The parish also has liturgy teams that offer Communion services at four area nursing homes/senior living centers as well as the Marsh Creek Detention Facility. Vincent de Paul team works closely with area families in need to manage their immediate crises and move toward self-sufficiency. Our parish Food Pantry serves more than 2,300 people monthly. These, too, rely almost entirely on parish volunteers. Many parish ministries answer Pope Francis’ call to be missionary disciples by meeting the needs of the surrounding community. Bonaventure parishioners also take seriously their call to bring the light of Christ to the world. Strengthened by worship and formed in their faith, St. Each summer hundreds of children, teens, and adults participate in a Bible Camp that celebrates the joy of Christ’s love. Ecclesial movements including Cursillo/Bonfire, Marriage Encounter, Knights of Columbus, the Charismatic Renewal, and the Filipino Couples for Christ also have strong parish support. Members of the community are able to choose from a wide variety of adult formation groups and classes, including bible and book studies, a Women’s Christian Fellowship, a Men’s Spiritual Network and a variety of small group programs. The parish’s RCIA, children’s faith formation, teen confirmation and marriage preparation programs all rely heavily on parishioner engagement and leadership. Bonaventure has a large faith formation and sacramental preparation program for children, teens and adults that requires the work of many volunteers. Parishioner engagement is not confined to the liturgy. Many individuals also participate in the Resurrection Choir, which provides music at funerals. The Sunday Masses are blessed with five different choirs and music teams, with different musical styles. ![]() The parish has a large group of lectors, Eucharistic ministers, and ministers of hospitality. Saint Bonaventure takes to heart the council’s call that all the faithful play a “full, conscious and active part in liturgical celebration.” Parishioners participate in the Liturgy Planning, Art and Environment, and Music teams, which collaborate in bringing forth liturgy that is both reverent and engaging. Vatican II described the Eucharist as “the source and summit” of our faith. One can see this first and foremost in sacraments and liturgy. Bonaventure are willing to give their time to make them happen. All of these events occur because the parishioners and staff of St. Saint Bonaventure’s high degree of parishioner engagement gives it the reputation as “the parish that never sleeps.” On any given day or evening, one will find parishioners attending different events in the church, parish hall or our ministry center. Bonaventure’s culture: Engaged, Collaborative, Welcoming and Diverse. During this series of discussions, the council identified four key pillars of St. Bonaventure gathered in the summer and fall of 2015 to discern aspects of the parish’s identity that would be important for Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland to understand when choosing a new pastor. Richard Mangini, our pastor for the last 19½ years, the parish council and staff of St. ![]() ![]() In preparation for the upcoming retirement of Fr. It has historically drawn many families from outside its parish boundaries. The parish, which rests in the foothills of Mount Diablo, straddles the border between Concord and Clayton. Bonaventure Catholic Community is the spiritual home of 2,800 families in Contra Costa County. “Many gifts but the same spirit” (1 Cor 12)Īn Introduction to Saint Bonaventure Catholic Communityįounded in 1957, St.
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