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January
23, 2006
VOL.
44, NO. 2Oakland,
CA
Faith-formation programs graduate another 40 in pastoral ministry
The Oakland Diocese has 40 new graduates of the School
for Pastoral Ministry and Escuela de Ministerios Pastorales. They join
nearly 300 others who have completed the three-year faith-formation program
which is conducted by the diocesan Department of Faith and Ministry Formation.
Begun in 1995, the English-speaking program offers monthly classes in
spirituality, Scripture, catechesis and social justice. The classes are
held one Saturday each month at Holy Names University in Oakland.
The Spanish-language program is offered in seven-week segments at six
parishes – Most Holy Rosary, Antioch; Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont;
St. Elizabeth, Oakland; St. Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; St. Paul, San Pablo;
Our Lady of the Rosary, Union City.
Among the students of both programs are lay men and women wanting to improve
their pastoral skills for various parish ministries as well as lay men
interested in becoming permanent deacons.
This year’s graduates were honored in a Jan. 21 ceremony at St.
Joachim Church in Hayward.
They are:
Patrice Ballinger, Transfiguration, Castro Valley; Pascual Barrera, St.
Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; Lyndee Anne Billups and Stephanie Brown, St.
Joachim, Hayward; Andrea Caratachea, Luis Caratachea and Marcos Antonio
Cardona, St. Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; Marianela Carter, St. Columba, Oakland;
Susan Cass, Holy Spirit/Newman Hall, Berkeley;
Dionne Cola, St. Benedict, Oakland; Rogelio Flores and Armida Gallo, St.
Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; Arturo V. Gonzalez, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont;
Carmen Hartono, Corpus Christi, Oakland; Steve Kolda, St. Joan of Arc,
San Ramon; Penelope Mansalay, St. Joachim, Hayward; Ernesto Marquez, Our
Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont;
Trisha Meikle, Good Shepherd, Pittsburg; Raul Javier Miranda, St. Peter
Martyr, Pittsburg; Severina Omega, St. Joachim, Hayward; Francisca Pascencia,
St. Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; Hortensia M. Perez and Teresa Perez-Martinez,
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont; Maria Irma Ramirez and Francisco Ramirez,
St. Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; Mark Rebello, St. Joseph, Fremont; Maria
Eugenia Rodriquez and Tomas Salas, St. Peter Martyr, Pittsburg; Darko
Sanchez and Margarita Sanchez, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont; Elizabeth
Selfa, Our Lady of Grace, Castro Valley;
Teresa Ta, St. Joachim, Hayward;; John Tiefenthaler, Catholic Community
of Pleasanton; Mary Turowski, St. Joseph, Alameda; Perla V. Urizar, Our
Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont; Yolanda Vasquez, St. Peter Martyr, Pittsburg;
Mary Lou Vincent, Our Lady of Grace, Castro Valley; Gloria Walker, St.
Joachim, Hayward; and Regina Wilkerson, St. Anthony, Oakland.
