Pastor’s Postcard

Sunday, August 10, 2025 A Pastor’s Hopes Currently, the pastor’s postcard is featuring articles on what we hope for and what brings us hope. Besides interviewing parishioners, I thought I would contribute as well. Members of our faith community who know and heed the voice of Jesus bring me hope. They respond to the call…

Sunday, August 3, 2025 Our Hopes During this Jubilee Year of Hope, I asked some members of our faith community to share what brings them hope and what do they hope for. Tell me about your family: My name is Hector Camacho, my wife is Johanni and my baby is Johanni Alessandra Camacho. We have…

Sunday, July 27, 2025 Hope We are celebrating the Jubilee Year of Hope.  This week and the weeks ahead, members of our community will be sharing about what brings them hope and what they hope for now.  Tom and Deedee McCrory have been members of Saint Joachim for the last twenty years, since their first…

Sunday, July 20, 2025 St. Joachim Day and the Future of Our Parish Family The feast day of Saint Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is Saturday, July 26th. We will have a parish party on Sunday, July 27th to celebrate our patron.  There will be food and fellowship, games and music…

Sunday, July 13, 2025 Restroom Refresh Have you used the toilets or sinks in Nevin or Stoneman Hall lately?  Well, they have not changed much in the last twenty years except for heavy use.  Thanks to the generosity of our parish school families, this year’s Fund-A-Need raised enough money to give our most-used bathrooms a…

Sunday, July 6, 2025 Stewardship of Spiritual Gifts January through June marked an important initiative by our parish Stewardship Committee.  Starting with the Baptism of the Lord and continuing through Pentecost, we offered a spiritual gifts inventory to every member of our community that culminated with our Ministry Fair.  Almost 100 people took the inventory…

Sunday, June 29, 2025 Installation & Anniversary My installation as pastor will take place at our 10:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 6th, with Bishop Vann presiding. My title will change from Parochial Administrator to Pastor, but my role will remain essentially the same.  The bishop will encourage me to always be a loving father, a…

Sunday, June 22, 2025 Clergy Changes We have some changes coming July 1st.  Reverend Joseph Truong, well-liked by members of the parish here, is reassigned to Saint Barbara and Immaculate Heart of Mary in Santa Ana.  He will be available after the liturgies next weekend to say goodbye.  There will not be another priest sent…

Sunday, June 15, 2025 Solar Installation Starts This Week! Our school students are off for summer vacation starting this week so the installation of our solar panels will begin on Nevin Hall and the Parish & School building.  EcoForce Solutions has already installed a transformer and conduit.  Now the rooftop work begins with nine solar…

Sunday, June 8, 2025 Pentecost Ministry Fair: Connect and Share! Saint Luke recounts the coming of the Holy Spirit as wind and fire in the Acts of the Apostles, writing, “…and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:1-11). Each of us, through the sacraments of Christian Initiation, baptism, confirmation and eucharist, are…