St. Joseph Marello Catholic Church

7200 Auburn-Folsom Road

Normal Hours:
8:30-2:00pm M-F
First Sunday of the Month:
9:30-10:30am
SUMMER HOURS:
8:30-12:30 M-F

Are you new to St. Joseph Marello Catholic Church? Welcome!
Please download a Parish Registration Form by CLICKING HERE (or pick one up at the Welcome Table in the vestibule of the church).

Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Please visit our Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults page.

Walk for Life Youth Bus
All parish high schoolers are invited into community to join with other parishioners participating in the upcoming 2020 Walk for Life in San Francisco on Saturday, January 25, 2020. 
St. Joseph Marello Parish and Fr. Phil are sponsoring a second bus, designated specifically for the youth of our Parish, to attend the Walk for Life event, at NO COST.  It's a great opportunity for you to join with other young people in our Parish to show support for this cause.  Plan on spending a full day, meeting at the church around 8AM  and arriving back home by around 6PM.  Invite one or more of your friends and spend an extraordinary day as part of this important mission to protect the lives of the most vulnerable in our communities!
Here's what you can expect:
·       Hear from key leaders in the pro-life movement.
·       Be inspired to be an influence for a culture of life.
·       Join tens of  thousands of people who care about protecting the life of the unborn child.
·       Plan to walk approximately 2 miles down Market Street in San Francisco
To learn more, see the attached flyer, visit the Walk for Life website WalkforLifeWC.com, or e-mail Nancy Zavesky nancyzavesky3@gmail.com.
To sign up for the Youth Bus please complete the attached registration and medical release/consent forms with your parents and either e-mail them to Nancy Zavesky or place them in an envelope addressed to Nancy to turn in at the parish office or at the sign-up table at the Masses this weekend.     
Space is limited,  so act fast.  The deadline for reserving a seat on the bus is Friday, December 20. 

 

This is a reminder that it is parish policy that all saved, but unfilled seats be relinquished starting 10 minutes prior to the start of the crowded Christmas Masses.  This policy unfortunately needs to be  enforced in order to maintain some sense of order.  As disappointed as you may be, we ask that you graciously comply with the ushers' efforts to fill all seats that you might be holding for those who have not yet arrived by that time and welcome with a smile those who will then be sitting in those seats.  To avoid this situation, it is highly recommended that anyone you might be saving seats for, arrive in the  church parking lot no later than 25 minutes prior to the beginning of Mass to allow adequate time to park and make their way into the church.

"Come after me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men.  At once they left their nets and followed him."  (Matthew 4: 19-20.)

Next weekend, on Saturday, December 14, at the 5:00 p.m. Mass, and Sunday, December 15, at the 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses, we will be celebrating the commissioning of 22 caring members of our congregation who have heard the call of our Lord and left their nets to follow him.  They have the spiritual gifts to be St. Stephen Ministers and they have participated in many hours of training learning how to carry out this ministry for our Lord. 

Please join our newly commissioned St. Stephen Ministers for a reception following the Saturday 5 p.m. Mass and the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses. 

What Being Catholic Means to Me
By Benjamin Conner

I am a Catholic because I was brought up as one.  However, I choose to remain Catholic because I believe in God and in everything He teaches through His church.  I believe that being a Catholic means trusting in God and in the church, while learning about Catholicism and trying to understand more about God.  Being a Catholic also means having a constant relationship with God by talking to Him in prayer, and going to Mass on Sundays and Holy days.  
Being a good Catholic means living the way that God wants us to live, and treating others as Jesus would.  In the Bible, Jesus says, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). So, to be with God we must get to Him through the church, which Jesus founded.  
One of the reasons I enjoy being Catholic is that we have a rich history of learning and understanding more about our faith. I like learning the truths of the Church and how to defend them.  To me, the most important thing about being Catholic is getting to know, love, and serve God, our loving Father in Heaven.
  
Why Be Catholic?
By Araceli Conner
 
            Being Catholic, to me, means going to church on Sunday and listening to the priest.  It means praying every morning and every night.  It means being baptized, receiving the Eucharist, and going to Confession.  But most importantly, being Catholic means having a relationship with God by talking to Him every day and offering up everything to Him.  That’s what being Catholic means to me.
            I believe in what the Catholic church teaches about who God is, and I want to learn more about my Catholic faith. If someone were to ask me what I believe about my Catholic faith, I would tell them the Apostles’ Creed because the Creed summarizes everything we believe about the Catholic faith.
            My parents chose the Catholic faith for me when I was a baby.  They baptized me and agreed to raise me according to the Catholic faith.  Now, that I am twelve years old, I am choosing this faith for myself in the Sacrament of Confirmation.  I am excited to be confirmed because for me, this means that I will be fully accepted into the church.  Through Confirmation, I am choosing to be Catholic and not just doing it because this is what my parents chose for me. 
               
 

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