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Bishop-elect Robert McElroy, newly named 17th auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, believes lay Catholics in the Archdiocese have an important role to play to revitalize not only the inner life of the Church but also the public life of the Bay Area.

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- The California Catholic bishops' conference is alerting parents and guardians of public school children ...
When he assumes his episcopal duties for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, look for Bishop-elect Robert McElroy to bring the skill set and pastoral style that endear him to the St. Gregory Parish community of San Mateo, where he has ministered as pastor since 1996.
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to halt the shackling of pregnant women prisoners, under legislation sent to the governor for his signature.
Rick DelVecchio named editor of Catholic San Francisco http://bit.ly/cjrU11
Historian reflects on Catholics and Labor Day shar.es/0pvyc
California bishops’ offer guidelines to ‘opt out’ for parents of public school children shar.es/0pvlW
California bill would bring end to shackling of pregnant prisoners #catholic http://bit.ly/blcAh2
We will have to keep our eyes on our Missalettes ™ for the first few months once the new translation of the Roman Missal takes effect nationwide on the first Sunday of Advent 2011. However, we’ll have a year to learn about the changes.
The California Catholic bishops’ conference is alerting parents and guardians of public school children that they have the right to ‘opt out’ of many influences and classes that contradict their family’s values – from instruction in how to perform ...
“The new principals and president/head of schools come with a variety of educational and administrative experiences. I am thrilled with their enthusiasm, dedication, and sincere desire to provide the very best Catholic school experience for their students. We are looking ...
Project Rachel, the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s post-abortion ministry, is offering a non- residential retreat for Spanish-speaking women at St. Finn Barr Church, 415 Edna St., San Francisco on Friday evening Oct. 15 and Oct.16- 17.
A new “social contract” is needed in today’s economy, said Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement.
Five years after the devastating effects of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, rebuilding efforts are still very much a work in progress. Many, but not all, Gulf Coast residents have returned and although many homes and buildings have been rebuilt, more still needs to be done.
The juggling of schedules and reserving of fields and gyms, not to mention the actual coaching, boggles the ordinary mind. But each year the Catholic Youth Organization’s 2,300 volunteer coaches work with 17,500 elementary school kids, teaching them the fundamentals of ...
When I was growing up, we considered the Labor Day parade on Market Street one of the high points of the year. Women marched in the parades, but back then if you asked me or my fellow students at St. Agnes School, we would have told you that our dads worked and our moms stayed ...
 In the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, Catholics comprised a critical mass in the population at large, as well as among the city’s business and political leadership. Catholic influence in public life ensured that the notions of a moral ...
Thirty years ago, on Aug. 31, 1980, an electrician named Lech Walesa signed the Gdansk Accords, ending a two-week-old strike at that Hanseatic city’s Lenin Shipyards. Walesa signed with a giant souvenir pen featuring a portrait of Pope John Paul II.
The Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner once said that, in the long run, the importance of the Second Vatican Council in the mid-1960s is that it marked the emergence of Catholicism as a self-consciously global family of faith. Rahner was making a kind of theological argument.
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