Cathedral Family, This Sunday is both Word of God Sunday and also the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. However, this past week was celebrated also as Christian Unity Week. ...

Cathedral Family, I am just hearing the wonderful news from the Vatican that Pope Leo XIV has called for a “Special Year of Jubilee of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800 th ...

Cathedral Family, As we head into this New Year 2026, there are lots of things, no doubt, on everyone’s heart and mind. Hopefully, we have made some kinds of resolutions for o...

Praise be Jesus Christ ! Dear Cathedral Family, “For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Fa...

Cathedral Family, This weekend, we celebrate “Gaudete Sunday.” It means, “Let us rejoice.” The celebration cultivates the joy that builds in anticipation of the joy of Christ...

The origins of a prayer shawl find its roots in the Jewish tradition. In the book of Numbers 15, God tells Moses, "Speak to the Israelites, and tell them to make tassels on the ...

Cathedral Family, We are already in the Second Sunday of Advent. The season is calling us to enter more deeply into what we are really longing. Through the readings and prayers a...

By Billy Kwiatowski, Parishoner On a Saturday in the middle of November, one hundred and fifteen Catholic men disconnected from the noise and chaos of daily life and reconnect...

By Ed Arocho, HSA Publicity On November 30th, St. Francis Cathedral School held its first ever Advent Wreath Make & Take event, a new tradition that brought together parish and ...

By: Ed Arocho On Saturday, November 22, 2025, St. Francis Cathedral School families gathered at the St. Francis CYO for this year’s Fall Family Event, themed “A Taste of Italy....

Together, we live out our faith through service, ensuring that those in need experience the love, care, and presence of Christ through our collective efforts. The Social Concerns...

By Kate Quiñones , Catholic News Agency Contributor In a move to renew a “long-lost tradition,” the U.S. bishops confirmed the next National Eucharistic Congress will take plac...

Cathedral Family, The readings this weekend focus on the radical Christian statement of the Creed: “I believe in the resurrection of the Body…and the life of the world to come.”...

On Tuesday, October 28, the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi held a dedication and prayer service for the newly renamed “Pastoral Center & Early Childhood Center” serving the ...

By Alessandro Di Bussolo, Vatican News Correspondent Pope Leo XIV presented Saint John Henry Newman as a master of "theory and practice of education", who invites us to offer th...

Cathedral Family, November marks the last weeks of the Church year as we wind down our 33 weeks of Ordinary Time with Christ the King Sunday near the end of the month---and the ...

Did you know that Halloween actually has significant Catholic origins? The etymology of the term Halloween is "hallows," meaning 'holy' and "e'en," truncated for 'evening.' This h...

By Will Kwiatkowski , Correspondent What began as a simple idea among a Catholic Men’s Group at St. Francis Cathedral has extended into a diocesan-wide men's conference. The...

St. Francis Cathedral School held its first ever Trunk or Treat on October 24th in the Cathedral parking lot and it was a huge success! The event was proudly hosted by the SFCS Hom...

On October 22, 2025, the Saint Francis Cathedral School community gathered in the school cafeteria at 7:00 p.m. for the October HSA meeting. From the moment families arrived, the...