The Ethnic Pastoral Centers sense the Spirit of God unfolding a place for us in our Diocese of Oakland. Our experience has been one filled with hope and struggle. We have come to realize that we have entered a grace moment- a time to speak to our reality in this Diocese of Oakland.
As Catholic Christians we have been called and sent:
Like the apostolic communities, we seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit so that all can say of us: "See how they love one another."
Today the Oakland Diocese is comprised of some 550,000 Catholics amid a total population of 2.8 million people in our part of the Bay Area. As the Catholic population of the East Bay has grown, so has its diversity. Our Diocese is home to numerous ethnic pastoral and cultural centers, and Masses are celebrated regularly in more than a dozen languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Kmhmu, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, and Tagalog.