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An annual fundraiser for Good Shepherd Gracenter, whose mission is to help women without resources to break free of drug and alcohol addiction and create a hopeful future for themselves and others. Held from noon to 3 p.m. at Gracenter's Patio Espanol at 1310 Bacon St. in San Francisco. Includes lunch and entertainment. For ticketing/sponsorship info, please go to http://GSG19.givesmart.com. Or contact Sr. Marguerite at sr.marguerite@gsgracenter.org or call (628) 224-2050.

Free, Sunday 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, celebrating the 175th birth year of Charles Marie Widor. Ugo Sforza (Italy), Organ. Symphony No. 6. Free-will offering graciously accepted at door. Visit smcsf.org.

Free support for all those affected by the incarceration of a loved one on the third Thursday of each month. From 6:30-8:30 p.m at St. Paul of the Shipwreck's Francis Center, 3333 Jennings St., San Francisco. Childcare available. Contact Julio Escobar for more information at (415) 614-5572.

These free sessions provide information on the grief process, and tips on coping with the loss of a loved one. Facilitated by Deacon Christoph Sandoval 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Msgr. Bowe room (west side of parking lot level). For more information contact Sister Elaine at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

Observe the International Day of Peace with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael on the theme of climate action. Information, prayer, song and a reflection from 11 a.m. to noon at the Lourdes Convent at 77 Locust Ave., San Rafael. For more information call Kate Martin at (415) 453-8303.

A Taize retreat for young adults, 16-35, on the theme of hospitality. Begins at 6 p.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday. Registration includes accommodations and meals. Scholarships available. Visit mercy-center.org or call (650) 340-7474.

Dominican Sister Catherine Marie Bazar shares her experience at a chaplain ministering inside California's prison system. "The Other Gospel People" runs from 2-4 p.m. at the Dominican Center at 43326 Mission Circle, Fremont. $15. Visit msjdominicans.org or call (510) 933-6360.

Free, Sunday 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Rafael Quinones, tenor, with Jin Kyung Lim, organ. Works by Bruhns, Bach, Britten, and Pergolesi. Visit smcsf.org.

The National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi will celebrate a special Mass to mark the blessing and dedication of a new statue of St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the historic church. Reception to follow. Visit shrinesf.org or call (415) 986-4557 for more details.

The Gather at Grand speaker series sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael hosts speaker Father Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC, on “The Evolution of Adult Faith Maturation,” from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Dominican Sisters Center, 1520 Grand Ave., San Rafael. Light refreshments provided. RSVP at CommunityRelations@sanrafaelop.org or call (415) 453-8303.

Speaker Jonathan Fanning will present four habits that will transform your life on Sept. 27 from 6:30-10:30 p.m at St. Dominic Parish, 2390 Bush St., San Francisco. Held in the parish hall. This event is based on Matthew Kelly's book "The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic." Tickets are now available online at dynamiccatholic.com/sanfrancisco or call 859-980-7900.

Pet caretakers are invited to bring their pets to the plaza of St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, at 12 noon, for a blessing by the pastor in the tradition of San Francisco’s patron, St. Francis of Assisi. Dogs must be on leashes and cats in carriers. Small animals and birds in cages are welcome. (415) 567-2020.

Raymond Frost of the Legion of Mary and Deacon R. Christophe Sandoval discuss Mary, the rosary, the upcoming Rosary Rally Oct. 5 and the archdiocese’s renewed consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 5:30 a.m. on KPIX-Channel 5, CBS Bay Area. Visit sfarch.org/mosaic-tv.

Free, Sunday 4 p.m. recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, celebrating the 175th birth year of Charles Marie Widor. Jonathan Dimmock, organ., Symphony No. 5. Visit smcsf.org

Composer concert featuring Father Rick Manalo, CSP, and Janet Sullivan Whitaker benefitting Larkspur and Corte Madera neighbors in need at St. Patrick Church, 114 King St., Larkspur. Concert, $35, begins 5 p.m. followed by no-host beer and wine tasting, $25. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Contact cplocki@gmail.com or call 415-717-0172.

Father Peter Prusakiewicz, CMSA, a speaker on the Holy Angels, the Divine Mercy and St. Faustina, will lead a three-day parish mission at Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. Includes daily Mass, talks, recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, confession, Adoration, and veneration of a first class relic of St. Faustina. Visit stmichaelthearchangel.info or contact Patsy Gonzalez at patsygee@yahoo.com.

