Youth Ministry

The Archdiocese of San Francisco supports youth ministry programs that foster the catechesis, moral, and spiritual formation of young people in Middle School through High School.

Our Goals

Guided by the USCCB’s document, Renewing the Vision (1997), our ministry has three goals:

To empower young people (ages 13-17) to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today;

To draw young people into responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the faith community;

To foster the personal and spiritual growth of each young person.

To accomplish these goals, we offer training, community, workshops, resources, retreats, and collaboration opportunities for Youth Ministry Leaders within the Archdiocese, as well as training, retreats, catechetical events, leadership opportunities for youth themselves.

Genuine love is demanding. But its beauty lies precisely in the demands it makes. Only those able to make demands on themselves in the name of love can then demand love from others.
St. John Paul II

ADSF YM CALENDAR

Saturday
Mar 01

First Saturday Memorial Mass

11:00am – 12:00pm
Join Holy Cross Cemetery for their First Saturday monthly Mass. The Mass is offered for all those interred in our Catholic Cemeteries. The celebrant will be Fr. Samuel Nkansah.
Website: http://holycrosscemeteries.com
Address
All Saints Chapel
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
1500 Mission Road
Colma
California 94014
Contact
Monica Williams
[email protected]
(650) 756-2060

Special Needs Mass for children and young adults with intellectual disabilities

1:30pm

INVITE FAMILY & FRIENDS a
Special Needs Mass for children and young adults with intellectual disabilities.


Join us at Saint Gabriel Church for a Sensory Friendly Teaching Mass with Father Matthew Schneider.



Father Matthew Schneider is a professor at Saint Patrick’s Seminary and is the President of the Board of Autistic Catholics. He is an autistic Catholic priest and wants to promote better inclusion of autistic individuals in our Church. He has been invited to present on autism and Catholicism to various groups from Catholic schoolteachers in Vancouver, to the (arch)dioceses of Philadelphia and Arlington, to a few individual schools and parishes throughout the USA and Canada, to the Institute on Theology and Disability, to the Canadian association for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, to the Italian Bishop’s Conference, to Duquesne University, to the Center for Autism and Theology at the University of Aberdeen. I was also invited to write a chapter for an upcoming disability book form Word on Fire, and have been interviewed extensively on autism and Catholicism by various media outlets. He is the aware winning author on autistic prayer, God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us, won the top book on prayer for the year from the association of Catholic publishers in 2023. I am also well known online at @AutisticPriest on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Special Needs programming is sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Office of Faith Formation and the Knights of Columbus.

Address
Saint Gabriel Church
2559 40th Avenue
San Francisco
California 94116

Walk for Peace & Memorial Vigil Mass

3:00pm

Help carry a cross to remember 2024
Bay Area victims of violent crimes
Saturday, March 1, 2025


St. Mark’s Catholic Church,
325 Marin View, Belmont, CA 94002
3:00 PM Walk for Peace
4:30 PM Mass and Vigil Service

To register visit https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/walkforpeace

For more information contact Julio Escobar at [email protected] or call 415 614-5572
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/walkforpeace
Address
St. Mark’s Catholic Church
325 Marin View
Belmont
California 94002
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
415 614-5572
Sunday
Mar 02

Conferencia: ¿Qué somos y qué queremos?

2:30pm – 4:30pm
Cost: Free! – ¡Gratis!

¡EVENTO GRATUITO PARA JÓVENES Y MATRIMONIOS!


Evan Lemoine Presenta Su Conferencia:



¿QUÉ SOMOS Y QUÉ QUEREMOS?


Cómo satisfacer nuestros deseos más profundos de identidad, pertenencia, felicidad, amor y sexualidad sin caer en la versión pirata. Encontrarás caminos de satisfacción a tus deseos más profundos.


Domingo 2 de Marzo, después de la misa de 1 pm en Español
de 2:30 pm a 4:30 pm en el cuarto de St. Francis.
CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARÍA DE LA ASUNCIÓN
1111 Gough St, San Francisco, CA 94109

CONOCE MÁS DE EVAN LEMOINE:

  • Escritor y Experto en la Teología del Cuerpo y la Visión.

