The following comes from an Inland Catholic Byte article:
As he gave his homily during the Dedication Mass for the new church at Queen of Angels in Riverside, a crowd of children seated on the steps to the sanctuary before him, Bishop Gerald Barnes held up his hands and uttered part of an old British nursery rhyme.
“Here is the church, here is the steeple, open up the doors… and see all the people.”
Three churches – Queen of Angels, St. Adelaide, Highland and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Winchester were, indeed, packed with people the weekend of April 23-24 as Bishop Barnes dedicated and blessed the new and remodeled structures. It was the first time in the history of the Diocese that three new churches were celebrated in one weekend.
Though much of the attention went to the new and beautifully designed buildings, Bishop Barnes used the nursery rhyme to drive home the point that the people, themselves, are the church.
St. Adelaide Church saw a major expansion that included a new plaza and sidewall extension that doubled seating capacity from 500 to 1,000. Bishop Barnes joked in his homily that the oft-lamented orange carpet in the church was gone. Parishioners liked the design and extra room.
“I like the simplicity of the altar. It’s not too ornate,” said Nina Young.
The people of Queen of Angels waged a similar long-term campaign to replace their 250-seat church on Jones Avenue with a building that would hold their growing community. On the morning of April 23 they celebrated the opening of a towering 1,600 seat church that is the largest Catholic church in Riverside County.
For the people of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta the move into a new home was perhaps even more monumental because it is the first building raised by the parish since it was erected by Bishop Barnes 10 years ago. Until Apr. 24 the people there had celebrated Mass in the back of a local Moose Lodge.
The three new church celebrations in one weekend underscore the continued growth in the Diocese as many faith communities have long outgrown smaller churches built in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The Diocese has seen the opening of four new churches in the last four years, coinciding with the decision of the Diocese to assume the role of general contractor for all new church building projects. Coupled with design templates established by the Diocese, this has dramatically reduced construction costs and made a new church building attainable for working class communities like Bloomington (2012) and Mecca (2015).
There are six more parishes in the Diocese that have reached at least as far as the schematic design and permitting phase of building a new church. They are Our Lady of Soledad, Coachella; The Holy Name of Jesus, Redlands; St. Mary, Fontana; St. James, Perris; St. Anthony, San Jacinto; St. Mary Magdalene, Corona; and St. George, Fontana.
My wish list: Each & every new Church (or extensive re-design) include a proper TLM altar, tabernacle. altar rail (moveable if that’s all they can get) and separate sacristy space. Prepare for the future but promote the most beautiful past. They could rent out to TLM groups or share (even better) based on the bishop’s approval. Wouldn’t that be lovely? The Catholic Church working side by side for both masses.
It is so sad to see the modern, Vatican II structure, they call a “church,” in the photo! Many years from now, how many Catholic worshippers will there be, in the pews?
Severe priest shortage in San Bernardino diocese
https://www.pe.com/articles/diocese-692924-percent-san.html
“If Tyler Tripp and Johnny Dang are ordained as scheduled in May 2015, they will make only a small dent in the severe shortage of priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino.
But the diocese, which covers Riverside and San Bernardino counties, is buoyed by the sharp increase in the number of seminarians in the past two decades.
When Sister Sarah Shrewsbury became director of the diocesan Office of Vocations 18 years ago, there were only 10 to 12 diocesan seminarians. Today there are 40.”
Bishop of Lincoln Nebraska to ordain four priests on May 28, 2016
LINCOLN (SNR) – Four men are in the final stages of formation and preparation before they become priests of the Diocese of Lincoln.
Bishop Conley will also ordain five men transitional deacons Friday, May 27 at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral.
https://www.lincolndiocese.org/news/diocesan-news/5379-bishop-to-ordain-four-priests
Lincoln’s diocesan priests and the FSSP priests have an excellent relationship, and it is only getting better.
I did NOT like the pictures of the church, very PLAIN!
New churches that will seat 1,000 to 1,600 people for Mass on Sunday, and likely several every weekend, four churches in four years and the naysayers are at it again. For the love of God please thank your Lord for the opportunity for the Diocese to grow like this. A Cardinal in the Curia, this week commented that too many Catholic sites have created and encouraged too many opportunities for criticism and hate for the Church rather than thanking God for the positives about the Church that occur each week. We need to be a church of positives, not negatives. Why does no good deed go unpunished?
