News & Events
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Holy Father's Message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Sunday, April 25, is the Annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Click the links below to download Pope Benedict XVI's Message!
Jumpstart Your Spiritual Life: Reconciliation and Forgiveness
February 19-20, 2010, 6 PM-6 PM
Young Adult Retreat (ages 21-36)
S. Rebecca Shinas, O.P. director. Free will Offering. MSJ Dominican Motherhouse, 43326 Mission Blvd. Fremont, CA 94539 (entrance on Mission Tierra Reservations: S. Frances Mary, (510)933-6335 by February 15.
Ethnic Diversity Shows in New Priests Ordination Class
USCCB April 20, 2009 - The ordination class of 2009 claims 11 percent Asian-born men, though the percentage of Asian Catholics in the United States is only three percent. Six percent of the class is from Vietnam and two percent from the Philippines.....more
The Class of 2009: Survey of Ordinands to the Priesthood
A CARA Report to the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life & Vocations. This report presents findings from a national survey of ordinands to the priesthood in 2009. To obtain the names and contact information for these ordinands, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) contacted all theologates and houses of formation in fall 2008 as part of the annual data collection....more
Holy Father Announces a special year for priests
VATICAN CITY, 16 MAR 2009 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican the Holy Father received members of the Congregation for the Clergy, who are currently celebrating their plenary assembly on the theme: "The missionary identity of priests in the Church as an intrinsic dimension of the exercise of the 'tre munera'"....more
Number of Diocesan Priests Going Up
The number of diocesan priests has grown in recent years, unlike the number of priests in religious congregations.
This is one statistic to be found in the most recent edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, published in one volume in Latin, English and French. The yearbook actually covers a seven-year span, from 2000 to 2007....more
Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations
On the occasion of the next World Day of prayer for vocations to the priesthood and to the consecrated life, which will be celebrated on 3 May 2009, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, I want to invite all the People of God to reflect on the theme: Faith in the divine initiative - the human response....more
