OUR LADY OF REFUGE

Fr. Hugo Rojas. He was born in Tunuyan, Mendoza, Argentina and was ordained to priestly ministry on December 6, 1997.  He served as a missionary for 10 years in Taiwan, in what he describes as a personally enriching experience in opening the Word of the Lord to a new people and their culture in a land that was brand new to him. Fr. Hugo arrived to our Diocese of San Jose in 2008 and was assigned to St. Mary’s Parish, in Gilroy. Five years later and as he tells it, a wonderful experience in that community as well, Fr. Hugo was incardinated formally into our Diocese of San Jose and he moved into a new chapter in his ministry serving our Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph until June 2017.

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Father Hugo joyfully received Bishop McGrath’s appointment as the third Pastor for Our Lady of Refuge, and his heart is to be at service to the community. Let us all welcome Father Hugo Rojas into our OLR family...

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email: hugo.rojas@dsj.org

Fr. Anthony Tan Nguyen was born into a Catholic family with 6 brothers and 3 sisters. In 1980, when he was 10 years old, arrived and resided in New Orleans. While living there, he became a U.S citizen and continued his education as well. In 1988,  he moved to San Diego to continue the last year of education at Hoover High School. After receiving a high school diploma, he continued to study at San Diego State University, until he received a Bachelor Degree of Science in Criminal Justice.

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He then worked as a Correctional Deputy Probation Officer and later transferred to San Diego County Deputy Sheriff and became a Deputy Sheriff. One day, after going home from work, he was involved in a near fatal car accident, he had severe back pain. At that moment, he then began pondering about his life and .....

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email: anthonytanduy.nguyen@dsj.org

Sr. Catherine Phuong Dang was born in Sai Gon, Viet Nam. In 1991, she came to the United States of America. She joined in the Congregation of QuiNhon Missionary Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1992 and took the Vows at Saint Agnes Church in Oakland Diocese in 1996, and then she was sent to Saint Joseph Community in San Jose. She attended at Santa Clara University for a Master Degree in Catechetics. In 1998, she served at Saint Maria Goretti Parish until she was sent to Rome for study Canon Law at Pontificia Universitas Antonianum in 2009. She finished the degree and returned to San Jose in 2012 where she began to serve at .....

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email: catherine.dang@dsj.org

Sr. Silvia Frias was born in the city of Pénjamo, state of Guanajuato in Mexico; she is the youngest of seven siblings. She joined the congregation of the Eucharistic Missionaries of the Holy Trinity .....

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email: silvia.frias@dsj.org