THIS DAY IN SACRAMENTO CHURCH HISTORY 124 YEARS AGO..........

On this day, May 28, 1886, what had begun under the Most Reverend Bishop Eugene O'Connell, as the Vicariate of Marysville in 1860, and the Diocese of Grass Valley in 1868, was transferrred and erected as the Diocese of Sacramento, by his successor, the Most Reverend Bishop Patrick Manogue, who was the founding Bishop of the what became the Sacramento Diocese. Today, as we open the 125th year of our existence as a diocesan Church, under our 9th Bishop, the Most Reverend Jaime Soto, with 103 parishes, spread throughout 20 counties of Northern California, it is more vutal than ever that we provide for the pastoral, spiritual, moral, catechetical, sacramental, charitable, and social, ministries of the People of God in our Sacramento Diocese. Many more priests, sisters, brothers, deacons, and lay ministers, are needed to provide for and serve these needs of being Church in the 3rd Millennium. Families and parishes must commit steadfastly to not only praying for Church Vocations, but actively promote them, by encouraging your children, grandchildren, and young adults, in parishes to seriously consider and discern their potential for a vocation to the priesthood, religious life, and diaconate. By participating in the lay ministries of your parish, is one of the further ways they may be inspired to decide to dedicate their lives to serving God and our Diocese by a Church Vocation. What is your family and your parish doing to pray, promote, and provide, native vocations from your own homes and churches?? Recruiting more priests, religious, deacons, and lay ministers, is not somebody else's responsibilty, it is EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY !!! And that means YOU and ME !!!!!!!!!!..........In The Hopeful Expectation That Our Families And Parishes Will Continue To Provide MANY MORE CHURCH VOCATIONS For the Lord's Vineyard of the Sacramento Diocese, Fr. Troy