CALIFORNIA
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
by Carlos E. Castañeda
May 14, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A group of Catholics is showing its support for the embattled Archbishop of San Francisco with a fundraiser and planned family picnic this Saturday, publicized by a newspaper ad.
The group San Francisco Catholics was formed in response to a open letter published in the San Francisco Chronicle by another group of prominent Catholics calling on Pope Francis to replace Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
On its website, the group characterizes itself as “a grass-roots organization of Catholics in the San Francisco Archdiocese who appreciate the efforts of Archbishop Cordileone to keep our Catholic schools Catholic.”
The group is organizing a ‘Family Picnic Day’ at Sue Bierman Park just west of The Embarcadero on the 200 block of Drumm St., publicized by a sixth-page advertisement in Thursday’s Chronicle, as well as on Facebook and Twitter. The group also said a special Mass would be held at 9:30 a.m. at the nearby National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi (Columbus Ave & Vallejo St.) before the 11:00 a.m. event.
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