The file room in the basement of the Cathedral Basilica’s administrative building is filled with medical records: 13,000 of them. A few dozen are marked with a neon sticker. Each folder represents an individual of the community who receives services from the full-service medical clinic upstairs, a social ministry outreach program.
Change: Necessary, inevitable, bittersweet, hopeful, filled with opportunity; We recognized all these aspects of change as we celebrated with a beautiful Mass as we bid farewell to our auxiliary Bishop Thomas Daly. And how fitting that we gathered around the table of the Eucharist, at once celebrating our faith, and our gratitude. (read more…)
I was recently invited to participate in a three-day workshop designed around the creation of an “ethical will.” Unfamiliar with the term, I envisioned being informed of various ways to incorporate my moral, ethical and faith-based priorities into the legal documents comprising my estate plan.
Faith is a gift, given to all, although not equally. There is no way to earn it; however, we can definitely nurture it. Everyone has enough faith to be saved; that is what defines a merciful God.(read more…)
The Center provides tutoring services to students of low-income families that are at academic risk due to many factors, including a lack of an English-speaking household or access to educational assistance programs.
Have you ever heard of a planned gift? If you have not, you are not alone. Statistics show that 63% of those of us over the age of 30 are not familiar with the term planned giving.
First, what is a community foundation anyways? It’s a collection of funds… (read more…)
Focused on the theme – “Building Through Faith: Compassion. Commitment. Community,” the Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County hosted a celebration of broad and deep Catholic social presence in the Santa Clara Valley (read more…)
“Holy Homework” is the after school program of Holy Family Parish. It has been in place since September 2014. (read more…)