SAN BERNARDINO—At the very top of the list of the most populous dioceses in the country, you will find expected Catholic strongholds like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Boston.
With the release of the 2013 Kenedy Directory, a widely-used annual volume of church statistics, you now find the Diocese of San Bernardino near the top of that list, too.
By Sr. Chilee Okoko, DMMM
SAN BERNARDINO—The Diocese of San Bernardino will be honoring and celebrating those men and women who offer healthcare services in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. This celebration, a “White Mass,” will be held at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino on October 27 at 3 p.m.
The healthcare profession, like many others, is one of the most essential services to mankind because everyone, at one time or another, needs medical attention.
SAN BERNARDINO—Church leadership in the Diocese saw fresh faces with the appointment of new Vicars Forane and the election of new members to the Presbyteral Council.
Bishop Gerald Barnes appointed new Vicars Forane for the High Desert and West End vicariates in early July.
By Andres Rivera
Staff Writer
TEMECULA—Priests attending the annual Priests’ Convocation in Temecula took time to acknowledge the priests celebrating 25, 40, 50 and 60-70 years of service as a priest with a Mass and dinner at St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Temecula on Sept. 18.
Close to 150 priests who are currently serving in the Diocese of San Bernardino attended the Mass held to honor the jubilarian priests. Bishop Gerald Barnes and Auxiliary Bishop Rutilio del Riego were the principal celebrants, while Father James McLaughlin served as the homilist.
By Deacon John Barna
Recently at a men’s group a friend asked the question, “Does one’s enjoyment of heaven correspond to the life one has led down here?” That is, if you led and exemplary life down here (a saint) would your enjoyment of heaven be greater than that of a person who just got by? After some discussion they came to the conclusion that the saint would indeed be able to appreciate heaven more than the other person. The next day the question was raised again. This time it was accompanied by the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. The laborers who worked the last hour only, got as much as those who had put in a whole day. Now I’m not so sure their conclusion was right. We just don’t know who has been worthy of heaven.
By Petra Alexander
As immigrants we live through a process of adaptation as we fit in different aspects our life with the new culture. Many of us keep some deeply rooted identity traits together with our traditions from our homeland and it is difficult for us to embody ideas or practices from societies where we arrive. One of these is our view of death.
