By Nick Carney I love hiking and one of my favorite places to go is into the redwood forest of the Santa Cruz mountains. I think redwood trees are amazing. Not because of their overwhelming height or longevity, but because of the strength they are able to sustain....
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni The Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County awarded the first-ever Catholic Impact Scholar Award to Ian da Silva of Bellarmine College Prep. This award is given to a junior who exemplifies the impact that a Catholic high school...
By Mary Quilici Aumack As is our tradition, we traveled to Oregon this year for Thanksgiving. We have done this almost every year since 1983 (Yikes!). We have deep traditions around outings, certain celebrations for certain days, and FOOD. As you know, my friend Fr...
By Mary Quilici Aumack Chief Executive Officer The Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County I’m a broken record sometimes. In my writing, themes repeat themselves. Far overriding all others is that of gratitude for the “why” of us: The real presence of...
By Mary Quilici Aumack Last week, I was talking to my daughter Kacey about family stories. She was encouraging me to rally my five siblings and get things “written down,” so that the stories which we love and carry in our hearts can be passed on and treasured by...
Article originally published by The Valley Catholic. Read the original article here. By Liz Sullivan As the Saturday morning sun shone through the blue stain glass windows above the altar at Holy Cross Church in San José on October 12, the Society of Saint Joseph held...
