From Our Pastor

Welcome!

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

From the founding of our Parish in 1958, we have grown and developed with Sierra Vista - as partners in building up this great community we call home.

Over the decades, we sought to be active participants in every aspect of community life. We believe that serving the common good and making this city a place where people come first, where the least and most easily-overlooked are served and cared for, and where the quality of life is enhanced for all our fellow citizens, is an essential witness to our faith.

We hope our parish church is a place where all experience the Presence of God and the welcome of God's People. We pray that its beauty will speak a wordless invitation to those who are seeking, those who are wearied by life's burdens and those who are drawn to lift their hearts in prayer.

We thank God for giving us this opportunity to extend His blessings and to share our church and campus facilities with the Sierra Vista community.

The pulse of St. Andrew's is reflected through our ministries and individual parishoner efforts. I hope to highlight these achievements and bring focus to upcoming events in the article following this message.

Yours because His,

Fr. Greg Adolf
Pastor

Bienvenido

Estimados amigos de San Andrés,

Desde la fundación de nuestra Parroquia en 1958, hemos crecido y nos hemos desarrollado junto con Sierra Vista construyendo esta gran comunidad la cual llamamos nuestra casa.

A través de las décadas hemos tratado de participar activamente en todos los aspectos, dentro de nuestra comunidad. Creemos que un testigo esencial de nuestra fe es el servir al bien común y el hacer de esta ciudad un lugar para quienes lo más importante es su gente, donde los más necesitados y los más olvidados son servidos y cuidados, y donde la calidad de vida es mejorada para todos nuestros ciudadanos.

Deseamos que nuestra parroquia sea un lugar donde todos puedan sentir la Presencia de Dios y se sientan bienvenidos como hijos de Él. Rogamos que su belleza les haga una invitación silenciosa a aquellos quienes están en busca de Dios, a aquellos quienes se encuentran abrumados por los problemas de la vida, y a aquellos quienes han sido llamados a levantar sus almas en oración.

Agradecemos a Dios por darnos esta oportunidad de extender sus bendiciones y de compartir nuestra iglesia y nuestras facilidades con la comunidad de Sierra Vista.

El servicio de San Andrés está reflejado en nuestros ministerios y los esfuerzos individuales de nuestros parroquianos. Espero que podamos realzar estos logros y llevar enfoque a futuros eventos los cuales mencionamos en el artículo debajo de este mensaje.

Suyo en Cristo,

Padre Greg Adolf

Pastor

Did You Know...

...That Advent is very much “Mary’s special Season”?

Ours is a very “Marian” Parish, with many visible signs of our great devotion to Our Lady. The church bells sound forth from the “Ave Maria Tower” (a gift of the Knights of Columbus), while the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe graces the south façade of the church, as well as the shrine located on the west end of Kino Hall, depicting St. Juan Diego knelling before the Apparition. Another image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is enshrined above the entrance of Madonna Hall. A beautiful statue of Our Lady of Grace stands in the Memorial Prayer Garden, and many visit the Shrine to the Holy Family in the south parking lot. In the Gathering Room of the church is the image of Our Lady Who Unties Knots. The special significance of this image Our Lady, ( which became enormously popular when Pope Francis shared his special love for this image), is that ours was only the second dedicated parish shrine to Her in the United States! Pick up a ‘holy card’ and pray the prayer written especially for our Parish’s use! When you enter the church itself, you see that a Rosary ‘railing’ in cast stone rounds around the whole Sanctuary, a detail repeated in the Divine Mercy Chapel. The principal image of Our Lady in the church is the Madonna and Child carved in Oberammergau for the original church, enshrined at the front of the Sanctuary. The full-sized image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the first niche on the east side is paralleled by an image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the west side. At the top of the staircase in the balcony is a beautiful image of Our Lady of the Apocalypse, painted by one of our parishioners. In the Divine Mercy Chapel are located the images of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of La Vang, and Our Lady of Czestochowa – each important to our Filipino, Vietnamese, and Polish communities! We are a “Marian” Parish, and we will honor Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation with Masses on Monday, 9 December at 9:00 AM (livestreamed), 12:05 Noon, and 7:00 PM. On Wednesday, 11 December, we will honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the Procession, Rosary, Mass and Mananitas, bi-lingual Spanish and English, beginning at 5:30! Details in the bulletin! The Simbang Gabi (Filipino Novena for Christmas) begins next Sunday evening at 4:00, bi-lingual English and Tagalog!

Thank you -- for your love for God, for your love for Our Lady, and, for your love for your Church – and for entering into the spirit of this beautiful Marian Season of Advent!

“In the Church’s liturgy, Advent is a Marian season. It is the season in which Mary, made room in her womb for the world’s Redeemer, and bore the expectation and hope of humanity!” - Pope Benedict XVI

Annual Report to Parishioners 2024

Read about the Annual Report to Parishioners 2024: Here

Events. . .

Mass times for the Immaculate Conception

Events...

"This is where we're led....this is where we're fed."

Mass Times

Sundays

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

12:00 Noon (Spanish)

5:00 PM

Mon - Fri Daily Mass

9:00 AM

12:05 PM

Saturday

9:00 AM

5:00 PM (Vigil)

6:30 PM at Good Shepherd Mission (Whetstone)

Masses on Holy Days of Obligation are usually 9 AM, 12 Noon, and 7 PM (bilingual)

+ Reconciliation +

Weekdays: 8:30-8:55 AM – before the Mass
Saturdays: 8:30-8:55 AM and 3:30-4:55 PM
Sundays: 7:30 – 7:55 AM and 4:30-4:45 PM

Anytime by appointment

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This Week's Soul Food

“Give us grace, almighty Father, to address You with all our hearts as well as our lips. You are present everywhere; from You no secrets can be hidden. Teach us to fix our thoughts on You, reverently and with love, so that our prayers are not in vain but are acceptable to You, now and always. Amen”

~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

This Week's Catholic Quiz

This week’s Question: “How did the poinsettia become the symbol of Christmas?”

The answer to last week’s Question: “What are the Twelve Promises given by our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart?”

1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. 2) I will establish peace in their houses. 3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions. 4) I will be their strength during life and above all during death. 5) I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings. 6) Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy. 7) Tepid souls shall grow fervent. 8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection. 9) I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored. 10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts. 11) Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out. 12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

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