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Stations of the Cross

Christ the King Church
Please join us on Fridays in Lent to pray
The Stations of the Cross 6:30pm - Beginning Friday, Feb. 16 

St. Stephen Church
Please join us on Fridays for 12pm Stations of the Cross in the church.
We are also open for self-guided outdoor stations on Fridays 12pm to 6pm and Mon. & Wed. 11am-2pm

Celebrate St. Patrick

The Hospitality Ministry invites you to celebrate St. Patrick on Saturday, March 16th, following the 4pm mass, outside on the patio.

Let's gather together for fellowship, food and fun! All are welcome!

Thank you Sr. Cecilia for leading our Parish Lenten Mission

If you missed any of Sr. Cecilia's Lenten reflections click on the buttons below to view them on YouTube.

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)

Attention Parents and Grandparents of children in Kindergarten through Fourth Grade:

Twice a month, starting on March 10, your children will have the opportunity to join other children in a special Children's Liturgy. Children will listen to the readings of the day in an interactive, child-friendly way so they can better understand God's Word and strengthen their faith.

CLOW Details: Time: Sundays at 9:00 a.m. Mass
March Dates: March 10, March 17
No Registration Required

Children's Ministry

You are invited to attend our Lenten Reconciliation Service in the church

CTK: Saturday, March 16 at 3pm
St. Stephen: Friday, March 15 at 6pm

Come and experience the healing power of the Sacrament of Reconciliation as we journey together during Lent.

Christ the King - St. Stephen Parish
Lenten and Spring Adult Faith Formation

Click on each presenter to learn more 

Friday Lenten Scripture Study

Presenter: Jeannette Holmes

 Fridays of Lent at 10am in the CTK Ministry Center Chapel

Friday, February 16,   23, March 1, 8, 15, & 22. Attend one or all sessions. 

Lenten Bible Study

Presenter: Kathy Roberts

Mondays: March 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 10:00-11:30am or 7:00-8:30pm St. Stephen Parish Hall - Register HERE by February22nd

Presentation of "Our Father"

Presenter: Fr. Paulson

St. Stephen Parish Hall on Thursday at 10am and 7pm at CTK Church beginning April 18, 25, May 2, 9 and 16.

Holy Week and Easter Schedule

Holy Thursday

March 28th, 2024

Christ the King - 7:00pm Mass

St. Stephen Church - 7:00pm Mass

Good Friday

March 29th 2024

12pm - Taize Prayer Around the Cross
1pm - Preaching on the Passion
1:10pm - Stations of the Cross 1:50pm - Preaching on the Passion
2pm - Liturgy of the Lord's Passion
6pm - Liturgy of the Lord's Passion (repeat of the 2pm)

St. Stephen Church - Stations of the Cross - 6pm

Easter Vigil

March 30th 2024

Christ the King - 7:30pm Mass

St. Stephen Church - 7:30pm Mass

Easter Sunday

March 31st 2024

7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am - In the church

9am & 10:30am - Children/Family Mass - Outdoors

No 4pm Mass

St. Stephen Church - 9:30am

Staying Connected

Dear Friends,

This Monday, March 11th we welcomed Winter Nights homeless families into our church campus. There are….people living with us, and I am so grateful to John Alonso and his team of volunteers for ministering to these precious families. We currently have 4 families, with the youngest being a 2 month old infant. I know that many of you have volunteered to cook, to teach or just be there for these families. Thank you.

In 2018, one of our parishioners, Craig Lazzeretti, wrote the following article titled, “Every child in our country should sleep in a warm bed” in the Mercury News, which I would like to share with you.

“Each year, my parish in Pleasant Hill takes part in a wonderful program in Contra Costa that houses homeless families at local churches. For two weeks, families pitch tents in our church gymnasium while members of the church community take turns preparing meals and offering spiritual and material sustenance. At the end of the two weeks, the families pack up and move on to another local church.

I took part recently in the Winter Nights program at Christ the King Catholic Church, where I had the privilege of helping serve a Mexican-themed meal to the families, who, despite their challenging circumstances, smiled broadly and expressed a degree of gratitude that I found moving.

As rewarding as the experience was, it was also troubling and difficult to see children without a permanent place to call home. This just wasn’t right. Every child in our country should lie down to sleep at night in a warm bed, not in sleeping bags in a church gym or worse. As the richest state in the richest society in the world, we can and must do better.

As I talked to the program director over dinner, I saw a portrait of the homeless in our community that flew in the face of preconceptions I’ve often had over the years. In many cases, these are hard-working, dedicated parents who either have jobs or want them and yet they simply don’t have the resources to put a roof over their head. While it’s easy to associate the homeless with mental illness or substance abuse, an increasing number are victims of the cruel lack of affordable housing in the Bay Area.

It’s not uncommon, I was told, for parents to have stable jobs but be relegated to living out of their cars because their incomes simply can’t pay for the sky-high rents in the area. One bad break in life can leave them and their children on the streets.

As we talked, I felt angry thinking about how much could be done to solve this problem if only we committed to building sufficient affordable housing in our communities... It’s a shame that those who so vigorously fight attempts to bring low-income housing into their communities don’t see first-hand the results of their actions: families living in cars or in tents in church gymnasiums. If they witnessed what I witnessed during the Winter Nights program, I wonder if they might have a change of heart?

Maybe, maybe not. In so many arenas today, entrenched ideology and beliefs seem to have trumped compassion and pragmatism. The sad reality is that too many people in our communities are afraid of the impact affordable housing will have on their quality of life.

Then again, there’s no better way to spark action than to put a human face on a problem. If children sleeping in tents in church gymnasiums isn’t enough to bring about change, I’m not sure what will.”

I spoke to Craig recently, and he told me how much he was inspired and transformed by the Winter Nights program. May Jesus who was born in a manger and lived in exile as a child, bring blessings upon all who work to bring JOY to the poor and the needy.

Compassion. Resilience. Determination. Three words to describe one of the greatest women of the 19th and 20th centuries with an inspiring film running in theatres from Angel Studios, Cabrini.

I invite you to watch the movie in one of our theatres near you; her rags-to-riches story as she rose to entrepreneurship; her mission to lift the poor and orphaned; her fight against misogyny, bigotry, and classicism; and why this stunning biopic will be one of the most inspiring watches of the decade. Who was the titular character of Cabrini? Cabrini’s real name is Francesca Xavier Cabrini (also referred to as Frances Cabrini.) A nun serving under Pope Leo XIII, and the daughter of a farmer from Lombard, Cabrini hailed from Italy and immigrated to New York, where she completed the bulk of her service. After her death, Cabrini attained sainthood as an American citizen, and has hereafter become known as Mother Cabrini or the Patron Saint of Immigrants. (Taken from Angel studios).

Fr. Paulson

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Mass Times

Christ the King Campus
Monday - Friday

9:00am (and livestreamed)

First Friday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Mass

5:00pm - 6:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Mass ( and livestreamed)

Saturday
9:00am (and livestreamed)
3:00pm - 3:30pm Confessions
4:00pm Vigil Mass (livestreamed)

Sunday
7:30am
9:00am
10:30am (and livestreamed)
11:30am - 12:00pm (drive-thru Communion)
4:00pm

St. Stephen Campus
Monday - Friday
8:00am

Saturday

5:00pm
4:30pm-5:00pm Confessions

Sunday
9:30am

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