Category: Monterey County

• Chaldean Mass

  

  MARINA – The parish of Saint Jude, 303 Hillcrest Avenue, offers a Chaldean Mass on the first Saturday of each month at 6:30pm. The Chaldean Mass is the Eucharistic liturgy of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with Rome. Rooted in the Syriac tradition and often celebrated in Aramaic, the…

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• Serra Walk

  

  MONTEREY / CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA – On Tuesday, 28 April 2026, Father Peter Crivello, pastor of the parish of Saint Angela Merici in Pacific Grove, will lead the Serra Walk, also known as Camino Monterey. The day will begin with the regularly scheduled 7:45am Mass at San Carlos Cathedral in Monterey. Participants will then walk from 8:30am…

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• Triduum Morning Prayer

  

  MONTEREY – The parish of San Carlos Cathedral, 500 Church Street, will observe the Sacred Paschal Triduum with the public recitation of the Morning Prayer of Lauds at 8am each day: Holy Thursday (2 April 2026), Good Friday (3 April 2026), and Holy Saturday (4 April 2026). Morning Prayer, also known as Lauds, is part of the Church’s Liturgy…

• Sacred Paschal Triduum

  

  The brief liturgical season of the Sacred Paschal Triduum (Sacrum Triduum Paschale), also called the Easter Triduum, serves as a bridge or transition between the liturgical season of Lent and the liturgical season of Easter. Triduum is Latin for “three days”. The first day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum begins on Holy Thursday, 2 April 2026 with the evening Mass of…

• Chrism Mass

  

  SALINAS – On Holy Tuesday, 31 March 2026, the Most Rev. Ramón Bejarano, 6th Bishop of Monterey in California, will celebrate the Mass of Chrism at the parish of Madonna del Sasso, 320 E. Laurel Drive, at 11am. The Mass of Chrism “emphasizes the institution of the priesthood” and includes “a general renewal of commitment…

• Eco-Stations of the Cross

  

  MONTEREY – On Friday, 27 March 2026, the Care for Creation ministry of the parish of San Carlos Cathedral, 500 Church Street, will be celebrating the Eco Stations of the Cross at Lake El Estero. Participants are asked to gather in front of the cathedral at 4pm. The devotion will take place along a route…

• Seven Church Pilgrimage

  

  MONTEREY COUNTY – On Holy Thursday, 2 April 2026, an organized Seven Church Pilgrimage will once again take place throughout Monterey County. Also known as the Visitation to Seven Churches or Visita Iglesia, this Holy Thursday devotion is widely practiced in Latin America, Italy, Poland, and the Philippines. It involves visiting the Altar of Repose…