Name of Church Blessed Oscar Romero Church
Address The parish office is located at 14395 Chandler, Eastvale, CA 92880. Masses and confessions are currently being held at Rosa Parks Elementary School, 13830 Whispering Hills Drive, Eastvale, CA.
Phone number (951) 893-1522
Website www.blessedoscarromero.com
Mass times Saturday vigil, 4 p.m. Sundays, 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon (Spanish).
Confessions Satrurday, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Names of priests Fr. Patrick Kirsch, pastor. Fr. Jorge Garcia, Hispanic Ministry. Fr. Kirsch is a pious, orthodox priest in a diocese where vocations to the priesthood have been scarce (although four deacons will be ordained priests this year). He is originally from Pennsylvania, and has served the diocese for nearly 30 years. Listen to him preach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ToDnEr6GVo. He was installed as pastor in 2016.
Special groups/activities Knights of Columbus, Heart of Mary, Amigos de Jesus, Hispanic & Filipino Ministries.
Fellow parishioners The new parish will serve the growing community of Eastvale.
Parking Ample parking in front of the school.
Additional observations Blessed Oscar Romero is a parish of the Diocese of San Bernardino and one of the first in the world named for the slain archbishop of El Salvador. The parish will be built on 10 acres on Chandler Street in Eastvale, north of Corona. Once the parish hall is built, Mass will be celebrated at the site as funds are raised for a 1,500-seat sanctuary can be raised.
Sanctuary for what, for whom? Very impressed with all the TLMs that are offered??? And . . . what is the use anymore? Those who attend this Church should tell the padre to start preaching about sin and the need for redemption and all that. Not attractive topics for many who attend there, to be sure.
Going to be altar rails? And, frankly, who cares what and whom Pope Francis adores, among his leftist lexicon of revolutionary heroes? He is attempting to remake the Church in an almost anti-Catholic way. Are these people even taught the true Gospel?
1,500 acre Sanctuary? Are they starting a farm/ranch on the side?
To paraphrase Oscar Romero – If I feed the hungry, I am called a saint. If I ask why there is hunger, I am called a communist. St. Christopher, I’m not sure, but I think the Pope, Francis, may be trying to live our faith rather than just talk about it. I’m sure that the Church of England, in the day, thought of Washington, Jefferson, etc. as revolutionaries trying to remake the world order and destroyers of the church. Revolutions, small and large, create change. There is no advancement with disruption. Remember, this man was shot and killed while saying Mass.
Any American church named for Oscar Romero is worth driving away from. Mass at Rosa Parks is a little fishy too.
I’ve loved learning more about this growing parish. From what I see, it is committed to the vision of Justice, as Christ himself presents. It is serious about prayer and the welcoming Christ into our hearts that should be the center of every parish. It is serious about welcoming newcomers and long-time catholics. I hope I get to visit soon. And I’d be happy to sit with Rosa Parks and to honor Blessed Bishop Romero.