Rev. Charles Puthota, Pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish, will offer Mass on Saturday, April 6th, for all those interred in our Catholic Cemeteries. Mass is celebrated at 11am in All Saints Chapel. All are welcome to join us in prayer.

Join Holy name of Jesus Catholic Church to celebrated with 60th Jubilee of the Dedication of their Church. Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a reception following.

“We are put on this earth for a very short time in order to learn to love,”

– James Finley, Ph.D., spiritual teacher, and writer

Our hearts are a portal for God’s heart, and where our hearts and God’s heart meet, Divine Love is fulfilled. Together, we’ll explore the nature of Divine Love as a living relationship. This will be a time of prayer and art making, silence and sacred conversation, self-care and connection to community. Sessions will include reflections and teachings from Colette’s book, The Divine Heart, as well as Christian mystics, sacred poetry and scripture. We will engage in contemplative practices such as lectio divina, visio divina, walking meditation in nature, and spiritual journal writing. Come and step into sacred space in the joy of community and find grace, strength, and renewed vitality to continue on life’s journey.

Presenters:

Colette Lafia is an award-winning author, spiritual director, and retreat leader. She has a passion for the contemplative path, and invites us to see ourselves as manifestations of Divine Love. Her most recent book is The Divine Heart: Seven Ways to Live in God’s Love, which received a 2022 Nautilus Book Award.

Mary Loebig Giles (she/her) is Pastor of Action and Contemplation at Common Table SF, leads a Faith & Justice cohort, and offers spiritual direction outdoors in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. She facilitates retreats that awaken the heart through embodied and contemplative practices.

“We are put on this earth for a very short time in order to learn to love,”

– James Finley, Ph.D., spiritual teacher, and writer

Our hearts are a portal for God’s heart, and where our hearts and God’s heart meet, Divine Love is fulfilled. Together, we’ll explore the nature of Divine Love as a living relationship. This will be a time of prayer and art making, silence and sacred conversation, self-care and connection to community. Sessions will include reflections and teachings from Colette’s book, The Divine Heart, as well as Christian mystics, sacred poetry and scripture. We will engage in contemplative practices such as lectio divina, visio divina, walking meditation in nature, and spiritual journal writing. Come and step into sacred space in the joy of community and find grace, strength, and renewed vitality to continue on life’s journey.

Presenters:

Colette Lafia is an award-winning author, spiritual director, and retreat leader. She has a passion for the contemplative path, and invites us to see ourselves as manifestations of Divine Love. Her most recent book is The Divine Heart: Seven Ways to Live in God’s Love, which received a 2022 Nautilus Book Award.

Mary Loebig Giles (she/her) is Pastor of Action and Contemplation at Common Table SF, leads a Faith & Justice cohort, and offers spiritual direction outdoors in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. She facilitates retreats that awaken the heart through embodied and contemplative practices.

“We are put on this earth for a very short time in order to learn to love,”

– James Finley, Ph.D., spiritual teacher, and writer

Our hearts are a portal for God’s heart, and where our hearts and God’s heart meet, Divine Love is fulfilled. Together, we’ll explore the nature of Divine Love as a living relationship. This will be a time of prayer and art making, silence and sacred conversation, self-care and connection to community. Sessions will include reflections and teachings from Colette’s book, The Divine Heart, as well as Christian mystics, sacred poetry and scripture. We will engage in contemplative practices such as lectio divina, visio divina, walking meditation in nature, and spiritual journal writing. Come and step into sacred space in the joy of community and find grace, strength, and renewed vitality to continue on life’s journey.

Presenters:

Colette Lafia is an award-winning author, spiritual director, and retreat leader. She has a passion for the contemplative path, and invites us to see ourselves as manifestations of Divine Love. Her most recent book is The Divine Heart: Seven Ways to Live in God’s Love, which received a 2022 Nautilus Book Award.

Mary Loebig Giles (she/her) is Pastor of Action and Contemplation at Common Table SF, leads a Faith & Justice cohort, and offers spiritual direction outdoors in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. She facilitates retreats that awaken the heart through embodied and contemplative practices.

Join St. Patrick’s Seminary & University for an evening of Eucharistic Praise and Worship led by Fr. Vito Perrone, COSJ and St. Patrick’s Seminarians. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available.  Light refreshments to follow.

