Welcome to Mater Dolorosa Catholic Parish
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♦ Mass Schedule ♦
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m., 10 a.m. & 12 Noon
Daily: 8 a.m.
Byzantine Divine Liturgy (In the Monastery)
Saturday 10 a.m. & Sunday 8 a.m.
Holy Days of Obligation: 8 a.m., 10 a.m. (Latin Mass), 12 Noon, & 7:00 p.m.
Reconciliation: Saturday 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form: Monday through Friday 12 Noon. Saturday 9 a.m. & Sunday at 2 p.m.
First Friday Healing Ministry Mass: 7:00 p.m. beginning January 6, 2023.
(See
bulletin for detailed daily schedule)
Mass Schedule
Sunday
8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm
2:00 pm (Latin)
8:00 a.m. Byzantine Divine Liturgy - COSJ Monastery
Saturday
8:00 am
9:00 am (Latin)
10:00 a.m. Byzantine Divine Liturgy - COSJ Monastery
5:00 pm (Vigil Mass)
6:30 pm Byzantine Compline - COSJ Monastery
Weekdays
8:00 am
12:00 pm (Latin)
Holy Days of Obligation
8:00 am, 10:00 am (Latin), 12:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Reconciliation/Confession
Saturday: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, or by appointment if urgent.
Daily Schedule
Revised JANUARY 2025
SUNDAY
6:30 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:00 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
8:00 AM: Byzantine Divine Liturgy (COSJ Chapel)
10:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
12:00 PM: HOLY MASS (English)
2:00 PM : HOLY MASS (Latin)
5:30 PM: EVENING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
6:00 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
MONDAY
6:00 AM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:30 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
8:45 AM: Eucharistic Adoration until 11:45 AM
12:00 PM: HOLY MASS (Latin)
1:00 PM: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
5:30 PM: EVENING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
6:00 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
6:30 PM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
6:55 PM: Closing Prayer. Sung Prayer to Our Lady of
Sorrows & St. Joseph, Followed by Individual Blessing with Holy Water
TUESDAY
6:00 AM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:30 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
8:45 AM: Eucharistic Adoration until 11:45 AM
12:00 PM: HOLY MASS (Latin)
1:00 PM: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
5:30 PM: EVENING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
6:00 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
6:30 PM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
6:55 PM: Closing Prayer. Sung Prayer to Our Lady of
Sorrows & St. Joseph, Followed by Individual Blessing with Holy Water
WEDNESDAY
6:00 AM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:30 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
8:45 AM: Eucharistic Adoration until 11:45 AM
12:00 PM: HOLY MASS (Latin)
1:00 PM: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
5:30 PM: EVENING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
6:00 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
6:30 PM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
6:55 PM: Closing Prayer. Sung Prayer to Our Lady of
Sorrows & St. Joseph, Followed by Individual Blessing with Holy Water
THURSDAY
6:00 AM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:30 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
8:45 AM: Eucharistic Adoration until 11:45 AM
12:00 PM: HOLY MASS (Latin)
1:00 PM: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
5:00 PM: EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION
5:30 PM: EVENING PRAYER
(Gregorian Chant)
6:00 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
6:55 PM: Benediction
7:00 PM: Closing Prayer. Sung Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows & St. Joseph, Followed by Individual Blessing with Holy Water
FRIDAY
6:00 AM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:30 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
8:30 AM: Eucharistic Procession
8:45 AM: Eucharistic Adoration until 11:45 AM
12:00 PM: HOLY MASS (Latin)
1:00 PM: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
5:30 PM: EVENING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
6:00 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
6:55 PM: Closing Prayer. Sung Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows & St. Joseph, Followed by Individual Blessing with Holy Water
7:00 PM: FIRST FRIDAYS—Healing Mass Followed by
Eucharistic Adoration until Midnight
SATURDAY
6:00 AM: Holy Hour/Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 AM: MORNING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
7:30 AM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
8:00 AM: HOLY MASS (English)
9:00 AM: HOLY MASS (Latin)
10:00AM: Byzantine Divine Liturgy (COSJ Chapel)
3:00 PM: CONFESSION
4:00 PM: EVENING PRAYER (Gregorian Chant)
4:30 PM: Deep Listening to Scripture Readings
5:00 PM: HOLY MASS (Sunday Vigil—English)
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
TUESDAY - FRIDAY
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Call 650-583-4131 X 1
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Meeting Saturday, November 8th at 6:00 p.m. in the Mater Dolorosa Parish Hall
Pot Luck!
