Hello, I am Fr. Joseph Jacobi, pastor of St. Eugene Parish since June 2002. This year our parish celebrates its Golden Anniversary Year, and it is a particularly special time as we emabark on a capital campaign, “A Legacy of Faith: Raising Up a Holy Place,” to construct a new church building. In 1958 Fr. Jim Ross and around 50-75 families founded St. Eugene’s. (St. Eugene was Pope from 654-657 and was the patron saint of Bishop Eugene McGuinness, who died not long before our parish was founded.) From those humble beginnings our parish has grown to over 1200 families, welcoming people of faith from every corner of the world who call our parish their church home. The continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and North America are all represented here, and parishioners have come from such diverse countries as Canada and Mexico, Nigeria and Vietnam, Cuba and Chile, Venezuela and Guatemala, Columbia and Peru. Every year we celebrate the richness of the many diverse gifts of our parish at the “Festival of the Americas: International.”

We have a vibrant parish with varied ministries in Outreach, Education, Community Life, Administration, and Worship. There is something for everybody to be involved in, for Senior citizens and youth, men and women, Anglo and Hispanic. In addition to the large church community, our parish school was founded in 1959 and now has 347 students in grades Pre-3 through 8th grade that are learning to celebrate the Catholic faith and teachings. For more information on The Catholic School of Saint Eugene, click here.

There are five different Masses on the weekend: the laid-back Sunday Vigil Mass at 5 p.m. Saturday; the quiet, reflective 8 a.m. Sunday Mass; the traditional English Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday with choir and instruments; the lively 12 noon Spanish Mass; and the 5 p.m. Sunday evening Mass with contemporary music targeting young people.