Come see the Vatican’s International Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles of the World and the Shroud of Turin!

We have selected for exhibition approximately half of the 137 Eucharistic miracles (152 panels) approved by the Church and the Shroud of Turin which is a Passion Exhibit that includes Scriptural references, history of the relics, and the results of scientific studies.

Schedule as follows:
Friday, April 26, 2024: 6-8pm in the school auditorium
Saturday, April 27, 2024: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm in the school auditorium.
Sunday, April 28, 2024: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in the school auditorium. Sunday Presentation Times: 11:00 am-Eucharistic Miracles and 1:00 pm – Shroud of Turin

Free Admission

Come see the Vatican’s International Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles of the World and the Shroud of Turin!

We have selected for exhibition approximately half of the 137 Eucharistic miracles (152 panels) approved by the Church and the Shroud of Turin which is a Passion Exhibit that includes Scriptural references, history of the relics, and the results of scientific studies.

Schedule as follows:
Friday, April 26, 2024: 6-8pm in the school auditorium
Saturday, April 27, 2024: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm in the school auditorium.
Sunday, April 28, 2024: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in the school auditorium. Sunday Presentation Times: 11:00 am-Eucharistic Miracles and 1:00 pm – Shroud of Turin

Free Admission

Come see the Vatican’s International Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles of the World and the Shroud of Turin!

We have selected for exhibition approximately half of the 137 Eucharistic miracles (152 panels) approved by the Church and the Shroud of Turin which is a Passion Exhibit that includes Scriptural references, history of the relics, and the results of scientific studies.

Schedule as follows:
Friday, April 26, 2024: 6-8pm in the school auditorium
Saturday, April 27, 2024: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm in the school auditorium.
Sunday, April 28, 2024: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in the school auditorium. Sunday Presentation Times: 11:00 am-Eucharistic Miracles and 1:00 pm – Shroud of Turin

Free Admission

Participants of the Respect Life Essay Contest are invited to join us for a special Mass and Awards Ceremony presided by Archbishop Cordileone.

Principals, Teachers and Parents of children that participated in the essay, please RSVP below to attend this special event to recognize winners and honorable mention recipients of the 35th annual Respect Life Essay Contest. 

We thank all Catholic schools, individuals and homeschooled families that submitted essays.  We thank as well the group of volunteer judges from San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin County for choosing our winners, and to United for Life for funding our winning prizes.

 

Please RSVP on the Essay Contest Form, below, the latest by Thursday April 25th. Early RSVP’s are appreciated for us to plan the seating arrangements. 

Prizewinners – Essay Contest 2024
Archdiocese of San Francisco – By grade and County

Join Archbishop Cordileone for a special prayer service for Hong Kong, especially for Cardinal Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai.

Cardinal Zen, 92, is the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong (2002 – 2009). He is an outspoken advocate for religious freedom and democracy. Cardinal Zen was arrested in May 2022 by Hong Kong authorities and put on trial for allegedly failing to civilly register a pro-democracy fund. He was convicted and ordered to pay a fine, which he has appealed.

Mr. Lai is a 76-year-old Catholic businessman in Hong Kong who, inspired by his Catholic faith, has peacefully advocated democracy and respect for human rights. Because he spoke the truth in the fight for freedom, Mr. Lai has been jailed by authorities since December 2020.

 



 

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – 5 – 8pm PDT
Location: St. Patrick’s Seminary & University
320 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA 94025

“The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai”

Holy Hour to Pray for Persecuted Christians and Lecture, “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai,” by William McGurn (Wall Street Journal)

REGISTER HERE!

Agenda
4:45 PM Doors Open
5:00 PM Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
5:45 PM “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai,” Lecture by William McGurn
7:00 PM Reception

Holy Hour to Pray for Persecuted Christians and Lecture, “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai,” by William McGurn (Wall Street Journal)

Join St. Patrick’s Seminary, the Benedict XVI Institute, and Archbishop Cordileone on Wednesday, May 8th, to pray for and learn about the situation of persecuted Christians on mainland China and in Hong Kong.