First, Bob One writes, A Cardinal in the Curia, this week commented that too many Catholic sites have created and encouraged too many opportunities for criticism and hate for the Church rather than thanking God for the positives about the Church that occur each week. = Were all of the Cardinals in the Curia thankful for Pope Benedict’s positives, especially Summorum Pontificum and the upcoming opportunity to regularize the SSPX? It was heavy duty corruption in the Curia that “encouraged” dissent, causing Pope Benedict XVI to leave/flee for fear of the wolves. Let’s start blaming Catholic sites now. That’s like calling the sex abuse victims hateful and blaming newspapers for exposing the horrific truth.
The real Bob One says:
August 4, 2013 at 9:37 am
“The picture of Cardinal Burke says it all! Where does he find those 15th century outfits. It speaks so much of not being part of the Catholic church, and being a part of the old traditions. It is things like this that drive people away from the true church to the evangelicals etc. Dressing up like that makes it all about him and not about Christ. When I was in first or second grade kids would dress up and “play” Mass. It looks like he saved his play cloths.” = Bob does not care about being “positive”.
https://cal-catholic.com/?p=10314
I can always rely on Catherine to dredge up what I said in the past. But, to be clear, I wasn’t questioning his faith, I was questioning his manner of dress, with the long trailing cape, originally created to cover the back of the bishop’s horse, etc. The Cardinal is a good, well meaning man who wants to help everyone get to heaven. I still contend that people today are turned off by these overly frilly outfits. They aren’t wrong, they just aren’t inviting to the masses trying to live their faith in the modern world. Thanks for trying to keep me consistent over the yearsl
I miss those 15th century outfits!
They remind me of lovely times that include the plague, the corruption of the priesthood by land ownership, the slave trade, the sale of sacred items like indulgences, the Crusades, etc etc.
Come on Bob, you are loosing your zeal if Catherine has to go all the way back 3 years to find something to zing you with!!!
Bob One, So you will continually mock and belittle the dress of a “good, well meaning” Cardinal who wants everyone to get to heaven, while remaining completely silent about agenda driven sisters allowing a “pretend boy with boy clothes”. And you still dare talk about Cardinal Burke driving people away? How many Catholic children were driven away from Catholic schools, by the scandals? How many Catholics will still be driven away when shepherds allow a “so called” transgender influence in Catholic schools to impressionable children?
Oh, Good Grief!
Everyone is welcome in the Catholic Church. Even people who mock and belittle and bring up old stuff to harass people with. Jesus loves everyone even if he doesn’t love their behavior. The peace of Christ be with you all.
kanonamous, The Church has ALWAYS been the hospital for sinners. Her title is: ‘The Refugium Peccatorum.’ AND everyone HAS ALWAYS BEEN welcome in the Catholic Church . ….that IS until leftist within the Church try to create the same false narrative that worked to overturn the secular courts. Acting out as a transgender individual to teach at a Catholic school is the very same bullying tactic used by Obama and Target. Individuals suffering with disorders needs love and truth. To allow this suffering individual to be an example of normalcy is the “TARGET” of the leftists. Tear down God’s roles for a man and woman.
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“…It speaks so much of not being part of the Catholic church, and being a part of the old traditions.”
Words like these speak of not understanding that the Catholic Church is intimately connected to old traditions.
Thanks again for the call to consistency, Catherine. And accountability.
“Words like these speak of not understanding that the Catholic Church is intimately connected to old traditions.”
Thank you, Ann Malley, for your kindness, and most of all, for those very truthful words.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle. Thessalonians 2:15
House of worship ? What the h-ll is that ?
Joe, I looked it up. It is a place were people gather to worship their God in community. You can worship your God at home or in the car, but you have to come, in our case, once a week to worship in community. Some people call it a Church by the way.
“My house is a house of prayer”
Really, you don’t know?
‘We’ve had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.’ – St. Catherine of Siena
House of Worship? Are you trying to say three new parishes? Why can’t you just speak plainly?
For one thing, they aren’t new parishes at all — well, at least two of them. Did you read the story, or are you just looking for something to complain about?
Thank you, SoCal. Traditional words like “parish,” and language, such as “you can offer it up” are embarrassing to dissenters. They are far too Catholic sounding, too archaic, too ridgid and too stodgy. Don’t deny the obvious. Even the outside of the structure above looks just like a sterile, cold, Von’s Pavillion supermarket. May God remove, the blinders from His compromising shepherds, in order for them to truly see the reality of personal greed that they have embraced. When shepherds purchase expensive and inviting looking “retreat” mansions for THEMSELVES, all with fancy comfy and finest details to the max, they are ANNOUNCING to the world that the best should be reserved for THEM, instead of God and his trusting flock.