Jul 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The celebration of marriage is also a liturgical act, appropriately held in a public liturgy at church. Catholics are urged to celebrate their marriage within the Eucharistic Liturgy. ~USCCB
We welcome couples to plan their wedding celebration at Assumption. The Catholic Church requires a preparation period of at least 6 months. Marriage preparation addresses such topics as: the Sacrament of Matrimony, communication, and decision-making. Please see our website for more detailed information, fees, and our brochure on marriage in the Catholic Church.
Please phone the office to schedule an appointment with the Pastor at least 6 months prior to the proposed wedding date.
Available wedding times are on Saturdays: 10AM, 12-Noon, and 1:30PM. Friday or any other weekday: time to be determined.
For more information from the USCCB about Catholic marriages see: foryourmarriage.org/
Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Anthony is an ABVM graduate of the class of 2016, he graduated Don Bosco Tech in 2020 with honors, and then graduated from Grand Canyon University in April, with honors and on the Dean’s List. Anthony enlisted in the Army in January 2021, days after his grandmother’s passing.
Anthony is the son of Jim and Lucy (Santillan) Smith, (ABVM Class of 1975), and big brother to Ainslee, ABVM Class of 2018. His family has been part of ABVM since 1965, including his grandparents, Jesse and Bernice Santillan, and uncles, Jesse & Phillip. Anthony is also the grandson of Frank and Mary Ann Smith, (deceased) and nephew of Cindy, Dee, Russ and Kim.
His deployment orders are to report on August 11, and he will be sent to Fort Bliss TX, and then to Fort Sill, OK. He is attached to an artillery unit. In November, he will be sent to Kuwait. Please pray for Anthony’s safety, and for his family.
Sep 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Are you 17 years or older and would like to join Catholic Church but are not Baptized?
Come join our RCIA program!
Are you Baptized in the Catholic Church, but have not made your First Holy Communion or Confirmation, and you are 17 years or older?
Come join our RCIA program!
Are you Baptized in another Christian denomination, but would like to join the Catholic Church?
Come join our RCIA program!
Call the parish office 626.792.1343 to register. Class begins in October.
Oct 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
General Assembly on the Synod on the future of the church, to be held in Rome from October 4 to 29, 2023.
“The Assembly addresses the overarching question of the Synod: How does this “journeying together,” which takes place today on different levels (from the local level to the universal one), allow the church to proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the mission entrusted to her; and what steps does the Spirit invite us to take in order to grow as a synodal Church?
This work is based on what emerged from listening to the People of God as presented in the Instrumentum Laboris and the previous documents.”
What is the Instrumentum laboris (IL)?
It is the fruit of the discernment that began with the consultation of the People of God at the local level. The fruits of this consultation were collected at the diocesan level and then summarized and sent to the Bishops’ Conferences or Synods of the Eastern Catholic Churches. These then went on to Continental Assemblies.
Based on all the material gathered during the listening phase, and in particular the Final Documents of the Continental Assemblies, the Instrumentum laboris (IL) was drafted.
Our parish participated in the process in 2022 and the results are on our website!
~synod.va/
