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“Today, all churches were closed because of the influenza that continues to spread,” wrote Monsignor Henrique Augusto Ribeiro, pastor at Five Wounds Portuguese National Parish, in his diary on December 18, 1918.

In the 1940s, Mexicans began arriving to join Puerto Rican families in the Mayfair neighborhood of San José.

On this 40th anniversary, we remember the events leading to the formation of the Diocese of San José with great fondness.

I think that if we asked any mother what she wanted most for her child, she would likely answer, “to be happy.”

When Helen Hansen, a Chicago social worker, journeyed to the Santa Clara Valley in 1955, she would have seen orchards but also a booming suburban community on the southern edge of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Every assignment has been tremendously gratifying, and all have been a surprise to me.

I feel like my faith keeps failing. What can I do to maintain a strong and lively faith?