By Marie Galetto-Dugoni In the heart of Silicon Valley stands a symbol of enduring faith, tradition, and community—the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph. The oldest non-mission Catholic parish in California, established in 1803 and rebuilt in 1877, this sacred space...
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni Saint Elizabeth Parish in Milpitas, a vibrant and active parish with a dedicated team of staff and volunteers, received several grants from the Catholic Community Foundation’s Spring Grant Cycle in 2024. These grants, awarded across five...
Updated August 2024 In 2021, a coalition of experts in pediatric health declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. Rates of childhood mental health concerns and suicide have risen steadily since 2010, and by 2018 suicide was the second...
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni The pastor, staff and volunteers at Saint Victor Parish work hard to create engaging, spiritually fulfilling experiences for their parishioners. In 2017, Fr. Mark Gazzingan, Tamra Nelson, and the parish staff decided to try something new. The...
Parish Stewardship Grant – Most Holy Trinity Parish Most Holy Trinity parish is a community built on volunteer power. This multi-lingual, vibrant community has nine masses each weekend in four languages. They serve more than 300 families and 200 homeless each week...
Each year, the Foundation reviews the applications in the Parish Outreach category of the Spring Grant Cycle and considers applicants for a two-year grant. This means that the program selected will receive a grant this year and next year they will receive the same...
