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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.

The school and parish that work, play and pray together stay strong, supportive and spiritual together.

For Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the second son and third of four children born into a Sicilian working-class family of fishermen and farmers and schooled in the public system through his freshman year in college, Catholic education holds top priority as a transformative tool for forming faith, building bonds, constructing communities and strengthening society.

Happy Catholic Schools Week! I am so proud of the strong Catholic communities, innovative educational programs, and dedicated people we find at each of these schools. As you navigate this booklet, you may be wondering what is it that separates the Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from the many other schools in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo. You may be asking yourself, why Catholic school?

After nearly seven decades of educating women, San Francisco’s Mercy High School will close its doors forever this June.

The St. Brigid School Honor Choir spent the first week of 2020 at the Vatican in Rome participating in the 6th Annual New Year’s Choir Festival.

Longtime pastoral associate helped weave Vatican II spirituality into parish life

Help save lives this Lent with 40 Days for Life: Join us this Lent in peacefully praying for the end to abortion in San Francisco

The parade always takes place during Catholic Schools Week "to share the good news of Catholic schools with the community," St. Finn Barr School principal Mele Mortonson told Catholic San Francisco.

Is God calling you to a vocation as a priest? One way to find out if you have a true calling is by attending a free weekend discernment retreat at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park Feb. 21-23.

San Francisco’s St. Anne School celebrated its 100th anniversary with a blessing during the school’s morning assembly Jan. 6, the school’s first day in session for 2020. Retired Santa Rosa Bishop Daniel Walsh, an alumnus of St. Anne, presided at the Jan. 6 rites.

An entrance procession with flowers that would be placed at the cathedral Advent wreath opened the 12th annual Simbang Gabi Commissioning Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Dec. 10.

Locally collected coats under One Warm Coat always benefit local poor, and the coats collected by St. Finn Barr School will benefit St. Anthony Foundation in the city’s Tenderloin district. The nonprofit operates a free clothing program for the city’s most needy citizens.

A priest at Corpus Christi Parish has started not one but three new theater groups at his parish to engage parishioners in the dramatic arts.