WELCOME TO OUR PARISH FAMILY

St. Helena Parish is committed to creating and sustaining a vibrant, authentic community life as a Catholic multi-ethnic community. We invoke the inspiration and intercession of the mother of Emperor Constantine. She played a leading role in the development of Catholic culture and Western civilization; at the same time, we commit ourselves to the restoration of Catholic culture in a time of great risk for Western civilization. Our operating concept is that of a European grand plaza where all the community may gather to worship, study, eat, socialize, play, find cultural entertainment, or simply stroll or sit and meditate; a place where true friendship and cultural life may develop. Our goals are straightfoward: a) to restore authentic Catholic culture, b) to secure and teach orthodox foundations of Faith and c) to promote personal journeys of self- discovery and holiness.

"From its very beginning Christianity has been the proclamation of joy, of the only possible joy on earth. It is only as joy that the Church was victorious in the world, and it lost to the world when it lost joy, when it ceased to be a credible witness to it. Of all accusations against Christians, the most terrible was uttered by Nietzsche when he said that Christianity had no joy&'for behold, I bring you tidings of great joy' - thus begins the Gospel, and its end is 'And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy&.'  And we must recover the meaning of this great joy. -  Fr Alexander Schmemann

St. Helena's will not be understood as a place one has to go to for an hour on Sunday, but as a Catholic community that supports the entire family.