  • Personalista de la sexualidad y el amor humano.

  • Profesor y Expositor de la Teología del Cuerpo,Theology of the Body Institute.

  • Profesor y Expositor de la Teología del Cuerpo,Instituto Amar al Máximo.

  • Conferencista Internacional, imparte cursos y conferencias sobre el amor, sexualidad, castidad,matrimonio y educación sexual.


Address
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
1111 Gough Street
San Francisco
California 94109
Contact
Ed Hopfner
[email protected]
415-614-5547
Wednesday
Mar 05

Ash Wednesday

Volunteer to distribute ashes at San Francisco County Jails


11:00 AM CJ#2 – 425 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
1:30 PM CJ#3 – 1 Moreland Dr, San Bruno, CA 94066


Background check is required, register to volunteer.
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/volunteer
Address
San Francisco County Jails
425 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
San Francisco
CA 94102
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
(415) 614-5572
Saturday
Mar 08

Catholic Men’s Conference 2025

8:00am – 3:30pm
Cost: $50.00

CALLED TO LEAD
San Francisco Bay Area
Catholic Men’s Conference


Online registration is now closed.


Day-of-event registration is open – please arrive by 8am


March 8, 2025
8:30 am – 3:30 pm


(Registration 7:30 am to 8:30 am)


We have a limited number of spots for day-of registration, come early!



St Pius Church
1100 Woodside Rd, Redwood City


Admission: $50 (lunch included) – Teenage sons (under 20): $25


Come be inspired, challenged and encouraged by Archbishop Cordileone,                           our outstanding speakers, and your brother Catholic men.


-Mass with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone


-Sacrament of Confession will be available



SPEAKERS:


Doug Barry, devoted husband and father of five, is the founder and director of the Catholic ministry RADIX. Since 1990 he has traveled both nationally and internationally spreading and defending the Catholic faith, speaking to young and old alike through television, radio and live appearances. Doug is also well known for his powerful one-man performance of The Passion of Christ, seen regularly on EWTN.  Doug was seen as co-host for EWTN’s television program ‘Life on the Rock’ for many years, and is now the host of the television program ‘Battle Ready’ on EWTN Global Catholic Network.


Fr. Jerome A. Magat, SThD is currently serving as vice-rector, program director for the Master of Divinity program and  professor of moral theology at St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California. Fr. Magat, is a member of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia serving in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A. Government) and was ordained in 2002, after having completed his seminary studies at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary (M.Div., M.A. in Theology, summa cum laude) in Emmitsburg, MD.  In his eleven years of diocesan service, Fr. Magat was a parochial vicar in four parishes, a marriage Tribunal auditor, an episcopal master of ceremonies and a peer-elected member of the presbyteral council.



As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17


15

Address

1100 Woodside Rd
Redwood City
California 94061
Contact
Ed Hopfner
[email protected]
4156145574

Excell Network Breakfast, Saturday, March 8, 2025

8:00am – 9:00am
Cost: $20.00

Excell Network Monthly Breakfasts are open to anyone who wants to support scholarships for justice-involved students, get to know their stories, and build community.


For more information contact Julio Escobar at [email protected] or call 415 614-5572

To get a ticket visit:
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/excellnetwork-breakfast
Address
Mission Dolores Basilica
3321 16th Street
San Francisco
California 94114
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
415 614-5572
Tuesday
Mar 11

Essential Catholicism Lecture Series – Lecture one on Jesus Christ

7:00pm – 8:30pm
Join St. Pius Catholic Church for a Lenten Lecture Series by Father Gregory Heidenblut, OSA, D. Div., director of Education and Formation of Priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The lecture series will last 6-weeks beginning on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Lectures will continue each Tuesday, with the last lecture ending Tuesday, April 15, 2025.



The weekly schedule and topics are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Tuesday, March 11 – Jesus Christ: Only Name Under Heaven by Which Salvation is Attained.

Lecture 2 – Tuesday, March 18 – Origins of the Catholic Church: Why Jesus Christ Established the Church as His Bride Giving Her Authority and the Fullness of the Truth?

Lecture 3 – Tuesday, March 25 – Apostolic Tradition: The Triple Munera; Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing. Why is the Church Sacramental and Eucharistic?

