Online registration for 2024 is now closed.

              There will be a few limited spaces Saturday                          – please come early and bring a check

St Bartholomew Parish, San Mateo

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The Mother-Daughter Programs are designed to help you and your daughter explore God’s special gift of human fertility together. Help her see the beauty and wonder of God’s plan for growing up as a young girl or teenager and becoming a woman.

There are 2 separate programs: for ‘tweens’ in the morning, and ‘teens’ in the afternoon. The Tween and Teen Programs cover similar subject matter while differing in depth and scope. All presentations are pure, light-hearted and affirming!

(Note – ages are suggested – but each parent knows her child best, and which level would be most appropriate – outlines of the 2 programs are below)

* Girls younger than 10 who are already developing and showing signs of puberty are also welcomed to attend.

For more information – contact Ed Hopfner, [email protected]

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Tween Program

9:00am – 12:30pm

(for Mothers and their 10 – 12 year old daughters)

This program is very basic and is geared toward the younger girls’ anticipation of the changes that take place at puberty. Most girls will not have started ovulating or having periods, eventhough many of them are experiencing some of the physical and emotional changes.

READ MORE ABOUT THE TWEEN PROGRAM

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Teen Program

1:30pm – 5:00pm

(for Mothers and their 13–16 year old daughters) 

This is a sweet program to help the girls appreciate their femininity, have some fun, laugh a lot and become comfortable with their changing bodies and personalities. Little girls change into women, even if they would rather not, and all the changes are part of God’s wonderful design of women. The physical changes are preparing the girls’ bodies to be able to be mothers in the future. God wants every new baby to grow inside his mother’s uterus, and He has designed everything about a woman’s body to take care of His babies. The program really helps put the girls and their mothers at ease when discussing these topics!

READ MORE ABOUT THE TEEN PROGRAM

 

 

Join Archbishop Cordileone at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 4 to celebrate the Mass for Consecrated Life and this years’ Jubilarians. All are invited to join in celebrating the role of religious in our Archdiocese and their many years of ministry.

On February 4th, the Mission San Jose Dominicans’ Center for Education & Spirituality (C.E.S.) will be hosting Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego to share his experience at the Vatican Synod of October 2023. We invite you to come listen and learn—firsthand–what is unfolding, developing and expanding into a renewed vision of hope for our church.

Join us for a webinar on cyber exploitation with guest speaker Susan Patterson. The event precedes International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, which is observed the following day.

Please sign up below to get the Zoom link.

Save the date and join us to pray on the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita. February 8 has been designated as the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.

For this reason on February 8, 2024 at 6 p.m. PST we will be hosting a webinar rosary prayer to invoke Saint Bakhita’s aide in bringing awareness to the evil of Human Trafficking and to  intercede for the victims and survivors of human trafficking.

More details will be shared as we get closer to the date.

Pope Francis highlights in Evangelii Gaudium that human trafficking affects everyone. “How I wish that all of us would hear God’s cry: ‘Where is your brother?’ (Gen 4:9). Where is your brother or sister who is enslaved? Where is the brother and sister whom you are killing each day in clandestine warehouses, in rings of prostitution, in children used for begging, in exploiting undocumented labour? Let us not look the other way. There is greater complicity than we think. The issue involves everyone!” Pope Francis wrote.

Please register below to receive the webinar link. (Please check your spam folder if you do not receive anything.)



 

SUPPORT THE EXCELL NETWORK REENTRY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Pastoral Center, Archdiocese of San Francisco
1 Peter Yorke Way, San Francisco, CA 94109
Meeting starts at 8:00 a.m., please arrive by 7:45 a.m.
Free parking @ 1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, 94109

It’s not just the money! The Excell Network Reentry Scholarship Program offers a community of support for those trying to reenter society after incarceration. We offer mentoring and other support. A key component is the Excell Network Monthly Breakfast.

At our Excell Network Monthly Breakfasts you will meet justice involved students currently receiving scholarships, and learn more about our work in restorative justice. Through these breakfast events we connect community members to “go under the hood” of what it means to support those reentering society after incarceration

The Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland will host a Mass for the World Day of the Sick featuring Frank LaRocca’s Messe des Malades. The Messes des Malades is a special Mass honoring Our Lady of Lourdes.

St. Mary’s Cathedral requests the honor of your presence at the 25th priestly silver jubilee celebration of their rector of pastor, Fr. Kevin Kennedy on Sunday, February 11 at 11:00 a.m.

