Name of Church St. Andrew’s Church
Address 311 N. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 (in Old Town Pasadena)
Phone number (626) 792-4183
Website www.saintandrewpasadena.org
Mass Schedule Saturday vigil, 5 p.m. Sundays, 6:30 a.m. (Spanish), 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. (Spanish), 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. (Spanish), 5 p.m. Weekdays, Monday – Saturday, 8:15 a.m. Monday through Friday, 6:30 p.m. (Spanish).
Confessions Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Saturdays, 4 & 7 p.m.
Priests Fr. Marcos J. Gonzalez, pastor. Fr. Martin Rodriguez, associate pastor. Fr. Gonzales is an orthodox priest, faithful to Catholic teaching. Listen to him preach here.
School Yes, St. Andrew School serving grades PK-8.
Special parish activities Young Adults ministry, Concert Committee, Divine Mercy, Knights of Columbus, Bereavement Support Group, Restoration Committee.
Music Depends on the Mass, cantors and choirs; organ. Latin chants are incorporated into the liturgy.
Fellow parishioners English and Spanish-speaking
Parking Park in the back of church or the parking lot at Raymond and Chestnut.
Additional observations St. Andrew’s was founded in 1886, the same year of the first Tournament of Roses Parade and incorporation of Pasadena as a city. The church was completed in 1927. Located in Old Town Pasadena, it is a Byzantine-style structure modeled after the Basilica of St. Sabina in Rome. Its sanctuary contains magnificent murals created by Italian painter Carlo Wostry; there are impressive marble columns, stained glass windows and statues. The interior artwork took eight years to complete. It has a Romanesque campanile bell tower visible for miles around, and its bells can be heard tolling regularly. It is one of Pasadena’s landmarks. There is a restoration committee that works to preserve the church.
St. Andrew's interior: impressive marble columns
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Being a Pasadena resident, I am spoiled rotten by the prayerful atmosphere of this church. I played viola there many times in earlier days. When Fr. Paul Griesgraber (not sure of the spelling) was there, he opened the church up for two hours of adoration every Tuesday night–such a powerful time especially when Fr. Paul was present as he prayed the whole two hours before the closing benediction. I was good for an hour but my friend, who became a Catholic there under Fr. Paul’s ministry, was good for two and probably more– such was the gift she had. Lots of very good memories from the St. Andrew days!
Inspiring post Dan
Thanks YFC! IF you are ever in Pasadena, give this Church a visit as it is a great place for prayer. And if you ever get a chance to meet Fr. Paul Griesgraber, you will be in for a treat. He is, or was in the days he was at St. Andrew’s, a “monk” serving as a diocesan priest– a very beautiful soul. I hope some day you can meet him.
Wonderful, Dan. Thanks for sharing that. Sounds like a wonderful church, with a great pastor. Do you still play viola? Do you play in a string quartet, or orchestra? Did you ever play for special Masses, ordinations, weddings, etc.– or for concerts in the church?
“Do you still play viola?” Yes, but chronic shoulder problems have limited my practice and playing. I play only in church, accompanying keyboard and choir as a very minor player. I do not have the skill to play solo for weddings, but could play for ordinations or other special Masses, so long as I don’t have to play solo. I play at Assumption in Pasadena, St. Philip’s in Pasadena, and the Holy Name of Mary in San Dimas at specific times. The Mass is a good venue for viola as it is a beautiful instrument and gives the music some unexpected beauty, IMHO. Being lower than the violin, it blends in with the voices and keyboard quite well. I recommend viola to Cal CAtholic readers at any age. I started viola at age 45! So it’s never too late.
That’s wonderful! Thanks for sharing! The viola is a beautiful instrument!
It’s wonderful to play in a string quartet, or orchestra, too, to accompany the Choir and soloists, for special Masses (Christmas, Easter, etc.), or for special events like ordinations, weddings, etc. I bet you would just love doing that! Maybe they have a string quartet or orchestra you could join, for those special events, at a local church or Cathedral. Your viola playing sounds just wonderful.
I bet they don’t do the prayer to the four corners at this parish.