About Star of the Valley · Santa Rosa, California
Star of the Valley is a Catholic parish in the Oakmont community of Santa Rosa, California, within the Diocese of Santa Rosa. Founded in 1981, it serves the active-adult Oakmont neighborhood and surrounding areas with daily and Sunday Mass, Reconciliation, Eucharistic Adoration, faith formation, and an array of lay ministries for retirees and longtime Sonoma County residents. The parish's worship site is at 545 White Oak Drive, with its parish office, the Msgr. Fahey Parish Center, located next door at 495 White Oak Drive.
- Established
- 1981
- Diocese
- Diocese of Santa Rosa
Why belong here
Star of the Valley is the parish home of Oakmont's Catholic community, offering multiple daily Masses, Reconciliation before Saturday Vigil Mass, weekday Eucharistic Adoration, and ministries such as the St. Vincent de Paul Conference, Ladies of Charity, prayer groups, faith formation, a music program, and an active outreach to the homebound and those in care facilities. For Catholics living in or visiting Oakmont, it provides a small, walkable parish where most members know one another and where retired faithful can continue to serve, worship, and grow in the sacramental life of the Church.
Mass times at Star of the Valley
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- 3:00–3:30 PM Saturdays
- By appointment
Parish Overview & Identity
Star of the Valley Catholic Church is the Catholic parish of the Oakmont neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California, in the Diocese of Santa Rosa. The parish was established in 1981 to serve the Catholic faithful living in Oakmont and the surrounding Sonoma County area. Its mailing address and parish offices are at the Msgr. Fahey Parish Center, 495 White Oak Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409.
Locations & Facilities
The parish church sits at 545 White Oak Drive in Santa Rosa. Immediately adjacent is the Msgr. Fahey Parish Center at 495 White Oak Drive, which houses the parish office, library, hall, and kitchen and serves as the official mailing address. A third related location, Oakmont Gardens at 301 White Oak Drive, hosts the Wednesday mid-morning Mass.
- Church – 545 White Oak Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409
- Msgr. Fahey Parish Center / Parish Office – 495 White Oak Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409
- Oakmont Gardens Mass site – 301 White Oak Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409
Parish Office & Contact
Parish staff can be reached by phone at (707) 539-6262 or by email at [email protected]. The office is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
- Phone: (707) 539-6262
- Email: [email protected]
- Office hours: Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–2:30 PM
Parish History
Star of the Valley was founded in 1981 to serve the Catholic community of Oakmont, an active-adult development in the eastern hills of Santa Rosa. Beyond the founding date published by the diocesan and GCatholic directories, the parish's own history page contains additional narrative detail that is not fully indexed online. The parish operates under the IRS-registered name Pastor of Star of the Valley Catholic Church of Santa Rosa (EIN 82-2485335).
- Founded: 1981
- Jurisdiction: Diocese of Santa Rosa
- Legal entity: Pastor of Star of the Valley Catholic Church of Santa Rosa
Diocese & Canonical Standing
Star of the Valley is a parish of the Diocese of Santa Rosa (the Roman Catholic diocese covering Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Marin, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Del Norte counties in Northern California). It appears in the diocese's parish finder and in the GCatholic directory under ID 21653, with jurisdiction recorded as the Diocese of Santa Rosa and a church-type record.
- Diocese of Santa Rosa
- GCatholic Church ID: 21653
- Listed as a Church (parish)