A Note from our Pastor

Catechetical Sunday always falls on the 3rd Sunday of September.  However, here in our parish, we are celebrating it this weekend.  This special day is a reminder that all of us are called to be catechists in our own ways. This is our [...]

When I was growing up, I had my share of not always listening to my parents.  One evening my mother reminded me of my house chores, yet I chose not to listen, rather I went to my room to play.  So, who ended up doing my chores?  My mom.  The [...]

On August 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new system that tracks Covid1-19 cases by county that went into effect on Monday, August 31st.  This is a four tiered, color coded system that tracks counties by the number of Covid-19 cases.  Purple – [...]

On Monday, we are going to celebrate Labor Day.  This is a day of honoring working people, their contributions, achievements and sacrifices in pursuit of national prosperity and well-being.  However, this year will be a different way of [...]

The past several months we have been plagued with one devastating disaster after another – heat wave, wildfires, bad air quality, and a pandemic of biblical proportion.  In our country alone intense wildfires have left many families [...]

Towards the end of the Gospel of Matthew, the Risen Jesus, before ascending to the Father, commissioned His disciples with these words: “Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, [...]

 Photo mosaic by: holyspirit @ Mosaically As many of you already know I love a glass of nice wine. Additionally, when I have time, I also love to visit the vineyards in Napa and Sonoma and experience the whole wine making process and understand [...]

This week was a big week for us at the Church. We were able to celebrate Mass with parishioners!! Yeah! At last I could see people! I know it was only 25 people and it had to be outside, but it felt so good! Even though we adapted well to the [...]

For many years I have led pilgrimages to different Holy sites throughout the world, the holiest of them being the Holy Land itself (I mean Israel not Ireland as many of you might think!) and they have been memorable spiritual experiences for all [...]

Normally this time of year is full of celebrations of graduations from elementary school, high school, universities and other transitions. I have often preached about how exciting these milestones moments are for their families. Under ordinary [...]

This week was a very memorable week for me on so many levels. On Wednesday, I celebrated the 20th anniversary of my ministerial priesthood and it was a wonderful day of celebration. I started with a very emotional Mass at 8:30am with the staff [...]

As most of you know by now, I will be leaving Holy Spirit Parish and moving to St. Simon’s Parish in Los Altos as pastor there effective July 1st. I know this news is hard to hear and it was very difficult for me to share with the community via [...]