Welcome to
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
& Chinese Mission
Welcome to our vibrant Catholic community,
where we together celebrate
faith, hope, and love of God.
Join us in sacred worship, building community,
and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Weekend Mass Times
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am & 11:00 am
Weekday Mass
Tue-Fri 12:05 pm
Adoration
1st Friday of the month after the 12:05pm Mass
Confessions
by appointment (Contact Fr. Ivan
415-288-3830 or e-mail;
or contact any of the other Paulist priests)
World Marriage Day (Feb 8)
World Marriage Day is celebrated the 2nd Sunday of February when we celebrate the beauty and richness of the sacrament of marriage and how our married couples are channel of God’s wonderful love and blessings to the world.
Marriage is not easy, requiring all the virtues of a saint - patience, sacrifice, generosity, forgiveness, trust, faith, and love. All married couples need our love and prayers. This day we remember that and call upon God’s blessing on married couples at all our Masses the weekend of World Marriage Day.
While supplies last, we are providing the book, Radiate Love, to married and engage couples to help them better live out their vocation of marriage.
2026 Paulist Annual Appeal:
Building Bridges Through Charity
On the weekend of January 25th, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral & Chinese Mission joined Paulist communities nationwide to support care for senior Paulist priests, vocations & seminarian formation, and mission priorities that welcome those on the margins, all through the Annual Paulist Appeal. Please consider participating at any level using the reply envelope at the parish or give online at paulist.org/apa. No gift is too small - together we build bridges of hope and unity. Thank you!
One recent feature of the Annual Paulist Appeal is Mission Impact Grants program. These grants, given to various Paulist parishes, help empower women leaders, encourage new vocations, connect with young adults, provide care for senior Paulists, elevate the voices of people of color, and serve neighbors who may never enter a church building.
This past year, our community received grant funding for a Bay Area Young Adult Lenten Retreat (3/29/25) to strengthen the faith and build community among young adults, and a Black Catholic Awareness Event (11/8/25) to increase awareness and celebrate the beauty and wisdom of Black Catholics to the Catholic Church.
Former Old St. Mary’s Pastor and current Vice President of the Paulist Father, Fr. John Ardis, CSP was here to preside and preach at all our weekend Mass, promoting the Annual Paulist Appeal. He also blessed our newly refurbished Conversion of St. Paul Stained-Glass Window. During his time at Old St. Mary’s, he started the project of refurbishing the window through a most generous benefactor. It is fitting he should see the completion of this grand project that will hopefully be the catalyst to turn Old St. Mary’s into an Ever New St. Mary’s. Plus, I’m not sure Mary likes to be called old.
Original window before refurbishing
Installing the new window
Unveiling our Restored
Conversion of St. Paul
Stained-Glass Window
the weekend of 2026 Jan 24 & 25
After over a year of working on our time stained window, on January 25rh weekend, we unveiled the restored version. Time had blurred the image and knock out pieces of the stained glass. Through careful matching colors and enhancing colorings, our Conversion of St. Paul window has been restored to her glory days.
On Friday, Jan 23, the refurbished window was installed and the following weekend, at all the Sunday Masses, we blessed this image that had inspired pilgrims to Old St. Mary’s Cathedral over the decades.
As Catholics, we use images to help remind us of our heroes of the faith and how God is ever faithful in blessing them and using them to inspire deeper hope, deeper faith, deeper love across space and time.
The conversion of St. Paul reminds us God can use us, no matter how dark a history we have written. God’s grace can shine light across any darkness and bring forth new and exciting things. We just need to be open to God’s loving and transforming grace.
Thanks to Fr. John Ardis, CSP who spearheaded this project when he was pastor here. Thanks to Vincent Ho, who gave a grand gift in honor of his late wife MJ (Mary Jean) to restore this particular window. Thanks to Margaret Pederson (Sea of Glass Studios), whose expert training in stained glass windows, enabled her to restore our window to last another 100 years. Thanks to Rick Riley who carefully removed the window and has now carefully reinstalled the restored window.
As part of your pilgrimage to Old St. Mary’s Cathedral,
consider spending some prayerful time
before the image of the Conversion of St. Paul.
