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Christine A. Gerety, Ph.D., Director of Spiritual Care & Engagement: | (310) 566-1531
Welcome to the Spirituality Center at St. Monica Catholic Community! We are glad you are here with us. The Center opened in August of 2021 through the vision and leadership of the late Fr Dave Ayotte. The Center exists to provide opportunities for individuals to deepen their relationship with Christ through a variety of experiences based on Catholic spirituality.
Discover New Ways to Deepen Your Relationship with Christ
Important Dates:
♦ Monthly Spiritual Direction: Currently Accepting Applications
♦ Spiritual Chats: Available upon request, please email
♦ Spiritual Exercises in Everday Life (SEEL): Accepting Applications for 2025-26!
♦ Giving The Exercises (GTE): Stay Tuned For More Info
Video: After the Wildfires: Finding Healing & Relief Together on March 20
After the Wildfires: Finding Healing & Relief Together
Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m.
St. Monica Church
Click the Livestream Archive below:
In the wake of the wildfires, many of us are carrying grief, stress, and uncertainty. Whether you’ve been directly affected or are feeling the weight of our community’s loss, you are not alone. We hope this video will provide you with support and renewal. Our team of parish experts shared insights on coping with stress, fostering resilience, and embracing faith in the healing process. Through prayer, brief presentations, guided exercises, and heartfelt conversations, we offered ways to find comfort, strength, and hope.
Facilitated by:
Michael DiPaolo, Ph.D.
Christine Gerety, Ph.D.
John Osborne, M.Div.
Michael DiPaolo is a clinical psychologist & certified Imago Relationship Therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles. Dr DiPaolo integrates psychology and spirituality into his work with individuals and couples. He has been active in many ministries as a St. Monica member for over 25 years, including counseling over 1,500 couples in marriage preparation. Dr. DiPaolo is a frequent speaker, workshop presenter and retreat leader at parish and archdiocesan gatherings. Dr. DiPaolo has been married to his wife Jennie for over 25 years. They have 3 wonderful children, along with a hyperactive dog. He can be found online at www.DrMichaelD.com.
Christine Gerety is the Director of Spiritual Care & Engagement at St. Monica Catholic Community. At St. Monica, she enjoys collaborating with parishioners of all ages in pastoral care, spiritual direction and parish engagement ministries and programs. Her activities include facilitating Bereavement Groups, training Bereavement Ministers, working with Stephen Ministers, conducting retreats and leading the parish’s Spirituality Center.
John Osborne has been teaching meditation and breath work to faith-based groups for the last 45 years and was formerly a Trappist monk at Saint Joseph’s Abbey. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and Yale Divinity School.
Levanté with Fr. Michael Fish, OSB, Cam.
Levanté 4 Is Now Available!!
St. Monica is so excited to offer our community opportunity to find out more about Fr. Michael Fish's Levanté Retreats! Fr. Michael, a retreat master and beloved speaker at St. Monica, has created an innovative video retreat series that can be done at home, inspired by his most recent pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.
Winter 2025
Online HERE
Upcoming Levanté 1 Retreats
February 6-19
Upcoming Levanté 2 Retreats
February 6-19
Upcoming Levanté 3 Retreats
February 13-26
Upcoming Levanté 4 Retreats
February 20 - March 5
- More about Levanté
Levanté focuses on how simple everyday events hold valuable lessons for living life in the “now.” Retreatants will learn how viewing each day as a separate, distinct experience can reveal simple, easily overlooked opportunities for us to live more fully in the present and in the presence of the Divine. And Michael's remarkable gift of storytelling and metaphor to show us how these experiences can hold the key to opening our hearts!
Currently there are three Levanté Retreats. Both are stand-alone retreats that include five unique sections, each focusing on a different "day." You can do the Levanté Retreats in any order (e.g., you can do Levanté 2 before Levanté 1, or Levanté 3 before Levanté 1).
Upcoming Levanté 1 Retreats
February 6-19
Upcoming Levanté 2 Retreats
February 6-19
Upcoming Levanté 3 Retreats
February 13-26
Upcoming Levanté 4 Retreats
February 20 - March 5
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To register for a Levanté Retreat or to get more information,
visit the Levanté websiteFrom the Levante website:
Fr.Michael Fish, OSB. CAM, is a Camaldolese monk who has created over a dozen popular retreats and has decades of experience as a retreat master and spiritual guide. Michael’s popular retreats are unique, engaging inspirational experiences. He has a gift forintuiting the complexities and distractions that impinge on our ability to call on our own spirituality for comfort and contemplation. Michael has an engaging personality, freely displaying his own vulnerabilities and foibles. His past retreats have explored such topics as Contemplative ways of being, Finding our inner monk,Thomas Merton – Hermit Pilgrim, preparing for Holy Week and Celtic spiritually.
Mass
Mon–Fri, 7:00 am - Church
Mon–Fri, 12:10 pm - Church & Livestream
Sat, 8:00 am - Church & Livestream
Sat, 5:30 pm - Church
Sun, 7:30 am - Church
Sun, 9:30 am - Church & Livestream
Sun, 11:30 am - Church
Sun, 5:30 pm - Church & Livestream
Outdoor seating is available at all weekend Masses.
Confession
Mon–Fri. 5:30–6 pm
Sat, 4:30–5:00 pm
There are no confessions on secular holidays or other observances when the parish is closed.
Holy Days & Holidays
Holy Days: additional Vigil and evening Masses, 6:30 p.m.
Holidays: single Mass, 9:30 am with no confessions
Eucharistic Adoration
First & Third Fridays: 7:30–8:30 a.m. & 7–8 p.m. · Church
Second & Fourth Sundays: Noon–3 p.m. · Chapel
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