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Parish Shopping Bazaar

Coming Soon - Our All Parish Shopping Bazaar!!! The Date is set for Sunday September 10th We are looking for people/businesses to have a booth at our Bazaar. If you own a shop at home business like Tupperware / Avon/ Mary Kay, or any business that is run like that ~~...

Next Senior Outing 07-19-17

Attention all Seniors!! Our next senior outing will be at Newark Buffet, 35201 Newark Blvd, Newark, CA We will meet at 11:45am. Please RSVP to Selena by Wednesday, July 19th at  (510)517-3039. If you'd like to check out their menu please view their website at...

Vatican Corner 07-16-17

VATICAN CORNER Cardinal George Pell, 76, the thirdranking official at the Vatican and a senior adviser to Pope Francis, has taken a leave of absence to return to Australia, his home country to fight historical sexual assault charges against him. In 2013 he was one of...

Bulletin 07-16-17

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Vatican Corner 07-09-17

VATICAN CORNER On April 10, 2017 it was the first grand opening of a laundromat by a pope. Inside the “People of Peace Center”, a former hospital complex near the Vatican in the central Trastevere area of Rome, Pope Francis celebrated his latest gift to the city’s...

Pastors Desk 07-09-17

Some of the quotes, sayings and speeches are so wonderful and thought provoking that we remembered them forever. One such speech I heard was spoken by our major seminary rector on the day of the Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee celebration of one of our seminary professors....

Annual Picnic July 22, 2017

Date: Saturday, July 22, 201 7 Time: 1 1 :00am to 3:30pm Where: Kennedy Park, Triple Pine Vista & TreeView Area (near main parking area & petting zoo)

Bulletin 07-09-17

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Bulletin 07-02-2017

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Vatican Corner 07-02-17

VATICAN CORNER Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. He along with Haydn and Beethoven make up the first Viennese School of classical music. Amadeus’ talent for music was remarkable and at the...

Pastors Desk 07-02-17

There was a poor lad in a country village who, after a great struggle, became a priest. His benefactor in his days of study in the seminary was the village cobbler. In due time, the new priest became an associate pastor in his benefactor’s parish. On that day his...

Vatican Corner 06-25-17

VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis issued a statement June 13, 2017 inviting Christians and people of other faiths around the world to celebrate the first World Day of the Poor on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, which falls on November 19th this year. He wrote that “The...

Pastors Desk 06-25-17

Among the many wonders at the world-famous San Diego Zoo is the giraffe compound. Enclosed in a natural habitat are several of these magnificent animals. They are every bit as tall and graceful as one might imagine. But they are far more massive and muscular than...

Bulletin 06-25-17

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Vatican Corner 06-18-17

VATICAN CORNER Under Pope Francis, more than ever before, the Vatican has adopted an open door policy regarding politicians, rock stars and famous people who want to meet with him, regardless of their history or personal religious beliefs. An example is the 2016...

Pastors Desk 06-18-17

Why do Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” “My flesh is true...

Bulletin 06-18-17

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Vatican Corner 06-11-17

VATICAN CORNER continued … After her meeting with Pope Francis, Melania Trump went on to the Bambino Gesú children’s hospital in Rome, a Vaticanaffiliated hospital where she met with children patients, prayed in the hospital chapel and laid flowers at the feet of a...

Pastors Desk 06-11-17

When the bishop’s ship stopped at a remote island for a day, he decided to use the time as profitably as possible. He strolled along the seashore and came across three fishermen mending their nets. In Pidgin English they explained to him that, centuries ago, they had...

Bulletin 06-11-17

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