The friars are very good; traditional, pious, orthodox.[/caption]
Name of Church St. Therese Church
Address 1100 East Alhambra Road, Alhambra CA 91801
Phone number 626-282-2744
Website www.sttheresechurchalhambra.org
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stthereseoflisieuxalhambra
Mass times Monday-Friday, 6 & 8 am. Monday and Tuesday, 7:15 pm., with Tuesday in Spanish. Saturday, 8 am and Saturday vigil, 5 pm. Sunday, 7:30, 9 & 11 am. and 5 pm. Latin High Mass, Sunday at 1 pm.
Confessions Saturdays, 3 – 5 pm and Sundays, noon – 1 pm. Wednesdays, 7 – 9 pm.
Names of priests Discalced Carmelite Friars: Father Peter Mary Vecellio, pastor. Father Robert Elias Barcelos, Father David Guzman, associate pastors. Father Albert Bunsic, Father Stephen Watson, and Brother Jason Parrott in residence. The friars are very good; traditional, pious, orthodox. Go to their Facebook page and listen to a homily or read them on the parish website. Father Peter Mary was ordained a priest in 2015 and assigned as pastor in 2023.
School K-8th grade. Listen to Terry Barber interview Alma Cornejo, the school principal, and Father Thomas Koller, the former pastor, about the school and Catholic education for youth.
Special groups and events Knights of Columbus, Retrouvaille (for troubled marriages), Respect Life Ministry, Natural Family Planning, Legion of Mary, Secular Carmelites, Rosary Makers, Detention Ministry.
Music Depends on the Mass, traditional to more contemporary choirs.
Parking There is a large lot and plenty of parking on the street.
Additional observationsa St. Therese is a 100-year-old parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It is a large church devoted to St. Therese of the Little Flower. It is probably the most conservative in the area. It has a 24-hour adoration chapel, strong Respect Life ministry, Legion of Mary and Natural Family Planning classes. Although the nearby Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart Motherhouse has its own chapel, don’t be surprised to see the sisters lined up for confession on Saturdays. The cloistered Discalced Carmelite nuns are located nearby as well. There is a gift shop which sells religious items next to the vestibule.
Very, very nice. A spiritual oasis no doubt.
Beautiful 😍
I’ve been there. Like with nearly all Catholic Churches, it is suffering from the decline in Mass attendance and religious affiliation that is happening all over the country.
Better to light one small candle and keep the True Faith going. Numbers of worshippers, during hard times, don’t matter. Those nuns are terrific. Blessed to have them.
Numbers of worshippers matter for keeping the lights on. If you don’t have enough parishioners contributing to the offertory to keep the lights on, candles are all you’re going to have out in the cold, dark street.
The nuns will all pray, in times of great need– and I bet their needs will all be met. Otherwise, God will help them by simply relocating to another church, perhaps nearby…. or maybe to the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart Motherhouse chapel, or to the chapel of the Discalced Carmelite nuns. There are two excellent religious orders, there. As Christ said to Satan, “It is written, man shall not live by bread alone…” (St. Matthew 4:4)