As he gave his homily during the Dedication Mass for the new church at Queen of Angels in Riverside, a crowd of children seated on the steps to the sanctuary before him, Bishop Gerald Barnes held up his hands and uttered part of an old British nursery rhyme.
By Malie Hudson
In part two of “Journeys to the priesthood,” we introduce the final three seminarians who will be ordained to the priesthood on May 21 by Bishop Gerald Barnes. But before they take their vows, Tomas Guillen, Dominic Vu and Hau Vu (no relation) opened up about life in the seminary and what led them there.
By John Andrews
Editor
Even to her death Joyce Drake was a catechist.
Drake, who served as the Director of the Diocesan Ministry of Educational Services, was called home to God on April 3, Divine Mercy Sunday. She died of complications from cancer.
Her son, Lucas, said that when Drake realized her condition was terminal, she characteristically looked at the situation as an opportunity to teach.
By Dr. Jose Antonio Medina
Once again Pope Francis gives us a very beautiful document to guide us in our Christian life. It’s titled “Amoris Laetitia” which means “The Joy of Love,” and it’s focused on family life. It is a long document, approximately 255 pages, but each one of those pages lights in a very concrete manner the way to live so that our families are fountains of joy.
By Malie Hudson
Pope Francis’ latest Exhortation Amoris Laetitia or “The Joy of Love,” addresses situations facing families in today’s world and how the Church should respond to them in light of the Catholic faith.
Only one other time in its history has the Diocese of San Bernardino ordained as many priests as it will next month when Jose Antonio Orozco, Ken Vu, Carlos Martinez, Dominic Vu (no relation), Hau Vu (no relation) and Tomas Guillen take their vows.
