SAN DIEGO — The second annual Mass for the Divorced and Separated will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 11, at the diocesan Pastoral Center.
The bilingual liturgy, to be celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido, will begin at 6:30 p.m. A reception will follow, with testimonies from those involved with divorced ministry and the opportunity to learn about the annulment process.
Janelle Peregoy focuses on ministry to the divorced and separated as an associate director in the diocesan Office for Family Life and Spirituality.
She described the Mass for the Divorced and Separated as “an opportunity to build community.”
“It helps immensely to find community among other Catholics who know this unique pain, but who also recognize that our deepest human healing can only be found through Christ,” she said.
About 80 people attended the Mass last year, said Peregoy. She saw Mass-goers leave with “so much palpable joy and relief.”
Bernice Abellera, 52, attended last year’s Mass and plans to attend this year’s, too.
Abellera, a member of St. Michael Parish in Paradise Hills, was separated in 2006 and divorced in 2009, after seven years of marriage.
“The very fact that this event was organized for the divorced and separated in our diocese
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