Diocesan News
Diocesan WYD pilgrims take journey of a lifetime to Panama
It wasn’t lost on Brenda Noriega that the 111 diocesan pilgrims who traveled to Panama for World Youth Day 2019 had to go 3,000 miles to learn a little bit more about hospitality – one of the four core values practiced here in the Diocese of San Bernardino.
Host families in Costa Rica, where the pi...
Parish News
Eastvale parish celebrates patron’s sainthood with compelling new icon
By Natalie Romano
EASTVALE —An Eastvale Catholic Church may not have a building yet but it does have a “window into heaven.”
This so-called window is actually sacred artwork depicting the church’s namesake, St. Oscar Romero. The icon was revealed to parishioners on November 25th during a Mass celebrat...
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- Cathedral City pastor publishes third book of poetry
- Living faith and family: Three generations of the Bonadiman family talk about growing up Catholic and staying committed to their faith
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- Rancho Cucamonga parish church debt goes up in smoke
- St. Martha supports Knights of Columbus purchase of ultrasound machines
School News
Awards for ministers in Catholic education given at annual banquet
ONTARIO—The Office of Catholic Schools presented awards at its 18th annual banquet held Feb. 2 at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario. Below is a summary of awards and recipients.
Bishop Gerald R. Barnes
Pilgrims carry their spirit of baptism to Panama
By Bishop Gerald Barnes
The following is taken from Bishop Barnes’ homily at the World Youth Day Send-off Mass held at Our Lady of Hope Church in San Bernardino on January 12.
The day is coming fast. The year has passed. The year of thinking, of planning, of worrying, of wondering, of fundraising...
With Eyes of Faith
Is that thunder in the distance I hear?
By John De Gano
“Stay awake. Be ready.”
Wise words from Jesus yet do we heed them?
Joyful Witness
The Blessed Mother is our model for trust
By Fr. Erik Esparza
There is only one other person that epitomizes the meaning of Advent, Christmas and the New Year besides Jesus himself. Her name is Mary, the mother of Jesus! Mary was truly there from the beginning.
This is Our Faith
Words from Pope Francis about “happily ever after”
By Mario and Paola Martinez
Most of us are familiar with the saying, “…and they lived happily ever after.”
Layman's Minute
Love and faith on the open road
It is coming to the end of summer, and we are back from the first leg of the Cruise Director’s Great Northwest Adventure.
Journey Toward Holiness
A case for November as our liturgical pinnacle
By Sr. Mary Garascia, C.P.P.S.
Our journey to holiness, to becoming gradually the Spirit-filled persons God intends, is shaped by our Catholic tradition. Among the ways that happens is through the liturgical year, which channels or directs the flow of our worship of God and our reflections on our re...
Superintendent's Footnotes
Time for our schools to grow
I have experienced the full force of San Bernardino diocesan hospitality since beginning my new position as your Superintendent of Catholic Schools.
Justice Matters
Catholic Social Teaching is equal parts Charity and Justice
By Jeanette Arnquist
First of all, hello to all of my friends and former colleagues in the Church of San Bernardino, as well as those of you whom I have never met. In the six years since I have retired and moved to Arizona a lot has changed, and a lot has not. More about that later.