An approach to evangelization respecting the dignity of all and with no formal plan for “Christianizing” a tribal people has spurred the growth of the Diocese of Miao, India, from 900 to 90,000 baptized in 40 years, said Bishop George Pallipparambil.
The Archdiocese of San Francisco held its second annual Mass for the Homeless Dead on Nov. 23 at Church of the Visitacion in San Francisco. According to its sponsor, the archdiocesan Office of Human Life & Dignity, the Mass gives Catholics an opportunity “to pray for those who are often forgotten both in life and in death.”
Award-winning Catholic author Veronica Mary Rolf talked with Catholic San Francisco about her latest book, “Suddenly There is God: The Story of Our Lives in Sacred Scripture” (Cascade Books, 2019), at her Berkeley home Nov. 23.
Father Michael Healy, pastor of St. Bartholomew Parish in San Mateo will be honored as “Corkman of the Year” by the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco Dec. 7.
A 2017 parish Advent project at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Mill Valley has two years later led to the formation of a nonprofit dedicated to the education of children from India’s scorned and impoverished Santal ethnic group.
The pre-Christmas phase of the eighth annual SF Turkey Drive at St. Emydius Church in the Ingleside District of San Francisco will be held Dec. 21 from 9 a.m. till noon in the parking lot across from the church at 350 De Montfort Ave.
The Archdiocese of San Francisco held its second annual Mass for the Homeless Dead on Nov. 23 at Church of the Vistitacion. According to its sponsor, the archdiocesan Office of Human Life & Dignity, the Mass gives Catholics an opportunity “to pray for those who are often forgotten both in life and in death.”
As a young priest at Holy Family Parish in San Jose during the 1970s, Jesuit Father Albert A. Grosskopf was tasked with forming a singles group. The majority turned out to be divorced or separated.