SPRED Retreat

After presiding at the closing liturgy of 29th annual SPRED Labor Day retreat, Bishop Allen Vigneron (back row center) joined some of the participants and catechists: Back row (from left), Bill Turner, Laura Dwight, Dolores Vargas, Tony Vargas, Marguerite Chatigny; middle row (from left), Holy Family Sister Aurora Perez (SPRED director), Cindy Chua, Gina Damerell, Maggie Orozco; front row (from left), David Louisell, Monica McHugh, John Paul Alston. Sixty-seven adults with developmental disabilities and 33 helper catechists from 40 parishes in the Oakland Diocese spent the weekend at San Damiano Retreat Center in Danville reflecting on the theme “Receive the Holy Spirit.” (Diocese of Oakland Catholic Voice)

Sr. Aurora Perez, a Sister of the Holy Family is the Director of SPRED.For more information on this ministry to people with learning diabilities see: SPRED Mission Statement, What We Do, Who We Are