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Recent news stories have reported that Jeremiah York, former Director of Cathedral Liturgical Ministries and Executive Assistant to the Rector, was arrested. Mr. York has not worked at the Cathedral since the first week of January, and is no longer employed by the Cathedral, nor is he employed or volunteering at any other Diocese of Oakland parish or school. + Click To Read Full Statement in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese

Click here for the liturgy times for Holy Week and Easter, April 2 to 9, 2023.

Ash Wednesday is on February 22. Mass will be offered at 7:00 am, 12:10 pm, and 5:30 pm. Mass in Vietnamese is at 7:00 pm.

The Diocese of Oakland and the Archdiocese of San Francisco are holding a joint Mass for World Day of the Sick at the Cathedral of Christ the Light on Saturday, February 11 at 11:00 am. All are invited—especially those who are ill and their caretakers.

The Cathedral of Christ the Light is hosting the first ever East Bay Respect Life Mass on Saturday, January 21 at 9:00 am. Bishop Barber will be presiding. All are encouraged to then continue to the Walk For Life Rally in San Francisco following the Mass.

Click to read Bishop Barber's statement on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The Holy See has announced his funeral will be Thursday, January 5, in Rome. There will be a rosary at the conclusion of the 12:10 pm Mass at the Cathedral on that day. The 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, January 8, will be offered for the repose of the soul of the Pope Emeritus.

Join us on Sunday, December 4 at 5:00 pm for hot cocoa, community, and our first ever Christmas tree lighting on the plaza! Join Bishop Barber and the Cathedral Schola Cantorum in a service of readings, choral music and hymns in the Cathedral afterwards.

As the Cathedral Parish grows, it is critical that we align our available resources for missionary success. We have decided to indefinitely suspend the 5:00 pm Vigil Mass on Saturdays, effective November 26, 2022, the First Sunday of Advent. The final 5:00 pm Mass will be on Saturday, November 19, 2022, the Vigil of Christ the King. + Click to read Fr. Brandon's letter.

As we enter Respect Life Month, the bishops of California are inviting all Catholics to engage in prayer and fasting to end abortion and for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to form the minds and hearts of California citizens to defeat Prop 1. With that in mind, our bishops are hosting a Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary to Defeat Proposition 1 from September 29 to October 7. Click to download the novena guide.

Catholic Family Life Week is on September 24 to October 2. Click here to see CCFL evens happening through out our diocese.

"Days ago we celebrated the joy of Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation. Today likewise will go down in history when the right to life was restored to children in their mother’s womb." Click here to read Bishop Barber's full statement in support of the Supreme Court ruling.