Masses in San Francisco

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I am going to be traveling to the Bay Area in a few weeks and am looking for a parish church that would be convenient for a Sunday morning Mass. I need to drive south from Santa Rosa to San Francisco to catch a 2 pm flight out of SFO. Any recommedations for a church with an orthodox or traditional Mass? Novus Ordo OK; Latin optionalI would prefer a historically beautiful church convenient to Highway 101.
 
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I am going to be traveling to the Bay Area in a few weeks and am looking for a parish church that would be convenient for a Sunday morning Mass. I need to drive south from Santa Rosa to San Francisco to catch a 2 pm flight out of SFO. Any recommedations for a church with an orthodox or traditional Mass? Novus Ordo OK; Latin optionalI would prefer a historically beautiful church convenient to Highway 101.
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Well…I would recommend the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Santa Clara, but that’s about an hour’s drive away from San Francisco.

olop-shrine.org/

I would say that the Archdiocese of San Francisco generally does not have LifeTeen or other related programs, so you probably won’t run into too much trouble.

Some beautiful churches to check out would be Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Patrick, Mission Dolores, Old St. Mary’s, National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Dominic, St. Ignatius, St. Anne of the Sunset.

There’s a Byzantine Catholic Church, Our Lady of Fatima, if you’re interested in that. I have no experience with it though.

Check mass times at sfarchdiocese.org/ and masstimes.org
 
Thanks. I did not think of Mission Dolores. That will appeal to my Alfred Hitchcock interests, too!
 
Our Lady of Peace in Santa Clara (as noted by the first poster) is indeed a wonderful parish, but it’s way out of your way.

I’m assuming that you will be taking highway 101S straight from Santa Rosa to San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. If you won’t mind a very slight detour, take the 101S to San Rafael, then get on the 580E to Oakland. Directly off of the 580E in Oakland (and I mean directly. You can see the church right next to the freeway) is St. Margaret Mary’s Church. You’ll exit left on Park Blvd., turn right two intersections down on Excelsior Ave.

The church’s address is:
1219 Excelsior Ave.
Oakland, CA

Please note that there are no English Sunday masses at this church; Only Latin and both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms are sung.

Latin Mass in the Ordinary Form @ 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM
Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form @ 12:30 PM

This parish is very popular with folks from all around the Bay attending (and surprisingly quite a number of young punks such as myself 🙂 ), yet due to its location in the heart of Oakland parking is horrendous. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes as you’ll likely have to park a number of blocks away and walk to the church.

In total, going to Oakland will cause you about 20 minutes extra travel. It’s about 25-30 minutes from St. Margaret Mary’s to SFO.

I frequent this parish, so I hope to see you! 🙂
 
Actually I’ve thought about St. Margaret Mary’s. I’ve often been to the ICK oratory here in St. Louis. I wouold need to check my flight information to see if the 10:30 is feasible, esp. since it is a high Mass. Some of the SF churches mentioned above interest me also.
 
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