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We want to keep our Parish open and available to visitors to the Mendocino Coast. We are a small congregation and welcome visitors throughout the year to our Masses. But expenses continue when people aren't visiting. Please help with a donation to our Parish.
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Father Rob's Vocation Inspiration
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Father Rob would not be a priest today had he not been inspired by the lectures of Dennis Quinn and John Senior at the University of Kansas. Father Rob wants to share these inspirational lectures with others.
The link below goes to the lectures of these scholars which have been preserved as audio lectures by Scott Randall Paine's website.
Our Pastor
Father Robert "Rob" Torczynski
Many people have asked about where I come from so I thought I would give you a little bio of myself.
I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964. My father grew up in Chicago and was fascinated by electronics in his youth and went to work in avionics for American Airlines. He worked first in New York at La Guardia and then in Tulsa since the principal maintenance base for American was located there. My mother is from the South and her family goes back to Revolutionary times. She met my dad while working at La Guardia and entered the Catholic Church five years after they were married. We lived in Tulsa on Route 66 on an acreage my father had bought. Our parish, seven miles away, was run by the Polish Capuchins, the same ethnicity as my father.
I went to parochial school and public school and then to Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa. After graduating, I went with friends to the University of Kansas. It was there that I discovered Professor John Senior and his Great Books Program. There was also a swell of Catholic activity and I greatly deepened Faith as a student there. He recommended that I spend time in a Benedictine Abbey and suggested Fontgombault in France. I spent nine months there and was proposed the Carthusian life. The Carthusian Order imitates the solitary life of the monks in the desert. I practiced this life for 28 years most of which were in France and then came out of the life mainly for health reasons dealing with sleep apnea, fatigue, stress and tension.
I spent a year teaching St John’s Seminary in Camarillo, Ca and then 18 months at Mission San Miguel in the Central Coast region. This last year I was the chaplain at the Newman Center at Sonoma State Univ. while residing and helping out at the cathedral of St Eugene.
I am happy to be with you all here as we walk together in our Faith coming closer to God as a community each day.
Peace be with you, Fr Rob
Our Parishes
St. Anthony's Parish in Mendocino, CA
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Blessed Sacrament in Elk, CA
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Mass and Vespers in Latin
Father Arsenius, the resident Hermit Priest of the Annunciation Hermitage at Blessed Sacrament Church in Elk, CA, presents the Mass and vespers in Latin.
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News
KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"
KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"
KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"
The first American parish priest to be beatified, McGivney will soon be declared "blessed." An additional miracle would need to be attributed to him in order for McGivney to be canonized as a saint, the Vatican said.
Organist Visit at Blessed Sacrament
KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"
KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"
Before the Coronavirus forced these lockdowns, we had a special visitor to the Church and he provided us with a tune on our historic organ. Click the image to listen to it.
Bishop Vasa's Message of Hope
KofC Founder to be declared "Blessed"
Bishop Vasa's Message of Hope
Bishop Vasa and the Priests, Deacons, Principals and Parishioners from across the Diocese offer a message of Hope in the Easter Season. Click on the image to read it.
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Donations
Catholic Movie Suggestions
Catholic Movie Suggestions
Click the image to donate to help our Parishes "keep the lights on" while Masses are suspended during this period of "shelter in place".
Catholic Movie Suggestions
Catholic Movie Suggestions
Catholic Movie Suggestions
Consider checking out these movies that are suggested by the Knights of Columbus for inspiration. The KofC provides a study guide to accompany each of the suggested movies and a synopsis of the plots. Coming soon: how to stream or view these movies at home.
EWTN Daily Mass
Catholic Movie Suggestions
EWTN Daily Mass
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Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the Divine Power of God,
cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.