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- St.
Vincent dePaul Society - Non-Perishable Food Donations
Because of your generosity, more thean 54 families or 224 adults
and children in the Pleasanton area will receive and enjoy Easter
Food Baskets this Palm Sunday. Volunteers from the Knights of
Columbus, Ministry of Faith, Girl Scouts and Doug Wright helped
prepare and deliver the baskets. A big
thanks to you all.
- CCOP
Grief Ministry
received national attention recently when
Beverly McManus and Fr. Padraig Greene were featured on the
Voice of America's Health and Wellness program.
"Healing and the Grieving Heart", which is hosted
by Drs. Gloria
and Heidi Horsley, focused the March 27th program on "Too
Young
to be a Widow." At age 43, when her husband, Steve died
of
esophageal cancer, Beverly McManus wondered, "What next?"
Click
Here: Listen to the broadcast from Voice of America.
With their two daughters to get through college and a demanding
career, she had to discover how to go on living without her
husband and best friend. She found great support and help from
Fr. Padraig Greene of the Catholic Community of Pleasanton,
long an advocate of self-help, faith based bereavement groups.
Ms. McManus spoke of the stress of becoming a single parent
while
grieving for her husband. All the responsibilty was suddenly
on her
shoulders. It was not a place she chose to be. Feeling overwhelmed
and
alone, she saw an ad in the newspaper about the Grief Workshop.
She called and found the workshop was filled; but begged to
get in.
The workshop enabled Beverly to work through her grief and pain.
As a result of the aid given her; she has since joined in
to minister to others who have lost loved ones.
Fr. Greene stressed that grieving people need a safe,
caring environment where they feel comfortable; where
they aren't judged, and learn that their feelings of grief are
normal.
The Church is not just for religion; but is here to nurture
and assist
those who are hurting. The support group helps to get people
out of
isolation and allows them to grieve at their own pace.
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Bishop’s Annual Appeal - Continues.
We are + 91% of our goal.
(extra envelopes in the vestibules)
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CCOP
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat
of the East Bay is building new neighborhoods of attractive
affordable homes throughout the East Bay.
On
June 21, CCOP will be sending a team of volunteers to help build
eight Habitat houses for working, low-income people in Alameda.
The houses are in the final stages of completion, and volunteers
will
be spackling and caulking, installing baseboards, doorknobs,
and faucets, and building fences. Any level of skill is welcome.
Volunteering with a family member or friend is especially enriching.
Teens 18 and over may volunteer; those 16 and older may work
with the written permission of their parents.
If needed, volunteer carpools to the site will be formed for
this transforming experience.
Call Patricia Belding
at (925) 462-2152 for more information and to volunteer.
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