Dates: Oct. 10-12, 2025 Time: Friday evening–Sunday afternoon Location: Prince of Peace Abbey, Oceanside Website: https://beginningexperience.org/team/san-diego/ Beginning Experience is a weekend retreat program for those grieving the loss of a marriage (through separation, […]
Join the Office for Evangelization and Catechetical Ministry for an insightful session on the canonical aspects of the Christian initiation process. This Zoom event is designed for catechists, OCIA team […]
In one way or another, reproductive loss impacts us all. This diocesan Mass is an expression of support for and solidarity with families who have suffered the loss of a […]
October 19, 2025 at 11 a.m.Sacred Hearth Parish, Coronado Presider: Most Rev. Ramon Bejarano, Aux. Bishop RSVP for Mass and Reception
Life-Giving Wounds is a healing ministry whose mission is to help adults with divorced and separated parents give voice to their pain and find transformative healing through Christ. Join other adult […]
October 25 @ 9am-12:30pmPrice: $30.00Register at sdcatholic.org/workshops
25 de octubre a las 9am-12:30pmCosto: $30.00Registro: sdcatholic.org/talleres
October 25 @ 9am-2pm (*Practicum on Thursday, October 30 @ 6:30pm-8:30pm)Price: $35.00Register at sdcatholic.org/workshops
25 de octubre a las 9am-2pm (Más sesión de práctica: 28 de octubre a las 6:30pm-8:30pm)Costo: $35.00Registro: sdcatholic.org/talleres
El clero, los diáconos y los líderes laicos involucrados en la preparación matrimonial están invitados a asistir a una o todas las sesiones de nuestra serie de talleres del ministerio […]
Clergy, deacons, and lay leaders involved in marriage preparation are invited to attend one or all sessions of our marriage prep ministry workshop series. These workshops are intended to provide […]
Learn practical strategies to lead engaging and meaningful Bible study sessions. This workshop will guide you through preparing lessons, facilitating discussion, and helping participants connect Scripture to their daily lives. […]
Bishop Pulido’s coat of arms is divided into four quarters with wavy horizontal lines from top to bottom. The blue and white lines represent the Blessed Virgin Mary. They also suggest water, which alludes to Jesus washing the feet of His disciples and to the waters of baptism. The red and gold lines represent the Holy Spirit and fire. The colors also can be seen as referring to the Blood that (along with water) poured from Jesus’ side at His crucifixion, as well as to the bread (gold) and wine (red) transformed into the Eucharist. At the center is a roundel featuring a symbolic representation of the “mandatum” (washing of the feet), which he believes exemplifies service to all humanity. The roundel’s outer edge is a line composed of small humps; it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Yakima, where Bishop Pulido served as a priest before being named a bishop.
Bishop Pham’s coat of arms combines the Diocese of San Diego’s coat of arms on the left side, and his on the right. On his, a red boat on a blue ocean sits on diagonal lines suggesting a fisherman’s net. This symbolizes his ministry as a “fisher of men,” as well as how his own father had been a fisherman. The boat is also a symbol of the Church, which is referred to as the “barque of Peter.” At the center of the sail is a red beehive (a symbol of the bishop’s baptismal patron saint, St. John Chrysostom, known as a “honey-tongued” preacher). The beehive is surrounded by two green palm branches (an ancient symbol of martyrdom; the bishop’s ancestors were among Vietnam’s first martyrs). The eight red tongues of fire around the boat are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and a representation of the diversity of ethnic communities.
The coat of arms combines symbols that reflect Bishop Bejarano’s spiritual life and priestly ministry. The main part of the shield shows four wavy vertical lines on a gold background. These represent flowing waters. This alludes to his chosen motto and also symbolizes the graces that come from the Divine life to quench our thirst for God. The upper third of the shield is red because it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Order of Mercy, of which the Bishop’s patron saint, Raymond Nonnatus, was a member. The central symbol resembles a monstrance because St. Raymond is often depicted holding one. The Eucharist is Bishop Bejarano’s inspiration for his vocation. It was through the Eucharist that he received his call to the priesthood at age seven and which keeps his faith and his ministry going. It represents the call to offer oneself as a living sacrifice. The monstrance is flanked on either side by an image of the Sacred Heart, alluding to the mercy of God and echoing the idea of a sacrificial offering of oneself united to the sacrifice of Christ, and of a rose for Our Lady. It is an allusion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, and highlights the bishop’s Hispanic heritage.
