On the college court
A 4th grade boys CYO team from St. Felicitas
School in San Leandro stands on the court at Notre Dame de Namur University
in Belmont after a visit that included meeting Notre Dame players
and coaching staff, touring the team’s locker room and playing
on the court during half-time. With the young athletes are their coaches,
from left, Chris Alvarez, Mike Carvalho, and Mark Puppo. |
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A Friendly celebration
Friends and supporters of A Friendly Place, a
day center for homeless women in downtown Oakland, will gather next month
to celebrate the organization’s 20th anniversary. The center, founded
by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, offers guests a place to do
laundry, get a hot shower, and a safe respite during the day. The center
also has a transitional housing facility, A Friendly Manor.
Around
the Parishes
More than 850 people gathered at Christ the King
Church in Pleasant Hill on Jan. 7 for a healing Mass for and with
Father Declan Deane, parochial vicar, who is fighting cancer. In addition
to CTK parishioners, Catholics from other parishes where Father Deane
has served were in attendance.
The Women’s Guild at St. Raymond Parish in Dublin will be
giving valentines to the resident veterans at Livermore VA Hospital as
part of their “Valentines for Vets” campaign.
St. Isidore Parish will host its annual candlelight Rosary commemorating
the 37th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 in the church,
445 La Gonda Way in Danville. The Rosary and Benediction will be followed
by a dessert buffet. Children are welcome and babysitting will be available.
Info: Ann Del Becarro at (925) 820-4246.
Brandon E. Macadaeg, a member of St. Joan of Arc Parish in San
Ramon who is studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American
College in Rome, was instituted into the ministry of lector Jan. 17. Fifty
other seminarians also became lectors, one of the ministries they receive
as they proceed towards diaconal and priestly ordination.
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Names, News, Notes
Happy Birthday to Louise DeRoche, a longtime
member at St. Edward Parish in Newark, who will celebrate her 90th
birthday on Jan. 29.
Congratulations to Robert and Berenice Gray who are celebrating
60 years of marriage on Jan. 28. They were married at St. Mary Magdalene
in Berkeley, spent 40 years at St. Ambrose Parish in Berkeley
and are now parishioners at St. Anne Parish in Walnut Creek. They
have seven children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Holy Names University in Oakland will host a blood drive on Jan.
28, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Brennan Lounge on the campus, at 3500
Mountain Blvd. Phone 800-GIVE-LIFE (800-448-3543) or go to HelpSaveALife.org/NC
(Sponsor code: HNU) to schedule an appointment.
Volunteers are needed! Birthright of Concord, a crisis pregnancy
center, will conduct a two-day training session on Feb. 19 from 7 –
9 p.m. and Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the office at 3106 Clayton
Road in Concord. For applications: (925) 798-7227.
What’s on EWTN? The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
will broadcast “Demographic Bomb: Demography Is Destiny,”
which makes the argument that population control programs have violated
human rights around the world, creating a profound imbalance in the world’s
economy, on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. EWTN is carried on Comcast Ch. 229, AT and
T Ch. 562, Astound Ch. 116, DISH Satellite Ch. 261, and DirecTV Ch. 370;
and in Alameda Comcast airs EWTN on Ch. 30. For more information, visit
www.ewtn.com.
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