Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
I wish a very Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms, Grandmothers and fairy Godmothers!
Thank you sincerely for all the love you bring to our lives. May our loving God continue to bless you with good health and great happiness.
This weekend marks the conclusion of our active campaign for t ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
I remember my first visit to the Marian Shrine of Lourdes, France. It was about this time of year and fifty years ago - 1968. I was still in high school and it was my first time to visit another country. I was impressed by the way people brought those who were sick to the Grotto of Mass ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
Thanks to the generosity of so many of you,
work on our completely refitted kitchen in Crespi Parish Hall is now nearing completion.
The next phase of our work at Crespi will be the restoration of two Office spaces, which in recent years have been used for storage.
As I stated previo ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
This weekend at Carmel Mission, we are celebrating the 60th Anniversary of our local
Council 4593 of the Knights of Columbus. Our Knights have been involved in helping our parish community in numerous ways, as well as raising funds to assist worthy causes, both near and afar.
Our K ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
I hope that you had a happy and Holy Easter. At Carmel Mission, we had a greater number of people join us for our Easter liturgies than in previous years. Some members of the Mission team had advised that we purchase 150 folding chairs to be used in anticipation of a large overflow at ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
I had a conversation with a friend of mine recently about the number of hours we watch television. She and I agreed that we spend less time doing so nowadays, compared to when we were younger. There was a time that we looked forward to catching the evening news. Not so any longer! We ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
As we celebrate Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, we are brought in to the drama of the most sacred week in human history.
When we wave our palm branches and walk in procession to commemorate the triumphal entry of Our Savior into the holy city of Jerusalem, we are also consciou ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
I thank you for your generosity in supporting our 2018 Annual Ministries Appeal and thereby helping us to preserve for future generations our beloved Crespi Parish Hall.
As you are aware, this Hall is used by our many ministries and provides a gathering place for both parishi ...
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
Let me reassure you that the gentlemen you will find at their stall in the front courtyard of our beautiful Mission are all members of our local Council of the Knights of Columbus.
They have absolutely no connection with the moneychangers mentioned in the Gospel this weekend. They ...
Dear Friend of Carmel Mission,
I’m appealing for your assistance. Part of my responsibility as Pastor at the Mission, is to preserve and enhance the buildings here for future generations. We are currently upgrading Crespi Parish Hall, by installing a much-needed refitted kitchen and converting some stora ...
Dear Friend of Carmel Mission,
As we begin this Season of Lent, our annual opportunity to get ourselves into shape (spiritually speaking), we turn to the three tried and trusted ways of enhancing our relationship with God, Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving.
We lead busy lives and can easily come up with the excu ...
Dear Friends in Christ,
As we begin the Season of Lent, I ask myself whatever happened to my New Year resolutions? Just how much weight did I promise myself to lose? I dare not go near the weighing scale! But our God is always giving us second chances, and so here comes Lent again, a liturgical season during which ...
Dear Friends in Christ,
We are very fortunate to have a unique and celebrated collection of art here at Carmel Mission. Some of the statues in our Basilica were brought here by Saint Junipero himself.
I invite you to learn more about our collection by purchasing the book “Art from the Carmel Mission “ by Gail ...
