A History of Star of the Sea Parish, San Francisco, by Fr. Joseph Illo.

Join us on Friday, May 1, for a special event with Fr. Joseph Illo.
At 1:00 PM in the church, Fr. Illo will speak on his second book, Mother of the Light: 16 Apparitions of Our Lady. A signing of his first book, Star of the West, will follow in the auditorium, with a second signing after the 6:00 PM Latin Sung Mass for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.

Available from April 22 at Star of the Sea Parish and at itascabooks.com.

Many thanks to all who made gifts towards our Annual Appeal Goal, which has now been reached. Any funds over the goal will go to our school, Stella Maris Academy, to help educate children in San Francisco who could not otherwise afford a Catholic education. I want every member of our parish to make some gift toward the Archbishop’s Appeal this year, even though we have reached our goal, so that each one of us can know that we have contributed to the work of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, and our own parish and school, in 2027.
No gift is too small, but we should all make some level of sacrificial gift, from $50 to $5000, according to our means.

Inspired by this year’s theme, “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:31), I invite you to prayerfully consider a gift to the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. Your generosity makes a real difference in the lives of so many throughout our Archdiocese.

— Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone
Archbishop of San Francisco