Sr. Rosalie Rohrer, IHM Letter From the Editor
Since Fr. Rude offered to volunteer his expertise and time for my new project, he and I were co-editors from mid 2010 to 2018. Little did I know how much time and effort was needed to organize a particular edition of the Catholic newspaper. We published a total of 6 editions of CCCL by following the liturgical season of our Church: Fall, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. Fr. Rude and I would organize each edition on his small computer, then put the entire edition on a computer flash, and take it to a printing business in Selma. Three thousand copies were printed and mailed out in bulk form to our 87 parishes and individual subscribers. This method continued for 8 years. Because of Fr. Rude’s ill health, he retired as co-editor. I continued as editor and with the support system of then 2 TV station personnel, with their computer skills and expertise, we set up each edition of CCCL in-house. We now digitally publish 4 editions: Fall, Advent/Christmas, Lent, and Easter/Pentecost and each edition is placed on our diocesan website. It had taken some time for our people to get used to the digital copy. It is our hope that we can continue to spread and proclaim the good news of our diocese to our people. God bless you! Sr. Rosalie
Volume 26 Number 1
Central California Catholic Life is published by the Office of Communications under the direction of the Most Rev. Joseph V. Brennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Fresno. Editor: Sr. Rosalie Rohrer, IHM Lead Graphic Designer: Alberto Sandoval Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno Pastoral Center 1550 N. Fresno, CA 93703 Telephone: 559-4887448 Email: SrRosalie@dioceseoffresno.org
Welcome to Volume 26, #1 the Fall edition for September 2023! This edition is filled with many interesting articles, flyers, photos, and activities from around our diocese! I am very fortunate to be the editor of CCCL and enjoy the help of the other Office of Communications personnel with publishing each edition. There have been many changes along the way in editing and publishing the format of the CCCL magazine. In the Fall of 2009, the late Most Rev. Bishop John T. Steinbock, then bishop of this diocese, offered me a part-time job here at the Pastoral Center. I was employed to assist the secretaries with their various workloads that needed attention. Little did I know at that time the previous editor of the Central Catholic California Life diocesan newspaper had resigned. When Deacon Jess Avila was the executive director of CCCL, I became the co-editor of my 1st April 2010 edition of CCCL. Eventually I was recruited for the editorial position of the diocesan newspaper. With hardly any expertise at all as to how to put a newspaper together, I was fortunate to consult with the late Fr. James Rude, S.J. He was assigned in this diocese to do Social Justice work. Prior to this position, He had been stationed at the Jesuit High School in Sacramento where he was the coordinator of their school’s yearbook.
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