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To celebrate the canonization of Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7, the Cathedral of Christ the Light is displaying an exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles. The 120 panels in the collection are printed using designs and information compiled by the saint himself. About half of the collection is on display in the Upper Room, and cathedral rector Father Erick Villa hopes to rotate them during the exhibition so all panels, written in both English and Spanish, will be displayed. The exhibition will be open an hour before and an hour after the 12:10 pm daily Mass and from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sundays until Oct. 12. All who visit are invited to leave a prayer on the prayer wall.

“That is great to be able to teach the faith, but also on a personal level, you have to show it.” Carmen Navarro is the director of religious education at St. Paul Parish in San Pablo. She has walked with countless people who have learned about and experienced God’s love in their lives.

“Our children have this encounter with Christ on a daily basis in school,” says Dr. Andrew Currier, superintendent of schools for the Oakland Diocese, “and that's why we're here.” That sentence may capstone what the 45 schools within the diocese accomplish, but it barely skims the surface of what students, teachers, principals and everyone who touches school life co-create within the lives of the nearly 15,000 young people they encounter each day during the academic year.

Brian Swanson, Principal of St. David of Wales School, and Dr. Chiquita T. Tuttle, Director of the African American Pastoral Center, presented two students at St. David of Wales with scholarships for the 2025-2026 School Year.

Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ: We Catholics believe the Church is the Body of Christ. As St. Paul teaches us, “ If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it (1 Cor. 12:26)."

The Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California welcomed special guests on July 10. Three of the five founding board members, Herman Carmassi, Tom Greerty and Jack Hockel, DDS, returned to the clinic, some of them seeing it for the first time since its expansion.

St. Bonaventure has always been a place of faith and family for the Chisolm family, including newly ordained Paulist Father Ben Chisolm. “This is the community that helped form me. I grew up here, I had my first contact with the faith here,” he said.

Approximately a half million young people have benefitted from Bill Ford’s vision of youth ministry through sports. After directing the Oakland Diocese’s Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) sports program for almost half a century, Ford retired June 30, after overseeing the final class of Bill Ford Scholars.

Three new transitional deacons ordained for the Oakland Diocese

Construction and property management expert brings professional and personal stewardship to service of the church

'I felt like it was something I'm supposed to do' after 50 years in baseball

"Along with my brother bishops, we stand in solidarity with Archbishop Gomez and our sisters and brothers who are sadly impacted by the current situation. Let us recognize we are all God's children, called to be compassionate toward one another." - Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ

Localize, evangelize, love with adaptability | Catholic Charities’ Mario Alioto’s calling is to remind the East Bay that ‘the work that we do is for the people who you know.’

The Bishops of California have declared Saturday, July 26, 2025, the Jubilee of Marriage, to be celebrated as part of the Church’s broader Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year. This special day honors married couples as “pilgrims of hope” and encourages those who aspire to the sacrament of marriage. They are a profound sign of hope for both the Church and the world.

Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, preached this homily in May 2025 at the concluding Mass for 400 pilgrims attending the Order of Malta Pilgrimage, many of whom were suffering from terminal illnesses, at the historic Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Lourdes, France.

“In a few minutes, your life will be changed. A different man will walk down the aisle exiting the cathedral than the man who came in."

Read about many of the organizations and individuals living out the Corporal Works of Mercy within our diocese in the summer issue of The Catholic Voice magazine.

Six East Bay parishes combine efforts to help pregnant and parenting mothers - turning pro-life calling into solidarity and action.

Called in their vocation to Oakland for a two-year teaching fellowship in the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), Riginos and Nash are two of the six ACE teachers assigned to Oakland's Catholic schools in the 2024-25 academic year.