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"
During the season of Lent, we are called to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. CRS Rice Bowl ( previously known as Operation Rice Bowl), can help our diocese bring these spiritual practices to life, while responding to the needs of those who are hungry in our own community and around the world. Read More »
MARIAN CONFERENCE IN PASO ROBLES EVENING OF FRI. JAN. 16TH & ALL DAY 17TH See CCMEC.ORG re 18th annual Marian Eucharistic Conference, at St. Rose of Lima Church, 820 Creston Rd. in Paso Robles Jan.16-17. For more info & registration help, phone Barbara at 238-4780 or Pat at 461-5358. Cost is $40 for adults, $70 for couples, & $15 for students 12-18 yrs. of age. Registration also at door. Six well-known speakers will share about "Living the Peace of Christ in the Midst of Chaos." A book & gift store will be in the parish hall, plus a Saturday dinner for purchase. Fr. Pat Martin, a blind priest, will conduct the Saturday evening healing service. Friday events--beginning at 4 p.m.--will include a rosary, Mass with Fr. Pat, & a talk and vocal concert by Emcee David Parkes from Ireland. (submitted by Mary Jo Wallace, 466-6044, at request of Pat Borba, organizer.) Read More »