Reception to follow in Patron’s Hall.

Ash Wednesday: Help distribute ashes to Catholics in-custody at San Francisco County Jails

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

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


• 1:30 PM CJ#3 – 1 Moreland Dr, San Bruno, CA 94066A background check is required, please register to volunteer, and complete a background check form.

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

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

Mejore su Conocimiento para proteger a sus seres queridos. Apuntese para recibir información de como acceder a la charla virtual.

Presentadora: Felicitas Brugo Onetti, Coordinadora de Educación y Divulgación contra la Trata de Personas en el Departamento de Servicios de Migración y Refugiados de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos

Biografia:  Felicitas Brugo Onetti es la Coordinadora de Educación y Divulgación contra la Trata de Personas en el Departamento de Servicios de Migración y Refugiados de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos. Nacida en Buenos Aires, Argentina, Felicitas siempre se sintió atraída por trabajar con poblaciones inmigrantes. Se ofreció como voluntaria extensamente con familias migrantes y refugiadas guatemaltecas y mexicanas mientras crecía en Miami, Florida y asistió a varios viajes misioneros mientras obtenía su título de trabajo social en la Universidad Católica de América en Washington, DC. Durante sus estudios académicos, trabajó estrechamente como trabajadora social escolar, brindando acceso a servicios, recursos y tratamiento a niños migrantes y familias que buscan refugio en los Estados Unidos.

Uno de los principales proyectos en los que se centra es el Movimiento Amistad, una iniciativa inspirada en los captivas a bordo del barco de esclavitud Amistad que se rebelaron y ganaron su libertad. La iniciativa trabaja para empoderar a las poblaciones inmigrantes en comunidades en riesgo para evitar que sean víctimas de la trata de personas. Junto con el  Programa Conviértete en Pastor,  que trabaja para educar a sacerdotes, monjas, religiosos laicos y otros miembros de la iglesia sobre la educación y los recursos sobre la trata de personas, Felicitas está trabajando para recrear y expandir estos programas para poblaciones vulnerables como hispanos/latinos, nativos americanos, nativos de Alaska, isleños del Pacífico y personas negras para abordar mejor las necesidades de cada comunidad única.

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SUPPORT THE EXCELL NETWORK REENTRY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

It’s not just the money! The Excell Network Reentry Scholarship Program offers a community of support for those trying to reenter society after incarceration. We offer mentoring and other support. A key component is the Excell Network Monthly Breakfast.

At our Excell Network Monthly Breakfasts you will meet justice involved students currently receiving scholarships, and learn more about our work in restorative justice. Through these breakfast events we connect community members to “go under the hood” of what it means to support those reentering society after incarceration

Join the Archdiocese of San Francisco, along with St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, for the

2024 Archdiocesan Women’s Conference

Blessed Art Thou:
Women of the Eucharist in the Modern World

beginning with

9:00 a.m. Mass with
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone

 and featured speaker:

Gloria Purvis

Host, Gloria Purvis Podcast, America Magazine
Speaker, National Eucharistic Congress

The conference will include time for Eucharistic Adoration, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and lunch. 

$55 per person

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February 24, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

St. Dominic’s Catholic Church
2390 Bush St
San Francisco, CA 94115

Join the Chinese Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco for their Chinese New Year Eucharistic Celebration & Ceremonial Tribute to Ancestors on February 24, 2024. Archbishop Cordileone will be the principal celebrant for the Mass.

Following the Mass, there will be a Chinese New Year Dinner in the Cathedral’s Event Center (5:00 p.m.).

St. Agnes Catholic Church and the Ignatian Spiritual Life Center are thrilled to share an upcoming presentation on the Synod on Synodality by Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, the Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University. Fr. Orobator, who served as a voting member at the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, will provide firsthand insights into this significant event of collective discernment within the universal Church.

This event presents a unique opportunity to engage in dialogue and listening with a Synod participant. We look forward to welcoming you to this enlightening discussion followed by a Q&A session and social gathering. Please submit your questions online at: https://www.saintagnessf.org/synodality.

Any donation or free offering received during the event, whether in-person or online, will directly support one or two lay graduate students at the Jesuit School of Theology who may be facing financial difficulties with expenses such as books, rent, and groceries. Thank you for your generosity and support in making this event meaningful for our community and those students in need.