Archdiocese

Since his appointment as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Olema last July, Father Erick Arauz has been working to motivate the community with faith and optimism to stand up and join him to put the parish back on its feet.

Thousands of pro-life activists from throughout the state and beyond flooded the streets of San Francisco Jan. 25 for the annual Walk for Life West Coast, buoyed with fresh hope that next year’s event will be a celebration of the end of legalized abortion instead of a protest.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone got things started with the tipoff of the annual Clericus Classic bringing priests and seminarians together in a full-court basketball game Jan. 18 at Serra High School in San Mateo. The seminarian team won the game in overtime, 54-51.

A banging drum and snapping firecrackers announced the start of Church of the Visitacion’s celebration of the second day of Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year holiday that marks the traditional start of spring.

The feast of El Señor de Esquipulas, the Black Christ of Esquipulas, centers on a dark-colored statue of Christ that has been venerated for centuries in the eastern Guatemalan city of Esquipulas. 

Kathy Folan had many dreams as a young philosophy student at the University of San Francisco in the 1990s. Sharing a stage one day with the child she conceived in a sexual assault and telling their story to a crowd of thousands was surely not one of them.

All-boys Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco is considering the possibility of enrolling girls, many from the pending closing of Mercy High School, San Francisco.

It might be a few years away but San Francisco’s St. Kevin Parish has already started getting ready for its 100th anniversary in 2022.

UPDATED: Students responded to the surprise news of the closure of San Francisco’s Mercy High School at the end of this academic year by announcing a $5 million fundraising effort to help sustain the school for the short term.

Worshippers gathered Dec. 28 for the last Mass in Chinese at Holy Name of Jesus Parish in San Francisco. The Mass had been a regular part of the liturgy schedule at Holy Name each Saturday at 3 p.m.