Do you know Jesus? Whether you are Catholic or not, we would like to invite you to join us for mass sometime soon. We are a loving parish community and openly welcome all who wish to worship and serve the Lord. Feel free to attend a mass whenever you can. Click here for schedules.

Would you like to talk with a priest?
Appointments can be made with Father David by contacting the church office. Or, you may email Father David directly: pastor@stcecilias.net. 

Questions and Answers About the Catholic Faith Do you have questions? Have you been taught to believe that Catholics are not Christians? Are you searching for the truth to make up your own mind? Click here to learn.

What is the difference between a "Christian" and a "Catholic"?

In the ideal state of Christian unity there would be no difference: all Christians would be Catholics. In the first Christian centuries, this was the actual state of affairs. There was one Christian Church and because it was everywhere united it could be called "Catholic" or "universal." When the Church first began, the first believers were probably called "Nazareans" or followers of Jesus the Nazarene. At Antioch, they began to be called Christians (Acts 11:26), possibly because Nazareth had no real significance for converts of non-Jewish origin. St. Ignatius of Antioch writing in the first decade of the second century is our first witness to the use of the term "Catholic Church." He used "Catholic" as a common adjective, meaning "universal," but the adjective soon became a proper adjective since it applied to the then total Christian Church.

Unfortunately, with the Eastern Schism in 1054 and later with the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, divisions occurred in the Christian Church. Hence today, all Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics.

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