Our Lady’s Comforters

Our Lady’s Comforters was founded in 2009 to gather parishioners together and make baby blankets for women and babies in difficult situations. In honor of               St. Mary’s by the Sea’s Centennial Celebration, we have set the goal of sewing 100 baby blankets by the end of this year, which will be donated to the pro-life centers listed below. In order to reach this ambitious target, we need your financial support. On January 28-29 and February 4-5, we will be collecting donations outside the Church after each Mass. Please be as generous as possible to help us to meet this goal.

Our first actual sewing session will be on Saturday, February 18 from 9am to 12pm. Everyone is invited to participate, and NO sewing experience is necessary!

The blankets will be donated to:

– Horizon Pregnancy Center in Huntington Beach

– Life Center in Santa Ana

– Children’s Hospital of Orange County

– His Nesting Place in Long Beach

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PARISH CENTENNIAL MISSION

Saturday, February 25, noon-6pm. 

Join our community and presenter, Fr. Minh Q. Do, for lunch fellowship prior to presentations on THE EUCHARIST. There will be time for reflection, Q&A, Confessions—and the day will conclude with a Mass of thanksgiving at 5pm. Please be sure to prioritize this event and mark your calendar.

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EVENING WITH OUR BLESSED MOTHER

Monday, February 6, 5:30pm-6:30pm 

At our Marian Shrine towards the back of our church, we will hold the final of the three part Marian Series.  Please bring a folding chair and enjoy a relaxed hour of prayer and praise. We will delve deeper into Marian’s apparitions focusing also on the adolescent Jesus that she beholds

Pardon Our Dust!

Construction Begins This Wednesday

Our anxiously anticipated date of construction in the church for the      Legacy Project begins this Monday, September 24^th!

Daily and weekend Masses will then be held in Fr. Johnson Hall. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, yet we look forward to this beautification of our Church. Thank you to all those who participated in this Project to make it a reality.

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RCIA (Adult Religious Education)

Are You Interested in Becoming a Catholic?

St. Mary’s by the Sea will have classes every Monday evening from 7:00-8:00pm. This class is for adults and teens (16 years or older) who would like to become a practicing Catholic and receive the sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, and/or Confirmation.

Registration/Orientation 

Monday, September 24, 2018 at 7:00pm

Fr. Johnson Hall

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Catholic Resources – Free!

We would like to remind everyone of the circular rack at the back of the Church with various free pamphlets in it that you can take home. Another resource is our Lending Library available to all located in Fr. Johnson Hall. It contains many Catholic approved books. And lastly, we invite you to visit our website at www.StMarysByTheSea.net, and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/StMarysByTheSeaCatholicChurch.

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Eucharistic Adoration & Exposition

St. Mary’s by the Sea opens the Church for Eucharistic Adoration every Monday through Friday from 1:00 to 4:30 pm. On Thursdays, the Divine Mercy Chaplet will be recited at 3:00pm and we will have Eucharistic Exposition (where the Blessed Sacrament is displayed outside the tabernacle in the monstrance for adoration by the faithful) from 3:00 to 7:30 pm, closing with Benediction (praying the rosary and receiving a blessing with the Host) at 7:30 pm.