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Sacramento Bishop Emeritus William K. Weigand will co-celebrate the 9 a.m. Mass Nov. 1 at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church on Cantova Way.  After mass, Bishop Weigand will bless the columbarium at the church's cemetery, on Jackson Road in Murieta South.  The columbarium is a collection of niches for the ashes of the dead.  Read more »

Rancho Murieta's first Italian Festival, benefitting St. Vincent De Paul's outreach efforts, was a sell-out hit Sunday afternoon, with 200 paying customers spread around Lake Clementia Amphitheater. Event organizer Natachia Taylor was on the run throughout the day but found a few moments to distribute doggie treats, above. The festival featured food (like the sausage hors d'oeuvres at right), wine, crafts, a contest to produce the best one-hour spaghetti sauce (winning recipe below), a pooch parade, a grape-stomping event and a lot of neighborly socializing. It concluded with a spaghetti dinner and the music and singing of a strolling accordionist as the beautiful autumn day drew to a close.  Read more »

More than 100 Rancho Murieta teenagers enjoyed an evening of fun, food and entertainment Saturday at Lake Clementia Park. The free event started lakeside with swimming, games, BBQ, chips and drinks and music by the St. Vincent's Friday Night Jam Band. After the sun set, the action moved to the amphitheater, where there was dancing to music provided by DJ Jered. Teenagers were involved in planning the event, which was chaired by 16-year-old Dan Field. The event was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church and Rancho Murieta Community Church.

Murieta's teens are invited to an evening of fun, food and entertainment Saturday, Sept. 19.  It starts at 6:30 p.m. at Lake Clementia Park and at sunset moves to the Amphitheater for dancing. It wraps up at 10 p.m.  Read more »

An Italian festival, with fun, games and -- you bet -- food wil be held at Lake Clementia Sunday, Oct. 4, to open Italian-American Heritage Month.  It kicks off at 1 p.m., and events include a bocce ball tournament, a limoncello tasting, quick sauce and grape-stomping challenges and more.  Read more »

An overflow crowd celebrated the Rancho Murieta Community Church's move to a new facility on Cantova Way Sunday. More than 200 attended the service to dedicate the church. The move from the firehouse on Murieta Drive to the FAA building was accomplished in six days after six months of planning, said Rev. Rick Pitcher, interim senior pastor. The Community Church changed places with Calvary Fellowship Rancho Murieta, an outreach of Calvary Chapel Laguna Creek, which held its first service at the firehouse building at the same time Sunday.

A Boy Scout organizes a food drive as part of becoming an Eagle Scout, St. Vincent DePaul parishioners have a picnic and meet their new pastor, the Kiwanis Club awards scholarships to three high school seniors, and the Women’s Club holds a wine tasting.  Read more »

Rancho Murieta Community Church will move to a new location next month and be replaced by Calvary Fellowship.  (Click photo for larger image.)

Everybody still calls it the FAA Building, but the Federal Aviation Administration has left the building and the new tenants aren’t looking to the heavens for flight information.  Read more »

The women's group of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is offering two events that are open to all the women in the community: a Mardi Gras celebration Feb. 24 and a spiritual retreat March 13-15.  Read more »

The price of admission to the annual Coat Dinner at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is a coat, and many of the hundreds attending the chili dinner Friday arrived at the brightly decorated social hall with armloads. Pam Murphy and Quincey Roxburgh were part of the group of volunteers who sorted and packed the warm outerwear in bags for delivery to Loaves and Fishes. The donations will be distributed to the homeless.