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Op-Ed: A response to the “Statement of Principles”
First Things The history of Catholic immigrants to the United States and their descendants is exemplary of the American dream, and intertwined with the Democratic party. I myself am a… Read More
Mercy High School Class of 2021 graduates
Mercy High School in Burlingame presented diplomas to 116 graduates on June 6 at St. Pius Church in Redwood City. Nancy Astabie was named valedictorian, and Asupa Mila as the recipient… Read More
Archdiocese ordains two priests facing “unprecedented” times for church
Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco Nicholas Case and Cameron Pollette were ordained to the priesthood June 19 at St. Mary’s Cathedral by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who in his Ordination Mass… Read More
Unprecedented and Unrepeatable: the Personal Vocation of the Priest Sent into the World, Where He Does Not Belong
Homily for Mass of Priestly Ordinations, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Archbishop Cordileone responds to USCCB vote on Eucharistic coherence document
Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted today during its annual spring general assembly to move forward with the… Read More
Mercy Sister marks 60th jubilee
Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1961. After 17 years in elementary education and parish religious education at parishes including St. Gabriel, Holy… Read More
San Rafael Dominicans celebrate jubilees
The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael will be streaming their 2021 Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration July 24 at 10 a.m. in San Rafael, celebrating nine 2021 jubilarians, and two sisters whose jubilees fell in 2020… Read More
From The Monitor to new Catholic San Francisco Magazine – the tradition continues
Catholic San Francisco staff In 1858, Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, OP, the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (1853-1884), founded its first newspaper, The Monitor, recognizing the importance of… Read More
Turning a new page with Catholic San Francisco magazine
We are embarking on a new era in Archdiocesan communications – one suited to the modes of communications that define the 21st century. Catholic San Francisco as a weekly and biweekly newspaper is publishing its last… Read More
Migrants fleeing religious persecution find refuge in SF
Lorena Rojas San Francisco Catolico On Jan. 24, 2019, Augusto César Noguera, Damaris Berrios and their 11-year-old son Augusto José Noguera Berrios left their home in the dark of night without saying goodbye to loved… Read More
“How to Be Inoculated Against the Virus of Racism”
Homily for Prayer Service for Peace, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
“Look Up and Look Around to Make Easter Faith Real Here and Now”
Homily for Easter Vigil, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption