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Notre Dame de Namur University announced July 9 that it has reached an agreement with its faculty union to extend and modify a collective bargaining agreement with the teachers through Aug. 14, 2021.

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.

The man who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. draft his historic “I’ve Got A Dream” speech in 1963 led a Zoom conversation on racial injustice June 17. (Courtesy photo)

It was not the senior year anyone expected, but the Class of 2020 seemed to meet the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic with grace, courage and humor.

Archdiocesan and county protocols to lessen the risk of spreading coronavirus will change how parish Masses look for the foreseeable future. 

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.

Approaching from the passenger side of the vehicle to maintain “social distance,” Father Spryow hears the driver's confession while the engine hums, the sandy-pink St. Raphael Church steeple rising above penitent and confessor. 

On May 23, 1960, parishioners formed the local conference, becoming part of an "old, deeply-ingrained tradition of compassion" dating back to the parish's origins as a Spanish mission.

The Cool Car Challenge invited OLV students to build their own dream machines using whatever they could get their hands on at home. 

Thanks to a catechist determined to sustain religious education for parish children amid the lockdown, 23 public school students at St. Ignatius Parish will be ready for their first sacraments whenever churches open again for public Masses.

God willing, Father Edward Inyanwachi will soon again celebrate Mass and offer the sacraments to members of his rural southeastern Nigerian parish. Until then he’s trying to keep them from starving.

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.

More than a hundred cars rolled noisily through St. Patrick Parish's parking lot April 29 with colorful messages of appreciation and affection for Msgr. Michael Padazinski, pastor, and Father Andrew Ginter.

Paulist Father Terry Ryan is hosting Zoom workshops for alcoholics and others in recovery, focusing on contemplative prayer and meditation and its fundamental role in sober living in these uncertain times and others.

Hunger or the fear of it is real and spreading quickly in the Bay Area.

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.”