Free monthly support session led by Deacon Christoph Sandoval from 1-3 p.m. in the Msgr. Bowe room at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco, on the west side of the parking lot. Register with Deacon Sandoval at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218, or csandoval@stmaryscathedralsf.org.

Free monthly support session on the first Wednesday of the month is led by Deacon Christoph Sandoval. Located at St. Mary's Cathedral in the Msgr. Bowe on the west side of the parking lot. To register please contact Deacon Sandoval at 415-567-2020 Ext. 218 or csandoval@stmaryscathedralsf.org.

A free workshop to learn how people and groups are working in coalitions to respond to the climate change challenge, globally, nationally, locally. From 9 a.m. - 12 noon in the parish hall of St. Teresa of Avila Church, 1490 19th St., San Francisco. Contact greenteam@stteresasf.org.

Mass, Eucharistic procession to U.N. Plaza, adoration and confessions are all part of the annual Rosary Rally event. From 10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., starting at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Visit rosaryrallysf.com or call (415) 419-9477.

A semi-formal young adult dance sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Santa Rosa from 7-10 p.m. at St. Hilary parish hall , 761 Hilary Dr., Tiburon. All young adults ages 20-39, whether single, engaged, or married are welcome to attend. DJ Captain Falco will play a variety of pop, salsa, swing, and country music songs. Wine, cheese, desserts, coffee and dance lessons included. $20 in advance or $30 at the door. For more information contact Amanda George, coordinator of the Young Adult Ministry at georgea@sfarch.org, (415) 624-5595.

Brazilian Catholic musician Guilherme de Sa will play acoustic guitar and a piano duet in a two-hour concert beginning at 9 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., San Francisco. $20. Doors open at 7 p.m. Includes finger food and soft drinks. Tickets available at the door or on Eventbrite. For more information contact Jonathan Campos at contact.risenproductions@gmail.com.

Best-selling author, and international speaker, Bo Sanchez, together with his team of Kerygma preachers will present a night of praise and worship plus powerful preaching at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, 1300 Junipero Serra Blvd., San Francisco. $25. For tickets call/text (415) 748-1848 or (415) 756-1627.

The 9th Annual St. John Vianney Luncheon which helps to support retired priests will take place from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the downstairs hall at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Contact Ron Linhares, archdiocesan director of development, at (415) 614-5581.

Speaker Marie Dennis will talk about how the institutional church can adopt nonviolence as its Gospel-based default approach. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Holy Spirit Church Newman Hall, 2700 Dwight Way, Berkeley. Suggested $20-25 donation. Visit paxchristinorcal.org or call (510) 469-8096.

A special segment on the history, charism and current work of the Franciscan order. 5:30 a.m. on KPIX television Channel 5, CBS Bay Area. Past episodes of Mosaic are archived and viewable at sfarch.org/mosaic-tv.

An annual Mass honoring and blessing legal professionals, including lawyers, judges and local officials, at 5:30 p.m., Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presiding. Contact Amelia Lancaster at amelia.m.lancaster@gmail.com.

Free support for all those affected by the incarceration of a loved one on the third Thursday of each month. From 6:30-8:30 p.m at St. Paul of the Shipwreck's Francis Center, 3333 Jennings St., San Francisco. Childcare available. Contact Julio Escobar for more information at (415) 614-5572.

These free sessions provide information on the grief process, and tips on coping with the loss of a loved one. Facilitated by Deacon Christoph Sandoval 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Msgr. Bowe room (west side of parking lot level). For more information contact Sister Elaine at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco’s annual awards dinner honors San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy. The Brennan Award celebrates those demonstrating exemplary humanitarian spirit in the Bay Area. Westin St. Francis Union Square, 335 Powell St., San Francisco. Visit svdp-sf.org or call Terry Hopper, (415) 757-6561.

Mother of Mercy Charitable Foundation hosts a fundraising presentation by Father Edward Inyanwachi, director of education for Abakaliki Diocese, benefiting the rural poor of Nigeria. From 6-8 p.m. in Flanagan Hall at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 1555 39th Ave., San Francisco, $50. African refreshments served. Contact Angela Testani, (415) 347-1866, or a.testani@mmcharitablefoundation.org.

This fun and light-hearted program introduces girls to the beauty and wonder of God’s plan for becoming teenagers and young women. Held at St. Bartholomew Church, 600 Colombia Dr., San Mateo. “’Tweens” begin at 9 a.m., and teens at 1:30 p.m. Register at sfarch.org/md or contact Ed Hopfner at hopfner@sfarch.org