On Saturday, September 14, St. Patrick’s Seminary, the seminary of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and many other West Coast/Pacific Island dioceses, will hold its Annual Gala. And each year the seminary honors a particular person or organization who has been especially helpful to the work of the Church. This year’s honoree will be none other than Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, and the publishing house he founded and leads, Ignatius Press....

From the New York Times: Trump Administration Gives Family Planning Grant to Anti-Abortion Group  The Trump administration took an important step on Friday in its push to restrict access to abortion and contraception, announcing that it would give as much as $5.1 million in family planning funds to a nonprofit organization funded by allies of the Catholic Church. The grant from the Department of Health and Human Services went to the Obria...

Say hello to the newest Walk for Lifer, Harper Anne Bjornstrom! What an angel! Darling Harper was born on March 14, and you first saw her sharing her Heartbeat for Life with Mommy Olivia on January 26–that’s them at left: As you can imagine, Mom and dad Olivia and Tommy are proud and absolutely delighted: The entire Walk for Life West Coast shares in your joy and sends our love, prayers, and congratulations! #babiessavingbabies...

Say hello to one of the stars of this year’s Walk for Life West Coast, Mary Catherine Caputi! Mary Catherine, and her mama, Clare, wowed the crowd (and beyond) at this year’s Walk for Life West Coast–they were part of the group of moms and babies on stage. Mary Catherine was due to arrive the day before the Walk, but you just know she wanted to be there for her brothers and sisters in Civic Center Plaza, so she waited until...

We were so happy to present this year’s St. Gianna Molla for Pro-Life Heroism to Chastidy Ronan. Her segment begins at about 10:10 of the video below. As pretty much every pro-lifer in the Bay Area knows, Chastidy served as long-time Executive Director of San Francisco’s Alpha Pregnancy Center. We all also know that Chastidy has been battling serious cancer for a while. Pray for her AND help Chastidy and the family financially. Her...

Some of these will bring tears of joy to your eyes! Kelly is a co-founder of the Walk and is always at the end taking GREAT shots!