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Oct 16, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Meet Oakland’s new deacons

Fourteen men from around the East Bay began a lifelong calling of serving God’s people beginning on Oct. 11, when they were ordained by Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, as permanent deacons. 

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Oct 10, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Deacon Office Announcement

Dear Faithful of the Diocese of Oakland, Deacon Timothy Moore has been faithfully guiding the Office of Permanent Deacons for the Diocese for the past eight years.  He will be…

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Oct 1, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Modesto to the Mount of Olives: A Spirit-filled seal of oil

When you shop for extra virgin olive oil from Sciabica Family Olive Oil and Gourmet Foods in Modesto, it might run you about $44 per liter at retail value. The…

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Oct 1, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Novena for Mental Health

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Health & Mental Health Ministry presents a video recorded reading presentation of the Novena for Mental Health. This novena was created for the National Catholic…

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Sep 25, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s relics in Oakland Oct. 22

One hundred years after the canonization of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, her “story of a soul” is coming to Oakland in powerful form. Pilgrims can encounter her relics, including some…

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Sep 24, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Quarter century of harvesting God’s fruit

Many hands made light work on a cold but clear Saturday morning two days after Thanksgiving last year in Fremont. More than 100 volunteers gathered for the olive harvest, an…

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Sep 23, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Seeking for Facilitating Couples

Diocese of Oakland seeks to strengthen marriage preparation team If you have been married for at least 2 years and you have a passion to share the good news of…

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Sep 19, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Christ is the reason we’re all here

In July, I had one of the most moving spiritual experiences of my life. Together with 200 pilgrims from Oakland, and more than 50,000 Catholics from around the United States, I…

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Sep 18, 2025 Dec 8 @ 5:30 pm

Oaklander receives Diocesan Medal of Merit for life focused on loving ‘the other’

Meg Bowerman has spent decades offering loving presence to those on the margins, and empowering Oakland Catholics to do the same The hometown of proud Oaklander Meg Bowerman is Detroit,…

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