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 We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

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Saint Patrick Catholic Parish

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Father Gregory Ashe was the founding pastor of St. Patrick’s parish, beginning in 1921 and serving until 1925 when he was replaced by Father Thomas Healy, the parish’s second pastor, and first Augustinian.  Father Ashe eventually returned to Buffalo, New York to serve in parish work.  He died there in 1934.  Father Healy served as pastor of St. Patrick’s for a year and a half, after which he returned to Pennsylvania. He died a short time later in January 1927 at the age of 54.  Both Fathers Ashe and Healy were born in Ireland. The 1920s were good to San Diego and the community of North Park.  Businesses were thriving, new arrivals spurred development, and optimism was high.  Under Father Daley’s guidance, the parish decided to commit to the construction of a magnificent structure, Romanesque in style, using the best architecture and artistry available.  Frank Hope was contracted as the architect and the M.H. Golden company did the construction.  The contract was signed on October 15th, 1928, and work began almost immediately.  Amazingly, the church, the present structure, was finished by Easter Sunday, 1929, in just about six months, but it wasn’t dedicated until September 1929.  The cost of the structure was $37,000, and with all the interior additions the cost of the project was around $60,000.  Father Daley and the parishioners of St. Patrick’s were justifiably proud of their accomplishments.  The next step would be the construction of a school, and it probably would have gone forward but for one obstacle: the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

Obedience became the instrument of humanity’s reconciliation to God.

 

“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.”

 

How to preach the good news when you are suffering

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How worship music became the soundtrack of today’s political right

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Texas Senate runoff sees surge of anti-Muslim rhetoric in campaign ads
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Cubans are coming to parishes saying they haven’t eaten in days

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UK government launches £92m Places of Worship Renewal Fund

Artificial Intelligence and the Catholic Church: 3 Questions for Discernment in a Speech by the Co-founder of Anthropic to Pope Leo XIV

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Full text in Spanish of the speech by Christopher Olah, co-founder of the AI company Anthropic, to Pope Leo XIV on the encyclical Magnificas Humanitas

The Israeli invasion of Palestine: governments, churches, and humanitarian groups are sounding the alarm

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In a rare and strongly worded joint declaration, the governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and the Netherlands warned that recent developments in the West Bank threaten both stability and the long-standing framework of a negotiated two-state solution.

UK government launches £92m Places of Worship Renewal Fund

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The Places of Worship Renewal Fund was announced in January 2026 and is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and delivered by Historic England.

Southern Lebanon: Stories of Occupation

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German government recognizes the Catholic Church as a model in the fight against child sexual abuse

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Italian Car Company Presents Ferrari Luce to Pope Leo XIV and Gifts Him the Steering Wheel

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John Elkann donated the car’s steering wheel to the Pope

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Everything You Need to Know About Mel Gibson’s Film «The Resurrection»: Release Date, Budget, Cast…

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Africa is Catholicism’s future, but Pentecostal churches are growing faster

Conservative Christians love this painting of George Washington. The event it depicts may not have happened
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Africa is Catholicism’s future, but Pentecostal churches are growing faster*
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A seminary where queer students belong*
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Inside the unlikely Vatican-Anthropic relationship that's reshaping the AI ethics debate
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Religious leaders, lawmakers push for $1 billion to secure houses of worship
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U.S. bishops praise Leo’s encyclical on AI

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St. Philip Neri, the ‘Apostle of Rome,’ is an example of Christian charity and zeal Deep in the catacombs, St. Philip Neri had his spiritual epiphany on the eve of Pentecost in 1544. Today, May 26, is his feast day.