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Jesuit Father Daniel R. Kendall died May 26, 2020 at his order’s Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos.

Sister Jeanenne Weis (Sister Paula Jean) died May 13, 2020 in Saratoga.

May 28, 2020 can now be remembered as a day of delight instead of disappointment by the 159 seniors who would have graduated publicly that day.

Calling her a “lifelong learner” Notre Dame de Namur University honored Rosemary E. Finnerty with its “Inspirational Academic Excellence” award in special ceremonies at the new alumna’s home May 6.

Carl Noelke, an attorney and Knight of Malta, died April 8, days away from his 83rd birthday.

I am well aware of the spiritual distress that so many of our people are experiencing due to the unavailability of attending Mass in person. I therefore wish to send you this communication to update you on steps we are taking to reopen for public Mass here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

During these days of social distancing, creative redesigning of religious education is letting tots and teens stay close to Jesus.

Oakland’s Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California announced a telemedicine expansion May 6 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic limiting patients from visiting the facility in person.

The city of San Francisco has allowed the Tenderloin to become a “containment zone” for citywide social problems such as homelessness, creating a “desperate crisis” for those who live, work and go to the school in the neighborhood that shares a border with Civic Center Plaza, a federal lawsuit alleges.

The city of San Francisco has allowed the Tenderloin to become a “containment zone” for citywide social problems such as homelessness and open drug use, creating a “desperate crisis” for those who live, work and go to the school in the neighborhood that shares a border with Civic Center Plaza, a federal lawsuit alleges.

The stay-at-home order issued by San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area March 16 has been extended through May.

Sister Maureen Petrone died on April 1, 2020 in Los Angeles. Sister Maureen was 75 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 57 years.

COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on San Franciscans geographically, with the highest incidence largely occurring in densely populated eastern and southeastern parts of the city: the MIssion District, South of Market, China Basin and Bayview-Hunters Point, according to city data released April 20.

Some popular virtual tours helping people to escape the sheltering-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic have been to museums and national parks. Author and historian Christian Clifford asks: How about making a virtual pilgrimage of the California Missions this Easter season? 

Shelter-in-place has canceled the traditional Holy Week dramatizations and processions that are part of Hispanic ministries in many parishes, but some actors are enacting their parts in the passion play at home.

Jorge Guzmán celebrated 43 years as an employee of a flower farm in Pescadero on March 19. The same day, he lost his job to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as shelter-in-place closed the San Francisco flower market.

 Archdiocesan tithing has crashed up to 80% since public Masses were cancelled on March 17, forcing parishes and the chancery to draw up plans to bring down costs while maintaining employment

Notre Dame de Namur University announced April 2, 2020 that in cooperation with its “suspending admissions for summer and fall 2020” it will focus “on helping as many current students as possible to finish degrees at NDNU by spring 2021.” For students who cannot graduate by then the school said it is “working actively to create transfer pathways to other institutions.”

​​​​​​​The Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Human Life & Dignity has announced a “Love Your Neighbor” initiative to help those who are homebound and need groceries during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place.

Within 24 hours of receiving notice on March 10 all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco would have to switch to distance learning , St. Matthew School’s digital campus was up and ready to continue educating students.