The third St. Paul, dedicated in 2013.[/caption]
Name of Church St. Paul’s Church
Address 1515 8th St. S, Nampa ID 83651
Phone number (208) 466-7031
Website www.nampacatholic.church
Mass times Saturdays, 5 pm, 7 pm (Spanish). Sundays, 8 am, 9:30 am. (at St. Joseph’s mission in Melba), 10 am, noon (Spanish), 6 pm (Spanish). Monday – Friday, 8 am, Wednesday, 7 pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (old church), 8:15 am. Latin Tridentine Mass, 2nd Sunday of the month, 3 pm.
Confessions Tuesday and Thursday, noon – 1 pm, Wednesday, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, Saturday, 3 – 4:30 pm.
Names of priests Father Justin Brady, pastor. Father Goodluck Ajaero, Father Robert Mendez, parochial vicars. Father Bill Taylor, priest in residence. Father Brady is faithful to the teachings of the Church, is a diocesan exorcist, pious, a good homilist and is fond of the Latin Mass.
Special groups/activities Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, Catholic Daughters of the America, Seasoned Singles, Legion of Mary, Catholic 101 (apologetics class), bereavement group, St. Joseph’s Fraternity, Divine Mercy prayer group, prayer shawl ministry.
School Yes, elementary through 8th grade.
Fellow parishioners This is a predominantly English-speaking community with some Hispanics.
Parking There is a large lot and street parking.
Additional observations St. Paul’s is a parish of the diocese of Boise, which encompasses the entire state of Idaho. Mass was first celebrated in the area in 1883; the first St. Paul parish church was built in 1894. The current church, the third St. Paul to be built, was dedicated in 2013.
Magnificent! On all accounts this seems like a wonderful parish. God bless ’em all.
Great place to visit. Then head back home.
Seems like a good parish, but you know what’s coming in this comment section.
Certo tempore.
Looks like a great parish. Probably best not to advertise a priest is the official diocesan exorcist.
Nice church. I’ve read that Idaho’s population is turning non-religious and that it isn’t a safe haven from secularism out West anymore. It’s like Washington and California and Oregon light now, but headed in that direction.
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration,how great is that? I live in a county in CA that’s 100k+ population and we don’t have PEA or Latin Mass. Good for you!
It does not matter what the population of your county is.
It matters how many people in your parish want to do a holy hour per week.
To do a perpetual adoration you need about 200 people.
Perpetual adoration is overblown. Some people think it’s a silver bullet.
No. Adoration of Our Lord is an absolute must, in all Catholic parish churches. Never falsely view it as a “silver bullet” nor anything else. Our Lord is ever present in the Blessed Sacrament for us– and we need Him more than anything. Every parish church should schedule Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction at least weekly, maybe more often. It would greatly reduce the Satanic issues that the Exorcist priest may deal with, too— drive the Devil and his minions away, sanctify the area, and bring peace — and bring peace to troubled souls. The old Latin Mass, done well, likewise, has been known to bring deep peace of heart, mind and soul, to devout Catholics, and sanctify the church and area.
I had a terrible new pastor whose projects were to change the library into an adoration chapel and to bring divine mercy devotion to the parish. Every single homily mentioned Faustina. He didn’t last two years before being reassigned, but the damage was done. The chapel was installed in the former library space and now is hardly ever used. Divine mercy is also gone. These priests who think they’re gods shouldn’t be allowed to do that.
Maybe he was a bad priest. However, he did a very great thing, establishing a chapel for Eucharistic Adoration and the Divine Mercy devotion! Good priests always inspiire religious devotions. That is what saves souls, and brings you closer to the Lord. Not just reading books about ìt. Please try these devotions, ASAP. You need them desperately for your life. Our Lord is truly present in Eucharistic Adoration. You need Him more than anything else in this whole world. The library of good religious books can also be put in an appropriate place.
The question is: did anyone use the library?
Here’s the thing. There is no substantial difference between adoration of the exposed Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance and praying in a church that has a tabernacle with the Blessed Sacrament reserved within it. Specially designated or perpetual adoration isn’t necessary. Just go to any Catholic church and pray in the nave or the chapel or reservation during open hours.
That is true. And all Catholics should make frequent Visits to the Blessed Sacrament. But Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is very special. To sign up for a regular Adoration time slot, and keep it, will enrich and deepen your prayer life. To kneel devoutly before the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, is always a very great religious experience. It might even bring you to tears! It is wonderful for a parish to observe First Fridays, with Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction. And Corpus Christi processions are very special! Our Church is holding a wonderful, five-day National Eucharistic Congress, July 17-21, in Indianapolis, Indiana. We are in the midst of a Eucharistic revival, in the Church! Your Bishop will have all the information on it. Groups of young Catholics are making plans for Eucharistic pilgrimages, long walks, to Indianapolis, for the Eucharistic Congress.
There are actually four major long walks– Eucharistic pilgrimages– planned, from four parts of the country, that will end in Indianapolis, for the Eucharistic Congress. The Eucharistic pilgrimages will start on the Feast of Pentecost, May 17-19, in four cities: San Francisco, CA (West), New Haven, CT(East), Brownsville, TX (South), and Bemidji, MN (North). Perhaps you would like to join, for part of this Eucharistic pilgrimage, or for the whole thing.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/history-of-eucharistic-adoration-development-of-doctrine-in-the-catholic-church-4086
The youth, like me (I am a current student at a UC), however, seek adoration in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Just look at conferences like SEEK which was last week. Many marvelous things have happened in adoration, and many hearts have been converted by being face to face with Christ Himself. And if the people use the perpetual adoration, there is nothing wrong with that. It is a beautiful practice that the young of our church are taking up.
There is something wrong, however, with assuming something is wrong with a tradition simply because it seems foreign or useless to you.
I’ve seen XLT adoration and think it’s misguided. Many “youth” wouldn’t participate much nor for very long in adoration without the soft rock entertainment that goes along with XLT. That’s not adoration, it’s a P&W concert under the guise of adoration, and it’s very emotionally manipulative. (It’s also a giant ego trip for the band or soloist who upstages Christ with the nearly nonstop music/singing.) Take away the manipulative music with the soothing synth pads and hushed vocals, take away the laser lights aimed at the monstrance, and the effects you speak of in the “youth” will almost instantly disappear. The emotional manipulation of XLT adoration fools inexperienced and vulnerable young people into thinking they are having a spiritual experience when all they are doing is having an emotional response to mood music and lights that are intentionally designed to produce the desired emotional effect. Evangelical Protestants mastered the technique, and Catholics have copied it and transferred it to XLT.
And you’re not “face to face” with Christ himself in adoration. The real presence of Christ is veiled, hidden under the appearance of the consecrated host. You are in Christ’s presence, but you are not face to face with him. You do not see him. You see the appearance of a host whose substance, which you cannot see, is Christ. Big theological mistake to assert that in adoration you see Christ face to face. That’s why there’s no substantial difference between praying before a tabernacle with the reserved Blessed Sacrament and praying before the exposed Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance. Looking at the host makes no substantial difference because the host’s appearance is not the real presence of Christ; only the substance is. But the substance is there and always unseen whether exposed or reserved in the tabernacle.
The point is that you can visit the Blessed Sacrament at any Church without Him being exposed. That is what most adorers do.