Margi English, a former executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco, has been named partner for institutional development for the Leadership Roundtable.

Msgr. Maurice ‘Mickey’ McCormick, retired pastor of Mission Dolores Parish, died Jan. 29, 2021. His health had been slowly declining since he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease some years ago.  Ordained in 1958, he would have celebrated his 87th birthday on Feb. 5, 2021.

Notre Dame de Namur University announced Jan. 26, 2021 that the school will remain open beyond spring 2021. The announcement followed a meeting of the NDNU board of trustees where the vote was unanimous that the school continue operations.

The pastor of St. Patrick Parish and School in Larkspur is in his second year of a three-year leadership role for the society that began October 2019.

WASHINGTON -- When they vote, Catholics must weigh many issues of very grave moral consequence "in good conscience," but "no Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion," San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Jan. 21.

Pro-life events organized around the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that found abortion constitutional highlighted the continued importance of the pro-life movement. 

Limiting consumption of network news and interaction on social media and spending more time in prayer has helped a majority of Catholic San Francisco readers reclaim their peace of mind.

Two San Mateo County parishes and Catholic Charities of San Francisco partnered together during the fall to pay rent for nearly 50 clients who had fallen behind on payments during the pandemic.  

The Office of Human Life and Dignity is beginning the first of four educational sessions on human trafficking beginning Jan. 27

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate a special Mass for the legal protection of unborn children and participate in an online roundtable on the future of the pro-life movement to mark this year’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade. 

Kindergarten students at St. Dunstan School virtually added a few new animals to the Nativity stable for Advent 2020.

Dear Faithful People of God of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Please join with me to pray and to do penance on Jan. 22, the day that the U.S. bishops have designated the “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children.”

Star of the Sea Church has announced the re-opening of the parish elementary school as Stella Maris Academy in Fall 2021.

​​​​​​​Bay Area Border Relief volunteers announced a food and basic supplies drive, Coastside Christmas, to support 250 farmworker and essential worker families from the coastal communities San Mateo County, including residents of Half Moon Bay, El Granada, Montara, and Pescadero.

A pioneering new Marin Catholic program hopes to cultivate a new generation of young entrepreneurs guided by Catholic virtues

Although the Guadalupana pilgrimage that usually draws thousands was virtual this year, Francisco Hernández, 55, who suffers from prostate and bone cancer, walked the 12-mile route to pray for Our Lady of Guadalupe's intercession in the pandemic.

At the end of a devastating year of pandemic and with a new lockdown, the pastor of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral and Chinese Mission shared with parishioners a grim assessment with a call for Advent hope.

In a recent article published in First Things Archbishop Charles Chaput, the Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, provided valuable clarification on some foundational moral and doctrinal principles.

An 8 month period of treatment for bone cancer led a young parishioner at St. Augustine Parish, South San Francisco to use her artistic talents to serve the church by making art for her parish’s livestream Mass. 

COVID-19 restrictions and distance learning only expanded the opportunities for Mission Dolores Academy students to celebrate their traditions