FROM DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE
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The Diocese of San Jose makes its home in a fertile valley surrounded by rolling hills and pine-covered mountains. Known from the 19th century as “the Valley of the Heart’s Delight, ” ours is a history and legacy of abundance—orchards heavy with sweet fruit—apricots, prunes, cherries and pears.Today, Santa Clara County is identified as Silicon Valley—a world-renowned center of computer technology. Over the years, orchards have given way to industrial parks and crops of “dot-coms” have replaced the fruit. As Northern California’s most populous county, our valley is filled with the opportunity and challenges of economic, cultural and ethnic diversity.
We are the Diocese of San Jose, the Catholic Church in Santa Clara County. We are a community rooted in Baptism—hearing and keeping God’s word and recognizing our relationship to one another as children of God. We welcome and encourage all to join us in our community and in making a difference by proclaiming and building up God’s coming kingdom.
We are a community of 600,000 Catholics, encompassing 54 parishes and missions, 28 elementary schools and 6 high schools, and 3 college and university campus ministries. The Diocese of San Jose also owns and operate the Catholic cemeteries that have been serving the bay area.
We serve the people of this valley in collaboration and conjunction with scores of Catholic organizations—high schools, universities, hospitals and social service agencies, cemeteries and other ministries—dedicated to carrying out Christ’s mission on earth.
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ETHICSPOINT
Resource for Reporting Financial Mismanagement in the Diocese
Those responsible for the spiritual and material goods of the Church are entrusted with the stewardship of others’ gifts, and are ultimately responsible to the Lord. As a faithful steward, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct and ethics. The mission of the Church requires no less.
To this end, the Diocese of San Jose has partnered with EthicsPoint to provide a confidential method to hear suggestions, concerns or reports of financial misconduct.
The EthicsPoint Hotline (1-888-325-7863) allows parishioners, volunteers, employees, vendors and others to make confidential reports regarding the mismanagement of parish or school property, cash and all other assets. Reportable are also issues of apparent disregard of policies pertaining to the proper management of these assets. Suspected unethical behavior by employees, volunteers, staff, trustees, officers, directors, agents or contractors of the Diocese should also be made to EthicsPoint. All reports may be made anonymously.
It is the hope of the Diocese that EthicsPoint will assist in the protection of all who interact with the parishes, schools, chancery and other diocesan agencies.
EthicsPoint accepts reports of financial misconduct through its website or its Hotline: 1- 888-325-7863. A complete report will be made to diocesan leadership, so that leadership may review and provide feedback and resolution for the issues that are reported.
Please direct any questions that you may have about EthicsPoint or reporting concerns to Julio Bermudez 408.983.0241
julio.bermudez@dsj.org
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Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
If you suspect abuse in your parish, school or in the Diocese of San Jose,
please contact:
Anthony Gonzalez 408.983.0113
anthony.gonzalez@dsj.org
Griselda Cervantez 408‐983‐0225
griselda.cervantez@dsj.org