The evening begins with Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, led by Archbishop Cordileone. Special music for the Holy Hour includes the premiere of a new composition by Frank La Rocca on a text by James Matthew Wilson, “Stanzas for the Chinese Martyrs,” commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship. Other compositions by Diana Corliss, Kevin Allen, and Paul Jernberg will also be sung by the choir, directed by Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music.

The second and final event of the 2023–2024 St. Patrick’s Seminary Lecture Series follows. The lecture by William McGurn, opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal and godfather of Jimmy Lai, is entitled “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai.” Jimmy Lai is the founder of the popular Hong Kong paper Apple Daily, who has now been imprisoned in solitary confinement for organizing pro-democracy protests.

William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly “Main Street” column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He spent more than a decade overseas—in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. And in the mid-1990s, he was Washington Bureau Chief for National Review. Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong (Perfidious Albion) and a monograph on terrorism (Terrorist or Freedom Fighter). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, holds a BA in philosophy from Notre Dame and an MS in Communications from Boston University.

Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas has been hailed as “perhaps the most significant Catholic composition of our lifetimes” and “the best liturgical composition for the Mass since Duruflé.” Cappella label’s recent recordings of La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas and Requiem for the Forgotten/Messe des Malades have debuted in the top spots of Billboard’s Traditional Classical chart. La Rocca is composer-in-residence for the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, a faculty member of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Catholic Scholars and Artists.

Holy Hour to Pray for Persecuted Christians and Lecture, “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai,” by William McGurn (Wall Street Journal)

Join St. Patrick’s Seminary, the Benedict XVI Institute, and Archbishop Cordileone on Wednesday, May 8th, to pray for and learn about the situation of persecuted Christians on mainland China and in Hong Kong.

The evening begins with Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, led by Archbishop Cordileone. Special music for the Holy Hour includes the premiere of a new composition by Frank La Rocca on a text by James Matthew Wilson, “Stanzas for the Chinese Martyrs,” commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship. Other compositions by Diana Corliss, Kevin Allen, and Paul Jernberg will also be sung by the choir, directed by Dr. Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music.

The second and final event of the 2023–2024 St. Patrick’s Seminary Lecture Series follows. The lecture by William McGurn, opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal and godfather of Jimmy Lai, is entitled “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai.” Jimmy Lai is the founder of the popular Hong Kong paper Apple Daily, who has now been imprisoned in solitary confinement for organizing pro-democracy protests.

 

• 4:45 – Doors open


• 5:00 – Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament


• 5:45 – “The Prison Witness of Jimmy Lai,” Lecture by William McGurn


• 7:00 – Reception

 

William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly “Main Street” column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He spent more than a decade overseas—in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. And in the mid-1990s, he was Washington Bureau Chief for National Review. Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong (Perfidious Albion) and a monograph on terrorism (Terrorist or Freedom Fighter). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, holds a BA in philosophy from Notre Dame and an MS in Communications from Boston University.

 

Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas has been hailed as “perhaps the most significant Catholic composition of our lifetimes” and “the best liturgical composition for the Mass since Duruflé.” Cappella label’s recent recordings of La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas and Requiem for the Forgotten/Messe des Malades have debuted in the top spots of Billboard’s Traditional Classical chart. La Rocca is composer-in-residence for the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, a faculty member of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Catholic Scholars and Artists.

May is Foster Care Awareness Month. As we celebrate the important role that foster parents play, all those connected to the foster care system are invited to a special Mass.

Please RSVP below.

Join Archbishop Cordileone and the Perpetual Eucharistic Pilgrims for the launch of the National Eucharistic Revival Pilgrimage from the West with the St. Junipero Serra Route.

The day begins with Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco at 11:00 a.m. with a pilgrimage walk following through San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.



 

The Eucharist is Jesus Christ
“The Medicine of Immortality”

SF Eucharistic Revival Faith & Fellowship Event

21st Century Eucharistic Miracles discussion and Q&A hosted by Dr. Scott French, ER physician and former Stanford professor, from Fr. Robert Spitzer’s Magis Center.

Men’s Club Meeting
Wendsday, May 22, 2024
6:00pm
St. Mary Star of the Sea in Sausalito
180 Harrison Ave,
Sausalito, CA 94965

To bring the 21st Century Eucharistic Miracles presentation to your school or parish, please contact Nicolle Dougherty