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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.

Volunteers at St. Anselm Parish in Ross are making phone calls to longtime parishioners, prioritizing seniors and those living alone, to offer spiritual and material support during the public health emergency.

Amid a shutdown that has brought the Bay Area to a standstill, Father Thomas Martin said he hopes as pastor he can reassure people and provide some calm during a critical time in their lives. 

One month to the day after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer, the longtime pastor of Our Lady of Loretto Parish said he doesn’t plan to take medical retirement or to spend time completing a so-called “bucket list.”

The Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Raphael Church was one hour Alicia Orellana was not going to surrender to the coronavirus.

Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic letter on the Amazon region links care for creation with Christ’s incarnation, Lexington, Kentucky, Bishop John Stowe said in a Lenten presentation at St. Rita Parish in Fairfax.

Jo Ann Momono, whose career distinctions include serving as the first female athletic director in the Western Catholic Athletic League is retiring from a three-decade career at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory.

After a survey of Massgoers last fall, St. Anselm parish leaders have a clearer picture of what brings local Catholics in the door and what keeps them or family members away - and what they can and cannot do about either.

During Lent, the U.S. Catholic bishops urge the faithful to take inspiration from the words of St. Paul (2 Corinthians 8:9) and contemplate his invitation to live a life of evangelical poverty. Embrace the Lord’s call to being the blessed poor by “sacrificing” material things, including food, superfluous to your basic needs; “offering” charitable gifts directed to helping and caring for others; and “raising up” those in need through praying for them and by participating in devotional practices. In the archdiocese, parishes and organizations are alerting the faithful to Lenten prayer and learning opportunities, including the following.

The School of Pastoral Leadership for Hispanics is an opportunity for the faithful, leaders and catechists to deepen their faith and learn more about their church.

Mission Dolores Academy first graders received a letter on behalf of Pope Francis in January thanking them for their prayers for the rainforest.

“When I’m photographing I’m the happiest character in the world,” Alessandro Baccari told Catholic San Francisco Feb. 21.

Her first meeting of Handicapables was held at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in January 1965.

St. Mark Church in Belmont celebrated the completion of a vision held by its late former pastor, Msgr. James Tarantino.

Hundreds of St. Andrew parishioners wearing native Filipino costumes celebrated the Santa Nino Feast Day Mass Jan. 19

The pastor of St. Stephen Church reclaimed the parish’s defunct baptistery room by commissioning a floor-to-ceiling mural awash with scenes of Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River.

UPDATED: Students responded to the surprise news of the closure of San Francisco’s Mercy High School at the end of this academic year by announcing a $5 million fundraising effort to help sustain the school for the short term.

Worshippers gathered Dec. 28 for the last Mass in Chinese at Holy Name of Jesus Parish in San Francisco. The Mass had been a regular part of the liturgy schedule at Holy Name each Saturday at 3 p.m.

Notre Dame de Namur University has announced the appointment of Daniel J. Carey as the Belmont school’s interim president. Carey took the reins Jan. 13.

Responding to the needs of the swiftly shifting times, Catholic schools are introducing innovative programs to update and upgrade their trademark of excellence in growing and developing the whole person.