Dear brother priests, Chancery, Cathedral, and Parish Staff Members, CFCS, Diocesan Deacons and Seminarians,

I invite you to please read the attached update on our Mission Alignment Process, and our Chapter 11 Bankruptcy status.

I ask you to please share and distribute widely amongst your parish communities.

With the assurance of my continued prayers,

The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, S.J.
Bishop of Oakland

(For the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2023)