Parish Leaders Inspire Christian Stewardship?
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Who helps parish leaders inspire Christian Stewardship? We’re on it. Catholic-driven fund development and trusted financial stewards since 2004 s e r v i n g Parishes, Catholic families, Catholic schools, Diocesan initiatives & Charitable works in Northern California contact us 916.733.0266 | [email protected] | scd.org/catholic-foundation 2020 DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY — 1 2020 Diocese of Sacramento Catholic Directory Diocese of Sacramento Mission Statement We, the People of God of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, guided by the Holy Spirit, are called by Christ to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God through prayer, praise, and sacraments and to witness the Gospel values of love, justice, forgiveness, and service to all. (General Pastoral Plan, 1997) INDEX Advertisers, Index of ...................................86 History of the Diocese ............................84-85 Retirement Homes .....................................22 Bishop, Office of the......................................7 Hospitals ..................................................... 20 Retreat Centers ........................................... 22 Bishop’s Radio Hour ......................................7 Information Technology Services ................. 8 Sacraments ............................................26-28 Campus Ministry ........................................8-9 Lay Organizations ..................................80-82 Safe Environment Office ...............................8 Catholic Camps .............................................8 Lay Personnel .............................................. 8 Schools: Catholic Charities of Sacramento ................ 16 Masses: Administration ...........................................8 Ethnic Communities ..............................9-10 Elementary ...........................................12-14 Catholic Charities and Social Concerns ..........7 Interpreted for the Deaf ............................11 Secondary ................................................ 16 Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services ......7, 79 Seminaries ..................................................22 Catholic Herald Magazine .............................7 Latin ..........................................................11 Parishes and Missions/Stations ...........31-49 Statistics ..................................................... 83 Chaplains .................................................... 20 Ministries and Services .................................9 The Catholic Foundation ........................... 6, 8 Clergy Formation, Office of ...........................7 Tribunal ........................................................8 Missions/Stations, by City ........................... 50 Communications ...........................................7 Vocations ......................................................8 Councils, Commissions, Advisory Boards .......6 Organizations: Worship ........................................................8 Deacons: CA Statewide ............................................ 76 Youth and Young Adult Ministry ...................8 Independent and Autonomous ................ 24 Photos .................................................66-71 Lay ......................................................80-82 Parish Assignments ............................. 71-72 Papal Honors .............................................. 76 Necrology ................................................. 73 Parishes and Missions/Stations .............31-49 Deaneries ......................................................4 Pastoral Care for Victims of Abuse ................8 Detention Ministry...................................... 18 Pastoral Center, Diocesan .............................3 Dioceses, California .....................................77 Priests: Eastern Catholic Directory ........................... 78 Photos .................................................51-60 Produced by Senior Priests ......................................61-62 Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs ...........7 Catholic Herald Magazine Honors to Priests ......................................60 Ethnic Communities and Masses ..............9-10 Editor: Julie Sly Family and Faith Formation ..........................7 On Duty Outside Diocese .......................... 57 Production & Advertising: Cathy Joyce Finance .........................................................8 Necrology ............................................64-66 Cover Design: Bryan J. Visitacion Geography of Diocese ................................. 83 Religious Houses/Communities ............. 74-75 2 — 2020 DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO DIRECTORY ‘Trust in the Lord’s promise that we will come to understand later’ By Bishop Jaime Soto Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, April 9, 2020 All the martyrs of the Church This why St. Paul could say so confidently to the Corinthians understood the close communion in the second reading, “as often as you eat this bread and they shared with the passion and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he death of the Lord Jesus. Their own comes.” (I Cor 11:23-26) In these days we all cannot eat sacrifices were an intimate sharing in this bread and drink this cup. Still, our aching hunger, the the sacrifice of the Mass. Their deaths many sacrifices and sufferings endured in these days, can were a personal extension of the proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. There is Mass. It is good to remind ourselves a mystical communion that unites us with the saints and of this as we now offer the Evening martyrs whose lives were a communion in the saving death Mass of the Lord’s Supper under the unusual yet necessary of the Lord. For this reason, sealed in main altar of our precautionary measures during this perplexing pandemic. Cathedral is the relic of St. Toribio Romo, one of the great The difficult deviations from the customary rituals of the martyrs of Mexico. sacred Triduum can be a distraction. It may offer us an We now place our sufferings and sacrifices, our worries opportunity to enter more personally into the Lord’s saving and woes, on this altar as we join sacramentally with the mystery. “It is the Passover of the Lord.” (Ex 12:11) This passion and death of the Lord. May the Lord Jesus wash pandemic is the Passover through which Jesus now leads us. our sins and purify our hearts with his undying mercy and We should not linger longingly over what was always done, undaunted hope. but attend more closely to what the Lord Jesus does now. While our hearts ache because we cannot take communion, Recuerden, mis hermanos y hermanas, que aquí el altar may we more readily take up the cross of our Savior and mayor de nuestra santa catedral, está insertada una reliquia Shepherd, Jesus. del gran mártir mexicano, San Toribio Romo. Su presencia aquí en el altar mayor hace presente la fuerte conexión In the Gospel this evening (Jn 13:1-15), Simon Peter did entre el Sacrificio de la Misa ofrecido por Cristo crucificado not understand what Jesus was doing when he took off his y los sacrificios de sus discípulos. Por los sufrimientos garments, wrapped a towel around his waist, and began to ofrecidos en unión con Jesús experimentamos una wash his disciples’ feet. He strongly resisted that the Lord comunión viva y personal con el Cordero de Dios que quita would do that for him. The patient teacher and master los pecados del mundo. responded, “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” These kind words to a Por ese motivo, Jesús celebró la última cena con sus good friend cut deep into our own hearts this night. We do discípulos para que participaran con él en su pasión y su not understand what the Lord is doing in the midst of this muerte. Por cada Eucaristía, Jesús nos invita a unirnos pandemic. Trust in the Lord’s promise that we will come to con él en su sacrificio. Por eso dijo a Simón Pedro en el understand later. evangelio de esta tarde, “Si no te lavo, no tendrás parte conmigo”. (Jn 13:1-15) El lavatorio de los pies habla Listen even more closely to what he said after he had del lavatorio de la cruz. Aunque no podemos tomar la finished washing the feet of his disciples. He returned to comunión en estos días de la pandemia si podemos tomar the table and said as their teacher and master, “You ought con más intención personal, la cruz de Cristo. to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” No hay nadie que no ha sido impactado por la pandemia In this beautiful ritual washing, was Jesus only referring y todas las medidas justas y necesarias para erradicarla. to the washing of the feet? The ritual itself points to Se sienten muchos excluidos de las costumbres y ritos something more. de estos días sagrados. Mejor que reconozcamos las muchas maneras con que Cristo nos ha incluido y nos ha The image of Jesus with only a towel wrapped around his incorporado más personalmente en la obra salvadora. waist is a prelude to the scene of Christ crucified on the cross. From the cross of Calvary, Jesus washed away the Simón Pedro en un momento frustrado declaró a Jesús que sins of the world with the water and blood flowing from no quería que el Señor lavara sus pies. El buen Maestro y his pierced side. Even this, do we understand the merciful Señor le respondió cariñosamente, “Lo que estoy haciendo mystery revealed on the cross? Can we comprehend the tú no lo entiendes ahora, pero lo comprenderás más intimate communion between