“In Persona Christi”

As you read this message, I’d still be attending the retreat with Bishop Barber and the rest for the junior clergy of the Diocese. The week has been grace-filled: praying together especially the Eucharist, catching up after not seeing each...

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Ramon, our be-dimpled seminarian (we discovered this only because of the “Shave the Beard” challenge, remember?), will be ordained as Deacon this Saturday, August 14 at the San Jose Mission Church in Fremont! We are truly grateful to have been...

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Pray for Vocations

We recently celebrated the memorial of Saint John Marie Vianney, patron of parish priests. I look at my own priesthood – its ups and down, its joys and challenges – and I am humbled by the life and vocation of...

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Broken and Shared

Whenever we hear the words, “I am the bread of life,” we usually think of Holy Communion, or of the Holy Eucharist, where Jesus, the real Bread from heaven, comes in contact with us: He gives His life by losing...

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