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    Laura Held, President of Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa since 2014 will no longer represent the High School. During her six years at Newman, Laura Held has faced enormous challenges including most notably the partial destruction of the School in 2017 in the Tubbs Fire and this year the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bishop and the Board are grateful to Ms. Held for her leadership in these times of crisis.

One of the concerns that I have is the amount of time children will be spending online with distance learning.  Our schools have good plans in place that include an awareness of screen time limits and necessary breaks from the computer.  That isn’t what I am worried about. 

home and COVID-19 social distancing.  And it has certainly affected us in many ways, some of which are very real but not talked about much. And those are loneliness, anxiety, and fear.

Thank you to the 3599 dedicated donors who have pledged $943,120 to the 2020 Annual Ministry Appeal.

On 17 of August 2020, Fr. James McSweeney suddenly passed away in the course of dealing with a serious illness.  He was loved by so many who were impacted by his heartfelt and caring ministry. 

Forget social media. Forget blogs. Forget the barrage of “information.” (Never has there been so much false information.) Forget the constant “spin” and diatribe. Forget the real fake news Follow Jesus. Not bloggers. Not candidates. Not self-appointed gurus. Just Him.