Bay Area Social Justice Forum:
“People of Hope Agents for Change”,
Saturday February 11th, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.
The Forum is sponsored by the Holy Names University and the Oakland Diocese. The keynote speakers are Fr. Daniel Groody, University of Notre Dame, and Jack Weinstein. Workshop topics include: Human trafficking, Immigration, Death Penalty, Affordable Housing, Racism, and more. Valley Center for the Performing Arts, Holy Names University, 3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland. To carpool, call Joanne Angvick, 443-1422. To register: www.hnu.edu/SocialJustice
Rachel’s Vineyard is a ministry of Priests for Life, offering retreats throughout the year for healing after abortion. For confidential inquiries call Christine, (415) 260-4406, christine4faith@gmail.com, www.rachelsvineyard.org
* 8 Week Healing and Scripture Study Group in Oakland starting early March
* Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat May 18-20
On Saturday, January 28, Archbishop Niederauer and bishops from the Bay Area will call on Gov. Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris to stop the separation of families and to end SCOMM. SCOMM (“Secure Communities”) is separating families by deporting thousands of people each year in California.
California Bishops Support Life & Family Initiatives:
Be Ready to Write Your Representative.
Our Bishops are supporting two initiatives for the November ballot: (1) parental notification before a minor’s abortion and (2) an end to the use of the death penalty; both are contrary to central Catholic teachings on human life and family. These two initiatives bring into sharp focus important moral issues: our society’s mistreatment of nascent life, family life, and sinful or errant life. Sign up with the Catholic Legislative Network to receive alerts when our Bishops need us, the Catholic voters, to write our representatives: http://www.cacatholic.org
Do you want to act but don’t know where to start?
The St. Michael Parish Social Concerns Ministry has resources for you. Call Joanne at 443-1422.
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