Dear Friends, Welcome to our Parish Web Site. We hope you will also visit us personally at St. Barnabas Parish in Arden, North Carolina. We are located just south of Asheville, off U.S. 25 close to Interstate 26 at Exit 40 (formerly Exit 9) and to the Asheville Regional Airport. We assure you of our prayers for you in our Eucharistic Adoration Chapel.

If you live in the area, we encourage you to register as a parishioner and join our family!

May our good Lord bless you and our Lady keep you in her care.

Father Adrian

See below for special parish notices and schedule updates...

St. Barnbas offers condolences to the family of Larry Redmond, who died Monday, August 30, 2010.
A funeral Mass will be con-celebrated by the Rev. Fathers Adrian Porras and Roger Arnsparger at 11:00 am Thursday at St. Barnabas Catholic Church. The family will receive friends at 6:00 pm Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian with the Rosary said at 8:15 pm.
You may read Mr. Redmond's obituary and sign the guest book here:
http://obit.grocefuneralhome.com/obitdisplay.html?id=821607&clientid=grocefuneralhome&listing=Found

St. Barnabas offers condolences to the family of Fred Gress Sr., who passed on Saturday, August 28, 2010. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Barnabas on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. You may view Mr. Gress' obituary at this link: http://obit.grocefuneralhome.com/obitdisplay.html?id=821233&listing=Current