Bishop Jaime Soto: “In light of the serious financial hardships being experienced by our parishes and schools during this Covid-19 pandemic and the high level of economic uncertainty that exists for the fiscal year 2020/2021, I am rescinding the salary adjustment guideline that I published in January of this year….
For Lay employees no increase
For all Priests no increase and no years-of-service step increase….
The above comes from a May 18 letter from Bishop Jaime Soto.
Glen Faulkner has been hired as Diocesan Coordinator for Parish Security. Glen is a parishioner of Holy Spirit Parish in Sacramento….
Glen retired as a lieutenant from the Sacramento Police Department after 27 years. During his career at the Sacramento Police Department, Glen worked in various roles, including patrol, as a training officer, in the department’s policy and risk management unit, and even several years on horseback and in a boat…
Glen’s work in the Diocese of Sacramento will focus on the following: Assisting parishes with the implementation of prudent safety measures, including obtaining a formal Threat Assessment Report from Homeland Security and following-up on the recommendations made in the report; Coordinating free training opportunities for pastors and volunteers….
The above comes from a May 25 release from the diocese of Sacramento.
Since 2016 there have been many, high fatality church/synagogue shootings perpetrated by right wing fanatics. The hiring of a retired police officer with expertise in security is a very good idea and long overdue. Thank you Bishop Soto!
Get your facts straight, shootings by leftists happen too and are underplayed by the liberal media. Libs prefer shooters to be white, male Trump supporters and when that’s not the case, the story gets put aside. The latest example is the August 2019 Dayton Ohio shooter who was a left wing Bernie Sanders loving Antifa fanatic. Don’t remember? Thank CNN , MSNBC and their ilk.
Kristin: the history of mass shootings over the past few years show that you need to get YOUR facts straight.
You have got to be kidding. Multiple shootings by drugs dealers and pushers that have even killed innocent bystanders, including children, are done by right wing fanatics???
When my mother was alive, when the gangs were shooting at each other the bullets went through the walls or windows of the manager’s office of her apartment complex. It wasn’t the Ku Klux Klan nor the Posse Comitatus. That was after my hairdresser’s cousin – Hispanic – had been shot going into a bank in the same city, and she was not even in a gang. It is still happening all the time in some cities.
Jimmy mac, are you denying my statement that shootings by leftists also happen? Sorry that FACT upsets you, but imagine how upset House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was when a leftist gunman shot him at a congressional baseball game in 2017.
If a church wants to have a security presence, great, the flock should be protected from violent intruders. Just do not be fooled that they are all right wing miscreants. Evil flourishes on all sides.
Be glad the diocese of Sacramento has the funds to pay for the services they need.
And the relevance of shootings to Church salaries is?
I hope the Bishop took a pay small CUT as an example to others.
Instead of making vague claims, can anyone name churches that were shot up by right-wing perpetrators?
“Many” such “high fatality” shootings since 2016 by right wingers seems untrue, but, I’m open to learning, if anyone can provide names, dates and locations.
The bishop was right to hire a security expert, since some threats are credible.
That said, it’s not like “right wing fanatics” started shooting up churches the year the Democrats lost the White House (if that’s why the year “2016” was mentioned).
DWebb and Jimmy mac, can you provide any evidence for your claims?
Nobody in his right mind will consider working for the church now. Why spend all that time and money on a theological or musical education only to be poor, unable to support your family, and have no job security in an organization that is shrinking?
Sr. Obispo Jaime Soto: Dios le bendice! Usted es un hombre justo, lo felicito porque hasta el momento en este tiempo de Pandemia usted no ha anunciado ningún despido en su Diócesis, es verdad, todos tenemos que contribuir y colaborar juntos para continuar en este momento histórico anunciando la Buena Nueva del evangelio de Jesucristo, todo lo demás viene por añadidura. Los ajustes son necesarios, pero eso no impide que el trabajo pastoral en la Iglesia se detenga…
So, is Cal-Catholic going bi-lingual? Thought not, so why take a response in a foreign language?
Quizas vd. no puede leer el idioma Espanol? Es facil.
mink m: Maybe we in the United States of America prefer to use the official language of the nation. Adios amigo.
Do you write to Archbishop Gomez or any other bishop and criticize them for communicating in Spanish? I didn’t think so. Just right-wing virtue posturing is all that’s going on here, not a principled stance.
Well, Spanish I can read — somewhat — but if people start writing in Tagalog, Chinese, Japanese,German, Arabic and French, I think we will all be in trouble. (Laughter.) My family of mixed heritage said “God bless you” in German when someone sneezed, but I do not know how to spell it, except the “Gott” part. I am willing to give them all a try though.
Douglas, when Gomez or any other bishop communicates in Spanish it is for that intended audience of Spanish speakers, this site is in English, the stories and posted responses are in English , if you post in another language you may not be understood, and the comments you receive will reflect that. Your fallacious reasoning , had nothing to do with gomez , the poster did not identify himself as being gomez or his spokesperson, so his posting in Spanish is unusual for this site. The only virtue signaling or posturing is from you, the right wing comment is a red herring. BTW I don’t disagree with the comment by Heriberto, it would have been easier to understand if it had been in English , respecting this site and my fellow posters is a principled stance, I do it using reason and not disparagement, respectful dialog with those who I disagree with is simple decency.
May the soul of George Floyd, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. I finally watched the video, and it was hard seeing the bystanders pleading for Chauvin to take his foot off of Floyd’s neck, and he would not do so. All I can say is that in a country where children are ripped about alive in their mother’s womb, and their body parts sold for money, life has become very cheap; nevertheless, we cannot turn away from any of these horrible crimes. Rioting is not the solution either as one older black lady said when she saw that every store and means of transportation used in her area had been destroyed. God help us all.
Correction to second line: children are ripped apart alive.
Another correction: Chauvin had his knee, not his foot, on George Floyd’s neck.
I just watched Trey Gowdy say that he had seen all the videos, and that he thinks Chauvin should be charged with at least murder one or two. I trust his opinion, but of course there needs to be a trial with all the evidence presented.
Fiscal responsibility is important. We retired priests in San Diego are not receiving an increase this year. That is responsible. I help by refusing stipends from parishes where I say Mass so that the responsible pastors can get their parishes on solid financial footing after the closing of churches cut their donations drastically. As well, I make contributions from my retirement to Catholic parishes and charities. Firebombing at St. John Episcopal in DC, graffiti at St. Patrick in NY, other vandalism in CA, murder of the priest in France show a need for protection of facilities and worshipers. Google translator helps those who wish to understand the posts in other languages.