Taking into account coastal weather patterns and the present COVID19 restrictions, Mission Basilica San Buenaventura offers the following liturgical schedule:

Facial coverings required at all times; please practice social distancing, even outdoors.

The Basilica is closed through December 2020 for new lighting installation.

Daily Mass (7:30 a.m. M-F) held in O'Brien Hall, available via livestram only on Facebook and YouTube.  Communion is offered at the end of Mass at the upper back door of O'Brien Hall (Poli Street/hillside at the top of the ramp).

Sunday Vigil (5:30 p.m. Saturday in Spanish) held in O'Brien hall, available via livestream only on Facebook and YouTube.

Sunday Mass (9:00 a.m. in English) held in O'Brien Hall, available via live stream only on Facebook and YouTube.

Holy Communion is offered in the Basilica garden on Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  Please recite the Lord's Prayer when entering the garden...wear a mask, sanitize hands, keep social distance, follow blue lines to side church door.

Confessions are offered on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in the garden or by appointment.

Parish Office is closed to the public. Staff are available by phone or email M-F from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Indoor Ministry Meetings are suspended until further notice. Parish Ministries are encouraged to continue to meet electronically.

The risk of coronavirus is real, and it is dangerous. This is the time to pray for one another, trust in Jesus, and focus on the care and love He has for each one of us. May Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Queen of the Angels, continue to bless our parishioners and loved ones with good health, joy, and peace.

Gift Shop is open. 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday through Friday and 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday. The Mission Basilica is closed to visitors through the end of December due to new lighting installation.

Main Street closed 200-600 blocks. Access to the Mission upper parking lot from Palm Street is via Santa Clara Street and Poli Street. Access to the lower parking lot on Main Street is via Ventura County Museum parking lot from Santa Clara Street.  Mission Garden Main Street gate remains locked.

Restrooms are closed presently.

Click here for family prep for weekly Sunday Mass at Home / por su familia preparandose cada semana for la misa casa

Click here to preprare for Mass at home.   Click here por preparandose para la misa en casa

Click here to view Mass at the Mission on YouTube.  

Click here to see schedule of livestream Masses throughout the Archdiocese. 

See website for online Baptism Prepration and Marriage Classes

Click here for an Act of Spiritual Communion Prayer/Acto de comunión espiritual

Click here for Prayers and Spiritual Resources

If you cannot go to confession...Pope Francis.

Welcome to the Mission Basilica San Buenaventura!...the Mission by the Sea! 

We are open 361 days of the year!

At Mission Basilica San Buenaventura we often sing the hymn "In This Place" composed by Trevor Thompson that reminds us of the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ among us. One verse goes like this:

We are gathered at table as one in the Lord.
We are gathered as people who are living the Word.
Our hearts and our spirits are nurtured by grace.
It is Jesus who fills us. He is here in this place.

You are cordially invited to join us for our liturgies. We celebrate Mass Monday-Friday at 7:30 AM.

We offer six Masses every weekend. Since the Lord's Day begins at sunset, we celebrate the Saturday Vigil at 5:30pm in English and 7:30pmin Spanish in the Basilica. We celebrate two Sunday Masses in English at 7:30am, 9am and a bilingual Mass 12:15pm. We have a largly attended Mass in Spanish at 10:30am in O'Brien Hall, the three story building behind the Mission church.  Join us, won't you?

For recent or future ministies or events please viw our parish bulletin link to the rightside of the website or view the calendar of events under "EVENTS" above.

Click here to take a tour of the Mission with Fr. Tom and Joe Estevez as seen on "All Things Catholic" NETNY.TV Brooklyn, New York Television 

Amgen Cycle Tour 2019 in Beautiful Downtown Ventura!

To help sustain the legacy of our historic MissionBasilica: please remember Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in your Will or Trust planning.

"Siempre Adelante: United in the love of God as a Mission Family."  Shalom, Fr. Tom Elewaut, Pastor.