Diocese of Oakland Vocations

Diocese of Oakland Vocations Office of Vocations
Diocese of Oakland
2121 Harrison Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
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The major activities for our Vocations and Seminarians Office are vocational promotional ministry, discernment and direction of seminarians in the formation program, maintaining contact and relations with seminaries and vocational apostolate groups, administrating the vocations office and its archives, and cooperating with the clergy services department, other diocesan offices, and national organizations on vocational projects.

10/24/2025
Tonight’s rehearsal for the diaconate ordination this weekend.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
10/09/2025

Tonight’s rehearsal for the diaconate ordination this weekend.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Is God calling you to be a priest? Start your discernment journey today.
09/24/2025

Is God calling you to be a priest? Start your discernment journey today.

We give thanks to God for our newest candidate to Holy Orders for our diocese: Omar Lara. Pray for him as he continues t...
09/20/2025

We give thanks to God for our newest candidate to Holy Orders for our diocese: Omar Lara. Pray for him as he continues to study theology and be formed to be a priest after the heart of Christ.

With Omar is Fr. Matthew Murray, Vocations Director, Fr. Joy Kumarthusseril, Pastor of his home parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fremont and Fr. Alvaro Santamaria.

With praise and thanksgiving to God we present our newly ordained transitional deacons: Deacon Aidan Cameron-Smith, Deac...
06/28/2025

With praise and thanksgiving to God we present our newly ordained transitional deacons: Deacon Aidan Cameron-Smith, Deacon Garrett McGowan, Deacon Huy Minh Nguyen.

06/26/2025

The Diocese of Oakland joyfully announces the Ordinations of Aidan Cameron-Smith, Garrett McGowan, and Huy Minh Nguyn to the Diaconate through the Imposition of Hands and the Invocation of the Holy Spirit by Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11 a.m.

Please join us online at saintjosephmsj.org/diaconate-ordination

Deacon Formation: THE MASS FOR THE RITE OF INSTITUTION OF ACOLYTES
06/21/2025

Deacon Formation:

THE MASS FOR THE RITE OF INSTITUTION OF ACOLYTES

Join us at Deacon Alvaro Santamaria's Ordination to the Priesthood, tomorrow May 24 at 11am in TThe Cathedral of Christ...
05/23/2025

Join us at Deacon Alvaro Santamaria's Ordination to the Priesthood, tomorrow May 24 at 11am in TThe Cathedral of Christ the Light

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/

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2121 Harrison Street, Ste 100
Oakland, CA
94612

Telephone

+15102678356

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