ST. JOSEPH MISSION
A Roman Catholic Mission
Diocese of San Bernardino
Faith Life
Baptism
Baptism is the sacrament of faith. But
faith needs a community of believers. it is only within the faith of the Church that each of the faithful can believe. The faith required for Baptism is not a perfect and mature faith, but a beginning that is called to develop. The catechumen or the godparent is asked:"What do you ask of God's Church?" The response is "Faith!"
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1253
Communion
At the heart of the Eucharistic Celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's body and blood. Faithful to the Lord's command, the Church continues to do , in his memory and until his glorious return, what he did on the eve of his passion.
Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1333
Confirmation
Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us to bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds.
Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1316
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SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION
SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
Reconciliation
Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.
Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1422
Anointing the Sick
By the sacred anointing of the sick and the prayer of the priests, the whole church commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, that he may raise them up and save them. And indeed, she exhorts them to contribute to the good of the People of God by freely uniting themselves to the Passion and death of Christ.
Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1499
SACRAMENTS OF SERVICE
Matrimony
Holy Orders
The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1601
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Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus, it is this sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees:
episcopate, presbyterate and diaconate.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1536
EPISCOPATE
Bishop Gerald Barnes
Auxiliary Bishp Emeritus
Rutilio del Riego
PRESBYTERATE
Coadjutor Bishop Alberto Rojas
DIACONATE
