We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

After returning to St Agnes to preside at mass, Fr. Eduardo will share from his book, Mexican-American Catholics (Paulist Press), addressing the devotion to la Virgen de Guadalupe and how she literally embodies the Word made flesh.

This event will be presented in English at 11:45 (following the 10:30 mass) and in Spanish at 2:45 (following the 1:30 mass).

RSVP at saintagnessf.org/islc-event

What reviewers are saying about Mexican-American Catholics:

“Taking readers to the heart of the Mexican-American Catholic experience, this brief introduction illuminates the historical and spiritual roots of this community.”

-Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Univ.of Loyola-Marymount

Fr. Eduardo C. Fernández, SJ, is professor of pastoral theology and ministry at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara Univeristy and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. He earned his doctorate from the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

Join St. Pius for the second of four Advent lectures on our Lady.

Fr. Gregory Heindenblut, OSA, DD will lead the series entitled:
Mary, Truth & Misconceptions
Her role as Mother of God and our Mother.

Week two will focus on the dogma of her Perpetual Virginity and also answer the question: Do Catholics Worship Mary?



 

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

Join the Filipino Ministry for the annual Simbang Gabi Commissioning Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.

 

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

Join Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma for First Saturday Mass offered for all those interred in our Catholic cemeteries. Father Michael Strange, PSS will be the celebrant.

All are welcome to join in praying for our faithful departed.

Advent invites us to eagerly wrap ourselves in the anticipation of Christ’s coming. Scriptures, music, art and the people we encounter this season beckon us to discover the unexpected joy hidden in Advent’s quiet waiting. Come, Lord Jesus!

Presented by Sister Celeste Arbuckle, Sister of Social Service. This is a Zoom event.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

Schola Seraphica will be celebrating their 18th Christmas Concert at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park on December 8, 2024, at 2:00pm. Singers from Church of the Nativity parish and St. Francis High School in Mountain View will join forces once again this year to celebrate the feast of our Lady with the theme, “Regina Coeli”.

Tickets can be bought through Nativity Church Rectory at (650) 323-7914. Tickets will be sold after Sunday Masses at Nativity Church beginning Nov. 3. Tickets are $20 General/$15 Senior and Students

The Mater Dolorosa Music Ministry invites you to their Advent/Christmas concert entitled “… and Holy is His Name” on Sunday, December 8 at 6:00 p.m.

Tickets will be sold after all Masses and an be purchased through the parish office. Tickets are $25 for adults & $10 for children 12 years and under.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will fall on December 9, 2024. The solemnity is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

Prepare 1200 Christmas Cards for Prisoners at San Francisco Jails Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Also see Cards of Mercy for more information on Mother’s and Father’s Day Cards, Thanksgiving Cards, Christmas Cards.

Personalize Christmas Cards for 1200 people in custody.

Archdiocese of San Francisco – Pastoral Center
1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Pastries, drinks and lunch will be provided.

Join St. Pius for the third of four Advent lectures on our Lady.

Fr. Gregory Heindenblut, OSA, DD will lead the series entitled:
Mary, Truth & Misconceptions
Her role as Mother of God and our Mother.

Week three will focus on the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and also discuss the dogma in the Eastern and Western Church.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church cordially invites you to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 11, at 5:30 pm with a Rose Presentation after Communion. The Rosary will be recited before Mass at 5:00 pM.

Stay and join us for a Tamale Dinner immediately following in Duggan Hall with music provided by Mariachi Sol De Mexico.

Donations of $20 for adults and $5.00 for children accepted.

Tickets will be sold after Masses and reservations made by contacting Laura Rapp at [email protected] or 415-999-2429.

Please join us as celebrate the Patroness of the Americas at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Sausalito, CA 180 Harrison St starting at 5:00pm with a Rosary Procession.

Mass begins at 5:30pm with a Tamale Dinner and Mariachis immediately following.

$20 donation accepted for adults. $5.00 for children.

Join St. Dominic’s Catholic Church for an Advent Mercy Night, a special evening of personal prayer, contemplative music, and quiet reflection in God’s presence.

Adoration with music and meditation will be from 7:30-9:00PM, and confessions will be available from 7:30-8:30PM.

Mercy Night is an invitation to experience God’s mercy and prepare our hearts to welcome Jesus this Christmas.

All are welcome! Advent Mercy Night is a wonderful opportunity to invite someone you’ve always wanted to introduce to the Catholic faith or perhaps friends and family who haven’t been to church in some time.

Sponsored by the 3040+ group.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

Deliver Cards and Treats inside San Francisco County Jails Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Hand deliver Thanksgiving meals and cards.

11:00 AM CJ#2
425 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

1:00 PM CJ#3
1 Moreland Dr, San Bruno, CA 94066

A background check is required, please register to volunteer, and complete background check form for.

Visit the volunteer page below to obtain background check form.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

We believe that everyone should experience the delight of Christmas by receiving a present they wished for. That single, specially chosen gift shows that people in the community care.

Catholic Charities “Be a Blessing” Holiday Campaign provides toys and gifts to children, families and seniors throughout our community each year. Volunteers can host a toy/gift drive at their place of work, parish or school to benefit this program. Toys/gifts are needed for children from newborn babies to 16-year-old teenagers.

