About Us

The Catholic Community at Stanford University is a family of students, faculty, staff, administrators, their families, and local community members. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit and through a variety of social, educational, liturgical, and community service programs, we seek to form the Christian conscience, help members appropriate the Catholic faith, educate for justice, facilitate personal development, and form leaders for the future. We support the University's efforts to achieve its goals in keeping with our own traditions and in an environment of religious and cultural diversity. We are a personal parish in the Diocese of San José under the pastoral care of Dominicans and lay leaders.

A Request from Our Bishop

In our Bulletin's Religious Ramblings for February 5, we included a letter from Bishop Patrick McGrath. It describe a recent US Health and Human Services Ruling which impacts the Church in the United States. This is the website he recommended you visit to learn more.

Called & Gifted: Thanks!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Workshop this past weekend. We hope that this was an inspirational time, a time where you can gladly discern your gifts from God and use them to bring about the Kingdom in our midst. You are blessed! Let us share that blessing with others! Please consider helping us cover the cost of this workshop by donating here. (Under "Donation Type", select "Called and Gifted".) For those wishing to contribute via check, place "Called and Gifted" in the memo. Thanks!

CCAS Newsletter

Have you read the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter? Features include updates on the lives of former students and CCAS priests, Our Family Album, and Follow the Yellow Brick Road book review and undergrad retreat. Contact Nancy if you didn't receive yours in the postal mail!

Sacrament of the Sick at All Masses: Sunday, February 12, 2012

New Date! Please invite anyone who wishes to receive the sacrament to attend this weekend. The sacrament is also available on an individual basis by contacting one of the parish priests.

February Spanish Mass: Sunday, January 19, 2012, 3:00PM

Our next Mass in Spanish will be celebrated in the Side Chapel of Memorial Church. All are welcome to attend!

ASB to El Salvador: February 11 Update

As you know, we are sending 12 students from our community and Fr Isaiah to El Salvador between March 23-30. They will travel all over the country in order to see how the Church positively influenced the people effected by the Civil War. We welcome any prayer partners on this journey, as well as any potential benefactors. Thus far, we have raised over $2,975 of the needed $16,000 for the trip. Also, some of the students will need some camping gear again. If you have any 50-65 Liter camping packs, 40 degree sleeping bags, or 1" sleeping mats (a la Thermarest) thare you are willing to give up for a week, they will be put to good use! If you would like to be part of the mission by making a donation, you may now donate here. (Under "Donation Type", select "El Salvador Immersion Trip".) If you would like to donate via personal check, please place on the memo "ASB El Salvador". For more information, please contact Fr. Isaiah.

Religious Education Congress 2012

The Religious Education Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the nation's largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics. The last RECongress, held in March 2011, brought together nearly 40,000 people during the four-day weekend. We would like to take a group from the CCAS. Check out the RECongress website and contact Lourdes if you're interested or have questions.