Christ the King - St. Stephen Parish

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Mass Schedule for Both Campuses

Christ the King Campus

  • Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.
  • Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 4:00 p.m.
  • Private Confessions Saturday 3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

 

St. Stephen Campus

  • Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
  • Private Confessions Saturday before the 5:00 p.m. Mass

Weekday Masses (9:00 a.m.)

  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday – St. Stephen
  • Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday – Christ the King

First Friday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

  • St. Stephen Church which begins at 8:15am, followed by Benediction at 8:45am and Mass at 9:00am.
  • You can also attend Eucharistic Adoration every Friday from 3pm to 5pm in the chapel at the CTK Ministry Center

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 Dear Friends,

 

Welcome to the holy season of Lent.

 

Each year Lent invites us to slow down, to examine our hearts, and to return to what is essential. This year, a theme from the Ignatian Spirituality Network has stayed with me: Pressing On.

 

We live in a time when polarization deepens, rhetoric grows harsher, and injustice wounds communities. It is easy to grow tired. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. It is easy, even subtly, to become cynical. Pressing on with hope can feel exhausting. And yet, faith does not give us permission to give up.


Michael Libunao-Macalintal expressed it beautifully:

 

“Hope is a stubborn thing — it pushes past doubt and despair, it barrels its way through our confusion and suffering. It lights itself in us when all feels lost, when we are dealing with the rubble of what once was, when we must dig ourselves in and try again.




…Hope doesn’t burn out, it doesn’t give up — hope doesn’t know how to give up. Hope is stubborn. And make no mistake, friends, we are stubborn people.”


To understand this more deeply, we turn to Psalm 1. Psalm 1 describes two ways of living. One is like chaff — light, scattered, blown about by every wind. The other is like a tree planted by streams of water. Not a tree surviving by accident, but one deliberately planted, intentionally rooted, consistently nourished.


“He is like a tree planted by streams of water,

that yields its fruit in due season,

and whose leaves do not wither.”

 

It promises only this: the leaves do not wither. Why? Because the roots go deep. That is stubborn hope.

 

Our world often feels like shifting sand. News cycles change hourly. Voices compete for attention. Anger travels faster than understanding. Even within the Church, tensions can surface. If we are not careful, we become reactive, scattered, spiritually dehydrated — like chaff carried by every passing wind. 



But Psalm 1 offers another posture: rootedness. A tree planted by water does not panic when the wind rises. It does not uproot itself when seasons change. It draws quietly from a hidden source.


For us, that hidden source is Christ. Lent is about returning to the stream. Prayer, silence, repentance, Scripture, Eucharist, works of mercy and justice — these are not spiritual decorations. They are irrigation. This Lent, we are offering many opportunities for you to deepen your spiritual life — additional prayer times, Stations of the Cross, reconciliation services, reflections, Eucharistic adoration, and gatherings that invite us into deeper conversion and justice.

 

Please do not miss them. Do not let this Lent pass as just another season on the calendar. Do not settle for surface-level observance. Come to the stream.

 

Fr. Paulson

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Lenten Reflections

 

Thursdays • 10:00am - 11:00am • CTK Chapel

Presenter - Pamela Prime

 

  • Feb 26 – A Time to Embrace Wisdom
  • Mar 5 – A Time to Receive Mercy and Forgiveness
  • Mar 12 – A Time to Experience the Peace of Christ
  • Mar 19 – A Time to Become the Love We Seek


Please join us Fridays in Lent to pray

The Stations of the Cross

 

Different ministries will host each Friday in Lent:

 

Christ the King Church

Fridays - 6pm

February 20, 27 | March 6, 27

 

St. Stephen

Fridays - 12 pm - Guided Outdoor Mediations


Please note: Friday, March 20, we will have Stations of Cross at 6pm

followed by a soup dinner.

 

SS Campus will be open for self-guided outdoor Stations

Monday & Wednesday, 11am-2pm

Friday until 6pm 

Parish Lenten Reconciliation Services

 

Christ the King Church

Saturday, March 21 | 2:30pm

Thursday, March 26 | Confessions - 8am before Mass

 

St. Stephen Church

Friday, March 13 | 6:30pm

Stations of the Cross will begin at 6pm 

What's Happening at Christ the King - St. Stephen

Special Lenten Events
 

Lenten Retreat with Fr. Paulson

Saturday, March 14 • 9:30 a.m. – 12Noon • St. Stephen Church

Embracing the Paradox & the Cross: A Paradox and a Sign of Contradiction

 

Retreat with Pamela Prime

Saturday, March 28 • 10:00 a.m.–12:00 Noon • CTK Parish Hall

The Healing of Our Hearts

 

Seder Meal with Rabbi Roberto Graetz

Tuesday, March 31 • 6:00 p.m. • St. Stephen Hall

Crab Feed

 

Join us on Saturday, February 21st, 2026

at 5:30 PM in the CTK Gym 

 

for a fun-filled evening of delicious crab and great company.  The annual CTK KofC Crab Feed is back, so come join us for a delicious feast of Fresh Crab, Kinder's Ball Tip, Homemade Irish Bread & Soup & more - it's gonna be a shell of a good time! The CTK CYO 8th grade players will continue the tradition of serving and clean up.

 

Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.

Adult Education

 

Our 11-week study of The Gospel of John

will begin on March 2.

 

An eleven-week study of The Gospel According to John will begin on Monday, March 2. The Gospel of John is a testament to the divine nature of Jesus, the Word made flesh, the Light of the World. Study material is available as a paperback or e-book at LittleRockScripture.org.

 

We meet on

Mondays at 10 AM in Room A in CTK’s Parish Hall. 

Dance Ministry

 

Join us on Thursdays (New Day)

February 26 at 7pm

In CTK's Parish Hall

 

Come out and Learn how to Line Dance,

Grow in Faith, and Build Community

 

Questions? Contact Nelson Gonzales ngonzales@ctkph.org

Dress a Child Around the World Sewing Ministry

 

We will meet for our next sewing session, next Wednesday, February 18th, 9:00 am, at the CTK Parish Hall.

 

These are the dates of rest of our sewing sessions through May 2026: March 18, April 29, and May 27.


For more information, please contact Maria Elena Sandoval at sfcity4@gmail.com. 


Please join us for a special Ash Wednesday Grief Workshop on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 7:00 PM   in the CTK Ministry Center Chapel.


Grief is the ash left behind when love has burned brightly. Come together as one community in Christ for support and fellowship. 

 

For information, call or text Donna @ 510 381-3615.


Livestreamed Masses

The following Masses are livestreamed for those unable to celebrate with us.


Christ the King and St. Stephen Campus
Monday - Saturday
9:00am

First Friday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Mass
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will begin at 8:15am followed by Mass at 9:00am

Saturday
4:00pm Vigil Mass

Sunday
10:30am

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199 Brandon Rd, Pleasant Hill CA

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1101 Keaveny Ct, Walnut Creek, CA