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Drug makers Pfizer Inc., BioNtechSE and Moderna Therapeutics have announced a 90%-plus rate of efficiency for vaccines effective against COVID-19.

The annual collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will take place in parishes at Masses on Dec. 12-13, 2020. The appeal assists elderly sisters, brothers, and priests in religious orders. Nearly 30,000 senior religious benefit from the proceeds.

Alice Boland Asturias, a well-known voice in programs of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the first woman president of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, died Sept. 21, 2020. She was 105 years old.

Thanks to a generous donor, Father Ron’s live all-day retreat will cost retreatants only $25 rather than the full $100 fee.

St. Andrew Parish in Daly City began outdoor Sunday Masses on Aug. 23, 2020 on a concrete church patio. Masses are at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. each Sunday. A Saturday evening vigil Mass at 4:45 p.m. is livestreamed from the church where San Mateo County COVID-19 protocols prohibit an attending assembly.

Sister Cecile Bertheau (Sister Christina Marie), a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange, died on Aug. 22, 2020. She was 81 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange for 63 years.

Sept. 11, 12; 5:30 p.m.: “Your road to abundant life begins here” a weekend virtual retreat of healing and hope for people who have suffered the pain and isolation of divorce.

San Francisco’s ICA Cristo Rey Academy virtually welcomed faculty, staff and 358 students to a new academic year Aug. 17, 2020. Holding the school’s first assembly of the year online president, Dominican Sister Diane Aruda told students, “Everything we do is about you. We carry you in our hearts.”

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.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone encourages all parishes in the archdiocese to make the holy Mass available to parishioners during this time of church closure by holding Mass outdoors while observing the health and safety guidelines of the respective counties.

Father Ray Zohlen died Aug. 3, 2020 at Nazareth House in San Rafael following a slow decline in his health. Father Zohlen celebrated his 95th birthday July 20.

A half-century tradition of service and inspiration established by the Sisters of the Presentation Union at St. Robert Parish becomes legacy in September 2020.  

The Office of the Vicar for Clergy announced the following clergy appointments on behalf of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on July 16. Appointments were effective July 1, 2020 unless otherwise noted.

He taught us how to pray while not knowing how to pray. That’s a comment sometimes made about Henri Nouwen.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone with the Office of Vicar for Clergy has announced the following clergy assignments effective tentatively July 1, 2020 except as noted.

Father Kenneth Westray, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in San Francisco, died June 24, 2020. Ordained in 1981, he was 68 years old.

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.

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.

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.