School of Pastoral Ministry


St. Francis de Sales School for Pastoral Ministry is now Accepting Applications for 2012 School Year.

You are called to know your Faith, to live your Faith, to share your Faith!

The Saint Francis de Sales School for Pastoral Ministry is a program of the Diocese designed to help you realize your calling. The School presents a three-year curriculum, centered on the Holy Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which gives ordinary people living in the world an opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the Faith and to be able to explain it and present it in a clear, prayerful, and reasonable manner to others.

The Saint Francis de Sales School for Pastoral Ministry is an excellent preparation for people who want to work in a parish or ministry, for those preparing for Master Catechist certification, and for those who want to know more about their faith in general. It meets once a month on Saturdays at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Berkeley. For more information, please contact Sandra Martinez at 510-267-8371.

Applications are available here.

For more information, contact Sandra Martinez, 510-267-8371 or send an email to: smartinez@oakdiocese.org



Diocese of Oakland

2121 Harrison Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612-3788
510.893.4711 • Fax: 510.893.0945 • www.oakdiocese.org


March 2012

Dear Students of the St. Francis de School for Pastoral Ministry,

Thank you for giving generously to Saint Joseph the Worker Church. Saint Joseph church will be our monthly charity for March as well.

Classes meet next on March 10th at Saint Joseph the Worker Parish. Here is the schedule for the day:

The Graduation Mass will take place at 9:00 a.m. in the church for the School for Pastoral Ministry Class of 2011 with Bishop Salvatore Cordileone. All are invited to attend.

Morning classes begin promptly at 19:15 am and conclude at 12:00 noon. Lunch is at 12 noon to 1:00 pm. Afternoon classes begin at 1:00 pm and conclude at 3:30 pm.

Here are the room assignments for February 11th.

Year 1: Room 114
AM — "The Power of Language" with Stephen Córdova
PM — "Old Testament" with Edie Black

Year 2: Room 115
AM — "Introduction to Liturgy" with Fr. Jeffrey Keyes
PM — "Dogmatic Theology I" with John Knutsen

Year 3: Room 121
AM — "Catholic Moral Thought" with Patrick Downey
PM — "Cathlic Social Teaching" with Colleen Knutsen


The Spring 2012 dates are 3/10, 4/14, 5/12, 6/9. We will notify you of any further changes.

Mary Ann Wiesinger, Associate Director
Department for Evangelization and Catechesis


To know Christ better and make Him better known