In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. (John 14:2-3)
Sacred Heart in Hollister decided to create kindness coins, a token of appreciation and a reminder that a smile, kindness and love can change the world.
Missionary priest recieves Lumen Christin Award-- Catholic Extension Father Enrique Herrera is the 2017-2018 recipient of Catholic Extension's Lumen Christi Award. Through a variety of programming for youth, he is forming a new generation of young leaders at an immigrant parish in Greenfield, California.
The Catholic Bishops of California released the following statement today in anticipation of a Trump Administration announcement on Tuesday terminating the DACA Program in 6 months. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a program to temporarily suspend deportation proceedings in the case of undocumented young persons brought to the United States as minors, many of whom have no memory of being raised in any other country but the United States. It is estimated that 800,000 people are covered under this program, 200,000 of them in California alone. Please attribute to the Catholic Bishops of California:
Bishop Garcia has called for an emergency second collection throughout the Diocese of Monterey on September 23-24, 2017, to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey. His call comes as a result of the announcement made by the Vice President of the USCCB, Most Reverend José H Gomez. “The historic flooding in southeast Texas has created an unprecedented and catastrophic weather event of immense proportions.
The Diocese of Monterey has been working on a number of solar projects throughout all four counties. This week, the Diocesan Offices in downtown Monterey received their new solar power parking lot. Please check out the link below for more information.
A diverse group of inspiring Catholic leaders is being recognized for bringing the light of Christ to poor communities across the United States. The group includes Mexican missionary sisters serving in Texas, a Franciscan priest ministering on a Native American reservation in Arizona, a young sister reaching out to young Middle Eastern Christians, a lay couple shepherding a remote mining community in Utah, an army chaplain bringing healing to wounded soldiers, sisters offering charity and mercy in a poor African-American community in the Mississippi Delta, a dedicated principal of a small mission school in New Mexico and the son of a migrant worker who now pastors a migrant-worker parish in California.
It has been two years since Pope Francis released his encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” and the response among U.S. Catholics, while generally supportive, has not been unambiguously so. Just last November, over 50 percent of white Catholics voted for Donald J. Trump, a climate change skeptic. On June 1, President Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, an accord adopted in 2015 by a remarkable 195 of the world’s 197 countries. (Only Syria, distracted by its civil war, and Nicaragua, arguing for a stronger agreement, opposed it.) But in parts of the U.S. church the pope’s encyclical has sparked creativity and innovation with impacts not so easily set aside. One such experiment in California that the Vatican itself highlighted is the Diocese of Monterey’s advocacy of Community Choice Energy.
You did it! Through the incredible generosity of your contributions, our Tuition Opportunity Program fundraiser, 100 Holes of Golf to provide much needed tuition assistance to the 18 Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Monterey.
Our Faith Formation department will soon be sending out some specific ideas and advice on how to make this part of your evangelization efforts. How we welcome these young seekers to our communities will be a blessing for them and for us. -- Bishop Richard Garcia"