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San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy to Enter Hospital for Planned Medical Procedure

(SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19, 2021) – Bishop Robert McElroy, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, announced today he will be entering the hospital next week for a coronary bypass operation.  This is a planned procedure.  Bishop McElroy is not considered an emergent patient.  The surgery is set for Monday, November 22.  He […]

Clínica Santa María de Guadalupe, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico

Two people standing side by side, both wearing masks. The person on the left wears a blue cap, glasses, and a yellow protective gown. The person on the right has a camouflage mask and a cap, wearing a gray USA t-shirt. They are standing indoors.

Holy Spirit parish and Clínica Santa María de Guadalupe was founded by Fr. Rudy Valenzuela, FSP, 15 years ago in one of the poorest and most desolated areas in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. Fr. Rudy belongs to the Friars of the Sick Poor of Los Angeles, a Public Association of Consecrated Life, based […]

Janvikas Society, Indore, India

Young students sit on the floor of a classroom with notebooks in their laps, attentively looking forward. The room is dimly lit with brick walls and a doorway visible in the background.

Janvikas Society is a non-profit organization run by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) Central Indian Province. Janvikas pays special attention to the welfare of the unorganized laborers, waste picking women and street children, unemployed youth and migrant workers in the city of Indore. We motivate them to strive for self-reliance, integral and sustainable […]

Yarumal Missionaries

A large group of people, including students and staff, stand closely together on a stage. They are dressed in a variety of formal and traditional clothing. A backdrop displays the text "Inauguration of Skill Training Program" with logos above.

Our mission is primary evangelization of the poor, particularly in the remote areas. We accomplish this missionary task by leadership formation, community organization and self-sustainable development projects. It all means the full presence of priests, brothers and lay missionaries with the people, learning their local languages ​​and working together for the enculturation of the Gospel. […]

About the Coat of Arms

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.

About the Coat of Arms

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.

About the Coat of Arms

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.

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