St. Callistus Catholic Church

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas Eve! We have a special Daily Jolt from Nancy Guthrie to celebrate.

06/07/2025

Today's Daily Jolt comes from St. Lucy.

05/08/2025

"I welcome the newly elected successor to St. Peter. Pope Leo XIV. While many are surprised the cardinals chose an American, with his experience in both South and North America as a member of a worldwide religious order, this new pope will have a world vision. I am really encouraged by the new Holy Father’s emphasis on bridge-building, which we need in the Church right now. Our prayers and loyalty are with him!"

Most Rev. Michael C. Barber, S.J.
Bishop of Oakland

05/08/2025

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!

The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.

05/08/2025

White smoke! The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica.

05/07/2025

05/07/2025

05/06/2025

As the College of Cardinals makes final preparations to enter the Conclave, learn more about the members and the cardinal electors who will discern the identity of our new Pope.

You can learn more about the Conclave process and how a new Pope is chosen on our website: https://ow.ly/g4ew50VNzFB

05/06/2025

Today's Daily Jolt comes from Stanley Hauerwas.

05/02/2025

Few artists who focus on Catholic music find themselves nominated for Grammy awards. Fewer within that group write songs that you regularly find in your hymnal or missal. Even fewer in that group share those songs in person at your church.

Former Grammy nominee Sarah Hart regularly offers that for audiences in the pews, as she has done for years sharing songs for the Holy Father and for tens of thousands inside stadiums hosting Catholic conferences.

“Expect joy. They should expect to leave feeling more joyful than they came,” Hart says to those who will hear her voice, guitar and piano alongside fellow Catholic singer-songwriters Steve Angrisano and Jesse Manibusan for St. John the Baptist Church's “Story and Song” concert on Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. inside the parish gym in El Cerrito.

Read the full story and learn how to purchase tickets for this event at https://oakdiocese.org/news/grammy-nominee-hart-to-co-lead-catholic-singer-songwriter-night-in-el-cerrito

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Sarah Hart Steve Angrisano

05/02/2025

Today's Daily Jolt comes from Damian Lillard.

04/28/2025

The conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7 according to the Holy See Press Office.

The Cardinals present in Rome made the decision on Monday at their fifth General Congregation.

The conclave will take place in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, which remain closed to visitors during those days.