Monday, March 07, 2022
Flocknote works!

Flocknote helps the Archdiocese of San Francisco to create a more connected Archdiocese by enabling pastors, office staff and key volunteers to communicate with their “flocks” using email and text… Read More

Thursday, March 03, 2022
St. Pius stained glass
memorializes decree allowing children to receive Eucharist

One of three large, impressive windows in the church, the window of Pope St. Pius X was designed by G. Stephen Walsh Studios in Dublin, Ireland. Handwritten letters between George… Read More

Thursday, March 03, 2022
Bishops ask Pope Francis to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ukraine’s Latin Rite Catholic bishops have asked Pope Francis to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Wednesday, March 02, 2022
SF Archbishop’s ‘Rosary for Peace in Ukraine’ knocked offline in apparent hack

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 _ The Archdiocese of San Francisco today reported to the FBI an apparent cyberattack during an online “Rosary for Peace in Ukraine” led by Archbishop Salvatore… Read More

Tuesday, March 01, 2022
California lifts school mask mandate

Today, the Newsom Administration announced the state’s requirement for masking in schools will expire on Friday, March 11, allowing students, regardless of vaccination status, to be without a face mask… Read More

Tuesday, March 01, 2022
Vatican book project features local take on Laudato si’

It started with a phone call from Cardinal Peter Turkson, then-Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Pope Francis had come up with an idea for a… Read More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Restorative Justice breakfast debuts at St. Mark’s

St. Mark parishioners filled the hall at the Belmont parish as the parish hosted the first of monthly breakfasts to support the Restorative Justice Ministry scholarship program for students who… Read More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
“Lord save us, or we perish.”

Jesus sent his disciples before him across the Sea of Galilee. That evening, the boat carrying the apostles was tossed about by wind and waves. Just before dawn, Jesus appeared… Read More

Monday, February 21, 2022
Ashanti Branch: the metaphorical masks we wear

If you ask Ashanti Branch, a mask can be invisible yet desired to combat the fear of being vulnerable or misunderstood. This metaphorical mask cripples many from finding their true… Read More

Friday, February 18, 2022
Rev. J. Thomas Madden

Rev. J. Thomas Madden, son of the late John and Katherine Madden, was born July 8, 1927 in San Francisco, CA. His sister, Catherine, predeceased him in death. He received… Read More

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Masks no longer mandated for Mass

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone in a memo to priests dated Feb. 15 said that masks are no longer mandated for church although signs recommending masks should be posted at the… Read More

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Stella Maris Academy

Two years after the 2019 closure of its more than century-old grammar school, Star of the Sea Parish welcomed 53 students from preschool through eighth grade to the new Stella… Read More