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Statement by Bishop Gerald Wilkerson

President, California Catholic Conference Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

On the Signature Gathering Efforts for Parental Notification Initiative Read more...

Congratulations to the 2012 DSJ Deacons Ordained on Saturday, May 12, 2012.
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Reverend Father José Antonio Medina Camarena
September 15, 1951 – May 6, 2012

Father Tony Medina was born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, the youngest of the five children of Benjamin and Francisca Medina. He was ordained a priest on August 14, 1982, in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the Misioneros de Guadalupe. Read more...

In January, we the bishops of the California Catholic Conference issued a statement of support for the Savings, Accountability and Full Enforcement for California Act (SAFE California) Initiative, which would replace the penalty of death with one of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Read more...

Catholic News Agency reports that Bishop Patrick J. McGrath gave the homily at the Tomb of St. Peter during Mass with other Region XI US bishops on their ad limina visit to the Holy See on April 18.

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Bishop Patrick J. McGrath of San Jose, Calif., Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, retired archbishop   of Los Angeles, concelebrates a Mass with bishops from California, Nevada, Hawaii and Utah at the Altar of the Tomb in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica April 18. Read more...

Date of Event: April 17, 2012
Time of Event: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Santa Clara University, Arts & Sciences Bldg., Wiegand Center
Address: 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, 95053

Cost of Event: Free Read more...

Friday May 11, 2012

 Location: SCU Benson Memorial Center, California Mission Room
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The St. Thomas More Society of Santa Clara County, an organization of Catholic attorneys and judges, seeks nominations to receive its annual St. Thomas More Award.  Nominees should be members of the legal profession who have demonstrated a commitment to Catholic ideals and service to the community, parish, and/or profession. Read more...

St. Martin of Tours School will host a premier screening of the Award winning film, Finding Kind on March 29th at 7:00 PM in the School Gym located at 200 O’Connor Drive in San Jose. Tickets are available for $10 in advance at http://findingkindstmartinoftours.eventbrite.com/ or www.stmartinsj.org. Select the link for Finding Kind to be directed to order tickets. Read more...

The CRS Collection touches over 100 million lives through the six agencies it supports, all while keeping Jesus’ message of caring for the least of these in the forefront.

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me” Read more...

The Catholic Foundation of Santa Clara County

We would like to announce that the grant application process for funds from The Catholic Foundation is now open for the following areas:

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San Jose Mercury News editor Patrick May visits Archibishop Mitty and interviewed the teachers, students and principal on their use of the iPad technology . Click here for the article. Read more...

As of March 1, “Safe California” had collected 800,000 signatures on the petition for a November ballot measure asking voters to repeal the state’s death penalty. Bishop Gerald Wilkerson, auxiliary bishop for the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and President of the California Catholic Conference, said: Read more...

A Memorial Mass for Reverend Donald McDonnell will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 29th at 7:00 p.m. by Bishop Patrick J. Read more...

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The season of Lent focuses primarily on two aspects of Christian life. First, we remember our Baptism and reflect on it with those who are preparing to be baptized. Second, we consider how well or poorly we have lived out our baptismal promises, and we observe more intensely the Christian penitential disciplines in order to live more faithfully the vows we made, or will make, at Baptism. Read more...

Washington— The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers the following clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.
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