Mental health ministry leaders and others involved in pastoral care ministries are invited to join us for our annual retreat for mental health ministers on Saturday, December 6 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center.
This workshop will examine each Gospel’s unique perspective, highlighting why the infancy narratives are independent accounts rather than concurrent events.
The marriage catechumenate is a new way of thinking about marriage prep. It is a holistic, lifelong Catholic formation model for marriage that extends preparation before, during, and after the sacrament, aiming to integrate couples into the community, deepen their faith, and provide ongoing accompaniment. Inspired by the journey of a catechumen in the Catholic […]
Únete para inspirarte y descubrir nuevas maneras en que el mundo digital puede convertirse en un espacio de evangelización significativa.
Join us to be inspired and gain new insight into how the digital world can become a space for meaningful evangelization.
The Pre-Marriage Inventory is a critically important part of the marriage prep process. When done early and well, it enables the marriage prep minister and his team to much more effectively accompany and form the engaged couple for marriage. It also helps the marriage prep minister better assess that the couple is free to marry […]
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.
Convierte el año litúrgico en una experiencia divertida y práctica para enseñar a los niños. Costo $15 Registro
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.
Learn how to make the liturgical year fun, memorable and hands-on for kids.
As part of our Synod on Family Life in 2016, the Marriage Prep Best Practices Taskforce recommended including Witness to Love as part of the marriage prep process.
This event is for parish and ministry leaders, catechists, and anyone involved in creating safe, welcoming environments within our faith communities.
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.
