Five men said "Yes," to God's call on Saturday, June 13 as Auxiliary Bishop Rey Bersabal ordained them to the priesthood for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) West Province during a joyful Mass at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento. The celebration marked a milestone not only for the newly ordained priests and the Society of Jesus, but also for Bishop Rey, who celebrated his first priestly ordinations as a bishop.

The Ordination Mass filled St. Ignatius Church with family, friends and faithful. Over 80 Jesuit priests attended alongside visiting clergy, while numerous scholastics and Jesuits in various stages of formation joined in the celebration of God's continuing call to priestly service.
Ordained to the priesthood were Fathers Edward H. Chow, SJ, Shane Liesegang, SJ, Dennis Allan Vivar Marzan, SJ, Chris Nguyen, SJ and Victor Pro Yanez, SJ.

The Soto family home had a few curious features. My father, Oscar, loved gardening. When newly married, he bought a home at the end of a cul-de-sac so he could have a large garden that wrapped around the house. In the garden were a variety of flowers and trees: gladiolas, snap dragons, California poppies, gardenias, orchid trees, apricots and an avocado tree, to name a few.

MADRID (CNS) -- In a highly anticipated and historic speech to Spain's parliament, Pope Leo XIV urged modern-day leaders to be guided by ancient and Catholic principles that gave birth to universal human rights based on the inalienable dignity of the human person.

While Church and state legitimately remain separate, many virtues and aims of good governance and just laws are rooted in values profoundly marked and inspired by the Christian tradition, he told hundreds of lawmakers and leaders of judiciary branches June 6 in Spain's Congress of Deputies.