Coming Soon To San Diego
San Diegans! I’m really pleased to announce that after the Year of Faith Conference on February 15th & 16th, there’s going to be another special event straight after…
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San Diego “Year of Faith” Conference
What are you doing to mark the Year of Faith? Well, if you live in San Diego, why not come to the “Year of Faith” Conference in February?
It is going to be held at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, beginning Friday evening on February 15th and continuing on all day on Saturday, February 16th. There will be Mass, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and optional Rosary Walk or Praise and Worship session.
In addition, there will be four inspiring talks offered by the clergy of the parish, together with Fr. Jacob Bertrand, our guest speaker from St. Rose of Lima.
“Know Your Faith” | “Live Your Faith” | “Share Your Faith” | “Explain Your Faith”
You may attend the conference at no charge, but it is requested that you register with the parish office (619.291.1660) so we have some idea of numbers.
More details to follow…
Temple of Friendship
Today I’d like to ramble a little bit about the subject of “friendship” as it has been on my mind recently. In fact, one of my New Year Resolutions this year was as follows:
Resolution #6. Invest more time in friendships
I have some really good friends. I should spend more time with them.
This was inspired by one of my favourite Bible pages from the Deuterocanon:
Let your acquaintances be many, but one in a thousand your confidant.
When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to trust him.
For one sort is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress.
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A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.
A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.
A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds;
For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself.
– Sirach 6:6-17
Walk For Life San Diego
San Diego Walk For Life
TOT: Spiritual Lessons about Politics
Did your Christmas presents disappoint? Did Santa get lost on the way to your house? Were you naughty and not, in fact, nice? Well, no need to worry! In today’s post there’s a present we can all enjoy! 😉
Back in November we had another round of Theology On Tap here in San Diego, this time at John Paul “The Great” University. The first talk was from Dr. Michael Barber, entitled “Spiritual Lessons about Politics from the book of Revelation”. Dr. Barber’s talk is broken into two MP3s, roughly half an hour apiece, and is available for download below:
Main Talk (Download)
Q&A (Download)
No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength…
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. – Psalm 33:16-20
They clearly want us to vote Republican…
This year I’m actually going to be re-reading Dr. Barber’s commentary on the Book of Revelation and studying it with my friend Kevin, so you can probably expect to see a few Apocalyptic-related posts “coming soon”… 🙂
Mum’s Trip
As some of you know, my Mum came to visit me in San Diego recently. In case anyone was looking for ideas for things to do when friends visit, I thought I’d post some of the things we did (or tried to do) while she was here :
Church
Saturday Midday Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary
Daily Mass at The Immaculata
Evening Mass at The Mission
Sunday Divine Liturgy at Holy Angels
Food
Sandwich lunch at Hillcrest Sandwich Store
Lunch at Peohe’s
Gelato at Pappalecco (Little Italy)
Sunday Brunch at Pappalecco (Hillcrest)
Dinner at El Prado
Walks
Balboa Park and the Spanish Village
Pacific Beach. Watch the surfing off Tourlamine
Evening walk along Seaport Village
Mission Bay
Torrey Pines
“Culture”
Cinema Under the Stars
Catholic Answers Gala
Little Italy Farmer’s Market
Show at The Old Globe
Fashion Valley Mall
Drinks at the Wine Cabanna
