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This Sunday, in addition to the Third Sunday of Advent, St. Matthew's will celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century.

A poor Aztec Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was converted, baptized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a 57-year-old widower, and lived in a small village near Mexico City. On Saturday morning December 9, 1531, he was on his way to a nearby barrio to attend Mass in honor of Our Lady.

Juan was walking by a hill called Tepeyac when he heard beautiful music like the warbling of birds. A radiant cloud appeared, and within it stood an Indian maiden dressed like an Aztec princess. The lady spoke to him in his own language and sent him to the bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan named Juan de Zumarraga. The bishop was to build a chapel in the place where the lady appeared.

This year, St. Matthew's is hosting a pageant based on the tradition of Las Posadas! Come and see a semi-staged production of Dave Brubek's La Fiesta de la Posada, presented by the wonderful folks at San Diego Pro Arte Voices.

Two performances will be offered: Sunday, December 18 at 7:00 PM, and Tuesday, December 20 at 7:30 PM. The performance is FREE to the public! No tickets or reservations are required.

St Matthews invites you to celebrate All Souls Day & Dia de Los Muertos on November 6!

Starting Sunday October 30th you are invited to bring in pictures to place on the altar, as well as any snacks or small portions of food that your loved
ones enjoyed in life. Please bring a picture no bigger than a 5x7 so that we have enough room for everyone.

Please ensure to write the name of the deceased *(date as well if available) on the back of the picture, to the prayer list as well as your own name so that we can return it to you once we have taken down the altar. Please note* Those that passed away from November 2021-November 2022 will be placed on the top row.

What is Dias de los Muertos?

“The Calling of St. Matthew” (1599-1600) by Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio:

When I was studying my 2nd semester of Art History at Academy of Art University in my pursuit of a career in fashion writing, this piece, by Caravaggio, was one of the hundreds of art pieces we studied, but no other piece struck me quite like this one. One huge reason was because it reminded me so much of home, and of our St. Matthew's community in National City. And so, since returning home in 2015, every year when the Feast of St. Matthew comes around, I very happily remember this painting.

One of the great masterpieces of the Baroque era of art, this painting is based on Matthew 9:9: “As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him.” Here, Caravaggio captures what is called a “baroque moment” - the dramatic moment of tension just before a life-changing, transformational, awesome event occurs. In this case, it is the moment just before Matthew realizes his calling and chooses to rise and follow Jesus. 

St. Matthew's National City is hiring a 15-hour/week Children, Youth, and Family Minister to coordinate and oversee all aspects of Sunday morning Christian formation and worship for ages 0-18, and support parents in their at-home Christian formation activities. 

Good news: now you can help support the good work of St. Matthew's, National City by creating your own Facebook fundraiser!

Facebook fundraisers make it easy to help raise money for our community. Create a birthday fundraiser, or share your own story of what St. Matthew's means to you, then share the fundraiser with your friends! St. Matthew's will receive 100% of all the funds you raise.

Just follow these steps:

We have new pastoral leadership coming to St. Matthew's: The Rev. Roberto Maldonado! Read on for the official announcement from St. Matthew's Bishop's Warden, Julian Sanchez, and from Fr. Roberto himself.

I'm strumming in 4/4 time at 100 bpm trying to follow a chord sheet that's taped to my friend James’ back while walking down the sidewalk in National City. We exited the church and started down the sidewalk just as a city bus stopped. Several people got off then, unknowingly, processed with us until we turned the corner to go around the block.