ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LOS OSOS, CA
  • Welcome
    • Bishop Daniel Elias Garcia >
      • Updates/Messages of Bishop Garcia
    • Parish Staff & Contact Info >
      • Messages/Updates from Fr. Joey
    • Parish Pastoral Council
    • Parish Finance Council
    • Patron Saint
    • Parish History
  • EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL
  • SERVICES
    • Mass Times & Calendar
    • Certificate Request Form
    • Baptism
    • Confession
    • Confirmation
    • Holy Eucharist >
      • VIDEOS OF MASSES FOR HOMEBOUND & ILL PARISHIONERS
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Holy Matrimony
    • Marriage Help
    • Holy Orders
    • Quinceañera
    • Funerals
  • FORMED.ORG
  • Ministries
    • Liturgical Ministries >
      • Eucharistic Ministers
      • Lectors
      • Ministers to the Sick & Homebound
      • Altar Servers
      • Sacristans
      • Music Ministry
      • Ushers / Greeters
    • Spiritual Growth Ministries >
      • Faith Sharing
      • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Outreach Ministries >
      • People's Kitchen
      • Sunday Hospitality
      • Food Basket for the Needy
    • Stewardship >
      • Electronic Giving
      • AMA -Annual Ministries Appeal
      • Sunday Plate Collection Counters
      • Care of Parish Facilities
      • Liturgical Environment
      • Stewardship Report
    • VIRTUS
  • Publications
    • Bulletins
    • Other Videos (Funerals, etc.)
    • SEAS Parish Forms >
      • New Parishioner Registration Form
    • Photo Albums >
      • 2022 Photos >
        • Jan 2022
        • Feb 2022
        • 2022 Sacred Paschal Triduum Schedule
        • March 2022
        • April 2022
        • May 2022
        • June 2022
        • July 2022
        • August 2022
        • September 2022
        • October 2022
        • November 2022
        • December 2022
      • 2021 Photos
      • 2020 Photos/ "COVID CARITAS" >
        • 1-26-2020 Procession Word of God Sunday & Parish Patroness' Feast Day
        • March 2020
        • April 2020
        • May 2020
        • June 2020
        • July 2020
        • August 2020
        • September 2020
        • October 2020
        • November 2020
        • December 2020
      • 2019 Photos >
        • 3-10-19 Sunday 610pm Chairs Removal
        • 3-11-19 Monday 930am New Pews
        • 3-15-19 Our New Pews & the First Services
        • 3-17-19 10:15 am St. Patrick's Day Hospitality
        • 3-24-19 Saint Joseph's Table
        • 5-5-19 Sunday Cinco de Mayo Food Sales
        • 7-21-19 Food Sales
      • 2018 Photos >
        • 26 November 2018 Spanish Advent Talk by Fr. Lucas Pantoja
        • 29 November 2018 English Advent Talk by Fr. Edwin Limpiado
        • 12 Dec 18 Procession of our Lady of Guadalupe
      • 2017 Photos
      • 2015 Photos
  • Annual Los Osos International Festival
    • 16th Annual Los Osos International Festival
    • 15th Los Osos International Festival
    • 14th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2018)
    • 13th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2017)
    • 12th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2016)
    • 11th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2015)
    • 10th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2014)
  • Worship Aids
  • Adoration Chapel Update
  • Hospitality

The origins of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish go back to the early 1980s and a determined group of people who had the very sympathetic ear of one priest who just happened to know someone with some land. With the help of Fr. James Sweeny, then pastor of St. Timothy's in Morro Bay, a donation of land for an eventual church site on Palisades Avenue in Los Osos was obtained from Al Switzer.

The formation of the new parish was approved by Bishop Shubsda on July 2, 1984, and Fr. Jim Frerkes was assigned as the Pastor [copy of article from the Tribune, July 14, 1984]. Lobbying on the part of the Los Osos Catholic Church Formation Committee (consisting of members of St. Timothy's who lived in Los Osos) along with positive surveys of the Catholic residents of Los Osos convinced the Bishop to take the unusual step of parish formation when there was no church building!

Prior to the official parish formation, Los Osos Catholics had been meeting for services at Trinity United Methodist Church, with Fr. Frerkes celebrating, for more than a year and a half. Following the official formation of the parish, the Sunnyside School auditorium was rented for Saturday and Sunday masses. Daily Mass was held in the residence of Fr. Carl Scheljens, a retired priest, who had cast his lot with the Los Osos group early in the process and eventually bought a house on Bush Drive near to the proposed church site [early Sunday Bulletin, ca. 1984].


In two years time sufficient funds had been raised through the consistent sacrifices of Los Osos Catholics and a new church building was constructed on the Palisades Avenue property [ slide show of construction from the ground up!]. Furnishings were still needed and a too-early attempt to occupy the building resulted in Mass being held in the adjacent rectory garage! But eventually Mass was celebrated in the new church building, with Fr. Frerkes's beloved dog, "Buttons", waiting at the church entrance for parishoners to offer a treat as they came in.

