The DeSousa House
After spending over 8 years of dreaming and planning, the new DeSousa House Religious Education and Social Activities Center was completed and opened for use.
Bishop Emeritus Bishop John S. Cummins cuts ribbon to officially open the facility on February 8, 2009. A special Mass of Dedication and Thanksgiving was presided by Bishop John and a prayer and blessing service in front of the building was witnessed by many parishioners during the ribbon cutting.
Photo on left is the Valley Theater with seating for 135 people. This theater might be the only movie theater within a Catholic Church complex in the nation. It has full THX surround sound and Blu-Ray DVD capabilites within the beautiful acoustical room. A series of Sunday Gospel movies based on the Pauline series are planned on Friday evenings with a discussion after. A Brown Bag noon time movies on the "Footprints of God" series are scheduled on Wednesdays at noon starting on March 29th. All are invited. Please call 510-456-4974 for tickets and movie schedule.
Photo on right is the wall displaying the Recognition tree with names of donors.
The DeSousa facility is home of four classrooms for Faith Formation students that seats 36 each. Each classroom has a 50 inch plasma TV for showing video presentations. On the opposite end of the building is a large four-plex room that can be divided into four separate rooms. Each section has a 58 inch plasma TV with round semi-permanent tables. These rooms are used for funeral receptions, meetings rooms and socials activities.