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CSF February 2023 Isssue

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School Opt-Out Resources for Parents
Students all over the state have returned to school, and now is an excellent time for parents to research and review the opt-out options available for specific curricula in public… Read More
900-plus attend Archdiocese of San Francisco event for formerly incarcerated, crime victims
A record 900-plus people attended the Sept. 8 Archdiocese of San Francisco’s 11th annual Reentry Conference, Resource and Job Fair, aimed at helping those recently released from prison or jail,… Read More
For immediate Release: 75th annual San Francisco Police-Fire-Sheriff Mass brings city together in prayer
Today, the Archdiocese of San Francisco along with the San Francisco Fire, Police, and Sheriff’s Departments held the 75th annual Police-Fire-Sheriff Mass at St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church. 
Uniform Solidarity
Annual Mass honoring San Francisco’s first responders began nearly 80 years ago after historic hotel fire
Chief of Hope & Love
After one year at the helm of Catholic Charities, Ellen Hammerle talks about “rebuilding” from the inside out after COVID-19
Catholic high schools: Grounded in faith and committed to academic excellence
When a student enters one of our Catholic high schools, they are treated as one of God’s beloved children, created in His image and likeness, and as such, inherently good.… Read More
Sin and Suffering
Pope St. John Paul II continues his meditation on suffering by discussing one of the causes of suffering — evil in the form of personal sin. He writes: “The conscious… Read More
Rediscovering a sense of Eucharistic Adoration in silence
We must rediscover the sense of adoration in silence. It is a form of prayer that we have lost. Too few people know what it is. It is up to… Read More
Press Release: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy to Facilitate Settlements with Abuse Survivors
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco announced today the filing of a voluntary petition for bankruptcy relief under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing is necessary… Read More
How baseball imitates the spiritual life
It seems that when we truly love things, our heart struggles to find similarities between those things. Perhaps that is why I am often struck by how much baseball resembles… Read More
These cloistered nuns who never leave the convent are at WYD for the first time
Four Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament from the congregation’s community in San Francisco shared their personal experiences with EWTN News at World Youth Day which took place in… Read More

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