father. How not? Different hypostasis.”

And here his eyes grew wide; he turned his head and opened his hands, drawing back as if from a spooked horse. The implication was clear: Any further than this, I dare not go.

I’ve never felt so seen.

Sometimes, I make the mistake of thinking that I am unique in my inability to understand the great mysteries. Sometimes, I despair that I am not a “better Catholic” — one who will rush headfirst into the crosshairs of a hard question, confident in the words that come immediately to my lips.

But when I saw Bishop Flores flinch at the thought of defining how, exactly, the Son is not the Father, and vice versa, I remembered that only fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

This Sunday, friends, take heart: our failure to understand is not a poverty. It is a gift. It propels us constantly back to the wellspring of our glorious Faith — to Scripture, to Tradition, to the in-dwelling of the Holy Spirit which sustains each and every one of us who dare to believe.

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CATÓLICA: RECONOCE A DIOS EN TUS MOMENTOS ORDINARIOS

Mini reflexión:
Nuestra falta de comprensión no es una pobreza. Es un regalo. Nos impulsa constantemente de vuelta al manantial de nuestra gloriosa Fe — a las Escrituras, a la Tradición, a la morada del Espíritu Santo que sostiene a cada uno de nosotros que nos atrevemos a creer.

El Regalo de No Entender

Una vez escuché al obispo Daniel Flores — un reconocido erudito y prelado — dar una charla de 70 minutos sobre la naturaleza trinitaria de Dios. En esos 70 minutos, el obispo Flores dijo muchas cosas elocuentes. Pero lo que realmente me impactó no fue un grupo de palabras, sino un solo gesto.

Definiendo la hipóstasis, el término que usamos para las "relaciones dinámicas recíprocas que constituyen identidades distintas dentro de la Divinidad" (sí, uso sus palabras porque jamás, en un millón de años, podría confiar en las mías), el obispo Flores dijo: "el Padre y el Hijo son el verdadero Dios, pero el Padre no es el Hijo, y el Hijo no es el Padre. ¿Cómo no? Otra hipóstasis."

Y ahí sus ojos se abrieron grandemente; giró la cabeza y abrió las manos, apartándose como si se alejara de un caballo asustado. La implicación era clara: Más allá de esto, no me atrevo a ir.

Nunca me había sentido tan vista.

A veces, cometo el error de pensar que soy única en mi incapacidad para comprender los grandes misterios. A veces, desespero por no ser una "mejor católica" — alguien que se lanzará de cabeza al punto de mira de una pregunta difícil, segura de las palabras que salen inmediatamente a mis labios.

Pero cuando vi al obispo Flores estremecerse ante la idea de definir cómo, exactamente, el Hijo no es el Padre, y viceversa, recordé que solo los necios se lanzan donde los ángeles temen pisar.

Este domingo, amigos, anímense; nuestra falta de comprensión no es una pobreza. Es un regalo. Nos impulsa constantemente de vuelta al manantial de nuestra gloriosa Fe — a las Escrituras, a la Tradición, a la morada del Espíritu Santo que sostiene a cada uno de nosotros que nos atrevemos a creer.
Lpi

* Trinity PrayerO Divine Mystery, O Sacred Trinity!Surround us with Your wisdom, love, power, and grace. Draw us to Your...
05/26/2026

* Trinity Prayer
O Divine Mystery, O Sacred Trinity!
Surround us with Your wisdom,
love, power, and grace.
Draw us to Yourself.
Help us to rest in Your goodness.
Amen

* MATCHA & MINISTRYThis Memorial Day weekend, St. Barbara Youth Ministry hosted its third “Matcha & Ministry” gathering ...
05/26/2026

* MATCHA & MINISTRY
This Memorial Day weekend, St. Barbara Youth Ministry hosted its third “Matcha & Ministry” gathering for high school girls, with college-aged women serving as mentors. Over 100 girls from 11 different parishes across Orange County attended, including St. Barbara, La Purisima, Our Lady of La Vang, Holy Spirit, Blessed Sacrament, St. Polycarp, St. Justin Martyr, St. Columban, St. Boniface, St. Bonaventure, and Christ Cathedral.

“Matcha & Ministry” is a girls-only fellowship event centered on authentic friendship, feminine virtue, and Catholic moral teaching. This gathering focused on gossip and the importance of charity and authenticity in relationships and conversations.

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730 S Euclid Street
Santa Ana, CA
92704

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4am
Tuesday 9am - 4am
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+17147757733

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