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Welcome to
St. Faustina Catholic Church, Clermont, FL

It is a blessing that we come together on our Website, whether you are a current parishioner in our congregation, a visitor to Central Florida, seeking your away-from-home church while on vacation, or a seasonal parishioner who visits us here in Clermont, Florida during certain seasons of the year.

No matter who you are or where you come from,
WELCOME!

We want you to feel like you are a part of the St. Faustina family immediately, and hope you will take advantage of all our Sacraments and Ministries available at St. Faustina. Depending on where you are on your spiritual journey, we hope you will take advantage of our many Sacraments, such as Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion, Holy Orders/Vocations, Reconciliation or even Marriage.

For the young folks in your family, we offer a rich selection of Faith Formations, such as Religious Education Classes.

St. Faustina Catholic Church Clermont, FL - Exterior and sign

Are You Looking for a Catholic Church near Disney World?

You have now found a Catholic Church near Disney World. We’re pleased to welcome visitors from around the world, who visit Walt Disney World® Resort, here in Central Florida. While we’re located in Clermont, Florida, we are very near the Orlando area, and offer a welcoming parish for all who seek to celebrate their faith at mass.

Our location in Clermont, Florida is very convenient for those in the Tourist areas around Disney World.  We’re located very close to Disneyworld, as you can see by the GOOGLE MAP HERE. Parishioners on our Hospitality ministry will welcome you and your family. Let us be your Central Florida Catholic church.

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Announcements

THE SEASON OF LENT at OUR PARISH

Every week during Lent, Father Carlos challenges us to a
“Weekly Lenten Challenge, 2024.”

Weekly Challenge for this Lenten Season — Pillars: Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving

5th Sunday of Lent: Lenten Pillar: Prayer
Pray a daily Rosary or Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Poor Souls of Purgatory
​One of the Spiritual Works of mercy is to pray for those who have died. This week’s Lenten challenge is to pray a daily Rosary or Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Poor Souls of Purgatory.  May our prayers be like incense rising up to heaven and be efficacious for the Poor Souls being purified!
“adapted from https://www.stjohnsindy.org/lenten-challenges.html

PARISH PENANCE SERVICE on TUESDAY, MARCH 19 at 7:00 pm
The parish will hold it’s Lenten Penance Service on Tuesday, March 19, at 7:00 pm.  Both English and Spanish-speaking priests will be at St. Faustina to hear your confession. A REMINDER – Just a reminder that CONFESSIONS WILL NOT BE held on Saturday, March 30. 

JESUS’ PROMISE TO ST. FAUSTINA Reconciliation during Lent and Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday will give the soul complete forgiveness. Jesus said to St. Faustina, “The soul that will go to Confession (during Lent) and receive Holy Communion (on Divine Mercy Sunday), shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and    punishment.” (Diary of St. Faustina, page 699)

LENT SCHEDULE ADDITION, The BLESSING OF THE EASTER FOOD
The Blessing of the Easter food will take place on Holy Saturday, March 30, at 12:00 pm.  This is an addition to our original Lenten Schedule.

EASTER BLOOD DRIVE
 Our next blood drive is Easter Sunday, March 31, from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm. The Big Red Bus will be parked right outside our front entrance.  Since the drive began in June of 2019, you have contributed 513 pints of blood while saving over 1,539 lives as each donation has the ability to help up to three patients in need. While 90% of our donors are walk-ups, you can reserve your space by making an appointment at: https://donor.oneblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1421833

STATIONS OF THE CROSS
The Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday during Lent at:
in Spanish at 2:00 pm     in English at 6:00 pm     in Spanish at 7:00 pm

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

HOLY THURSDAY, March 28
Mass at 7:00 pm
(there is NO 8:00 am Mass)

GOOD FRIDAY, March 29
     Stations of the Cross
Service at 12:00 pm in English
Service at  2:00 pm in Spanish
     Passion Service
at 3:00 pm in English
at 5:30 pm in Spanish
(there is NO 8:00 am Mass)

HOLY SATURDAY, March 30
Blessing of the Food at 12:00 pm
Bilingual Vigil Mass at 8:00 pm
(there is NO 8:00 am Mass and
NO 4:00 pm Mass)

EASTER SUNDAY, March 31
Regular Sunday Mass Schedule
7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am,
5:00 pm in Spanish

DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
Jesus asked that the Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which begins on Good Friday. For more information on how to pray the novena, please go to: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/novena-13366

FOR THE COMPLETE 2024 LENT SCHEDULE
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OUR CATHOLIC APPEAL
To see the “Our Catholic Appeal” letter from Father Carlos and Operations Manager, Joe Seddio, please CLICK HERE.

ST. FAUSTINA FEATURED IN FLORIDA CATHOLIC ARTICLE
On September 19, Glenda Meekins, from Florida Catholic, attended our 9:30 Mass to do a story on our own Selene Squitieri, who signs the Mass and the music every week. Also in attendance was her niece, Cassidy, who is deaf.

PLEASE make sure you take the 27 seconds necessary to watch the heartwarming YouTube video (the first link…the e-edition) and the story as it appears in the paper edition of Florida Catholic. Florida Catholic e-edition (with video) CLICK HERE
    Florida Catholic as it appears in the paper version CLICK HERE

FAITH FORMATION CLASS SCHEDULES FOR 2023-2024   Please CLICK HERE

WEEKEND MASS PRAISE & TRIBUTE
If you would like to donate flowers as a Weekend Mass Praise & Tribute, please contact Joe Seddio in the parish office
at jseddio@stfausttina.org.  This is a stunning way to honor loved ones and occasions!

