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IN THE DIOCESE
November 7, 2017 | The Valley Catholic
Appointments of Bishop Patrick J. McGrath
November
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Tues, 2 p.m., Community Foundation of Santa Clara County Meeting, Diocesan Offices, San
Jose
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Wed, 8:30 a.m., Mass and Visit, Saint Catherine School, Morgan Hill
Wed, 3:30 p.m., Visit, Faith Formation Program, Saint Catherine Parish, Morgan Hill
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Thurs, 9:30 a.m., Council of Priests Meeting, Diocesan Offices, San Jose
11 Sat, 6 p.m., Black and Gold Gala, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose
12 Sun, 11:30 a.m., Mass, 100 th Anniversary, Saint Frances Cabrini Parish, San Jose
13 Mon – Sun, Nov. 19, USCCB Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland
21 Tues, 8:45 a.m., Mass and Visit, Saint Mary School, Los Gatos
COMING UP IN THE DIOCESE
RISE! 2017 for Adults
Nov. 10-11 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.; Our Lady of Peace Parish, 2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara.
2017 Chastity Conference for Adults, Teacher and Catechists. Speakers will be Father Josh Waltz
and Timmerie Millington. Event is FREE! Please pre-register at www.riseba.org.
Diocese of San Jose seminarian Robain Lamba is congratulated by his fellow DSJ seminarians
on Oct. 25 after receiving the Ministry of Acolyte at Mundelein Seminary, outside of Chicago.
This is a major step toward the Ministry of Priesthood.
Special Collection for Catholic Campaign for
Human Development on November 19
Your Contributions Make a Differ-
ence! Barbara, a single mom, arrived at
the door of the Learning and Loving
Center in Morgan Hill, speaking little
English and unemployed. Thanks to your
generous donation to the Catholic Cam-
paign for Human Development (CCHD),
Barbara received language, vocational
skills and leadership training. Empow-
ered, she is supporting herself and her
son by working full time teaching com-
puter classes to other low-income adults
to enable them to move out of poverty.
CCHD is the Gospel at work and
Catholic social justice teaching in action.
Giving options to the poor, defending
the human dignity of all people, training
leaders among low-income workers and
seeking housing and just-wage employ-
ment opportunities in our communi-
ties, the Catholic Campaign for Human
Development grant to Working Partners
U.S.A. has assisted countless individuals
both locally and nationally. They have
been able to provide intensive training
in leadership for contract workers in
our valley.
With the funds provided by last year’s
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collection for CCHD, young people have
been trained for community leadership,
and immigrants have learned their rights
through programs at SIREN, Services
for Immigrant Rights and Education
Network.
The Mountain View Day Workers
Center used your donations to provide
leadership training for members to can-
vass in their neighborhoods to get out the
vote in support of community housing
stabilization. Resulting in institutional
change, one of CCHD’s goals, The Learn-
ing and Loving Center has taught litera-
cy, offered job counseling and computer
training to more than 160 women while
providing childcare for moms during
their extensive coursework.
These are examples from our local
level. Nationally grants have also lent a
hand to organizations in their quest for
economic development and justice for
low-income people and communities.
This once-a-year collection occurs on
Sunday, Nov. 19, in the Diocese. Your
continued generosity will make a differ-
ence in the lives of many members of the
Body of Christ.
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