Advent Outreach 2024
What is Saints Simon & Jude Advent Outreach? Saints Simon & Jude Advent Outreach is an opportunity for parishioners to pray, reflect and respond to the needs of those less fortunate as we prepare to celebrate the joy and promise of the birth of Christ. When Does it Start and End? Christ the King Sunday, November 23-24, 2024, through Advent. Please note: Gift Tags, the Giving Garland, and the Advent Calendar will be available the weekend of November 16th and 17th. How
Parish Retreat
PARISH RETREAT Saturday, November 23rd 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Mary & Joseph Retreat Center in Palos Verdes Join Fr. Jim Clark, author and spiritual director, for a day of retreat at the Mary & Joseph Retreat Center. Bus transportation is provided. Cost for the day is $75. All parishioners are welcome to attend! See below for more information and registration. "Growing in the Life of the Spirit" - Like all things, renewal and growth in the life of the Spirit necessitates the
Pastoral Message – September 22, 2024
Sunday, September 22, is the first official day of Fall this year. That’s because this year is the Autumnal Equinox, when the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length as the days get shorter, occurs on September 22nd. Of course, we don’t need the coming of the Autumnal Equinox to tell us that Fall is approaching. There are other signs of Fall around us as well: Vacations are over and the school year
Men’s Tacos & Theology
Four Sons Brewing, Tuesday, September 24, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Tacos & Theology
Four Sons Brewing, Thursday, September 19, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Pastoral Message – September 8, 2024
Looking ahead at the gospel passage we will hear this weekend, I was happy to see that this is one of those special passages in which St. Mark tells us what Jesus said in Jesus’ native Aramaic language. In healing a man who was deaf, Jesus touched his ears and said, “Ephphatha!” That was the first sound that the deaf man heard. The word means “Be opened!” but there’s something special about hearing the same exact sound that the deaf
