Effective immediately, Phase 1A, Tiers 1-3 (Healthcare Workers and Residents of Facilities) AND those 75 and older can register to be vaccinated in Ventura County.

Those 75 and older must:
live in Ventura County
show proof of residency and
proof of age upon arrival at the appointment.
Appointments can be accessed at the following link: www.venturacountyrecovers.org/vaccine-information/portal/. (Go to the section titled, Register for a Vaccination Appointment at the bottom of the page). A hotline will also be launched later in the week for appointments by phone.

As we begin the new year, vaccines against COVID-19 are becoming available to more people in our communities. It is critically important that our faithful and others in our parish communities have an accurate understanding of how these vaccines may be viewed from the perspective of Catholic moral teaching and tradition. The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has determined that it is “morally acceptable” for Catholics to take these vaccines against the COVID-19 Virus. This judgment is deeply rooted in the Catholic moral tradition.

On December 21, 2020, the CDF stated:
“All vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in production of the vaccines derive” … “the morality of vaccination depends not only on the duty to protect one's own health, but also on the duty to pursue the common good.”

“In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic, the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.”

Thus, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles strongly encourages Catholics to receive a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of ourselves, our loved ones, and the common good. If some of the faithful choose not to take the vaccine for reasons of conscience, the Vatican says those persons “must do their utmost to avoid … becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.”

Click here for Moral Guidance on Vaccines.

Click here for Answers to Ethical Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines.

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.

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 on the property; please practice social distancing, even outdoors.

The Basilica Church is closed for new lighting installation.

Daily Mass (7:30 a.m. M-F) available via livestream only on Facebook and YouTube.  

Sunday Vigil (5:30 p.m. Saturday in Spanish) available via livestream only on Facebook and YouTube.

Sunday Mass (9:00 a.m. in English) available via livestream 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.

Gift Shop, Museum and Garden are open daily from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 

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 welcome the New Year 2021 with much hope and promise that we may contain the COVID19 virus. The good news is God is on the throne through all of this. We offer continued prayers for all who are ill efffected by this virus or any other ailment.  Prayers especially for the medical community who care for us wth their very lives. As Catholic Christians we have the only real hope. We Christians have not had a greater opportunity or obligation to share that hope... and the peace and joy that comes with it.

Christmas is so much more than just a holiday; it is a Holy day. It is a time when we remember more deeply that Jesus was born to be the Light of the world. It is a time when our God shows up in the middle of the mess to bring us a message of hope and offer us a better way of life through unsolicited and unlimited gifts of grace and salvation through Jesus Christ.

May the Peace of Christ be with you this Christmas and throughout the New Year.

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"  Shalom, Fr. Tom Elewaut, Pastor.