Lecture 4 – Tuesday, April 1 – Tradition: Proclamation of the Gospel, Sacred Scripture, Worship, Magisterium, the Sacraments, and the Daily Life of the Church.

Lecture 5 – Tuesday, April 8 – The Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings.

Lecture 6 – Tuesday, April 15 – Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization.
Address
St. Pius Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road
Redwood City
CA 94061
Friday
Mar 14

Eucharistic Adoration with Praise and Worship with St. Patrick’s Seminarians

7:15pm – 8:45pm
Join the seminarians from St. Patrick’s Seminary and University on Friday, March 14 and Saturday, April 12 from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the Chapel for Eucharistic Adoration led by the seminarians of St. Patrick’s. Confession will be available.

Light refreshments to follow.

Website: https://stpsu.edu/st-patricks-praise-and-worship/
Address
St. Patrick’s Seminary and University
320 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA 94025
Saturday
Mar 15

Excell Network Breakfast, Saturday, March 15, 2025

8:00am – 9:00am
Cost: $20.00

Excell Network Monthly Breakfasts are open to anyone who wants to support scholarships for justice-involved students, get to know their stories, and build community.


For more information contact Julio Escobar at [email protected] or call 415 614-5572

To get a ticket visit:
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/excellnetwork-breakfast
Address
New Community Church
1100 Middle Avenue
Menlo Park
California 94025
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
415 614-5572

National Council of Catholic Women’s Conference

9:00am – 5:00pm
Cost: 60

BE INSPIRED EMPOWERED TRANSFORMED


SAN FRANCISCO PROVINCE
ARCHDIOCESE COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN (SFACCW)
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN (NCCW)

They cordially invite you to One Day Conference Event:
National Council of Catholic Women’s Conference San Francisco
Saturday, March 15, 2025
9:00 AM – 5:00AM
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (St. Francis Room)
1111 Gough St, San Francisco, CA 94109
$60 with continental breakfast and lunch

Opening Prayer:
Ms. Gloria Krzyzanowski
Santa Rosa Diocese ACCW and Friends of World Union of Catholic Women, NCCW Treasurer

Welcome:
Ms. Kathryn Parish-Reese
SF ACCW, NCCW Province Director

Keynote Speaker
Fr. Tom Martin
Pastor of St. Pius Church, Redwood City

  • TOPICS:
    – Engaging Catholic Youth and Young Adults
    – Safety and Risk Management
    – Mental Health: Depression and Suicidal Signs

  • INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS INCLUDE:Ms. Catie Costa
    Published Novelist Teacher, Archdiocese of San FranciscoMs. Esker-D Ligon, ANP. PMHNP
    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Kaiser PermanenteMr. Derek Gaskin,
    Director of Safety and Security, Archdiocese of San FranciscoMs. Tamaika M. Parish, MSW, ASW
    Psychiatric Social Worker, San Mateo County

  • PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTHBe refreshed and renewed as your cup is refilled with joy, wisdom, peace, and hope.Fill my cup, Lord -John 4:15

  • NETWORKING AND FRIENDSHIP
    Meet up with other Catholic women and find friendship and support as sisters in Christ.


Sponsored by:
NCCW San Francisco Province • nccw.org
Representing Catholic women from the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Dioceses of Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and Utah

All are invited to attend the 5:30 pm Vigil Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral after the Conference ends


Please register by March 10 AT the link below:
Catholic Women’s Conference San Francisco




 
Website: https://bit.ly/womensconferenceSF
Address
St. Francis Room at St. Mary’s Cathedral
1111 Gough Street
San Francisco
California 94109
Contact
Kathy Parish-Reese
[email protected]
(650) 756-8158

Pilgrimage of Hope – Lenten Retreat Day

10:30am – 3:30pm
Cost: $30
Sister Cecilia Canales, OP will guide us in exploring Lent through the theme or our Church’s Jubilee Year. The Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose  welcome you to a day of reflection and prayer as the Church enters into a ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ this Lenten season.
Website: https://www.msjdominicans.org
Address
Wellness Center – Dominican Sisters’ of Mission San Jose
43326 Mission Circle
Fremont
California 94539
Contact
Sue Marengo
[email protected]
(510) 933-3546

