Parishes & Schools

Within 24 hours of receiving notice on March 10 all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco would have to switch to distance learning , St. Matthew School’s digital campus was up and ready to continue educating students.

Volunteers at St. Anselm Parish in Ross are making phone calls to longtime parishioners, prioritizing seniors and those living alone, to offer spiritual and material support during the public health emergency.

Amid a shutdown that has brought the Bay Area to a standstill, Father Thomas Martin said he hopes as pastor he can reassure people and provide some calm during a critical time in their lives. 

One month to the day after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 liver cancer, the longtime pastor of Our Lady of Loretto Parish said he doesn’t plan to take medical retirement or to spend time completing a so-called “bucket list.”

The Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Raphael Church was one hour Alicia Orellana was not going to surrender to the coronavirus.