Announcements

Funeral Mass for Mary Hayes on Wed, Feb 15 at 10 am.

Senior Lunch (65+) this Thurs, Feb 16. Attend the noon Mass and then bring your own meal to Classroom 1 to share company with other parishioners. Contact Ann Zacharias at 916-838-7404 for more details.

Veritas invites young adults ages 18-39 to join us on Thurs, Feb 16 for a potluck dinner followed by a lesson on praying the Divine Office and board games afterwards. The meeting will be held in the classrooms following the 6 pm Mass.

St. Stephen’s Altar Guild meets on Sat, Feb 18.

Baby Bottle Drive. Sun, Feb 19, the Rosa Mystica Society will be distributing baby bottles in the courtyard for the purpose of collecting alms throughout the Lenten season (coins, paper money, and checks) for the Sacramento Life Center. Bottles are collected on Mar 26.

Icon Painting Class. Rachel Pineda, who is an accomplished professional artist, will be offering an icon painting class taking the Theotokos, Virgin of Humility as the subject. The cost, which will include all materials, will be $400. Classes will be held May 1 – 5, 9 am – 3 pm. Accepting between four and eight women students, for details please e-mail Rachel: theshamrocksociety@gmail.com.

Summer Retreat – 2023. “The Transcendent Joy of the Mass of the Ages.” Silent retreat; Father Jacob Hsieh, O.Praem., July 30 – Aug 3. $750 / person. Private room & bath, all meals included. Christ the King Retreat Center. Register: 916-407- 7930, or inquire at St. Stephen’s office or bookstore.

FSSP Italy Pilgrimage. Oct 16 – 23, 2023. Chaplain: Fr Akers, FSSP. Rome, Assisi, Florence, Arezzo, Padua, & Venice. For details, contact Brandon Blackford at 916-223-9766, or go to: https://www.syversentouring.com/italy-fssp.