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The Bay Area Rosary Rally on Oct. 12 united local Catholics from nearly a dozen ethnic cultures in a day dedicated to “Our Lady Who Unites All Peoples.”
The Catholic Chinese Ministry celebrated Chinese New Year at St. Mary’s Cathedral with Mass and a banquet Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone offered the Mass and
With 15 Masses offered each week in four languages — English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Portuguese — St. Raphael Church in San Rafael is a beautiful example of the kind of multicultural parish that has become increasingly representative of Catholic life in the U.S.
The state of California had by far the largest delegation as 400 enthusiastic leaders of Hispanic ministry met to illuminate the needs of the community and discern a path forward at the Raices y Alas (Roots and Wings) Congress April 26-30.
The beauty of the universality of the Church is that people around the world celebrate the holiest days of the year with rich traditions that stem from a society steeped in Catholic faith. Centuries of fusing Holy Week and Easter customs to local resources and cultural traditions have produced a patchwork of unique liturgical traditions, blessings, art, recipes and more.
Juliette Totah, now 93 and living at St. Anne’s Home in San Francisco, was born in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah. Like other Arab-speaking Catholics, her Easter memories and traditions remain rooted in the Holy Land.
The parking lot of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Daly City is now something of a permanent gallery for the artwork of priest-in-residence Father Rey Culaba.
February is Black History Month and there are several ways you can participate in celebrating the heritage of Black Catholics. The University of San Francisco
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