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at St. Francis of Assisi

12:00pm
Join St. Francis of Assisi parish in East Palo Alto for their annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Their speaker this year is Tony Bucher, the president of San Francisco’s Irish Literary and Historical Society.
Website: https://www.sfofassisiepa.org/
Address
St. Francis of Assisi
1425 Bay Road
East Palo Alto
CA
Tuesday
Mar 18

Essential Catholicism Lecture Series – Lecture two on the Origins of the Catholic Church

7:00pm – 8:30pm
Join St. Pius Catholic Church for a Lenten Lecture Series by Father Gregory Heidenblut, OSA, D. Div., director of Education and Formation of Priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The lecture series will last 6-weeks beginning on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Lectures will continue each Tuesday, with the last lecture ending Tuesday, April 15, 2025.



The weekly schedule and topics are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Tuesday, March 11 – Jesus Christ: Only Name Under Heaven by Which Salvation is Attained.

Lecture 2 – Tuesday, March 18 – Origins of the Catholic Church: Why Jesus Christ Established the Church as His Bride Giving Her Authority and the Fullness of the Truth?

Lecture 3 – Tuesday, March 25 – Apostolic Tradition: The Triple Munera; Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing. Why is the Church Sacramental and Eucharistic?

Lecture 4 – Tuesday, April 1 – Tradition: Proclamation of the Gospel, Sacred Scripture, Worship, Magisterium, the Sacraments, and the Daily Life of the Church.

Lecture 5 – Tuesday, April 8 – The Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings.

Lecture 6 – Tuesday, April 15 – Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization.
Address
St. Pius Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road
Redwood City
CA 94061
Wednesday
Mar 19

“Exploring the Mystery: The Shroud of Turin”

5:00pm
Join St. Patrick’s Seminary and University on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 p.m., for a talk on the Shroud of Turin by the Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum and Cheryl White, Ph.D.

Reception to follow.





Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum is the pastor of Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Monroe, Louisiana and co-hosts the 36 episode podcast, Who is the Man of the Shroud? His research in the Vatican Secret Archives has been published for international journals and conferences and he is honored to work closely with the Center for the International Study of the Shroud in Turin. This collaboration has fostered significant transatlantic initiatives for Shroud education. With Dr. Cheryl White, he curates the Richard Orareo Collection of rare artworks and artifacts related to the devotional history of the Shroud.

Father Mangum speaks to a variety of groups, including Catholic seminaries, seeing the Shroud as the most important tool of evangelization. Recent public talks include the Museum of the Bible, the Smithsonian Institution, and a major event for the Archdiocese of New York at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He also presented at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis on the topic of the Shroud of Turin. Father Mangum serves as the Episcopal Delegate for the Cause of Canonization and Beatification for the five Servants of God known as the Shreveport Martyrs. He features in The Five Priests, an award-winning documentary on EWTN and global streaming platforms, as well as in a forthcoming EWTN documentary on the Shroud of Turin.







Cheryl H. White, Ph.D. is a professor of history at Louisiana State University at Shreveport, where she holds the endowed Hubert Humphreys Professorship. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association (STERA) and has published original research from the Vatican Secret Archives on the history of the Shroud for international journals and conferences.







Dr. White served as the historical consultant on the original Shroud of Turin exhibit developed for the Museum of the Bible and is a lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution. In 2023, she presented on the topic of the Shroud of Turin at World Youth Day in Lisbon Portugal and at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress. She co-hosts a thirty-six episode podcast series entitled Who is the Man of the Shroud?

Dr. White is a regular consultant and contributor to The History Channel. She features in a forthcoming documentary on the Shroud for EWTN and works closely with the Center for the International Study of the Shroud in Turin on collaborative projects. With Father Peter Mangum, Dr. White curates the esteemed Richard Orareo Collection related to the history of the Shroud of Turin, a cultural treasure of artworks and documents that spans five centuries.

Her forthcoming book, The Shroud in the Third Millennium: Confronting the Limits of Human Knowledge, will be published in 2025.