In the end, of course, the building we now take for granted is a gift given to us by those who came before and dreamed of a Faith home close to their home. As Church, we are more than a building, and the example of the people who brought St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish into being inspires us all.

Over the years the people of St.Elizabeth's have been fortunate to be served by many good priests and deacons. They are:

1. Frs. Jim Frerkes & Carl Scheljens, 
                           Jul. 1984 to Dec. 1993
2. Fr. Michael Bell, Jan. 1994 to May 1994
3. Fr. Paul Valdez, Jul. 1994 to Nov. 1995
4. Fr. Mark Stetz, Dec. 1995 to Feb. 2001
5. Deacon Dave Leach, Feb. 2001 to Jul. 2005
6. Fr. Joel Almendras, Apr. 2003 to Jun. 2004
7. Fr. Heibar Castaneda, Aug. 2004 to Apr. 2008
8. Fr. Lucas Pantoja, June 2008 to June 2014
9. Fr. Joey R. Buena,  July 2014 to present

THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR WEBSITE!


PARISH OFFICE Hours

Office is open
​on Tues. & Fri. only, 10 am to 1 pm.
​
2050 Palisades Ave., Los Osos, CA 93402

parish phone

​(805) 235-8803
ANOINTING/LAST RITES
(805) 235-8803

Email

seaschurchlo@gmail.com
©2023 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church at Los Osos, CA. All Rights Reserved 
  • Welcome
    • Bishop Daniel Elias Garcia >
      • Updates/Messages of Bishop Garcia
    • Parish Staff & Contact Info >
      • Messages/Updates from Fr. Joey
    • Parish Pastoral Council
    • Parish Finance Council
    • Patron Saint
    • Parish History
  • EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL
  • SERVICES
    • Mass Times & Calendar
    • Certificate Request Form
    • Baptism
    • Confession
    • Confirmation
    • Holy Eucharist >
      • VIDEOS OF MASSES FOR HOMEBOUND & ILL PARISHIONERS
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Holy Matrimony
    • Marriage Help
    • Holy Orders
    • Quinceañera
    • Funerals
  • FORMED.ORG
  • Ministries
    • Liturgical Ministries >
      • Eucharistic Ministers
      • Lectors
      • Ministers to the Sick & Homebound
      • Altar Servers
      • Sacristans
      • Music Ministry
      • Ushers / Greeters
    • Spiritual Growth Ministries >
      • Faith Sharing
      • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Outreach Ministries >
      • People's Kitchen
      • Sunday Hospitality
      • Food Basket for the Needy
    • Stewardship >
      • Electronic Giving
      • AMA -Annual Ministries Appeal
      • Sunday Plate Collection Counters
      • Care of Parish Facilities
      • Liturgical Environment
      • Stewardship Report
    • VIRTUS
  • Publications
    • Bulletins
    • Other Videos (Funerals, etc.)
    • SEAS Parish Forms >
      • New Parishioner Registration Form
    • Photo Albums >
      • 2022 Photos >
        • Jan 2022
        • Feb 2022
        • 2022 Sacred Paschal Triduum Schedule
        • March 2022
        • April 2022
        • May 2022
        • June 2022
        • July 2022
        • August 2022
        • September 2022
        • October 2022
        • November 2022
        • December 2022
      • 2021 Photos
      • 2020 Photos/ "COVID CARITAS" >
        • 1-26-2020 Procession Word of God Sunday & Parish Patroness' Feast Day
        • March 2020
        • April 2020
        • May 2020
        • June 2020
        • July 2020
        • August 2020
        • September 2020
        • October 2020
        • November 2020
        • December 2020
      • 2019 Photos >
        • 3-10-19 Sunday 610pm Chairs Removal
        • 3-11-19 Monday 930am New Pews
        • 3-15-19 Our New Pews & the First Services
        • 3-17-19 10:15 am St. Patrick's Day Hospitality
        • 3-24-19 Saint Joseph's Table
        • 5-5-19 Sunday Cinco de Mayo Food Sales
        • 7-21-19 Food Sales
      • 2018 Photos >
        • 26 November 2018 Spanish Advent Talk by Fr. Lucas Pantoja
        • 29 November 2018 English Advent Talk by Fr. Edwin Limpiado
        • 12 Dec 18 Procession of our Lady of Guadalupe
      • 2017 Photos
      • 2015 Photos
  • Annual Los Osos International Festival
    • 16th Annual Los Osos International Festival
    • 15th Los Osos International Festival
    • 14th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2018)
    • 13th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2017)
    • 12th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2016)
    • 11th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2015)
    • 10th Annual Los Osos International Festival (2014)
  • Worship Aids
  • Adoration Chapel Update
  • Hospitality