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In recent years, the Third Sunday in Advent has meant ADVENTure, an event that brought the parish together to celebrate our ancestral origins by sharing Advent and Christmas traditions, playing games, and performing works of service. This year, because of COVID-19, we are going virtual!

We need your help creating short videos and photos so that the Faith Formation team can create a video collage to be shared with our parish! Send videos (mp3 or mp4 format) and photos (jpg or gif preferred) to Susie Osacho via [email protected], by Thursday, December 10.

Our annual opportunity has arrived for giving useful gifts to guests at the Loaves and Fishes site that parishioners serve once per month. Ideal gifts are new hats, gloves, blankets, hoodies, socks, boots and coats in men’s sizes. You may drop off your donation when you come for weekend Mass through December 20.

The ancient office of Compline derives its name form a Latin word meaning 'completion' (completorium). It is above all a service of quietness and reflection before rest at the end of the day. It is most effective when the ending is indeed an ending, without additions, conversation or noise. If there is an address, or business to be done, it should come first. If the service is in church, those present depart in silence; if at home they go quietly to bed.

Mike has passed to Eternal Life with the Resurrected Christ. Mass of Christian Burial on November 20.

Through November 22, we will accept your contributions for the Center for Mission, which will benefit Catholic Home Missions Appeal, Peter’s Pence, World Mission Sunday and Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Please make checks payable to “St. Richard’s Catholic Church” and write “Center for Mission” in the memo line, or give online....

I have been privileged to serve alongside an amazing staff, and with all of you, for 8½ years in my role as Parish Administrator for St. Richard’s Catholic Church. We have journeyed together as we supported three different pastors, raised over $1.2 million dollars to make several capital improvements throughout our campus, and evolved to make sense of what ministry means during the coronavirus pandemic... [read more]

Recording of November 2, 2020 All Soul's Service.