The Valley Catholic

The Valley Catholic
The inaugural issue of The Valley Catholic as a magazine in May 2021, celebrating the diocese's 40th anniversary.
EditorLiz Sullivan
FrequencyBimonthly[1]
PublisherMost Rev. Oscar Cantú[2]
FoundedMarch 1981[3]
CompanyRoman Catholic Diocese of San José in California
CountryUnited States
Based inSan Jose, California
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Vietnamese
Websitethevalleycatholic.org
ISSN8750-6238

The Valley Catholic is the official bimonthly magazine of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San José in California. Its motto is "The Magazine of the Diocese of San José" (Spanish: La revista de la Diócesis de San José; Vietnamese: Tạp chí của Giáo phận San José).

Content

The trilingual publication features parallel text in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, the three most commonly spoken languages in the diocese. In the print edition, half of the articles are printed in English and Spanish, while the other half are in English and Vietnamese. Each article includes a QR code to read the article online in a third language.

The diocese relies on native language speakers to translate text from English and ensure diverse representation in photographs. Special features commemorate culturally significant feast days and celebrations, such as Santo Niño, Tết, Simbang Gabi, and Our Lady of Guadalupe.[4]

History

Weeks after the Diocese of San José split from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, The Valley Catholic began publishing as a newspaper in March 1981. The San Francisco archdiocese's newspaper, The Monitor, folded in 1984 partly due to reduced readership in the South Bay.[3] The Valley Catholic originally published 19 times a year, roughly biweekly.[5] In 2021, after a 14-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was relaunched as a magazine.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "[masthead]". The Valley Catholic. Vol. 5, no. 4. San Jose, California: Roman Catholic Diocese of San José in California. Summer 2025. p. 2. USPS 733230.
  2. ^ "In the Diocese". The Valley Catholic. Vol. 36, no. 16. Roman Catholic Diocese of San José in California. May 7, 2019. p. 2.
  3. ^ a b Harden, Grant (June 15, 1984). "S.F. Catholic newspaper succumbs to changing times". San Jose Mercury News. p. 2F – via NewsBank. The Monitor lost some circulation in March 1981 when Santa Clara County Catholics formed their own diocese and published The Valley Catholic in the South Bay.
  4. ^ "In the diocese of San José, history & technology link Catholics from all cultures". Content Evangelist. Lansing, Michigan: FAITH Catholic. June 1, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  5. ^ "Print Schedule". The Valley Catholic. Roman Catholic Diocese of San José in California. 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Valley Catholic: New Quarterly Print and Monthly Email Publications to Inspire Missionary Disciples across the Diocese of San José" (Press release). Roman Catholic Diocese of San José in California. May 10, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.


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