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Catholics in San Francisco marched in eucharistic processions across the city on Sunday to protest the city’s continued restrictions on public worship.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone penned an op-ed in the Washington Post this week citing the First Amendment as he called for city officials to relax the current restrictions on public worship, which are some of the strictest in the country.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is urging Catholics to gather Sept. 20 for a Eucharistic procession through San Francisco as a public show of faith and has called on the city to loosen its restrictions on outdoor Masses. 

This weekend at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, five stations for outdoor Masses on the plaza are scheduled Sunday, Aug. 23, at 9 a.m., two each at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Spanish) and two at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The 9 a.m. Sunday outdoor Mass schedule will continue until indoor Masses are allowed to resume.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is exhorting the faithful with the assistance of their priests to engage in focused prayer and penance during the difficult conditions that coronavirus has caused.

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.