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50 Year Anniversary Celebration

June 17-19, 2024

(Registration deadline: May 31st. 2024)

Bi-Annual Gathering

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Upcoming courses for

LMU and SCU

Bishop Marc Trudeau, Episcopal MODERATOR

Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Los Angeles – San Pedro Region

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María Olivia Galván (Marioly)

Diocese of San Diego

Vice-president

Héctor Medina

Diocese of Oakland

Secretary

Brilema Pérez

Diocese of San Diego

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P. Gerson Espinosa

Diocese of Monterey

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Gerardo Rojas

Diocese of San Diego

Pastoral Juvenil

Ely Medina

Diocese of Fresno

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Espiritualidad Femenina Migrante (Martes 14 de Mayo del 2024) – TALLER TOTALMENTE EN LÍNEA

Ministerio de la Familia Hispana – Certificado de 60 horas (Inicio 26 de febrero del 2024)

La Escuela Jesuita de Teología de Berkeley desea invitarlo a participar en el próximo curso de certificación de 60 horas. Destinatarios: Coordinadores de Ministerio Prematrimonial, Coordinadores de Ministerios con Familias Hispanas, Directores de Formación, Directores de OCIA, Clérigos y Religiosos.

Archdiocese of Las Vegas and Diocese of Reno reassigned to join new Ecclesiastical Region XIII

During the USCCB convocation on November 15, a proposal was presented to reassign the Archdiocese of Las Vegas and the Diocese of Reno from Region XI to Region XIII. By unanimous vote, the bishops approved the reassignment.

Guías prácticas para el Manejo y Resolución de Conflictos – 18 de Noviembre del 2023

Este taller quiere ofrecer la oportunidad de conocer y tomar conciencia de las formas aprendidas de pensar, sentir y actuar que configuran nuestra personalidad; identificar el origen de los conflictos en nuestras interacciones personales, grupales y sociales; y explorar diversas formas para procesarlos creativamente. 

Orientación al Plan Pastoral Nacional para el Ministerio Hispano – 8 de Noviembre del 2023

La USCCB les extiende la invitación a participar en la Orientación al Plan Pastoral Nacional para el Ministerio Hispano/Latino que se llevara acabo este 8 de noviembre del 2023. La orientación comenzará desde las 10am. Te invitamos a que te registres hoy.

Conozcamos el Directorio para la Catequesis 2020 – 28 de Octubre del 2023

En este taller profundizaremos en los temas importantes del “Directorio para la Catequesis 2020”. (Relación entre catequesis y evangelización, Identidad y formación del catequista, Pedagogía divina, Temas contemporáneos, Quienes deben ser los catequistas en la iglesia de hoy).

Pope Francis today appointed four local priests as new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The bishops-elect are: Msgr. Albert Bahhuth, 66, pastor of Holy Family Church in South Pasadena; Father Matthew Elshoff, OFM, Cap., 67, pastor of St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church in the Watts area of South Los Angeles; Father Brian Nunes, 58, the LA Archdiocese’s vicar general and moderator of the curia; and Father Slawomir Szkredka, 49, professor of biblical studies and coordinator of human formation at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo.

Pope Francis Appoints Fathers Michael Pham and Felipe Pulido as Auxiliary Bishops for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego

The Holy See today announced that Father Michael Pham, 56, Vicar General of the Diocese of San Diego and pastor of Good Shepherd Parish in Mira Mesa, and Father Felipe Pulido, 53, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Yakima, Wash., have been named auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of San Diego. The announcement was made at noon, Rome time (3 a.m. Pacific Time), in a statement released by the Vatican Press Office.

Meet the U.S.’s newest archbishop and leader of the Church in Las Vegas

“God, is this right?” Archbishop George Leo Thomas prayed when he was first appointed to lead the Church in Las Vegas in 2018. He was moving to the deserts of southern Nevada after 14 years in Montana’s Rocky Mountains and almost 30 years in Seattle. “I’ve gone from rain to snow to sun,” Thomas quipped to CNA over dinner in Rome on Sunday. One of only two people the then-bishop knew in his new diocese at the time, his cousin, reassured him that while “everyone knows Vegas, fewer people know Las Vegas.”

U.S. Bishops overwhelmingly approve 10-year plan to address pastoral needs of Hispanic Catholics

On June 16, with 167 supporting votes out of 171, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops resoundingly approved a comprehensive plan aimed at responding to the needs of Hispanic/Latino Catholics in the U.S. and strengthening Hispanic/Latino ministries across the country at the national, local and parish level. The last time the U.S. bishops put forth such a plan was in 1987.