The Contemplatives of St. Joseph
Join us for a Holy Hour with Sacred Silence, Vespers, Lectio Divina, and Benediction!
Every First Saturday of the Month at Mater Dolorosa parish from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
We Pray to the Lord for:
à The Gabriel Project Ministry and every Pro-Life Movement
à The Unborn Babies and their Legal Protection
à The Mothers and Fathers and the Strength and Growth of Christian Families
à The Culture of Life and the People who work to Protect
Human Life from Conception to Natural Death
à The Conversion of those who act against Human Life
HEALING MASS
EVERY FIRST FRIDAY
7:00 P.M
The Next Healing Mass will be on Friday, November 7, 2025. All are welcome.
Registration is still on-going for Family Faith Formation. Family Faith Formation is open for families who have children and young people in Catholic and public schools. Family Faith Formation is available for families for children in both public and Catholic schools. Registration information can be found in the bulletin.
For Spanish speaking Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers and Readers there will be a training on November 15th at the Church of the Immaculate Heart in Belmont. Please call the parish office to register for the workshop.
Please join us for a Spanish Mass honoring our deceased loved ones on Nov 1st at 7pm. More information on this Mass can be found in the bulletin. All are Welcome!
The Mater Dolorosa Music Ministry will have a Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving Concert on Nov. 23 at 6 pm to share our pilgrimage story through music, to honor Mater Dolorosa, St. Joseph and St. Cecilia on her feast day and to welcome Advent and Christmas season. For Tickets at $25 per adult & $10 per child 12 years and under, please see any of the choir members after the Mass. If you are unable to attend, you may wish to make a donation in any amount. 100% of funds raised will benefit Mater Dolorosa Church”. Additionally, for those who wish to place an Ad in the ‘PRAYbill’, we have sponsorship letters available among our music ministry members. Thank you very much for your kind generosity.
SANTA PANCAKE BREAKFAST on Saturday, December 13 at 10:30 am in the San Lorenzo Ruiz hall. $10 for adults and $5 for kids. Tickets will be sold after every weekend Mass.
Ticket includes egg & pancake breakfast. Photo with Santa and a small gift from Santa for kids. An event sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
and to liturgically celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary.
We invite everyone to participate in our Simbang Gabi during the 7 pm evening Masses. We also welcome any sponsorship of the Masses and fellowship; or volunteers to assist in the nine-day novena at our parish. Sponsorship forms can be obtained from Fran at the parish center or online at the Mater Dolorosa website.
Parish Ministries
Readers
Family Faith Formation
Announcements
Eucharistic Adoration
Eucharistic Adoration at Mater Dolorosa is now Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., every weekday (only paused by Mass at 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon).
You may want to consider signing up to spend time in adoration of our Lord by filling out the sign-up sheets found in the pews. However, no need to sign up, in order to feel free to drop in to your church for some quiet time with God.
Praise be to Jesus Christ for our new chapel is finally
completed! There will be many ways to make good spiritual use of our new chapel. Some of which will be special Masses for small groups of people, Novenas after Mass, Eucharistic Adoration on weekends and during functions or weddings, and private prayer. It will be open from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and until 6:30 p.m. on Sundays.
Healing Mass
Our Next Healing Mass will be on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
All are welcome to attend!
First Saturday Devotion and Rosary
The Mater Dolorosa Legion of Mary is pleased to announce that the First Saturday Devotion and Rosary will now resume and will continue every first Saturday of the month. The Rosary will be prayed in the Sister’s Monastery following the 8:00 a.m. Mass. Everyone is welcome to join.
Annual Archdiocesan Annual Appeal
Our Annual Archdiocesan Annual Appeal for 2025 has begun! For those who are registered parishioners, your packet has arrived in the mail. For those not registered, you may pick up a brochure in the vestibule. Our goal this year is $66,691.00. Please consider making the donation that you are able and let’s all do what we can to reach our 2025 AAA goal together!
Please make your checks payable to: The Archdiocesan Annual Appeal
Father Vito Perrone, Pastor