Faith & Service
Our Lady of Light Chapel
WE have a beautiful "Our Lady of Light" chapel to use each day during the week. WE welcome you into this sacred space to pray, read scripture, meditate, and grow in your Catholic faith. Our chapel was built in 1966 and over the decades has had various changes, from orange chairs and bean bags to the wooden pews and lovely stained glass windows you see today. If interested, we have a history of Our Lady of Light chapel link to the left of the screen for you to read.
Prayers 🙏🏽:
The Angelus will be prayed every Monday through Friday at 12:15 P.M. in the chapel.
The Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Wednesday during Lent at 12:15 P.M. in the chapel.
Eucharistic Adoration every Tuesday & Thursday from 2-3 P.M. in the chapel.
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Liturgies on Fridays:
The Angelus will be prayed every Monday through Friday at 12:15 P.M. in the chapel.
The Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Wednesday during Lent at 12:15 P.M. in the chapel.
Eucharistic Adoration every Tuesday & Thursday from 2-3 P.M. in the chapel.
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Liturgies on Fridays:
March 14th - Girls Softball & Beach Volleyball Lunch Mass
March 21st - School Wide; Lent Penance service
March 28th - Swim Team Lunch Mass
April 4th - School Wide Mass
April 11th - Tennis Team & Boys Volleyball Lunch Mass
April 18th & 25th No School - Easter Break
May 2nd - Boys Golf
May 9th - School Wide Mass (Senior Mass)
May 16th - New Senior Ministry Team Lunch Mass
Lent Season
Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday (March 5th) and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (April 17th). It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.
Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Ash Wednesday & Fridays during Lent, but we are also called to practice self-discipline and fast in other ways throughout the season. Contemplate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this reflection. In addition, the giving of alms is one way to share God's gifts—not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents. As St. John Chrysostom reminds us: "Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2446).
In Lent, the baptized are called to renew their baptismal commitment as others prepare to be baptized through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (5 CCHS students will be welcomed into the Catholic Church on the Easter Vigil - April 19th), a period of learning and discernment for individuals who have declared their desire to become Catholics.
Information provided by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Information provided by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Pastoral Care
WE are thrilled to announce that Fr. Ernesto Madrigal and seminarian Patrick Germann, who grew up going to Sacred Heart parish in Turlock, will be joining the Central Catholic family this year! Fr. Ernesto & Patrick Germann will be on campus on Fridays.
Fr. Ernesto and seminarian Patrick Germann will be available to students before school, during break, and lunch periods to offer spiritual counseling and guidance. They will also be celebrating masses, enriching religious instruction, and collaborating with our Campus Minister to support class retreats and other Central Catholic events.
As an educational institution rooted in the Catholic tradition, WE understand the importance of having clergy members present on campus and look forward to working in consultation with them on all ecclesiastical matters.
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About Central Catholic
Faithful to our Catholic Tradition, our mission is to witness to the Gospel while building an educational community that inspires the spiritual, academic and social development of young adults.
Central Catholic Students Are:
Academically-Prepared
Spiritually-Developed
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Globally-Conscious
Central Catholic Students Are:
Academically-Prepared
Spiritually-Developed
Socially-Responsible
Globally-Conscious
