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Oscar Romero, Presente!
On the thirtieth anniversary of his assassination, the Mission remembers the priest who spoke for the voiceless. En Español
View ArticleGood Friday at Mission Dolores
Lent is a time for the "Latino community to recharge its battery," said parishioner Robert Huerta.
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Forgotten 18th-Century Mural
Efforts to save an 18th-century mural fade as public interest grows dimmer.
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What do Mission Jews do on Christmas?
Quite a lot of different things, as it turns out.
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Former Synagogue on 19th Street Houses Creators
We’ve all seen the Star of David while walking south on Lapidge toward 3535 19th Street, which was once Temple B’nai David. It closed in 1978, but the building remains, now a wonderfully elegant suite...
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Jesus Still in Demand, Says One Mission Pastor
The keyboard player leans toward the microphone to start the next verse. One man in a blue button-up shirt yells and jumps in place, his arms raised high above his head. Meanwhile, an elderly woman...
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Celebrating the Virgen de Guadalupe
Hundreds of people gathered at Mission Dolores early Wednesday morning, many with roses for the Virgen de Guadalupe. Dec. 12 marks the annual celebration of the appearance of the Virgen in Mexico in...
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Mission Pastor and Congregants Await Announcement of New Pope
Update: On Wednesday, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was chosen as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church. — As the world waits to hear who will become the next leader of the Roman Catholic...
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Catholic Archbishop Demands Immigration Reform
As national lawmakers debate an immigration bill pending in the senate, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has launched a campaign to engage families around the Bay Area to demand meaningful reform. San...
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The Race to Sainthood Redux
With the announcement this weekend of the twin canonization of Pope John XXIII, who called the Second Vatican Council and was beloved by liberal Catholics and Pope John Paul II, more revered by...
View ArticleVigil at St. Peter’s Church Draws Hundreds
About 350 people attended a mass for immigrant rights held at St. Peter’s Church on 24th Street Friday evening in the Mission District. The mass, organized by the San Francisco Organizing Project and...
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Mission Maya Celebrate Dead
Editors Note: This story first ran on Nov. 2, 2009 and because it is out of the norm, it is one of my favorite Day of the Dead pieces so we thought we would rerun it today. Today’s celebrations will be...
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On Mission in the Mission: Meet the Mormons
Walking down Mission Street on a recent weekday afternoon, Jordan Webster and Cole Castleberry are an arresting sight. Tall and remarkably fresh-faced, they could be college-aged interns at Google...
View ArticleOpinion: Je Suis Junipero Serra
Jenni Olson is a San Francisco writer and filmmaker. This essay is an excerpt from her new film, “The Royal Road” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this week. Pope Francis announced this...
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Archbishop Romero, Headed for Sainthood, Lives On in the Mission
There are three moments in the life of Gloria Cañas, a Salvadoran living in the Mission, that belong to her most indelible memories. The first is when she received her First Communion from the hands of...
View ArticleShofar, So Good
By CAITLIN ESCH The soft tenor of the shofar, a ram’s horn trumpet, sounded faintly in the streets outside Sha’ar Zahav, a progressive Reform synagogue in the Mission District. The horn marked the...
View ArticleThe Holiest Intersection in Town
You’d better watch your mouth as you approach the corner of 16th and Dolores Streets. Three churches, a Jewish synagogue and a day care center make it the holiest intersection in San Francisco. “If the...
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Local Lutherans React to Policy On Gay Pastors
Bruce Engel, a computer programmer who worships at St. Mary and St. Martha Lutheran Church in the Mission District, summed up what many San Francisco congregations said about the 4.6 million member...
View ArticleNew Ministers Provide Refuge for Battered Women
Marisela Sookraj was two months away from her Catholic Baptism in 2008 when her boyfriend of almost a year battered her and left her with a fractured skull. Her Baptism class at Mission Dolores was...
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