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This retreat at San Damiano Retreat Center is Dec. 6-8.

We invite you to participate in our Diocesan Pilgrimage of our Lady of Guadalupe.

The members of St. Gerard Women's Club at St. John's Church are holding their famous Christmas Bake Sale and Raffle in the Community Room, 264 E. Lewelling Blvd., San Lorenzo after the 4:30 pm Mass on SATURDAY, DEC. 7 and after all Masses starting at 7:30 am on SUNDAY, DEC. 8.  There will be a Continental Breakfast available on Sunday, Dec. 8 and the raffle will be held after the 11:30 am Mass on Sunday (you do not have to be present to win).  Come, enjoy and support this event with lots of great baked goods, raffle prizes and "trinkets & treasures" table and know that all proceeds go to St. John's Church.  If you like to donate baked goods, you can bring them to the Community Room throughout the weekend.  For more information contact Juanita Velasquez, President @ 510-688-0669.

After many years, St. Mary Parish in Walnut Creek will celebrate the completion and dedication of our new Adoration Chapel with Bishop Michael Barber on Sunday, Dec. 8, at the 11 am Mass. Beginning in January 2020, the chapel will be open 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday, and 9 am to 3 pm Saturday. (Times will adjust per the number of adorers committed to participating). We invite our friends in other parishes to see our beautiful chapel, and we welcome new adorers who can commit to one hour of Adoration each week. If you are interested, please call the parish office at 925-891-8900, or email Cecil D'Souza at cecildsouza@hotmail.com.

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The diocesan Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl Committee cordially invites you to come learn how a portion of the Rice Bowl funds you raise each Lent are spent. Please join the Bishop of Oakland and CRS in honoring the 2019 CRS Rice Bowl Grant recipients at their annual awards breakfast, 9:30 am on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. The grantees, which are nonprofits in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, many of them St. Vincent de Paul conferences, will be recognized for their work to alleviate hunger and food insecurity at this free event. The guest speaker will be Lourdes Alonso, Campus Minister at Stanford University, who will speak about her recent trip to visit a CRS project in Rwanda. For more information, contact Marc McKimmey at mmckimmey@cceb.org , or at 510-768-3176. Please RSVP by Dec. 5 at CRSRiceBowlEastBay@ cceb.org.

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Register by Dec. 10 http://bit.ly/2019PrayAdvent or call (510) 933-6360

Simbang Gabi is Dec. 15-23. Mass begins at 6:30 pm every night (except Sundays, Dec. 15 and 22, which begin at 6 pm). Light supper in the parish hall will be served after each Mass. Mass on Dec. 23 will be followed by dinner and entertainment. For additional information, contact Abe Miralles (925-381-5898) or Imelda Santos (925-623-7340).

Benefitting San Damiano Retreat Center. Reservations required: https://www.giannissanramon.com/ or 925-820-6969

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SPRED Christmas Mass for SPRED catechists, Friends and their families. Open to the public.

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All priests serving in the Diocese are welcome. Holy Hour is held on the third Friday of the month, except during the summer months, as a service to priests by the Prelature of Opus Dei. The sacrament of reconciliation heard by a priest of Opus Dei is available during Holy Hour and a luncheon hosted by St. Margaret Mary Parish follows.

Please join us from 8 to 9 pm on the third Friday of the month (Oct. – May) in the Chapel

Brentwood Community Chorus is an 80-voice choir singing joyous music for the Christmas season featuring the Vivaldi Gloria and Carols. Reception to follow.

Register by 12/28/19 http://bit.ly/2019NewYrRtrt or call (510) 933-6360