As a young priest at Holy Family Parish in San Jose during the 1970s, Jesuit Father Albert A. Grosskopf was tasked with forming a singles group. The majority turned out to be divorced or separated.

The Amazon rainforest and its value to the lives both inside the endangered territory and beyond it is barely understood by many adults. But after a two-week immersion study on the rainforest in October, the first graders of Mission Dolores Academy definitely get it.

“The girls rocked it and played really well, receiving a big round of applause,” said CYO athletic director Patrick Stallone

The Amazon rainforest and its value to the lives both inside the endangered territory and beyond it is barely understood by many adults. But after a two-week immersion study on the rainforest in October, the first graders of Mission Dolores Academy definitely get it.

When 19-year-old Nicholas Peters of San Carlos understood that his life would not be a long one, he decided to spend the days that might be left to him ministering to the forgotten and the hopeless on the streets of San Francisco.