Website: https://stpsu.edu/shroud-of-turin-lecture-2025/
Address
St. Patrick’s Seminary & University
Thursday
Mar 20

Salutations to the Holy Cross

7:00pm
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco invites you to
“Rejoice, O Cross Guardian of the World”
An Ecumenical Service of Salutations to the Holy Cross

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7:00 PM
THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS
900 Alameda de las Pulgas (near Ralston Avenue), Belmont, CA

 

Venerate a relic of the true cross of Jesus!


Please join us to commemorate the 19th year anniversary of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross and the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary joining together in salutations and veneration of the relic of the Holy Cross of our Lord.

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos welcomes His Excellency Archbishop Cordileone, as the homilist.

A reception will follow in Oaks Hall, sponsored by our Ladies Philoptochos Society.



 

The service will be streamed live at www.goholycross.org

Click here for the event flyer

Address
Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross
900 Alameda de las Pulgas
Belmont
California 94002
Contact
[email protected]
(650) 591-4447
Friday
Mar 21

No events today

Tuesday
Mar 25

Essential Catholicism Lecture Series – Lecture three on Apostolic Tradition

7:00pm – 8:30pm
Join St. Pius Catholic Church for a Lenten Lecture Series by Father Gregory Heidenblut, OSA, D. Div., director of Education and Formation of Priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The lecture series will last 6-weeks beginning on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Lectures will continue each Tuesday, with the last lecture ending Tuesday, April 15, 2025.



The weekly schedule and topics are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Tuesday, March 11 – Jesus Christ: Only Name Under Heaven by Which Salvation is Attained.

Lecture 2 – Tuesday, March 18 – Origins of the Catholic Church: Why Jesus Christ Established the Church as His Bride Giving Her Authority and the Fullness of the Truth?

Lecture 3 – Tuesday, March 25 – Apostolic Tradition: The Triple Munera; Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing. Why is the Church Sacramental and Eucharistic?

Lecture 4 – Tuesday, April 1 – Tradition: Proclamation of the Gospel, Sacred Scripture, Worship, Magisterium, the Sacraments, and the Daily Life of the Church.

Lecture 5 – Tuesday, April 8 – The Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings.

Lecture 6 – Tuesday, April 15 – Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization.
Address
St. Pius Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road
Redwood City
CA 94061

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Wednesday
Mar 26

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Thursday
Mar 27

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Friday
Mar 28

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Saturday
Mar 29

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

What’s Next in Your Life? A Spiritual Guide to Retirement and Purposeful Aging.

9:30am – 4:00pm
Cost: 60
Jim Briggs, author and Executive Director of the School of Applied Theology will present on the opportunities of living a meaningful and fulfilling retirement. He will share ways to enrich your spiritual growth and purpose as you experience new blessings and challenges that come with aging.
Website: https://www.msjdominicans.org
Address
Dominican Center – Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
43326 Mission Circle
Fremont
California 94539
Contact
Sue Marengo
[email protected]
(510) 933-3546

YCP Lenten Retreat: “Metanoia – A Deep Change of Heart”

1:00pm – 6:00pm
Come join the Young Catholic Professionals for a free Lenten Retreat with fellow young Catholics ages 20-40! Please see the event website to register.

Jesus tells us, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” With these and similar words, Jesus invited his contemporaries to a better life through deep repentance and conversion. During this time of Lent, we can take the time out of the busyness of daily life to reflect on and heed this call. Join us for our annual Lent retreat for a time of reflection on metanoia, repentance and conversion during this Lenten season.

The retreat will take place on Saturday March 29th at the Shrine of St. Joseph Shrine in Santa Cruz and will include talks by Fr. Matthew, small group discussion, and Adoration. There will also be opportunities for confession as well as spiritual direction with priests or trained lay spiritual directors. After the retreat, you are invited to Sala Thai for our annual post-Lent retreat dinner.

Create some quiet time for God this Lent and join us for our Lenten retreat in Santa Cruz! The Shrine of St. Joseph is on a cliff overlooking the Pacific ocean and has a garden in a beautiful prayerful setting. The shrine also has a new coffee shop, so make sure to stop by and grab a cup of coffee! It’s the perfect environment for prayer and meditation.

