Dear Fellow Parishioners, Beginning this school year, St. Vincent Elementary School changed its First Friday and Holy Day Mass schedules to accommodate an extra two hours of classroom time on those days. In the past, the First Friday Mass began around 10:40 am, ended before 12 noon, and students were free for the day. From […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Iâm happy to inform you that the re-gilding and re-painting of the facade of the main entrance of the church has been completed. Some time ago, Ruby Newman, the local craftswoman who has been with our interior and exterior church renewal projects for over 3 decades, said that this would be the […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Iâm happy to inform you that the re-gilding and re-painting of the facade of the main entrance of the church has been completed. Some time ago, Ruby Newman, the local craftswoman who has been with our interior and exterior church renewal projects for over 3 decades, said that this would be the […]
(PRACTICING) CATHOLIC – RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR ORDINARY MOMENTS By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman To Whom Shall We Go? A friend of mine, who is a far better Christian than I can ever hope to be, once shared with me that her family sneers at her belief system and lifestyle. She believes in fairy tales they […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners. Coming back from vacation means returning to a pile of mail and emails, plus new tasks for the coming educational and liturgical years. Next week, we have a staff meeting to begin planning for Advent which is, after all, not all that far in the future. Tuesday, I celebrated the First Day […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Every year it seems that the end of summer, and the beginning of the new school year, arrive more and more quickly. In the childhoods of many of us who were raised in California, the first day of school was always the Tuesday after Labor Day. Hot on its heels came California […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Near the end of June, we celebrate two important solemnities, which is the highest rank of liturgical observance. That means they are celebrated even on Suanday, if they happen to fall on that day of the week. (The only thing they lack is status as Holy Days of Obligations.) These are the […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, Now that we are nearly at the midpoint of the calendar year, I would like to do a âlightning roundâ of completed projects and coming events, in no particular order of importance. Restoration of the church façade: thanks to your support of the Maintenance Fund, the restoration of the front facade of […]
Dear Fellow Parishioners, This Sunday we join countries on every inhabited continent in celebrating Fatherâs Day. While the Third Sunday in June is by far the most common day for celebrating it, there is a smaller group of 14 traditionally Catholic countries which celebrate Fatherâs Day on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, the […]
Dear St. Vincent de Paul community, My name is Fr. Mauricio Rodriguez. I am 39 years old, and I am originally from Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. I was raised in a Catholic family, and Iâm the youngest of four brothers. In 2006, I moved with my family to Sonoma County. In 2013, I started getting more […]
Our parish mission statement identifies St. Vincentâs as a Eucharist centered people who, as the Body of Christ, live our faith in word and deed by sharing our time, talent, and treasure to support one another and serve those in need.
This website is intended not only to provide you with the information you need about our parish but also to help us build up our life as a community and so help us in our mission. It provides a way for us to connect with each other; and we invite you to use it to share stories, to learn about whatâs happening and whatâs coming up, and to provide information you think we all need to hear. This site will evolve as our parish evolves; it belongs to all of us. I hope you find it helpful.
This hymn speaks to the atmosphere, design, and heart of St. Vincentâs parish: there is a place here for everyone. In fact, you are not only welcomed, but needed! As we explore and expand our ideas of just what a Church community is, we recognize first that pivotal life events occur in church: weddings, baptisms, First Communion, Confirmation; but, we also find that we need community in order to be a Spirit filled Church where we praise God, share our faith, and help one another by way of fellowship, and the numerous ministries available to all parishioners. Through our stewardship, the gift of our time and talent, there is a wonderful opportunity to give and receive, to make friends, to help friends, to see how our talents are a gift from God made for sharing. We are bonded to a group of people with whom we already have at least one thing in common, and that is our faith. It is our hope that you will use this community website to build bridges and connect with one another, and see that each of us, too, is a gift from God meant to be shared.