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On Saturday 19th the Diocese of San Bernardino concluded the Year of Mercy with a Mass at Queen of Angeles Parish, Riverside. More than 70 priests from the Diocese concelebrated. Over 1500 deacons, religious and lay faithful joined Bishops Barnes and Rutilio in offering thanks to the Lord. Bishop Barnes in his powerful and faith-filled […]

Our second Bible workshop took place on October 22, 2016 at St. George, Ontario. It was organized in three languages English, Spanish and Vietnamese simultaneously.  Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA guided the English group, Roberto Flores, SVD guided the Spanish group and Binh Nguyen, SVD guided the Vietnamese group. There were about 250 participants totally. The […]

On September 24, 2016 fifteen of the MLVD members of Queen of Angeles Church, Riverside renewed their commitment for another year to be Lay Partners of the SVD and to be witness to the ministry and charism of our Founder and the Society. Five members made their commitment for the first time. We congratulate them […]

The USW Province celebrated the Jubilarians of 2016. A good number of confreres gathered togethed at Riverside Residence on September 8th, Thursday to celebrate the Jubilarians. The celebration began with Eucharist. Melvin James was the main celebrant and Jesus Briones the primary homilist. The rest of the Jubilarians concelebrated. They all shared about their life […]

We are in another season of Mission Appeals. As every year we are collaborating with the Mission Office in Techny to do the mission appeals. The USW members who are doing the mission appeal this year are: Steve Pardy, Don O’Connor, Jesus Briones, Jesus Zamarripa, Emilio Reyes, Biju Thomas, Paul Schmidt, Joe Miller and Soney […]

A house warming ceremony was organized at Blessed Sacrament Church, San Diego on July 21, 2016 by Jon Kirby the newly appointed pastor. Mostly all the members of San Diego district, many parishioners, parish and school staff attended the program. The administration of Blessed Sacrament Parish has been given to USW Province by the Diocese […]

Rodrigues Ongong was ordained to priesthood on July 17, 2016 in Kinshasa. Rodrigues has been assigned to USW by Fr. General this January. Presently he is in Kinshasa helping out at one of our parishes. Rodrigues informs that in September he will celebrate thanksgiving Masses with his people and in October he will have his […]

The dedication of the new Queen of Angels Church took place on April 23, 2016 in the presence over 4000 people. The new Church was dedicated by the Most Rev. Bishop Gerald Barnes accompanied by Most Rev. Rutilio Del Riego, Auxiliary Bishop Emiritus, the Pastor Fr. Miguel Ruiz and a large number of priests and […]

Memorial Mass for BB was celebrated on May 18th Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Stone House Chapel. It was the 100th day of BBs death. BBs grand niece Mara and her son from Florida participated in the ceremony. The celebration was solemnized by the Knights of Columbus color guard and the presence of many […]

The XVIII USW Provincial Chapter took place on April 6, 2016 at the Riverside residence. The Chapter began with the Bible enthronement by Hieu Trong Nguyen. Soney Sebastian, the Provincial declared the Chapter opened during the opening prayer. Later he presented an overview of the Province. There are 65 member in the province and we […]