Category: Monterey County

• Eucharistic Adoration during Lent

  

  MONTEREY – The parish of San Carlos Cathedral, 500 Church Street, will offer Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Friday in Lent, excluding Good Friday, from 8:30am until 11:30am and again from 7pm until 8pm.

• ICF Hosts Annual Lenten Dinners

  

  MONTEREY – The Santa Rosalia Branch (36) of the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) will be having their 43rd Lenten Dinners on Fridays in the Parish Hall of San Carlos Cathedral, 500 Church Street. Rooted in faith, family life, and fellowship, the Italian Catholic Federation is dedicated to strengthening Catholic values, supporting charitable works, and preserving…

• Intercessory Prayer & Rosary Group

  

  SPRECKELS – The Intercessory Prayer and Rosary Group of the parish of Saint Joseph, 15 Railroad Avenue, meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 1pm until 2pm. Do you feel that Jesus is calling you to a closer walk with Him? When Jesus calls, will you say: “Here I am Lord”?…

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• EXCLUSIVE:

  

  Central Coast Surgeon Reflects on Faith and Medicine in Revised Edition of Saints and Healers CENTRAL COAST — A physician with deep ties to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the healing profession has revisited a work that continues to shape conversations about faith and medicine nearly two decades after its original publication. Dr. Edgar A.…

• Taizé Prayer

  

  CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA – The parish of Carmel Mission Basilica, 3080 Rio Road, will offer Taizé Prayer each Wednesday during Lent at 7pm. Taizé prayer, originating from the ecumenical monastic Taizé Community founded in 1940 by the late Brother Roger Schutz, is marked by simple, meditative chants, reflective Scripture readings, extended periods of silence, and candlelit prayer.…

• Communal Penance Services in Monterey & San Benito Counties

  

  MONTEREY & SAN BENITO COUNTIES – In order to prepare for the great the solemnity of Easter Sunday of the Resurrection on 5 April 2026, communal penance services with individual confession and sacramental absolution will be celebrated at the following times and locations in Monterey and San Benito counties. Nota bene: This webpage will be…

• The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation During Lent

  

  The liturgical season of Lent “precedes and prepares” for the great solemnity of Easter. It is “a time to hear the Word of God, to convert, to prepare for and remember Baptism, to be reconciled with God and one’s neighbour, and to have more frequent recourse to the ‘arms of Christian penance’: prayer, fasting and…

• Lenten Mission

  

  SALINAS – From Monday, 2 March through Wednesday, 4 March 2026, the parish of Madonna del Sasso, 320 E. Laurel Drive, will host a Lenten Mission led by Fr Ken Laverone, OFM. Morning sessions will be held at 9am, with evening sessions at 7pm. Each session will be followed by a light reception. Fr Laverone…

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