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Endow Faith Group for Women
03/26/2019
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Endow small faith group for women Tuesdays @ 6pm, for 8 weeks beginning March 12th Topic: Edith Stein Must sign up in advance For more info, contact Val Izzo: val@sdcathedral.org Please visit… More Info
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Catholic in Recovery03/26/2019
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Parish Lenten Penance Service03/27/2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
A Time to Reflect with Fr. Pat03/30/2019
9:00 am - 10:00 am
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We are blessed to announce the new pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral, effective July 1. Fr. Peter Navarra is currently the pastor of St. John of the Cross Church in Lemon Grove. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of San Diego on June 26, 1981 and has served in various parishes throughout the diocese from the Imperial Valley to the South Bay to North County. He currently serves as the Chaplain to the Guadalupana Association here in San Diego, which plans the annual diocesan celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. He is fully bilingual and his passion is making the liturgy beautiful and prayerful. Welcome Fr. Peter! Our community welcomes you with great joy! Fr. Peter will begin his ministry here on July 1.
Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation... the Angel of the Lord announcing to Mary that she had been chosen and blessed among women to bear the Word Incarnate. That, by the power of the Holy Spirit, God would take the humble form of one of His own creations to show His love for us. That, through the womb of a young girl, our Savior would be born. With her fiat, her willing yes to God's out of this world plan, we were given a second chance at eternal life with our Lord.
Thank you, God, for the wonderful gift of rain! It should clear up by tomorrow so hope you will drop by the Cathedral for Adoration, Mass, and/or Stations. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed from 7:30am-11:45am. We have Masses at 7am and 12:07pm. Immediately following the 12:07pm Mass, we will have an opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross. Many special opportunities that not even the rain can stop!
It's no wonder why, in Italy, Father's Day is celebrated on the Solemnity of St. Joseph! St. Joseph was and is a true model of fatherhood. He stood up for what was good and just according to God's standards. He defended the family God entrusted to his care. He wasn't too prideful to take Mary and her Son into his home even knowing he would never be the true biological father of the boy. He provided for and built a home for the Holy Family. He was a humble, hard-working carpenter who loved God with all his heart, mind, and soul. He stayed centered on the Lord and made sure his family also remained faithful to the One and Only source of real joy. St. Joseph, our patron Saint, we praise God for the gift of your fatherhood. Please pray for each of us prodigal sons and daughters of God that we might find our way back Home. Please teach us how to walk, as you taught the child Jesus, ever closer to our Heavenly Father. Please guide us when we are lost and, at the moment of our death, please put in a good word for us with Jesus. You are a good measure of how a father and disciple of Christ should be. Thank you for modeling humility to us and we hope to make you, Jesus, Mary, and our Heavenly Father proud always. St. Joseph, pray for us.
Every Friday during Lent, we will have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from about 7:30am until 11:45am. Benediction will lead us into the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and immediately after that, we will have an opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross. Please join us for any or all of these Friday activities as we grow as a community closer to Jesus.