Blankets, coats, hats, socks as well as toiletry items and kitchen essentials are needed for the seniors, unhoused and adults with disabilities we serve. Temperatures will no doubt dip just in time for the holidays, making it the perfect time to offer some extra warmth to those in need. With your support, the holidays will be a little brighter for our most vulnerable members of our community. Get your friends, classmates, family and coworkers to help collect items and gifts.

Contact: [email protected] for more information and to coordinate a drop-off.

The Sisters of Social Service invite women to a “Come and See” day with Advent prayer, dinner and conversation about religious life on December 14 from 2:00-6:00 PM for women ages 20-45 years old. Please consider being part of the group and inviting others to join.

A gathering for those who are preparing to celebrate the Solemnity of Christmas with a Grieving Heart.

“Christ comes to the broken heart to mend, the bleeding soul to cure, and with the treasures of His grace to enrich the humble poor.”

All are invited. Please RSVP to Deacon Chuck McNeil.

Join Fr. Mike Schmitz to celebrate the opening of Nativity High School in San Francisco at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on December 16.

For more information, visit nativityhs.org/camelcade.

Gospel models of longing and hope allow us a glimpse of coming joy as we pray together through the weeks of Advent. Sr. Toni Lynn Gallagher, RSM will lead us through ways we can grieve while walking together a journey of HOPE.

Join the conversation at the St. Pius X Parish Center on December 16th, 2024 at 7:00 PM. All are welcome.

Contact [email protected] to RSVP.

Join St. Pius for the fourth of four Advent lectures on our Lady.

Fr. Gregory Heindenblut, OSA, DD will lead the series entitled:
Mary, Truth & Misconceptions
Her role as Mother of God and our Mother.

Week four will focus on the dogma of the Assumption of Mary and also discuss Marian Apparitions and her titles.

Spread Joy and Hope This Holiday Season!

We need your help to bring smiles and warmth to children in need. By volunteering to sort toys and create heartfelt Christmas card messages, you can make a significant impact on the lives of children whose parents are incarcerated or have been affected by violence, including domestic violence.

Your presence, whether for a few hours or the entire day, can brighten a child’s holiday with love and hope.

To volunteer, please register on our website below.

Spread Joy and Hope This Holiday Season!

We need your help to bring smiles and warmth to children in need. By volunteering to sort toys and create heartfelt Christmas card messages, you can make a significant impact on the lives of children whose parents are incarcerated or have been affected by violence, including domestic violence.

Your presence, whether for a few hours or the entire day, can brighten a child’s holiday with love and hope.

To volunteer, please register on our website below.

Join Us in Spreading Holiday Cheer!

We invite you to join us in bringing joy and warmth to children in need. By volunteering to sort toys and craft heartfelt Christmas card messages, you can make a profound difference in the lives of children whose parents are incarcerated or have been affected by violence, including domestic violence.

Your time, whether for an hour or a day, can light up a child’s holiday with hope and happiness.

To become a volunteer, please register on our website below.

The SF Turkey Drive is just to feed the hungry!

Pierre Smit started the SF Turkey Drive from his home in San Francisco in 2012. Every year, for Thanksgiving and for Christmas, the SF Turkey Drive collects turkeys or monetary donations to help feed the hungry in our community.

One hundred percent of all donations go directly to the non-profit donors selected from the following two organizations: San Francisco-Marin Food Bank and/or St. Anthony Foundation.

In the past five years, the SF Turkey Drive provided enough food and funds to prepare over 275,000 meals for the hungry. Your gifts will help continue this effort against hunger in San Francisco. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqz8S6E9hiI for a KPIX-CBS report in 2022.

This year, on Saturdays November 23 and December 21 from 9 am till noon, we will be collecting Food and Funds.

– FOOD: turkeys (preferably frozen) and boxes of fresh vegetables can be dropped off on those days at 350 De Montfort Avenue, San Francisco.

– FUNDS: Online donations made anytime from our website www.SFTurkeyDrive.com

More information at www.SFTurkeyDrive.com including volunteering opportunities.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

REGISTER HERE

Date: January 11, 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 8:45am-12:30pm
No walk-in registration.
Registration deadline: January 8, 2025.
Venue: St. Catherine of Siena Church, Burlingame (1310 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010)

Speakers: Rev. Jerome Magat, SThD (Vice-Rector, St. Patrick’s Seminary) & Rev. Joshua Neu, S.S.L. (Director of Liturgy, St. Patrick’s Seminary)

Topics covered: Church doctrine, liturgical rubrics, opportunities to practice

This half-day workshop is NOT a recertification workshop. It is only supplementary to the training that should ordinarily be provided by pastors. Each pastor is responsible for periodically certifying the qualifications of readers and extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.

For inquiries, please contact [email protected]

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REGISTER HERE

The “Santo Nino” (or Holy Child Jesus) is symbol of the birth of Catholicism in the Philippines over 500 years ago when Magellan presented a statute of the Santo Nino to Queen Juana of the Philippine Island of Cebu in 1521.

The Filipino Ministry encourages you to attend our celebration, and to bring your own Santo Nino to receive a special blessing after the Mass.

 

The official Walk for Life Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone– all are welcome.

Walk for Life Rally and Walk
Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco

11-12:30 Info Faire

12:30 p.m. Walk for Life Rally

1:30 p.m. Walk for Life begins