Schedule

1:00 PM – Retreat Activities (talks, small groups, adoration, mass)
6:00 PM – End of Retreat
6:30 PM – Optional Dinner at Sala Thai
Website: https://ycp.glueup.com/event/metanoia-a-deep-change-of-heart-134293/
Address
Shrine of Saint Joseph
544 W Cliff Dr
Santa Cruz
California 95060
Contact
Megan Sauter
[email protected]
(818) 497-0665
Sunday
Mar 30

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

ValLimar Jansen LIVE! – A Musical Celebration of Faith, Hope and Love

7:30pm – 9:00pm
Experience ValLimar Jansen LIVE! Enjoy an extraordinary musical celebration of “Faith, Hope, and Love.” See a unique blend of storytelling, music and inspirational messages from an award winning performer recently honored by the Kennedy Center for Excellence in Educational Theater, and received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the National Council of Catholic Women.

All ages welcome. Bring family and friends. Register now! ValLimar takes you on a journey you’ll never forget.
Website: https://ola.churchofficechms.com/external/form/416c8207-d0eb-4136-b623-f7dd0415eb1a
Address
Our Lady of Angels Parish
Our Lady of Angels Church
1721 Hillside Drive
California Burlingame
Contact
Tanya Roberts
[email protected]
(650) 454-5592
Monday
Mar 31

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Tuesday
Apr 01

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

Essential Catholicism Lecture Series – Lecture four on Tradition

7:00pm – 8:30pm
Join St. Pius Catholic Church for a Lenten Lecture Series by Father Gregory Heidenblut, OSA, D. Div., director of Education and Formation of Priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The lecture series will last 6-weeks beginning on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Lectures will continue each Tuesday, with the last lecture ending Tuesday, April 15, 2025.



The weekly schedule and topics are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Tuesday, March 11 – Jesus Christ: Only Name Under Heaven by Which Salvation is Attained.

Lecture 2 – Tuesday, March 18 – Origins of the Catholic Church: Why Jesus Christ Established the Church as His Bride Giving Her Authority and the Fullness of the Truth?

Lecture 3 – Tuesday, March 25 – Apostolic Tradition: The Triple Munera; Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing. Why is the Church Sacramental and Eucharistic?

Lecture 4 – Tuesday, April 1 – Tradition: Proclamation of the Gospel, Sacred Scripture, Worship, Magisterium, the Sacraments, and the Daily Life of the Church.

Lecture 5 – Tuesday, April 8 – The Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings.

Lecture 6 – Tuesday, April 15 – Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization.
Address
St. Pius Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road
Redwood City
CA
Wednesday
Apr 02

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Thursday
Apr 03

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Friday
Apr 04

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Saturday
Apr 05

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

2025 Northern California Youth Choral Festival & Mass

11:30am – 6:45pm
The American Federation of Pueri Cantores (AFPC), the national student choral organization of the Catholic Church, invites all parish and school treble and mixed voice choirs (grades 4-12) in the region to participate in a Choral Festival & Mass.

200-300 students from various Catholic Schools and churches around Northern California will unite for a day of musical excellence, spiritual and personal growth, academic and cultural enrichment, and community, inclusion, and friendship.

In preparation of the Festival day, individual choirs will rehearse and learn the Festival repertoire with their choir directors and music teachers. On the day of the Festival, the combined choir of hundreds of students will be led by nationally recognized Catholic conductor/educator Dr. Bryan Zaros and will engage and inspire the gathered choristers, bringing the sacred music to life.
The Festival day will last 7 hours with ample rehearsal time, lunch/snack breaks, opportunities for youth to interact with their peers, and the day will culminate with the Festival Vigil Mass, where the trained combined choir shares their beautiful young voices to enhance the liturgy, which will be celebrated by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
Website: https://www.pcchoirs.org/2025-northern-california-youth-choral-festival
Address
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
1111 Gough St
San Francisco
California 94109
Contact
Kathleen Prina
[email protected]
(714) 633-7554
Sunday
Apr 06

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Monday
Apr 07

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Tuesday
Apr 08

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

Essential Catholicism Lecture Series – Lecture five on the Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings

7:00pm – 8:30pm
Join St. Pius Catholic Church for a Lenten Lecture Series by Father Gregory Heidenblut, OSA, D. Div., director of Education and Formation of Priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The lecture series will last 6-weeks beginning on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Lectures will continue each Tuesday, with the last lecture ending Tuesday, April 15, 2025.



