And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. - Matthew 16:18

We believe in Jesus Christ. 

Jesus Christ is the Son of God, sent by the Father for our salvation so that we might have eternal life. He truly walked this earth as one like us in all things but sin. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, he is the eternal Son who became man without ceasing to be God. He is true God and true man, one divine person with both a human nature and a divine nature. Through him, we are invited to share in the life of the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus Christ is the second person of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We have Good News.

God created the heavens and the earth, and all who live in it. He created us out of love and for communion with him. Through the sin of our first parents, Adam and Eve, humanity fell from original holiness, and our relationship with God was wounded. This is a rupture we cannot heal by our own efforts. Out of love for the world, the Father sent his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to reconcile us to himself. Jesus suffered, died on the cross, was buried, and on the third day rose again in glory. By his death and resurrection, he conquered sin and death and opened to us the way to new life. This is the Gospel, the Good News: that in Jesus Christ we are offered mercy, hope, salvation, and the promise of eternal life.

But the Good News is not only something to hear; it is an invitation to respond. It is an invitation to know Jesus Christ personally, to place our trust in him, and to say yes to the life he offers. It is also an invitation to encounter his Church, where he continues to teach, sanctify, and gather his people.

We belong to a very big family. 

During his earthly ministry, Jesus called many followers and chose twelve apostles, whom he entrusted with a special mission to lead and shepherd the Church he founded. Before returning to the Father, he promised to send the Holy Spirit to remain with his disciples. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the early Church, strengthening the apostles to proclaim Christ with courage. The Spirit gathered people from many nations and languages into one people of God and revealed the Church as a universal family. For this reason we are called Catholic, from the Greek katholikos, meaning “universal.”

More than 2,000 years later, the Catholic Church is a family of more than a billion people throughout the world. We come from many cultures, languages, and walks of life, yet we are united in one faith and one mission: to love God, to love our neighbor, and to make Jesus Christ known.