Parishes may access the updated guidelines through the link.

Thank you to everyone who helps keep The Catholic Voice mailing list up to date. Although we usually update the mailing list monthly, we were unable to do so for the June issue. Look for those changes this summer.

After 117 years of service to the University of California, Berkeley (Go Bears!) the Paulist Fathers have decided they are no longer able to serve the parish. As they prepare to leave, perhaps you have a Newman memory to share? Or know someone who does? Please send to: mjurich@oakdiocese.org. Hoping to gather these quickly and share in print and online.

The Catholic Voice deadlines now require a longer lead time for submissions. Share your events and announcements and make sure your stories and events are included. The publication schedule for the July through December 2024 issues are through the link.

Bishop Michael Barber, SJ, has revoked the general faculties of Father Sunil Orathel, SDB, effective April 12, 2024. More information through the link.

Click through the link to access the Guidelines for Holy Communion.

In 2015, California legalized assisted suicide for adults with illnesses of 6 months or less to live. Now, a Senator is pushing a bill to allow all chronically ill Californians to receive assisted suicide, as well as people with dementia. Right now, millions of Californians don’t have health care and can’t find doctors or hospitals. The State needs to ensure people have good and accessible healthcare so that people with chronic illnesses don’t feel coerced into dying prematurely. More information through the link.

The official portrait of Servant of God Niña Ruíz-Abad was presented April 7 during the opening of the diocesan phase of her cause for canonization at St. William Cathedral in the town of Laoag located in the Ilocos Norte region of the Philippines. Read more through the link.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is hosting the send-off Mass for the Eucharistic Pilgrims at 11:00 a.m. on May 19, 2024 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. The Procession will walk from the Cathedral and across the Golden Gate Bridge. Bishop Barber will celebrate a Solemn Vespers Mass and Eucharistic Holy Hour the evening before, May 18, 2024 at 6:30 at Mission Dolores Basilica. Learn more through the link.

SB 1196 –End of life Option Act, will have a hearing on April 22 in Sacramento. This bill would eliminate the terminal illness requirement, the requirement that people requesting suicide be mentally competent and the requirement that the suicide cocktail be ingested. Learn much more through the link and please pray that SB 1196 will be defeated!

On March 26, 2024 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that has the potential to make a major impact in the widespread accessibility of chemical abortion (abortion pills). Chemical abortions are now the most common form of abortion in the United States. Details through the link.

The veteran Sister of the Blessed Sacrament wrote a 1972 book on Black power and spent many years as an educator, national organizer and evangelist. Read more about her life and impact through the link.

The death of a loved one is unlike any other loss.  Although there is no right or wrong path, these are stepping stones that are part of each grief journey, and we will explore them in this eight-week series  workshop. Details through the link.

Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, has provided the following statement regarding the announcement by the Paulist Fathers that they will be ceasing their ministry at Holy Spirit-Newman Hall Parish in Berkeley this June. “It is with great sadness that I accept this decision by the Paulists, knowing it is determined by the reality of fewer active members in their order,” Bishop Barber said. Read the announcement through the link.

Bishop Barber shares the following pastoral assignments and appointments.