Occupy activists arrested in second takeover of San Francisco archdiocesan...
Monica ClarkOfficers from San Francisco's police and sheriff's departments entered a vacant building owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco on Wednesday and arrested 26 Occupy activists who had cut...
View ArticleMaster of Divinity student organizes vigil to support sisters
Monica ClarkSisters' StoriesOAKLAND, Calif. -- "I love women religious," said Christine Haider-Winnett, a 29-year-old graduate student at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley who is organizing a...
View ArticleTwo groups, two paths for US women religious
Monica ClarkSisters' StoriesIn the United States, there are two canonically approved organizations for leaders of congregations of women religious. The majority (80 percent) are members of the...
View ArticleTwo hundred gather in Oakland to show support for sisters
Monica ClarkSisters' StoriesOAKLAND, Calif. -- About 200 people standing in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Light extended their right arms in a gesture of blessing for the two dozen sisters...
View ArticleGrant will help nuns in Asia get theology degrees in U.S.
Monica ClarkThe Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., is embarking on a pilot program to give women religious in China, India and Vietnam full scholarships to earn advanced theological degrees...
View ArticleNew documentary tells post-Katrina story of New Orleans sisters
Monica ClarkNCR TodayAlthough Hurricane Katrina destroyed convents, schools and social service centers in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, it did not wipe out the determination of six communities of...
View ArticleCalifornia governor signs ban on reparative therapy for minors
Monica ClarkSacramento, CaliforniaCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill banning so-called reparative or conversion therapy that attempts to change the sexual orientation of minors,...
View ArticleCordileone's installation in San Francisco includes demonstrations
Monica ClarkSan FranciscoSalvatore Cordileone cited his recent arrest for drunken driving in his installation homily Thursday.
View ArticleWednesday marks 25th anniversary of International Day for the Eradication of...
Monica ClarkWednesday marks the 25th anniversary of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, established in Paris in 1987 by Fr. Joseph Wresinski and his Fourth World Movement.Wresinski, who...
View ArticleCalifornia Catholics buy ad supporting teachers asked to sign addendum
Monica ClarkNCR TodayConcerned about the morale of Catholic school teachers in the Santa Rosa, Calif., diocese who are being asked to sign an orthodoxy addendum to their teaching contracts, a small...
View ArticleSt. Mary's College gets its first lay president
Monica ClarkThe president of Graduate Theological Union will become the 29th president -- and first lay president -- of St. Mary's College on July 1.
View ArticleCalifornia forum attendees plead for immigration reform
Monica ClarkThe forum was part of an effort by the nation's largest faith-based organizing network to push what advocates say are essential elements for an immigration reform bill.
View ArticleSan Jose bishop stands with children against parent deportations
Monica ClarkSan Jose, Calif."As members of the one body of Christ, we are obligated to stand with our little sisters and brothers," said Bishop Patrick McGrath.
View ArticleOakland priest holds vigil for church reform while on voluntary exile
Monica ClarkOakland, Calif.Every Sunday morning for the last three years, Tim Stier, former pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in Fremont, Cailf., has stood outside Oakland's Cathedral of Christ the Light...
View ArticleSupport for LCWR drives monthly California vigils
Monica ClarkSanta Rosa, Calif.A group of LCWR supporters keeps an hour-long vigil monthly in Santa Rosa, Calif., to pray, sing and tell stores about specific sisters.
View ArticleNew Oakland bishop inherits huge debt, frustrated clergy
Monica ClarkOakland, Calif.The new bishop of Oakland, Calif., will assume leadership of a large, multi-cultural diocese with a $114.7 million debt and clergy who are frustrated.
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners suspend hunger strike against solitary confinement
Monica ClarkSan FranciscoCalifornia's bishops stand with the prisoners, who seek improved policies and conditions for prisoners in solitary confinement.
View ArticleBusiness guru talks management as ministry
Monica ClarkSan FranciscoOrganizational management is a ministry and doing it well is fundamental to success, business guru Patrick Lencioni told the 600 attendees gathered here Sept. 14-16 for the...
View ArticleCalifornia Newman community upset after bishop moves services to nearby parish
Monica ClarkDavis, Calif.Longtime members of the community are concerns that as nonstudents, they are being dismissed as partners in campus ministry.
View ArticleControversial nun speaks out on war in Syria
Monica ClarkMother Agnes Mariam on a speaking tour of the U.S. said she wants all foreign parties out of Syria so reconciliation can be negotiated.
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