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placeholder March 8, 2010   •   VOL. 48, NO. 5   •   Oakland, CA
World Day of the Sick

The Oakland Diocese observed World Day of the Sick, Feb. 27, in the Cathedral of Christ the Light with Bishop Salvatore Cordileone as principal celebrant of the liturgy. The day was instituted in 1992 by Pope John Paul II as a special time to pray for those who are sick.

ABOVE: Father Mark Wiesner, pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Oakland, anoints one of the many aged and ill Catholics who attended the service, which was sponsored by members of the Western Association USA of the Order of Malta in the diocese.

LEFT: Jesuit Father Gregory Chisholm, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Oakland, administers the anointing of the sick during the cathedral’s World Day of the Sick observance.

JOSé AGUIRRE PHOTOS
 
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