Tag: religion

Faith Group Questions Officials on Police Reform

Jun 4, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Members of a group of religious leaders, known as Faith in Action, invited several city officials...

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Vicario de la Misión Practica el Humanismo desde el Púlpito hasta el Ayuntamiento

Feb 7, 2016 | En Español, Mobile

El Padre Richard Smith, en su sotana negra y su cuello clerical está cerca de las personas por...

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SF Mission Vicar Practices Humanity From Pulpit to City Hall

Jan 5, 2016 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Dressed in a black robe and a clergy collar, Father Richard Smith often stands in contrast to the...

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Hundreds Walk to Honor the Virgin of Guadalupe

Dec 7, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

If you were in the Mission on Saturday, you probably caught some part of the long procession of...

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Native American Protesters Decry Canonization of Junipero Serra

Sep 24, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Some 100 people protested outside of Mission Dolores church Wednesday afternoon against the...

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Archbishop Romero, Headed for Sainthood, Lives On in the Mission

Jun 1, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Today's Mission

There are three moments in the life of Gloria Cañas, a Salvadoran living in the Mission, that...

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Opinion: Je Suis Junipero Serra

Jan 25, 2015 | Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Jenni Olson is a San Francisco writer and filmmaker. This essay is an excerpt from her new film,...

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What do Mission Jews do on Christmas?

Dec 25, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Video

Quite a lot of different things, as it turns out.

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On Mission in the Mission: Meet the Mormons

Nov 18, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Walking down Mission Street on a recent weekday afternoon, Jordan Webster and Cole Castleberry are...

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Mission Maya Celebrate Dead

Nov 2, 2014 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Today's Mission

“They see that there’s a party in other houses but none in their own.”

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Vigil at St. Peter’s Church Draws Hundreds

Aug 23, 2014 | 24th Street, Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Today's Mission

About 350 people attended a mass for immigrant rights held at St. Peter’s Church on 24th Street...

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The Race to Sainthood Redux

Apr 27, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

  With the announcement this weekend of the twin canonization of Pope John XXIII, who called the...

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Catholic Archbishop Demands Immigration Reform

May 14, 2013 | AP, Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Today's Mission

As national lawmakers debate an immigration bill pending in the senate, the Archdiocese of San...

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60 Seconds: Missionites Ponder New Pope’s Agenda

Mar 14, 2013 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Multimedia, Today's Mission

Mission Local spoke with residents about their expectations for and thoughts on the newly elected...

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Mission Pastor and Congregants Await Announcement of New Pope

Mar 13, 2013 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Update: On Wednesday, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was chosen as the new pope of the Roman...

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VIDEO: Celebrating the Virgen de Guadalupe

Dec 12, 2012 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Multimedia, Today's Mission, Topics, Video

Hundreds of people gathered at Mission Dolores early Wednesday morning, many with roses for the...

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