Name of Church St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church (in the Queen of Life Chapel at the Busch firm)
Address 2532 Dupont Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Website www.newmanonline.org
Mass times Sundays, 9 & 11 a.m.
Confessions Before and after masses.
Names of priests Fr. Glenn Baaten, parochial administrator. He operates under the authority of Bishop
Steven Lopes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. Fr. Baaten is a married father and
grandfather; he was received into the Catholic Church in 2013. He became a Roman Catholic priest in
2016. He has served at ordinariate parishes in Southern California since his ordination. Listen to
the story of his conversion here.
Parish groups Theology on Tap, Gianna Club for women, Prayer Partner/Meal Train
Music The 9 a.m. mass is read/spoken, with hymns sung by the congregation and choir. The 11 a.m.
mass is sung with the congregation responding to the priest in chant at various points during the mass.
Incense is used at the 11 a.m. mass.
Parking There is ample parking around the Busch firm and on the street on Sundays.
Cry room No.
Additional observations St. John Henry Newman is a parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of
St. Peter. On January 1, 2012, Pope Benedict established the ordinariate for groups of Anglicans in the
United States desiring full communion with the Catholic Church (for additional information, visit
http://www.usordinariate.com/ ). The parish is named for St. John Henry Newman (1801-90), the
famous English cardinal who left the Church of England and joined the Catholic Church in 1845. Similar
ordinariate parishes can be found in communities across the country.