Diocesan Events

Develop your skills to build an amazing Core Team of youth ministry leaders and learn how to help your team thrive as effective, Catholic mentors for young people.

The diocese's Office of Vocations invites you to an evening of prayer for vocations, hosted by St. James Parish. It will include adoration/benediction, a vocation story, a question and answer session and fellowship.

The diocese's Office of Catholic Charities and Social Concerns and Dignity Health are hosting an end-of-life care workshop. The workshop is open to all, but especially tailored for bereavement and health ministers, eucharistic ministers and ministers to the homebound, catechists and respect life ministers, Vincentian volunteers and/or caretakers.

Discussion topics include church teaching on end-of-life ethics, accessing quality palliative care, hospice care and advance health care directives, and pastoral care at the end of life.

Adoremus in November will be hosted at Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Please join us for an hour of Eucharistic adoration with opportunities for confession. All young adults are invited to come. If you’re a college student, working professional, a young family, Catholic and non-Catholic, we hope that you can come!

The location of the social afterwards will be announced soon.

El curso de los primeros auxilios para la salud mental de los jóvenes es un programa de educación que presenta a los participantes los factores de riesgo y señales de advertencia de los problemas de la salud mental en adolescentes, construye la comprensión de la importancia en la intervención temprana, y enseña a las personas cómo ayudar a los jóvenes que están experimentando una crisis o un desafío de salud mental, o abuso de sustancias.

Bishop Jaime Soto will preside at the Black Catholic History Month Mass, sponsored by the diocese's Black Catholic Ministry.

Please note that the Mass at St. Rose Parish will be held in the Msgr. Kavanagh Hall, the northern most building on the parish grounds.

The ministry invites those attending to bring a dish to share. Participants are encouraged to bring history items (personal or general), representing Catholic culture from throughout the African diaspora.

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a public education program, which introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and most importantly – teaches individuals how to help a youth in crisis or experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge.  Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect young people to professional, peer, social, a

Adoremus in December will be hosted by TBD. Please join us for an hour of Eucharistic adoration with opportunities for confession. All young adults are invited to come. If you’re a college student, working professional, a young family, Catholic and non-Catholic, we hope that you can come!

The location of the social afterwards will be announced soon.

Adoremus is a young adult ministry of the Diocese of Sacramento that meets on the first Monday of every month, rain or shine! We make sure that all who come have this monthly opportunity for confession and prayer.

In a world fraught with instability, uncertainty, and division, the Lord's promise to remain always with us is a source of great hope for our youth, our young adults, and for all who minister to them. Join us for an Advent day of reflection to strengthen your commitment to Jesus and to be renewed in your service to God's holy people.

9am Welcome
9:30am Mass
5pm Conclusion

This is a practical, hands-on training that will help you (youth ministry coordinators) develop a vision and strategic plan for your ministry, guide you in how to plan your calendar for the year based on your vision and plan, and get you started in how to create a budget proposal to support the vision and strategic plan for your parish's youth ministry.