The Bay Area Catholic Clergy and Parish Staffs have been made aware that someone or some computer driven software has been impersonating local clergy via email and is sending messages asking for various forms of assistance such as gift cards, money, etc. The person or software seems to be scanning local parish bulletins and web pages and picking up listed emails.  

If you have received one of these very brief email requests from me be aware that I am not sending them and that official emails from an account @gmail.com are from an impersonator.  I have been in communication with local pastors and they assure me that they, too, are not sending these requests.  

Official communication from St. Bernadette Clergy and Staff would come only from email accounts with stbchurch.org extensions.  

Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work with security people to resolve the issue.  Please delete any @gmail.com email you receive from me.