The weekly schedule and topics are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Tuesday, March 11 – Jesus Christ: Only Name Under Heaven by Which Salvation is Attained.

Lecture 2 – Tuesday, March 18 – Origins of the Catholic Church: Why Jesus Christ Established the Church as His Bride Giving Her Authority and the Fullness of the Truth?

Lecture 3 – Tuesday, March 25 – Apostolic Tradition: The Triple Munera; Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing. Why is the Church Sacramental and Eucharistic?

Lecture 4 – Tuesday, April 1 – Tradition: Proclamation of the Gospel, Sacred Scripture, Worship, Magisterium, the Sacraments, and the Daily Life of the Church.

Lecture 5 – Tuesday, April 8 – The Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings.

Lecture 6 – Tuesday, April 15 – Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization.
Address
St. Pius Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road
Redwood City
CA 94061
Wednesday
Apr 09

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Thursday
Apr 10

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701
Friday
Apr 11

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

Personalize Easter Cards for Prisoners at San Francisco Jails

9:30am – 4:00am
Personalize 1200 Easter Cards for Prisoners at San Francisco Jails Friday, April 11, 2025

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

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.
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/volunteer
Address
San Francisco County Jails
1 Peter Yorke Way
San Francisco
California 94109
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
(415) 614-5572
Saturday
Apr 12

Taizé Prayer

7:15pm (03/25) – 8:30pm (03/07)
Taizé, an ecumenical service, of prayer and song surrounding the cross done in a spirit of peace and reconciliation.

Join St. Bartholomew Parish Taizé Prayer.  It is an evening of song, prayer, and contemplation. Immersed in simple chants, silence, and candlelight, come for a time of prayer and reflection during this Lenten season. For more information, please contact Maria Shao.
Address
St. Bartholomew Parish
600 Columbia Drive
San Mateo
California 94402
Contact
Maria Shao
[email protected]
650-347-0701

Archbishop addresses SF Guild of Catholic Medical Association

– 12:00pm
Cost: free


Saturday, April 12, 2025

Star of the Sea Church

8:30 a.m. Mass

9:45 a.m. Presentation by Archbishop Cordileone

More information:

Stephen A. McCurdy, MD MPH
President, San Francisco Guild of the Catholic Medical Association
Mobile telephone: 530-564-2410
E-mail: [email protected]
Address
Star of the Sea Church
4420 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco
CA 94118
Contact
Dr. Stephen McCurdy
[email protected]
530-564-2410

Excell Network Breakfast, Saturday, April 12, 2025

8:00am – 9:00am
Cost: $20.00

Excell Network Monthly Breakfasts are open to anyone who wants to support scholarships for justice-involved students, get to know their stories, and build community.


For more information contact Julio Escobar at [email protected] or call 415 614-5572

To get a ticket visit:
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/excellnetwork-breakfast
Address
Mission Dolores Basilica
3321 16th Street
San Francisco
California 94114
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
415 614-5572

Adventures in Marriage Workshop

8:30am – 4:30pm
Cost: $50/couple – includes lunch, materials, childcare

A SHORT COURSE FOR YOUR MARRIAGE THAT’S . . .



Faith! – Fun! – Forever!


Invest in your marriage today!


you’ll discover ways to:

  • communicate more clearly!

  • improve understanding!

  • make marriage a priority!

  • learn to love like Jesus!


This skills for marriage building day combines catholic teaching with the latest relationship research to let couples experience practical, attainable skills for a more successful marriage.

Create the marriage you want –                                   with the spouse you have!
$50/couple – includes lunch, workbooks, childcare


(scholarships available)

Questions/more information – Contact: Ed Hopfner



 

 
Website: https://tinyurl.com/sfaim2025
Address
St Mark Church
325 Marine View Ave
Belmont
California 94402
Contact
Ed Hopfner
[email protected]

Eucharistic Adoration with Praise and Worship with St. Patrick’s Seminarians

7:15pm – 8:45pm
Join the seminarians from St. Patrick’s Seminary and University on Friday, March 14 and Saturday, April 12 from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the Chapel for Eucharistic Adoration led by the seminarians of St. Patrick’s. Confession will be available.

