Dr. Jillian Hawks, L.M.F.T. The Catholic Therapist Dr. Jillian Hawks is a licensed marriage and family therapist dedicated to promoting wellness by integrating mental health treatment with the Catholic faith. She has experienced the healing power of faith and believes that with faith, humility, and perseverance, true peace is attainable. Don’t despair in the face of suffering—have hope, surrender to God, and let the Holy Spirit guide you. She has faced some of life’s toughest challenges and found healing through faith. As an Army wife, mother, and breast cancer survivor, she knows the power of faith in overcoming adversity. You can find this healing too. Fr. Dismas Sayre, O.P. Rosary Center & Confraternity Fr. Dismas Sayre, OP is a member of the Western Dominican Province of the United States (Holy Name Province). After graduating from the University of Utah and working at the university, he entered the Dominicans in 2001, and was ordained in 2008. He has his academic degrees in history, philosophy, and a Master's of Divinity. He served in various parish and shrine assignments from Los Angeles to Anchorage, Alaska, and has been the Director of the Rosary Center and Confraternity since 2022. The Most Reverend Thành Thái Nguyễn, D.D. The Most Reverend Thanh Thai Nguyen, D.D. - RCBO Bishop Nguyen was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam in 1953 and is the second oldest of eight boys and three girls. He spent most of his elementary education in Catholic schools and in 1966 he entered St. Joseph Seminary, a small diocesan institute in Vietnam. His seminary formation was interrupted when the communist government took over the Country in 1975. Bishop-elect Nguyen and other seminarians were forced into hard labor in the rice fields to be allowed to continue their studies. In 1979 after suffering religious persecution, Bishop Nguyen along with 26 members of his extended family boarded a small motorboat and slipped out of Cam Ranh Bay – headed for the Philippines and safety. The family was soon engulfed by a tropical storm and spent 18 days at sea, several with no food or water. The family prayed the Rosary together each morning and evening. All 26 of them, through the Grace of God, arrived safely in the Philippines. After 10 months in a refugee camp the family left Manila in June of 1980 for their new life in Beaumont, Texas. Upon arriving in the United States, Bishop Nguyen’s vocational calling continued to draw him toward God. He worked at Catholic Charities in Hartford, Connecticut before returning to his academics at Merrimack College in N. Andover, where he earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree. After two years of study he graduated Cum Laude and immediately began his novitiate year in Washington D.C. and took his first vows with the La Salette Order in 1987. Bishop Nguyen graduated from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts in May 1990 and was ordained on May 11, 1991. Bishop Nguyen was later incardinated into the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida where he served at St. Joseph parish from 2013 until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Orange. Bishop Nguyen is well known by parishioners for his love of music and skill in playing the guitar. He is also an avid tennis player. The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, S.J. Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ - Diocese of Oakland CA Bishop Barber has deep roots in the East Bay. His father, Adlai Barber, was born in Oakland and his mother, Dolores, in San Francisco. Bishop Barber himself was born in 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah, during a temporary job assignment for his father. As a child the bishop lived in San Francisco, Novato and Sacramento, graduating from St. Pius X Preparatory School in Galt. He has fond memories of holidays spent with relatives in Oakland, San Leandro and Castro Valley, and of teaching at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. Bishop Barber entered the seminary of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1973. He received his undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University in Washington, and graduate degrees in theology from Regis College at the University of Toronto and the Gregorian University in Rome. After being ordained a priest for the Society of Jesus on June 8, 1985, in San Francisco, Bishop Barber continued his studies in Rome and at Oxford University. In 1991 he became a commissioned officer in the United States Naval Reserve and achieved the rank of Captain in 2012. He has served as Group Chaplain for the Marine Aircraft Group, as Deputy Division Chaplain for the 4th Marine Division and Deputy Force Chaplain for Reserve Affairs for Marine Forces Pacific, among many other assignments. Pope Francis appointed him as bishop of Oakland on May 3, 2013, the first American bishop appointed by Pope Francis. He was consecrated and installed on May 25, 2013. Locally, Bishop Barber has been Director of the School of Pastoral Leadership in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. From 2002-10 he taught at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park and was Director of Spiritual Formation there. Immediately prior to his appointment as Bishop of Oakland, he served as Director of Spiritual Formation at St. John’s Seminary in the Archdiocese of Boston. In addition to his native English, the bishop speaks Italian, French, Samoan and liturgical Spanish.