SAINT FAUSTINA KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS ongoing fundraiser.
The Knights have purchased a Memorial Monument commemorating the Unborn. You can participate in this fundraiser by purchasing a brick commemorating your loved ones and or yourself. The cost of the brick is $100.00.  A total of 229 bricks have been sold as of early November.  Don’t miss out on this historic opportunity.  For additional information please CLICK HERE for details.

MEET OUR PASTOR

Father Carlos J. Cabán Vázquez
352-515-9297  (Ext. 101)
ccaban@stfaustina.org

For more information on Father Carlos and our entire staff, please CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE to see all the CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS from Jan. 9, 2022 to the completion of our new church

Construction Image with Text: Our Journey to Our New Home. Westgate Inn, 1st Mass, September 30, 2006; Homers, 1st Mass, December 24, 2006; 192 Strip Mall (Zak's), 1st Mass, December 24, 2010; Glenbrook Commons, 1st Mass, December 19, 2015; 15551 N. Boggy Marsh Road, 1st Mass, February 4, 2023.

Bequests For Our St. Faustina Parish
After considering the needs of your family and loved ones, you can make a bequest of your remaining assets to St. Faustina Catholic Church.  Your bequest could be a set amount of money, a portion of your estate, or valuable collections you’d like to donate.

To include a legacy gift for the parish in your will or trust, please ask your attorney to use the following terminology:

I give, devise, & bequeath to St. Faustina Catholic Church in Clermont, Inc. located at 15551 N. Boggy Marsh Road, Clermont, Florida, 34714, Federal Tax ID # (20-5629206) the following: (amount, percentage, remainder, or other specific asset(s)) to be used as a ONE-TIME LUMP SUM…or OVER ___ NUMBER OF YEARS…TO ESTABLISH AND ENDOWMENT FOR PERPETRUAL SUPPORT).  

As always, “thank you” for your faithful continued support of our St. Faustina parish in everything that you do.

Parish Mission

OUR MISSION:  St. Faustina is a parish family inspired by the Holy Spirit and called to reflect God’s Divine Mercy through a responsible stewardship of time, talent and treasure in the context of ministry.

Our New Home

On Saturday, February 4, 2023, we moved into our new home on 15551 N. Boggy Marsh Road, Clermont, Florida, 34714.  All Masses, parish office hours, Religious Education classes, and ministries, as well as all other parish-related business, will be conducted from this address.  All mailings should be addressed to the above mentioned address.

Please continue to support the debt reduction fund of our new spiritual home.

Google Map of new Church Location: 15551 N. Boggy Marsh Road.

Opportunities to Pray Together

There are several opportunities for us to pray together as a parish family during the course of the day, the week, and the month.  Please consider joining us for any, or all, of the following:

Daily Rosary after the 8 am Mass

Wednesday Holy Hour from 3 pm until 4 pm

Friday Night Holy Rosary every Friday at 7 pm in the church

First Friday Adoration, 8:30 am to 8:00 pm through June 2024

Decade of the Day Rosary  Are you willing to spend five minutes of your day saying ONE DECADE of the ROSARY?  In this program you and your Decade are combined with 19 others saying their Decade each day.  A full 20 Decade Rosary is offered up every day and you are a part of it. As a member of this program you and your intentions, which are your own, are remembered in several churches and shrines around the country.
If you are interested please email:  office@stfaustina.org.
For more information, please go to our St. Faustina web page at:  Decade A Day – St. Faustina Catholic Church – Clermont (stfaustina.org)

Maria Rosa Mystica–First Thursday of each month, Maria Rosa Mystica ministry, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM in the church.  We pray for the Pope, priests, deacons, the religious, and for the increase of religious vocations. For more information please see their web page at: Maria Rosa Mistica – St. Faustina Catholic Church – Clermont (stfaustina.org)

 Immaculate Heart of Mary First Saturday Rosary–after the 8 am Mass, from 8:30 to 9:00, to pray for peace, understanding, comfort, and the healing of all peoples. For more information please see their web page at: Our Lady of Fatima – First Saturday Rosary – St. Faustina Catholic Church – Clermont (stfaustina.org)

To learn more about our Catholic Faith, please go to the EWTN website at: Catholicism – Faith, Resources & Practices for Catholic Followers | EWTN

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS is who we are as followers of Christ.  Sometimes when something is repeated over and over and over again, it loses its meaning.  Such could be the case with the Sign of the Cross. For us as Catholic Christians, it should be a reverent prayer, one to be reflected upon as we make the sign and say the most holy words: “In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen”… (which means, “I Believe.”)

To see a couple of articles on what Pope Francis says about the “Sign of the Cross”, please go to:
Pope on Sign of the Cross – Aleteia   and/or   The sign of the cross is our badge, Pope Francis says | Catholic News Agency

Holy Days of Obligation for 2024
August 15th- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
November 1st- All Saints Day
December 25th- Christmas

Today’s Readings

The National Shrine
of The Divine Mercy

For information, daily messages and schedules regarding the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, please CLICK HERE.

St. Faustina History

Learn more about St. Faustina. She is closer than you think.

CLICK to Learn More about St. Faustina and the history of our parish.

For Your Safety…
Please bring hand sanitizer for use before Communion.
Baskets are now passed during Mass, but there will be no handshakes of peace.
There is Holy Water at all fonts.
All meetings must be scheduled in advance.

Notice from Orlando Diocese
It has come to our attention that individuals may be receiving texts or emails from clergy or leaders within our parish asking for gift cards or financial assistance with travel. Please know that the Diocese does not allow anyone to solicit financial contributions or assistance for an individual or approves of solicitation for personal business as a representative of the Church. If you are approached by a leader, whether clergy, employee or volunteer, within your parish for any cause regarding financial assistance and you choose to respond, always require a contract and receipt upon completion of the transaction.