First Friday Adoration
after the 12:05pm Mass
After the 12:05pm Mass, on the first Friday of the month, we will have adoration and benediction. Come spend some quiet time and meditative Taize chants with our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament. In our busy and chaotic world, we are in need of the peace and presence and wisdom of our Lord. We will conclude around 1pm with Benediction and the Divine Praises.
2026 West Coast Walk for Life
Saturday, 24th of January
On Saturday, January 24th, thousands of folks participated in the annual Walk for Life, to witness the sanctity and beauty of life, in all its stages from conception to natural death. Given the confusion and misunderstanding of life in the world today, we all need to help each other be witnesses and gentle reminders of the beauty, joy, and preciousness of life. Old St. Mary’s Cathedral was represented with some of our parishioners participating in the Cathedral Mass and walk..
Come join us next year. We’ll organize sign ups and a joint meeting place.
What’s Coming Up
OCIA - A Journey of Faith
Wanting to explore the Catholic Faith? Considering becoming Catholic or receiving sacraments
of Confirmation & Eucharist?
We have a process called the OCIA where the church accompanies folks in their spiritual journey to discern God’s call to become Catholic.
Contact Fr. Ivan for more information.
After-Mass Hospitality
(After the 9am and 11am Mass)
Everyone is invited to our after-Mass hospitality after the 9am and 11am Sunday Masses. Each Sunday, the parish provides tea and coffee and various parishioners bring treats or make something delicious to share. We are following the Master who did his best ministry around food,
In this we start to fulfill our Mass dismissal charge to “go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.” We glorify the Lord by making people feel loved. We glorify the Lord by allowing others to help us experience God’s love through their friendship and affection.
Our parishioners and visitors often spend an hour after Mass in our auditorium getting to know one another, sharing our week, or finding needed connections, laughter, or prayers. Come an entertain angels without knowing it through your presence and hospitality. (Hebrew 13:2).
Bible Studies
Come join our online Bible Studies to deepen your appreciation of the power and wisdom of God’s Word.
Fr. Tom leads an English Bible Study on Thursday at 6pm (ZOOM ID: 819 3641 0160; Passcode: 016304).
Deacon Simon leads a Cantonese Bible Study on Friday at 8pm (Zoom ID: 758 223 4347)
Archdiocesan Annual Appeal
Thanks everyone who participated in the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal (AAA). We reach and exceeded our archdiocesan goal this year. This is great news because we do not have to draw from our savings to cover any shortfalls. The other good news is any excess amount we raised can be passed onto next year’s goals.
Spirituality Resources
We are now in the season of Ordinary Time. For us baptized in the power of Christ and living in the age of the Spirit and of the Kingdom, we know its roots and foundations comes from the gift of the Son of God. Click here for some resources to help you celebrate well this season of growing in the Spirit.
World Marriage Day (Feb 8)
World Marriage Day is celebrated the 2nd Sunday of February when we celebrate the beauty and richness of the sacrament of marriage and how our married couples are channel of God’s wonderful love and blessings to the world.
Marriage is not easy, requiring all the virtues of a saint - patience, sacrifice, generosity, forgiveness, trust, faith, and love. All married couples need our love and prayers. This day we remember that and call upon God’s blessing on married couples at all our Masses the weekend of World Marriage Day.
While supplies last, we are providing the book, Radiate Love, to married and engage couples to help them better live out their vocation of marriage.
** Visiting Old St. Mary's
** Visiting Old St. Mary's
If you are planning to visit Old St. Mary's, we look forward to welcoming you. This 172 year old church has seen a lot of history and a lot of lived faith.
We have a self-guided tour pamphlet you can pick up at the church. At our church entrance, we have historic pictures of the church and tower that amazingly survived the 1906 SF earthquake. That earthquake destroyed over 80% of the city.
Our church is normally open
Mon: CLOSED
Tues-Fri: 10am-4:30pm
Sat: 11:30am-6pm
Sun: 8:30am-Noon
(until 3pm during the summer)
Who Are We?
Welcome to our community, where warmth and faith come together
to create a sense of belonging for everyone.
Join us as we share in life's journey,
celebrating and supporting one another every step of the way.