Welcome to Saint Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church on Santa Catalina Island.

Seating is available inside the main church or in the outer courtyard during Masses. The Mass can be heard in the courtyard through our outdoor speakers. We encourage you to join us inside in the main sanctuary if you are well and able.

Office hours: Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday, 11:00am-1:00pm and by appointment.

Annointing of the sick: contact Father Dario

Confession: contact Father Dario. Also available during Eucharistic Adoration on Thursdays.

Votive candles are available for purchase at the parish office and sacristy for $10 each.

You may purchase candles at the sacristy directly before or after any Mass. Place your donation in the money slot, then take a candle from the cupboard below. Please only take the amount you have donated for.

For safety reasons, please do not use votive candles from Vons or any other distributor inside our candle holders at the two indoor oratories. We have had problems with them shattering and creating a fire hazard. The plastic candles we use & provide have proved trustworthy over the years for use in our beloved oratories.

Gluten-free hosts are available during communion. We prefer that you let the priest or Eucharistic minister know before Mass so they can have it ready.

Thursday Eucharistic Adoration

Join us for Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm in the church. We hope you can attend and spend some time in prayer and adoration with our Lord, Jesus Christ.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Catalina Island Resident Resource Fair

The island resource fair has been organized by Catalina Island Health (formerly Catalina Island Medical Center), in coordination with the City of Avalon and Los Angeles County DPSS several times in the last few years. This great event brings respresentatives from public resource agencies to the island to help island residents with everything from Medi-Cal, Family
Support Information, Housing/Renters Rights and Assistance, Immigration Assistance, Mental Health and Grief Support, Dental Resources, and more! We are happy to host them in our parish hall and hope our Catalina community will utilize this convenient opportunity.

Tacos will be available to purchase from 12-3pm if you'd like a bite to eat during your visit!

Check out their posters below, or visit: https://catalinaislandhealth.org/resident-resource-fair/

Weekly Announcements:

Holy Week Schedule:

Weekly Gospel Reflections:

Keep up with Fr. Dave Heney, one of Avalon's yearly visiting priests, affectionately known as the "boys of summer". His weekly Gospel reflections can be found on the home page of his website:

daveheney.com

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We are looking for assistance in livestreaming the weekend Mass online. Please let Fr. Dario or tech advisor, Gabriel, know. We only need 1 Mass per weekend, and it can be any Mass you are available to attend. If you have your own laptop, great! If not, we can arrange to have one available so you can connect to our livestream camera inside.

Standing Announcements:

If you have any upcoming baptisms, funerals, or quinceñeras, please call or email the parish office to confirm that it is on our schedule. No one is allowed to use the church for special events without authorization from the pastor (Father Dario). This is to make sure two events do not conflict with each other, and so that the priest is not caught by surprise by an unscheduled event.

Checks: If you write a check to our church for any purpose, please do not make any corrections. Please start a new check. Our bank (U.S. Bank) has been declining checks written to us because of corrections.

If you have pledged to contribute to the "Called to Renew" campaign, please make sure that you are keeping-up with the frequency of contributions you selected during sign-up. We understand that things change in life, so if your contributions have changed, Fr. Dario or a member of our Finance Council may be contacting you to discuss what will work best with your individual situation going forward.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are always open to having more Mass volunteers

As with many Catholic parishes, we always welcome our congregation to help fill the various roles within the Mass. Contact the parish office or the pastor if you would like to sign-up to help make sure our celebrations of Mass always have the full support the Lord deserves.

Available positions:

- Lectors (reading the liturgy of the word)

- Altar server (at any age)

- Sacristans (preparing the linens and Eucharistic items before Mass)

- Extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion

- Music ministers (cantors/singers, organists, pianists, guitarists)

   [Will need to confirm repertoire with church Music Director]

- Ushers

- Greeters

- Anyone good with I.T. and tech (employment can be discussed for this position).

If you would like to volunteer in any capacity, please contact the parish office or speak with Father Dario after Mass, or whenever you see him. Prospective musicians or cantors/choristers may contact the Music Director directly.

~~ Religious education classes ~~

Click here to see the "Religious Ed. updates" page

TEEN CONFIRMATION

All communications to parents will happen through the parish Flocknote text messages and emails. Contact Father Dario if you are not yet signed up to receive these messages.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

All communications to parents will happen through the parish Flocknote text messages and emails. Contact Father Dario if you are not yet signed up to receive these messages.

ATTENDING MASS WITH US:

We celebrate the Roman Catholic Mass in alignment with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. All of our Masses are held in the "Ordinary Rite", which is most familiar to our community. We do not offer any Extraordinary Form/Latin Masses at this time.

> We encourage walking and car-pooling as much as possible due to limited parking at and around the church. Please be mindful of nearby residents and city regulations about vehicle parking.

> Parking is available on Beacon Street in front of the church, and in the back parking lot of the church. PLEASE do not block any exits, pathways, or driveways. The side parking lot next to the Parish Hall is not available.

> We request members of the congregation to turn their cell phones on silent mode or off while attending Mass. During visits outside of Mass, please maintain reverence and be mindful of other visitors using the peace and quiet for prayer and reflection.

> When available, feel free to pick up a copy of our Parish bulletin. During most weekend Masses, we have an usher who may offer you one. Some weekends, we do not prepare a bulletin if there are no pertinent announcements in order to save paper.

> During Mass, we make use of the OCP United in Christ/Unidos en Cristo hymnal and bilingual missalette for Liturgy of the Word. On occasion, our music department may have separate leaflets printed out for special events or holidays and have them available at the beginning of Mass.

> Lost and found items are usually turned in to the sacristy. Please contact the parish priest or a church volunteer to retrieve a lost item. If you return outside of Mass times, please call the church phone number or send us an email to get access to the lost & found.

> After the 9:00AM Sunday Mass, we welcome you to join us for coffee, juice, and light snacks in the courtyard provided by our volunteers. A donation jar is usually set up and all monies go directly to supporting parish operations. If it is raining after Mass, the get-together is usually moved inside the Parish Hall.

Last update: 20 Apr 2025