Celebrating in Rome
Father Jeffrey Keyes (left), pastor of St. Edward
Parish in Newark, and Father Stanislaw Zak, pastor of St. Margaret
Mary Parish in Oakland, stand among the thousands of priests at St.
Peter’s Basilica in Rome during a celebration in early June
marking the end of the Year for Priests.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FATHER JEFFREY
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Kmhmu garden in Richmond
Earlier this summer, members of the Kmhmu Pastoral
Center in Richmond tilled a plot of land at 20th and Ohio Streets,
loaned to them by the City of Richmond as part of the city’s
greenway. This is the third year the Kmhmu community has planted various
vegetables and flowers. Twenty-four families work the land, but the
crop is shared by all members of the pastoral center. Left, Boun Rattana
turns over soil before planting. Above, clearing the land are, from
left, Keo Manivong, Kam Setoue, Kham Vivideth, Plao Vivideth and Boon
Manivong.
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New leadership team (Above)
The Presentation Sisters, who have served in
the Bay Area since 1854, have elected a new leadership team. They
are, seated from left, Sister Stephanie Still, president; Sister Rosina
Conrotto, vice president; standing from left, Sister Joan Riordan,
councilor; Sister Judith Romero, councilor. Sister Stephanie Still
is a graduate of St. Jerome School in El Cerrito (1966) and Presentation
High in Berkeley (1970). She taught at the high school from 1978 to
1982 and returned there as principal in 1986 and 1987. Sister Joan
Riordan taught at Presentation High in Berkeley from 1964 to 1967.
Sister Judith Romero taught at Presentation High in Berkeley from
1985 to 1988 and was director of religious education at St. Perpetua
Parish in Lafayette from 1988 to 1990.
Visiting the grave of a saint (Right)
Father Lane Akiona, left, pastor of St. Augustine
by the Sea Parish in Waikiki, Hawaii, and Father Jayson Landeza, former
pastor of St. Columba Parish in Oakland, now on sabbatical, visit
the grave of St. Damien at Kalaupapa, Molokai, during a five-day celebration
of priests who have had an association with the Honolulu parish. Father
Landeza has been serving the parish during his sabbatical. Father
Herman Leong, a member of the Canon Law dept. of the Oakland Diocese,
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Gift of wheelchairs
The Knights of Columbus at St. Michael Parish
in Livermore raised $35,000 for the American Wheelchair Mission to
send wheelchairs to Haiti, Mexico and the Philippines. Holding the
check are Father Robert Mendonca, pastor, and Vaughn Brugman. With
them are, front row from left, Rob Shiells, Deacon Bill Archer; back
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Operation Rice Bowl
Catholic Charities of the East Bay (CCEB) in collaboration
with Catholic Relief Services is now accepting proposals for the Operation
Rice Bowl grant program, which distributes funds to parishes, agencies,
organizations and projects within the Diocese of Oakland that are working
on ways to ease hunger. Proposals for up to $1,000 will be considered
by the allocation committee.
Organizations and agencies interested in applying for a grant should contact
Marc McKimmey at: mmckimmey@cceb.org
or (510) 768-3116. Deadline for application submission is Sept. 10.
Hartman to design Orange cathedral
Craig Hartman, award-winning architect of the
Cathedral of Christ the Light, has been selected to design the new cathedral
for the Diocese of Orange.
The news of his selection came as a “wonderful surprise and, of
course, it comes as a great challenge,” Hartman wrote in an e-mail
to the Oakland Diocese’s two former bishops, Detroit Archbishop
Allen Vigneron, and Bishop Emeritus John Cummins. “Christ the Light
Cathedral has created an architectural challenge for any architect who
has the opportunity to design a cathedral at this moment in time, including
me.”
Bishop Tod D. Brown of the Orange Diocese said that Hartman’s
selection marks the first of many steps “towards the cherished goal
of building and dedicating a new cathedral complex.”
The new cathedral, the first cathedral to be built for the Orange Diocese,
will be located in Santa Ana on the 15-acre site of Christ Our Savior
Cathedral Parish, which was founded five years ago. According to the diocesan
website the first phase of the project is to design a cathedral that will
meet the current social and spiritual needs of the diocese’s population,
now at 1.2 million members, as well as anticipate future growth.
