Welcome back! We hope you have had a summer of many graces!

Registration for all grades pre-K-12 is available and open now! REGISTER HERE!

There are more options for you to choose from this year:

1. Sunday morning standard catechesis, 9:45-10:45am: Kindergarten through sixth grade. Choose this if you want the classroom experience for your children you are used to. Remember that you are the most important teachers, and what we do is only to help you have good and holy conversations at home!

2. Sunday evening Suns of Encouragement (SoE) Youth Ministyr, 6:30-8:15pm: seventh through twelfth grade. This is for the youth who want more than only catechesis, but also a change to build Catholic friendships, grow in holiness of life through prayer, leadership opportunities and service to others.

3. Tuesday or Wednesday evening Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 4:30-6:30pm: ages 3-9. Choose this if your children would benefit from a hands-on Montessori style of meditative learning. The goal if for your children to fall in love with the Lord.

4. Saturday Youth Catechesis, 6:00-6:50pm: seventh through twelfth grade. This is geared toward those youth who need to prepare for a Sacrament but would prefer only catechesis without anything else. Choose this if it will make it easier for your family to go to Mass every week and have catechesis.

Registration for 2022-2023 Faith Formation and SoE Youth Ministry Registration is now open!

Please know that by registering for faith formation or youth ministry you are agreeing to register at St. Barnabas Church and to attend Mass here weekly except when out of town. This is important for building our parish life.

To register for Faith Formation:
1. Click here to register
2. Complete the form
3. Staff will review your registration and get back to you if there are any changes that need to be made.

Registration fees are waived for those involved in ongoing stewardship. 

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St. Barnabas' name means "Son of Encouragement", and he lived up to his name on his missionary journeys with St. Paul. We are also called to be missionaries who share the Gospel or "Good News" of Jesus to the world which is so hungry for true love, joy and truth. We have the good news! May we be little reflections of God to others, or "Suns of Encouragement" in the example of our patron.

This is our name and our calling. SoE!

If you would like to contribute to Ukraine Humanitarian Aid please write your check payable to Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke and note that the check is for "Humanitarian Aid Ukraine." If you donate cash, please place your cash in an envelope and mark the envelope "Humanitarian Aid Ukraine." We will send all money collected to our Eparchy. You can leave your donation in the box at the Sunday 3 pm Mass.

If you prefer to make a direct contribution, the easiest way to do so is to donate through the Archeparchy of Philadelphia. You can find information about how to make a donation through the Save Ukraine button at the top of the page on the Archeparchy's website.

Dear Fellow St. Barnabas Parishioners,
We are excited about being at St. Barnabas Church and back in western North Carolina! We met in the late 1970s in the operating room at a Catholic hospital in Youngstown, Ohio and were married on September 11, 1981. We are both retired now - Deacon Chuck was a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and Rose was an operating room nurse. Deacon Chuck liked to joke and tell everyone that he could put you to sleep in the operating room and also during a homily! We’ll let you be the judge… In 1982, we began moving for work; after spending time in South Carolina and Charlotte, where Deacon Chuck served at St. Patrick Cathedral after he was ordained by the late Bishop John Donoghue on June 18, 1988, we moved to western North Carolina in 1991. Deacon Chuck served at Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville before we moved to Colorado in 1995, again for job opportunities. Deacon Chuck worked primarily in rural hospitals and served in several parishes in the Colorado Springs and Pueblo Dioceses. Rose worked from home for the professional association of operating room nurses as a medical writer and education seminar planner/facilitator. We were out west in Colorado and Arizona until relocating to Florida to be near family in 2019. But after the 2020 summer lockdown, we realized we needed a more diverse (ie, cooler!) climate. Fortunately, the Lord led us back to western North Carolina where we found a house in a very serene setting and a parish home at St. Barnabas. We look forward to serving and getting to know everyone and respectfully ask for your prayers, as you are in ours.

Deacon Chuck & Rose Moss

We now have an online form to submit or remove names of those to pray for the bulletin or read at Mass.
You will find it under the ABOUT menu, and here is the link as well:
https://www.saintbarnabasarden.org/content/prayer-request-form

Last week St. Barnabas Catholic Church was included in a WLOS segment about the Catholic Church and the Diocese of Charlotte.
Check it out!

 

Sign-ups REQUIRED for Holy Thursday Mass, Good Friday Passion, and Sunday Easter Masses. The Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday at 8pm is for those coming into the church only and is full. 

IF THE SIGNUP LINK SAYS "LOCKED" THAT MEANS SOMEONE ELSE IS SIGNING UP AT THAT MOMENT. REFRESH PAGE UNTIL IT IS NO LONGER LOCKED.

UPDATE: EVERYTHING IS FULL AS OF TUESDAY, MARCH 30. YOU CAN KEEP CHECKING THE LINKS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS CANCELED AND FREED UP SPOT(S).

Monday, March 29
9 am: Mass in English

Tuesday, March 30
Nothing Scheduled

Wednesday, March 31
6:30 pm » Mass in Spanish, Adoration
07:00 pm » Adoration in church

Holy Thursday, April 1
12:00 pm » Office closes
SIGN UP REQUIRED: 7:00 pm »  Mass of the Lord's Supper, bilingual  - SIGN UP HERE
8:00 pm to midnight » Adoration in the Social Hall

Good Friday, April 2
Office Closed
2:45 pm » Divine Mercy Novena Begins in Church
SIGN UP REQUIRED: 3:00 pm »  Celebration of the Lord's Passion - SIGN UP HERE
7:00 pm »  Stations of the Cross, English, Church
8:00 pm » Stations of the Cross, Spanish, Church

Holy Saturday, April 3
9:45 am » Blessing of Easter Baskets
8:00 pm » Easter Sunday Vigil, bilingual - For those entering the church only

Easter Sunday, April 4
SIGN UP REQUIRED: 8:30 am » Easter Sunday Mass - SIGN UP HERE
SIGN UP REQUIRED: 11:00 am » Easter Sunday Mass, bilingual - SIGN UP HERE

 

Schedule for 2021 Ash Wednesday

  • 7:30 am: Distribution of Ashes only, no Mass / Distribución de cenizas únicamente, sin misa
  • 9:00 am: Mass in English and Distribution of Ashes / Misa en inglés y distribución de cenizas
  • 7:00 pm: Mass, bi-lingual, and Distribution of Ashes / Masa, bilingüe y distribución de cenizas

Sign up is required for the 7 pm Mass only / Es necesario registrarse solo para la misa de las 7 pm


 

Stations of the Cross for Lent begin Friday, 2/19/21

  • 3:00 pm: English and Live-Streamed
  • 7:00 pm: English
  • 8:00 pm: Spanish
     

Lenten Fish Frys sponsored by the Knights of Columbus begin Friday, 2/19/21.
This year they will be takeout only, due to Covid 19 protocols. Order online here!

 

 

 

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