From the Five East County Parishes of the Delta Deanery:
Welcome Home!
While
you
were
gone,
you
were
missed.
1st Corinthians 12:12-26
As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons. and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
Now the body is not a single part, but many. If a foot should say, "Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong ay less to the body. Or if an ear should say, "Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God placed the parts, each one of them, in the body as he intended, If they were all one part, where would the body be? But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor again the head to the feet, "I do not need you." Indeed the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety, whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share in its joy.
St. Ignatius - Antioch
Most Holy Rosary - Antioch
St. Anthony - Oakley, Bethel Island, Knightsen
Immaculate Heart of Mary - Brentwood
St. Anne - Byron, Discovery Bay
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The Delta Deanery "Returning Catholics Program" is made up of a combined effort of the five deanery parishes. Persons interested in getting information on upcoming sessions are asked to contact one of the parish representatives listed in this website. Information will be given on upcoming sessions.
The "Returning Catholic Program" offers two distinct formats depending on your personal and the community's needs. Programs for one individual provide individually developed formats that address your specific needs. Programs for group discernments cover a more formal setting of six to eight weeks to help you discern the very matters that caused you and others from our community to leave the active participation in the Catholic Church. You will have an opportunity to discuss them with others (Team and other returning Catholics) who have had similar experiences. All discussions take place in a non-threatening/non-committal group environment. One-on-one individual sessions are available as may be necessary.
Sessions are given at each of the five parishes depending on the need. Participants will meet with lay ministers (many of whom may have had your specific concern in their own lives) who have volunteered their time to help you discern your possible return to the church. You will have the opportunity, when you are ready, to meet with staff and members of the parish to help you with the process of healing and to develop an interface between yourself and the parish.
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St. Ignatius: Dn. Al Fleischer (925) 516-9365
Most Holy Rosary: Mrs. Jackie (925) 757-9515
St. Anthony: Dn. Alan Layden (925) 513-7563
Immaculate Heart of Mary: (925) 634-4154
St. Anne: (925) 634-9637
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