Best in the nation
Many call Ashton Purvis (right) the fastest girl
in California. Now she has the distinction of being named Gatorade/ESPNRise
National Girls Track and Field Athlete of the year. Purvis, who graduated
in May from Oakland’s St. Elizabeth High School, was selected
from a field of over 457,000 athletes who were judged in the areas of
athletic excellence, academic excellence and exemplary character.
“Without question, Ashton is deserving of recognition as the nation’s
best high school girls track and field athlete based on her statistics
on the track and the impact her accomplishments have had on St. Elizabeth’s
success,” said Jennifer Storms, Gatorade senior vice president of
sports marketing. “But she is also a shining example to peers and
aspiring young athletes of what a leader and student athlete should be.
She represents everything we hope for in a Gatorade Player of the Year
recipient.”
The track star capped her high school athletic career by winning the 100
meter dash and 200 meter dash at the California Interscholastic state
championship this spring. But her success was not limited to the track.
While maintaining a B average despite a grueling travel schedule, she
participated in the Black Student Union and Drama Club and accumulated
over 100 hours of services during her years at St. Elizabeth.
She also served as a tutor for the East Oakland Youth Development Center’s
Leadership Program and the Tavis Smiley Foundation’s Youth Leadership
Institute. She mentored youth athletes for 100 Black Men of the Bay Area,
Inc., the Pacific Association, and the 3M Track Club.
This month Purvis begins her freshman year at the University of Miami.
Around
the Parishes
For the second consecutive year St. Anne Parish in
Union City will participate in the national St. Vincent de Paul
Society Walk for the Poor, Sept. 26, from 2 – 5 p.m. at Moreau
Catholic High School in Hayward. Funds raised in the community will be
used locally in direct service to the poor. Participants can support the
walkathon by walking themselves, pledging a walker, collect pennies or
praying for the walkathon’s success. Registered walkers will receive
a free meal. To register (no cost) or for more information, contact Roseann
Cotter, event chair, at (510) 471-6545 or VIINBUR@aol.com.
Members at St. Ignatius Parish in Antioch will gather Sept. 12
for a farewell reception for Passionist Father Tom Bonacci, who
has been assigned by his community to serve at their retreat center in
Citrus Heights, beginning Oct. 1. Father Bonacci has been in residence
at the Antioch parish for more than four years. Information about the
reception: (925) 778-0768.
A new group for single adults (30s – 50s) made its debut at the
Catholic Community of Pleasanton (CCOP) with a “meet and
greet” at the Hop Yard Alehouse and Grill on July 23. More activities
are being planned. Information: CCOPsingles@gmail.com
or (925) 980-8124.
The Isabell Kellum Scholarship Fund Committee at St. Columba Parish
in Oakland awarded more than a dozen scholarships to the following
students following Mass on July 20: Haley Arterberry, Briana Alford,
Mia Brown, Christian Harris, Shiela Johnson, Martinique Monerieffe, Aaron
Permillion, Nicole Rodriguez, Malcolm Smith, Gary Collins, Kiana Glaude,
Marcus Lang, Philip Johnson, Keith McCullom, Marisa Monerieffe, Karen
Permillion, Kevin Peters, and Sidney Ragland.
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Around
the Schools
Rosemary Cook, a member of St. Catherine of
Siena Parish in Martinez, was selected as Carondelet High School
recipient of the National Jefferson Award Youth Initiative for Continuous
Community Service. This prestigious honor was bestowed on Cook, Class
of 2013, by Teresa Hurlbut, Carondelet High principal, during
a school assembly at the Concord campus.
Courtney Gegg, 18, a 2010 graduate of Carondelet High School,
is one of five Bay Area youth to receive a $1,000 scholarship from the
Kohl’s Kids Who Care Scholarship Program in recognition of their
volunteer activities. Gegg was cited for collecting more than 600 school
supply-filled backpacks for local children.
Morgan Chandler, a recent graduate of Berkeley’s St. Mary’s
High School, was named one of four 2010 Scudder-Singleton Scholarship
recipients by the Bay Area News Group. The grants are awarded to children
of News Group employees. Morgan is the daughter of Roland Chandler, an
employee at the Group’s East Bay Newspaper Packaging Center. She
plans to study psychology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
beginning this fall.
