• Former SVdP executive named to national fundraising post
    Former SVdP executive named to national fundraising post
    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.
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  • Msgr. Maurice McCormick, a priest for 61 years, dies at 86 years old
    Msgr. Maurice McCormick, a priest for 61 years, dies at 86 years old
    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.
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  • Notre Dame de Namur University to remain open beyond spring 2021
    Notre Dame de Namur University to remain open beyond spring 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.
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  • St. Patrick pastor is Canon Law Society of America president
    St. Patrick pastor is Canon Law Society of America president
    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.
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  • Archbishop: No Catholic 'in good conscience' can favor abortion
    Archbishop: No Catholic 'in good conscience' can favor abortion
    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.
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  • Archbishop: Pro-life witness part of proclaiming Gospel
    Archbishop: Pro-life witness part of proclaiming Gospel
    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. 
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  • How readers are seeking, sharing peace in 2021
    How readers are seeking, sharing peace in 2021
    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.
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  • Parish fund provides rental aid for East Palo Alto residents
    Parish fund provides rental aid for East Palo Alto residents
    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.  
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  • Archdiocese shines spotlight on human trafficking 
    Archdiocese shines spotlight on human trafficking 
    The Office of Human Life and Dignity is beginning the first of four educational sessions on human trafficking beginning Jan. 27
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  • Mass and pro-life webinar planned to mark Roe v. Wade anniversary
    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. 
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  • St. Dunstan kindergarten class helps wildlife
    St. Dunstan kindergarten class helps wildlife
    Kindergarten students at St. Dunstan School virtually added a few new animals to the Nativity stable for Advent 2020.
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  • Archbishop Cordileone on 'Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn.'
    Archbishop Cordileone on 'Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn.'
    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.”
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  • Classical academy to open at Star of the Sea Parish
    Classical academy to open at Star of the Sea Parish
    Star of the Sea Church has announced the re-opening of the parish elementary school as Stella Maris Academy in Fall 2021.
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  • Nonprofits organize holiday outreach for Coastside farmworker, essential worker families
    Nonprofits organize holiday outreach for Coastside farmworker, essential worker families
    ​​​​​​​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.
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  • Vocation at the heart of Marin school's new ‘principled entrepreneurship’ program
    Vocation at the heart of Marin school's new ‘principled entrepreneurship’ program
    A pioneering new Marin Catholic program hopes to cultivate a new generation of young entrepreneurs guided by Catholic virtues
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  • Man walks 12 miles to venerate Virgin of Guadalupe
    Man walks 12 miles to venerate Virgin of Guadalupe
    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.
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  • Pastor summons Advent hope amid financial struggle
    Pastor summons Advent hope amid financial struggle
    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.
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  • Public life and worthy reception of Communion
    Public life and worthy reception of Communion
    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.
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  • Cancer survivor uses art to give thanks to God
    Cancer survivor uses art to give thanks to God
    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. 
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  • Mission school celebrates family cultures with Heritage Week
    Mission school celebrates family cultures with Heritage Week
    COVID-19 restrictions and distance learning only expanded the opportunities for Mission Dolores Academy students to celebrate their traditions
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