Hello Families! Welcome back Second Year Candidates! And a warm welcome to our First Year Candidates!

Please click here: https://forms.gle/BDQvgFbhHQRQ5pAC6 and fill out the Google form

Once completed, bilingual registration packets will be emailed to you. Please:
1. Fill it out
2. Sign it online
3. Email the completed registration back to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alternatively, if you must print it out, you may return it personally to me on the day of the Adoration/Prayer service. Please be certain to bring the $45 registration fee for the entire Year courses.

Should you have questions, please contact me at 805-243-8063. We can’t wait to see you!

Important Dates:

Confirmation Year II:
Sunday, September 20th: First online session at 1:30pm using Zoom. Link will be sent previous Wednesday.
Saturday, October 3rd: Meet in the Mission Garden with a Parent or Sponsor at 6:00pm.

Confirmation Year I:
Sunday, October 4th: Meet in the Mission Garden with your parent for Orientation and Prayer Service at 2pm.
Sunday, October 11th: First online session at 1:30pm using Zoom. Link will be sent previous Wednesday.

¡Hola familias! ¡Bienvenidos Candidatos de Segundo Año! ¡Y una cálida bienvenida a nuestros candidatos de Primer Año!

Haga clic aquí: https://forms.gle/BDQvgFbhHQRQ5pAC6 y complete el formulario de Google

Una vez completado, se le enviarán por correo electrónico paquetes de registro bilingües. Por favor:
1. Rellénelo
2. Firma en línea
3. Envíeme el registro completo por correo electrónico aThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alternativamente, si debe imprimirlo, puede devolvérmelo personalmente el día del servicio de Adoración / Oración. Asegúrese de traer la cuota de inscripción de $ 45 para todos los cursos del año.

Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese conmigo al 805-243-8063. ¡Estamos ansiosos por verte!

Fechas importantes:

Año de Confirmación II:
Domingo 20 de septiembre: Primera sesión online a la 1:30 pm con Zoom. El enlace se enviará el miércoles anterior.
Sábado 3 de octubre: Reúnase en el jardín con un padre o padrino a las 6:00 pm.

Año de Confirmación I:
Domingo 4 de octubre: Reúnase en el jardín de la misión con sus padres para el servicio de orientación y oración a las 2 pm.
Domingo 11 de octubre: Primera sesión online a la 1:30 pm con Zoom. El enlace se enviará el miércoles anterior.

Mission Basilica San Buenaventura is beginning registration for Religious Education classes, kindergarten through middle school. Due to the pandemic, we cannot yet meet in person, so we will be Zooming classes weekly.

We require a parent/guardian to Zoom with their children for sessions as they are the principal "catechist" to hand on the Catholic Faith to their child.

Cost for classes is reduced for this time to $40 per child.

Please click herehttps://forms.gle/STjSBXoYHgSt8ViWA and complete the Registration Form.

You will be contacted to make arrangements to pick up the textbook at the parish parking lot. Additional forms requiring your signature and payments will received at that time.

La Misión Basílica San Buenaventura está comenzando la inscripción para las clases de educación religiosa, desde kínder hasta la escuela secundaria.

Debido a la pandemia, todavía no podemos reunirnos en persona, por lo que ampliaremos las clases semanalmente.

Requerimos que un padre / tutor este con sus hijos para las sesiones, ya que son los principales "catequistas" para transmitir la fe católica a sus hijos.

El costo de las clases se reducirá durante este tiempo a $40 por niño.

Por favor complete el formulario de registro aquí: https://forms.gle/STjSBXoYHgSt8ViWA

Se le contactará para hacer arreglos y pasen por el libro de texto de la clase en el estacionamiento de la parroquia. En ese momento se recibirán formularios adicionales que requieren su firma y pagos.

County of Ventura to debate removal of Serra image on County emblem

By a 6-0 vote, the Ventura City Council approved a motion at the end of a special meeting on Wednesday, July 15, to permanently remove two statues of St. Junípero Serra from public land. It also agreed to follow a recommendation to have at least one of them – a 9-foot bronze statue currently protected by a chain-linked fence and video surveillance cameras just outside of the council chambers – be relocated to Mission San Buenaventura.

The decision came on the feast day of the city’s namesake, St. Bonaventure, and hours after Pope Francis’ elevation of Mission San Buenaventura to the rank of minor basilica was made public. Both occasions were noted during the three hours of public discussion on the video-streamed online session.

Wednesday was the second of two extended special public meetings – including one on July 7, that combined to last more than seven hours and allowed more than 200 speakers to be heard in what council member Jim Friedman sized up as a 50-50 split in opinion. There were also more than 2,500 emails submitted to the council to consider, noted Deputy Mayor Sofia Rubalcava, presiding over the meetings after Mayor Matt LaVere recused himself.

On June 19, LaVere joined Father Tom Elewaut, pastor of Mission San Buenaventura, and Chief Julie Tumamait Stenslie, whose Barbareño/Venureño Band comprises Chumash members, in a joint statement recommending the statue be moved “to a more appropriate non-public location” – with the intent of having it moved to the San Buenaventura Mission, the last founded by St. Junipero in 1782.

“We all believe that the removal of the statue should be accomplished without force, without anger and ... without uncivil discourse, much less vandalism,” said the joint statement last month. “A historic decision such as this must involve the Ventura City Council, the voices of the Chumash tribe and residents of Ventura.”

In a June 29 letter, Archbishop José H. Gomez addressed the controversies surrounding the removal of public monuments to St. Junípero in LA, San Francisco, and Sacramento, and praised Ventura’s handling of the debate over its own monument as a possible “model for thoughtful and respectful public discourse that includes civil authorities, indigenous leaders, representatives of the Church, and the community at large.”

The Ventura statue of St. Junípero has been protected by fencing since a July 4 protest.