The Catholic Voice - an online publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland

April 17, 2006VOL. 44, NO. 8Oakland, CA

Sisters lead relief in 1906 quake
• Mercy Sisters send patients to Oakland, set up tent hospital
•Mission San Jose Dominicans take in children made homeless by quake

1906 disaster spurs new ministries in East Bay
•Holy Names Sisters move three times to escape fire engulfing San Francisco
•Presentation Sisters become refugees and relief workers
•Providence Sisters comfort quake victims at hospital in Oakland

Daughters of Charity remember 1906

‘Gospel of Judas’ paints favorable image
•'Gospel of Judas’ not likely to resolve theological debates, says bible scholar
•A brief explanation of gnosticism

Cost of clergy sex abuse in U.S. now exceeds $1.5 billion
•Judging effectiveness of abuse policy issues
•'Fraternal correction’ urged for two bishops

Hundreds of thousands flock to Washington D.C. immigration rally

Carondelet High students tackle
consumerism as issue of faith

New administrator named to St. Jarlath Parish

Project Andrew recruits priests

Peace activist priest to speak May 8 at Christ the King Church

Red Cross honors local heroes

Red Cross seeks church involvement

Holy Spirit School in Fremont wins
national award for innovation

Catholic book store relocates from S.F.

Peace activist priest to speak May 8
at Christ the King Church

Franciscan Louis Vitale will share his experiences as a peace activist during a May 8 presentation at Christ the King Church, 199 Brandon Road in Pleasant Hill, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Father Vitale is a former pastor of St. Boniface Parish in San Francisco who has served time in federal prison for taking part in protests at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as School of the Americas, in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Father Vitale will talk about the reasons for peace action there and will make connections between the SOA, U.S. policy in Iraq, and torture.
He will also discuss the recent agreement by Argentina and Ecuador not to send troops to the SOA.Donations toward the priest’s work with Pace e Bene
Nonviolence Service will be accepted.

For more information: (510) 268-8765 or www.paceebene.org.

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