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This weekend, October 17 and 18, is Commitment Weekend. Last weekend we heard a story; this week we talked it over. Now each household is asked for its commitment for the year ahead.
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Last weekend was for listening. At every Mass, parishioner Wayne Zahner, a member of St. Monica for 26 years, shared how this parish became his home.
This weekend is for answering. Pledge cards are in the pews at every Mass, and the same card is above for anyone at home or watching the livestream.
Why a parish does this every year
Every healthy parish renews its support once a year, in Ohio and Kansas, in Boston and San Francisco. A home has to be looked after. For a renter, the upkeep is folded into the rent. For an owner, it arrives as a property tax bill and the occasional plumber. Nobody asks how you feel about either one. At St. Monica, you are asked.
A Century on California Avenue
Built for the parish a hundred years on
St. Monica has been a parish since 1886. The church it worships in today was dedicated in 1926. The story goes that Msgr. Nicholas Conneally, who built it, was asked why he was building it so big. He is said to have answered that he was building for the church a hundred years on.
He was talking about us. So renewal is not a capital campaign, and it is not about something bright and new. It is about looking after a gift handed down a century ago—and handing it on in good order.
A typical week on California Avenue
A snapshot of a typical month on this six-acre campus, which parish and school share from dawn to starlight. Some of it meets weekly, some monthly; all of it happens here.
What a parish this alive can do
Much of this runs on volunteers and on gifts given for a particular purpose: the turkeys are donated, and the relief funds came from the Archdiocese. Offertory is what sits underneath. It keeps the campus open, the lights on, the music playing, and the staff in place, so that St. Monica can say yes when the need arrives.
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Mass
Mon–Fri, 7:00 am - Church
Mon–Fri, 12:10 pm - Church & Livestream
Sat, 8:00 am - Church & Livestream
Sat, 5:30 pm - Church
Sun, 7:30 am - Church
Sun, 9:30 am - Church & Livestream
Sun, 11:30 am - Church
Sun, 5:30 pm - Church & Livestream
Outdoor seating is available at all weekend Masses.
Confession
Mon–Fri. 5:30–6 pm
Sat, 4:30–5:00 pm
There are no confessions on secular holidays or other observances when the parish is closed.
Holy Days & Holidays
Holy Days: additional Vigil and evening Masses, 6:30 p.m.
Holidays: single Mass, 9:30 am with no confessions
Eucharistic Adoration
First & Third Fridays: 7:30–8:30 a.m. & 7–8 p.m. · Church
Second & Fourth Sundays: Noon–3 p.m. · Chapel
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St. Monica Catholic Community
725 California Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
310-566-1500 Contact Us
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