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Resource Library
Parish divorced ministry volunteers and pastors are welcome to borrow from the materials we have available in the following subject areas:

• Addictive Relationships
  
• Bereavement
  
• Building Healthy Intimacies
  
• Catholic Social Teaching
  
• Christian Spirituality
  
• Discipleship
  
• Discussion Guides
  
• Dysfunctional Relationships
  
• Family Life/Marriage
  
• Family Planning
  
• Family Awareness
  
• For Children In Divorce
  
• Gender Relationships / Differential
  
• Human Person
  
• Human Suffering
  
• Immaturity / Narcissism
  
• Male Intimacy Patterns
  
• Male Sexuality
  
• Male Spirituality
  
• Moral Decision Making
  
• Pastoral Care/Psychology
  
• Patterns Of Family Relationships
  
• Physical And Spiritual Foundations of Marriage
  
• Self-Love
  
• Single Parenting
  
• Social Justice
  
• Step Parenting Issues
  
• Women's Intimacy Patterns
  
• Women's Maturity
  
• Women's Spirituality
  

Local Newsletters

Contra Costa (Central)– contact the CDWS group at (925) 825-5979.

Alameda - (Southeastern)-- contact the Genesis group at (925) 449-2195.

Useful Websites

www.usccb.org
US Conference of Catholic Bishops

www.nacflm.org
National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers

www.nacsdc.org
NACSDC

www.saintgeo.com/catholic_links.htm
Catholic Links

www.rainbows.org
Rainbows for Children

www.aarp.org/griefandloss
AARP Grief and Loss

www.retrouvaille.org
Retrouvaille

Diocesan Resources
GENERAL INFORMATION
Diocese of Oakland 510-893-4711

Personal and Family Counseling
Catholic Charities 888-970-2232 / 510-768-3100

Annulment Information
Diocesan Department of Canon Law - 510-893-4711

Support Groups
ANTIOCH - St. Ignatius of Antioch - 925-778-0768
IgnAntioch@aol.com
BERKELEY - St. Mary Magdalen - 510- 526-4811
bgamba@aol.com
CONCORD - Family Life Office - 925-687-4549
DUBLIN - St. Raymond's - 925-829-2137
EL CERRITO - St. John the Baptist - 510-527-2148
NEWARK - St. Gaspar House - 510-792-5267 / 793-0417
saintedward@yahoo.com
OAKLAND - St. Theresa - 510-547-2777
OAKLAND - St. Columba - 510- 654-7600
stcolumbao@aol.com
PLEASANTON- St. Augustine - 925-846-4489
office@catholicsofpleasanton.org

Catholic Singles
Danville - St. Isidore Parish - 925-837-2122
office@st-isidore-danville.org
Fremont - St. Joseph Parish - 510-656-2364 (40+)
stjomisssj@aol.com
Oakland - St. Leo the Great - 510-654-6177
stleo@pacbell.net
Pleasant Hill - Christ the King - 925-682-2486

For Widows and Widowers
San Leandro - 510-632-1588
Walnut Creek - St. John Vianney - 925-944-7063

Retreat Information
San Damiano, Franciscan Retreat - 925-837-9141 info@sandamiano.org
Holy Redeemer Center - 510- 635-6341 HRCoakland@aol.com
San Iñigo, Jesuit Retreat House - 650-948-4491 retreat@elretiro.org
Vallambrosa, Archdiocese of San Francisco - 650-325-5614 host@vallombrosa.org

Family Aid and Domestic Violence Resources
Legal Aid Society of Alameda County -(510) 451-9261
Legal Aid of Contra Costa -- 925-233-9954 / 925-439-9166
Domestic Violence Support Groups - 925-676-2845
Bay Area Family Resources - (510) 451-2846

24-Hour Crisis Line (abuse) -- 1-888-215-5555
Or
Crisis Line (suicide) -- 1-800-833-2900
Or
Crisis Line (grief) -- 1-800-837-1818

Independent Programs:
We also cooperate with and make referrals to the following INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS:

Beginning Experience / Newly Alone
Weekends for those just beginning to deal with the issues of divorce and for those ready to close the door on the past and begin a new life.

Retrouvaille
www.helpourmarriage.com A program designed to provide couples with the tools to heal a troubled marriage.

We are members of Region XI of the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics (NACSDC), an official movement of the US Catholic Church with regional representation in California, NACSDC offers yearly conferences and workshops geared at personal healing, as well as leadership development.

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