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Catholic schools in the Oakland Diocese celebrated Catholic
Schools Week, Jan. 27- Feb. 2, with a wide variety of activities that
showcased their academic programs, community service projects, and Catholic
faith. This year’s theme was “Catholic Schools Light the Way.”
Father Paul Minnihan, provost for the new Cathedral of Christ the
Light, tells a group of students about the cathedral’s soaring
glass structure during a Catholic Schools Week rally at Lake Merritt,
across the street from the new building, on Feb. 3.
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Shannon Davis and Priscilla Alva, students at St. Martin de Porres
Regional School in Oakland, pray during the rally which drew students
and families from several elementary schools in the Oakland Diocese.
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Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters Evangela Balde (left) and Benilda
Desmond visited Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Fremont during Catholic
Schools Week and were welcomed by first graders Mykaela Ebalo (left),
Elena Estacio (center) and Hannah Russell. The school is affiliated
with the Dominican Sisters and each class has adopted a retired Sister
who receives letters and other gestures of friendship and support
from the students.
DOMINIQUE MINTZ PHOTO
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Jose Castro (left), Mario Dunn (center) and Christopher Duarte, seventh
graders at St. Martin de Porres Regional School, display the light
house they built as part of a classroom project on the Catholic Schools
Week theme – Light the Way.
ST. MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL PHOTO
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