St. Martin de Porres Regional School in Oakland hosted an eye clinic
last month. The four-day clinic, an outreach organized by local community
groups, accommodated over 500 people. More than 300 received corrective
lenses. According to Holy Family Sister Elaine Sanchez who serves
as a social worker at the school, a number of the school’s students
and/or family members received the free glasses from local organizations.
The West Oakland campus also hosted a summer program in collaboration
with the Prescott-Joseph Community Center. About 130 students took part
in classes that ranged from math to theater.
The campus at Oakland’s Holy Names High School was busy during
the summer break with young people engaged in various creative pursuits.
The school hosted Galileo Summer Quest, giving students in grades five
through eight opportunities to explore such topics as fashion design,
Go-Kart making, hip-hop dance and the science of explosions. Other students
took part in The Summer Shakespeare Conservatory, studying acting, physical
comedy, and improvisation.
Oakland’s St. Elizabeth High School has a new athletic director,
Greg Brannon, an alum (Class of 1980) who returns to the high school
where he played varsity football and was captain of the basketball team.
Jim Klaczak is the new head football coach.
Alameda’s St. Joseph Notre Dame High School has bragging
rights for having the best crab feed in the city, according to Alameda
Magazine. The social event, now in its 30th year, was cited in the magazine’s
annual “Best of” issue last month. The crab feed draws more
than 400 people and raises more than $50,000 for athletics program and
tuition assistance.
St. Mary’s High School in Berkeley will begin its 147th year
of Catholic education in the Bay Area this month. Eight De La Salle Christian
Brothers arrived in San Francisco by steamboat on Aug. 10, 1868, to take
over management of St. Mary’s College and its high school department,
which had been founded in 1863 by Archbishop Joseph Alemany. On Aug. 28,
St. Mary’s High will mark 83 years at its Peralta Park campus in
Berkeley.
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Among the Religious
Father Jesus Nieto-Ruiz, pastor at St. Anthony
Parish in Oakland, has been appointed to also serve as parochial administrator
at Mary Help of Christians Parish in Oakland, effective July 1.
Father Joseph Nguyen, parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in
Fremont, has been appointed as parochial vicar to the Cathedral
Parish of Christ the Light in Oakland, effective Sept. 15.
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Names, News, Notes
Congratulations to Anastacio and Crisanta Gallardo
on the occasion of their 67th wedding anniversary; to Fernando and
Virginia Romero, who have been united in marriage for 55 years; and
to Al and Betty Lewis, who are celebrating 54 years of marriage.
All are members at St. Michael Parish in Livermore.
It is not too late to make a difference in the life of homeless pregnant
women in need of spiritual and financial support at Oakland’s
Casa Vincentia.
The organization is conducting its annual Gold Key Sponsorship: for a
$50 donation, contributors will be in the running for the grand prize
of $1,000 and other prizes. The drawing will be held Sept. 26 from 2 –
4 p.m. at the Casa, 3210 – 62nd Ave. in Oakland. Tours will be offered
as well as opportunities to learn more about services provided there.
For more information, contact Barbara Jackson at (510) 729-0316.
SAVE THIS DATE: Nov. 6, 2010. Catholic Charities of the East
Bay will celebrate 75 years of service at a Gala Celebration at the
Blackhawk Auto Museum in Danville. Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will welcome
donors and board members at this event which will include dinner, dancing
and a black-tie optional reception. $150 per ticket. Discounted pricing
for tables of 10. For more information, contact Colleen Miller at cmiller@cceb.org
or (510) 768-3115.
What’s on EWTN? Eternal Word Television Network, the 24-hour
Catholic network, will feature a live broadcast of the Solemn Mass of
the Assumption of Mary from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 15 at 9 a.m.
Another special program, “Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters Under
European Communism,” recounting the courage and deep faith of Eastern-Rite
and Latin-Rite nuns during the Soviet domination, will air Aug. 14 at
11 p.m., Aug. 18 at 10 a.m., and Aug. 21 at 11 a.m.
All times are Pacific Time. EWTN is carried on Comcast Ch. 229, AT and
T Ch. 562, Astound Ch. 116, DISH Satellite Ch. 261, and DirecTV Ch. 370;
in Alameda, EWTN also airs on Ch. 30. For more programming information,
visit www.ewtn.com.
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