Join Andrew A. Galvan, descendant of the native tribes of the Bay Area, in four weekly meetings, to explore the life and work of the Franciscan missionary to California, Junipero Serra, who in 2015 was canonized a saint. Scholars recognize Fr. Serra as a zealous missionary, a prudent administrator, and a fearless defender of the human rights of his Indian charges. 

August 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan friar killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1941, who was intellectual, priest, prisoner, hero, and martyr. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and actor/writer Lee Eskey will celebrate the man whom St. Pope John Paul II called "the Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century." Join them online with the Benedict XVI Institute.

Archbishop Cordileone will ordain nine new permanent deacons for the Archdiocese on August 15, at St. Pius Church in Redwood City. The liturgies will be livestreamed.