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Thriving Parishes Project Training at St. John of Damascus Church in Poway, CA

October 25-26, 2025 Thriving Parishes Project Program Director Priest Andrew Smith and Project Manager Brittany Yeager traveled to St.

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Thriving Parishes Project at St. Innocent Church in Pleasanton, CA

Thriving Parishes Project at St. Innocent Church in Pleasanton, CA | November 1-2, 2025 On Saturday, November 1, Priest Andrew Smith, P

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Missions in the Diocese of the West

October 23rd, 2025 Dearly Beloved Fathers, Mothers, Brothers and Sisters: For many years, the missions of our Diocese have been organized into a Mi

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Centennial Anniversary of Fort Ross Pilgrimage Celebrated

“This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad therein.” FORT ROSS, CA – On Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, God blessed Fort

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First Annual Dual Congregation Choir Workshop on The Big Island

September 17, 2025 Choir Directors and Choir Members from St. Juvenaly and Holy Ascension congregations met together in Waimea (about h

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Washington Court Issues Order Protecting Seal of Confession

Reposted from OCA.org: https://www.oca.org/news/headline-news/washington-court-issues-order-protecting-seal-of-confession On Friday, October 10, 20

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Homily on the Feast of St. Innocent of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to America

Bishop Vasily of San Francisco and the West | October 6, 2025 St. Innocent Church Pleasanton, California In the name of the Father and of the So

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Fundraiser: New Windows for the Chapel at Fort Ross

Repost from: https://wadiocese.org/news/1069/fundraiser-new-windows-for-the-chapel-at-fort-rossThe joint committee, comprising members of

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2025 DOW Clergy Wife Retreat

Friday, Nov. 7 - Sunday, Nov. 9 It is a joy that our Diocese offers us a retreat for priest's wives, deacon's wives, and widowed of the same f

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Thriving Parishes Project Retreat, Phoenix, AZ

Thriving Parishes Project Retreat, Phoenix, AZ | July 14, 2025 | Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ Close to 50 people gathered in Phoen

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