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CURRENT ISSUE: January 8, 2007 • VOL. 45 NO. 1 • Oakland, CA
Bishop
Vigneron urges Catholics to pray, act for end to violence
Gives
progress report on new cathedral center
Since this is my first column
for the New Year, I want to begin by expressing my prayerful good wishes
to all of you: I hope that these first days of 2007 have already been
filled with God’s abundant blessings for you and for your families,
and I ask the Lord in his mercy to keep you in his peace and joy every
day throughout the year ahead. >>>
L.A.
priest tells ways to curb gang violence
A Jesuit
priest, who has spent over two decades ministering to gang members in
Los Angeles, came to Oakland last month at the invitation of civic leaders
who thought his experiences might provide new perspectives on how they
could stem the city’s escalating homicide rate. >>>
Catholic
agencies aid Latino families separated
by Dec. 12 immigration raids
Immigrants whose families were
split apart by the Dec. 12 immigration raids on meatpacking plants in
six states are being aided by Catholic social service programs in at least
three dioceses. >>>
