Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ -

Twenty parishioners leave this Friday morning on our Jubilee Year Pilgrimage honoring St. Francis of Assisi, traveling to Mission San Juan Bautista and Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel.

The life of St. Francis offers a timely witness for our world. His freedom of heart came from detachment from material possessions and a deep communion with God, neighbor, and all of creation. In an age shaped by consumerism, he challenges us to ask: *Do we place God and our neighbor above what we own?*

Francis also reminds us that faith is more than a private experience. He witnessed to the Gospel through concrete acts of love, mercy, and peace. He did not judge others but joyfully proclaimed God's love in both word and deed, inviting us to resist indifference and selfishness.

The final years of Francis' life were marked by illness, failing eyesight, and physical suffering. Yet he never gave in to despair. He trusted that God was still at work in him, that there was always more to receive, more to become, and more life still unfolding.

That is the heart of conversion: placing our trust in the God who never gives up on us or on our world.

As our pilgrims pray in these holy places, please send us your prayer intentions for the mass we will be celebrating this Sunday at Mission San Juan Bautista. Send them to Pilgrimage Prayers.

The Holy Father has offered this prayer for the Jubilee:

Saint Francis, our brother, you who eight hundred years ago

went to meet Sister Death as a man at peace,

intercede for us before the Lord.

You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,

teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliation

that breaks down every wall.

You who, unarmed, crossed the lines of war

and misunderstanding, give us the courage to build bridges

where the world raises up boundaries.

In this time afflicted by conflict and division,

intercede for us so that we may become peacemakers:

unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace

that comes from Christ.

Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us!

Father Gil

P.S. Welcome Jesuit Fathers, Billy Biegler and Travis Russell who will be celebrating masses this Sunday. Fr. Mark is on vacation and I will be with the pilgrimage returning on Sunday evening.

Magnifica Humanitas

The Encyclical of Pope Leo XIV on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence

Pope Leo XIV, in presenting to the world and to all the people of God, his first Encyclical Letter, focused on the care for the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence.

Read the encyclical here, Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.

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For peace in every nation: for all those wounded and killed and for the safety of service members in harm's way. For peace, may the light of the Holy Spirit transform hearts so that all may seek the way of peace together, let us pray to the Lord:

For our immigrant sisters and brothers living in fear of deportation, may the Lord accompany them through the ministry of the Christian community:

For the healing, comfort, and peace of the sick, Mary Healy, Lisa Becker McLaglen, Sharon Siebhur, Mike & Joanne Hinnebusch, Gwen Thompson, Bernadette Tee, Grace L'Manian, Jeannie Cheng, Richard Welch, Catherine Peacock, Dan Bianco, Nancy Campbell, Gary Orfield, Manolo Velez, Victoria T. Picard, Amparo Haber, Shirley Ruess, Sister Irene Wright, Greg Tinsley, Jack & Vicki Phillips, Tel Ramon, Mary Pat Cooper, Todd Wiench, Estrella and John Monzon, Charles Candel, Marisa Kavanau, Carol King Wolcott, John Wolcott, Angel Appleton, Clark Gassan, Lohriena Lohrie Counts, Nora McCormick Heinen, Weldon Tilley, Paul Lannan, Eileen Gaffney.

For the eternal rest of our beloved departed, Mary O’Conner, Don Jones, Lisa Crehan, Fred Votto, Biagio Silvestri, Paulina Dominguez-Castillo, G Robbie Nicholson, José Agerico Moncada, Debbie Battaglia, Madeleine Lord, Cecile Bianco, Mary Loberg, Mary Claire Arbus, Dolores Diaz, Grace Hiney, Robert Cimiluca, Gary Bourgeois, Andrew Politz, Pauline Zaloski, James Wilkie, Father Richard Chilson, CSP, Father Daniel McCotter, CSP, Zenaida B. Chua, Antonia T. Semar, Mike Lanning, Jaroslan Witkoski, Susan Burkhard, Connie Pobre, John A. Woodward IV, Terry Casey, Darrel Bengry, Joan Doyle, Cristina Mirendolf, Elaine Vucelich, Marietta Lavin, Jeffrey Graham, Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Robert J. Burns, John 'JJ' Goldrick, Dellie Abad, James Kennedy, José Fernandez, Terry O'Malley Seidler, Rich Puppione, Christie Farmer, Alfred Ruess, Christohper Hudlin, Alan Culver, Laura James, Anne Marie Hannick, Father Greg Goethals, SJ, Ron Schuster, Bobby Burks, Father Jack Lynch, CSP, Arlene Havel, Phil Duncan, Michele Kearin, Father Brad Schoeberle, CSP, Mary Tokuza, Haruko Hiromura, Donny Kie, Cesar Robeniol, Nellie Scholar, may they rest in peace.