Light refreshments to follow.

Website: https://stpsu.edu/st-patricks-praise-and-worship/
Address
St. Patrick’s Seminary & University
320 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA 94025
Tuesday
Apr 15

Essential Catholicism Lecture Series – Lecture six on Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization

7:00pm – 8:30pm
Join St. Pius Catholic Church for a Lenten Lecture Series by Father Gregory Heidenblut, OSA, D. Div., director of Education and Formation of Priests for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The lecture series will last 6-weeks beginning on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Lectures will continue each Tuesday, with the last lecture ending Tuesday, April 15, 2025.



The weekly schedule and topics are as follows:
Lecture 1 – Tuesday, March 11 – Jesus Christ: Only Name Under Heaven by Which Salvation is Attained.

Lecture 2 – Tuesday, March 18 – Origins of the Catholic Church: Why Jesus Christ Established the Church as His Bride Giving Her Authority and the Fullness of the Truth?

Lecture 3 – Tuesday, March 25 – Apostolic Tradition: The Triple Munera; Teaching, Sanctifying and Governing. Why is the Church Sacramental and Eucharistic?

Lecture 4 – Tuesday, April 1 – Tradition: Proclamation of the Gospel, Sacred Scripture, Worship, Magisterium, the Sacraments, and the Daily Life of the Church.

Lecture 5 – Tuesday, April 8 – The Church’s Moral and Ethical Teachings.

Lecture 6 – Tuesday, April 15 – Catholic Social Teaching and the New Evangelization.
Address
St. Pius Catholic Church
1100 Woodside Road
Redwood City
CA 94061
Thursday
Apr 17

Deliver Easter Treats to Prisoners at San Francisco County Jails

Deliver St. Easter Treats to Prisoners at San Francisco County Jails


11:00 AM CJ#2 – 425 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
1:30 PM CJ#3 – 1 Moreland Dr, San Bruno, CA 94066


Background check is required, register to volunteer.
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/volunteer
Address
San Francisco County Jails
425 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
San Francisco
CA 94102
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
(415) 614-5572
Saturday
Apr 19

Excell Network Breakfast, Saturday, April 19, 2025

8:00am – 9:00am
Cost: $20.00

Excell Network Monthly Breakfasts are open to anyone who wants to support scholarships for justice-involved students, get to know their stories, and build community.


For more information contact Julio Escobar at [email protected] or call 415 614-5572

To get a ticket visit:
Website: https://www.sfarchdiocese.org/excellnetwork-breakfast
Address
St. Mark Catholic Church
325 Marine View Avenue
Belmont
California 94002
Contact
Julio Escobar
[email protected]
415 614-5572
Sunday
Apr 27

Respect Life Essay Contest Mass & Awards Ceremony

11:00am
Participants of the 2025 Respect Life Essay Contest are invited to join us for a special Mass and Awards Ceremony presided by Archbishop Cordileone.

Winners of the contest will receive a cash prize and a certificate.  In addition, honorable mentions will be awarded a certificate. We wish to thank United for Life, who sponsors our contest, for making possible the cash prizes given out every year.

Principals, Teachers and Parents of children that participated in the essay will be invited to RSVP in a form that will be available in 2025. Please come back to RSVP closer to the date of the event.

Address
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
1111 Gough St.
San Francisco
Ca 94109

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ADSF Youth Leadership Team – S.A.L.T.

Many are called, but few are chosen. – Matt 22:14

The ADSF Youth Service and Leadership Team aka S.A.L.T. will assist in planning, advising in and executing spirtual and social youth events throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Apply for this opportunity and serve your brothers an sisters in this great Archdiocese. All confirmed high school students, Coodinators of Youth Ministry and Young Adult Volunteers may apply. Space is limited and we are in need of leaders from Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties.

Contact Us

Remee Vargas
Youth & Young Adult Ministry Coordinator
(415) 614-5595
email: [email protected]

 
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