R E FLECTION S
Community members look back at their memories of St. Mary’s
“I
was blessed to have a seat near the aisle during Pope St. John Paul II’s visit to St. Mary’s Cathedral in 1987. As he came down the aisle, I could have reached out to touch him!”
— Sister Ann Providence Frassinello, OP Director of Religious Education, Mission Dolores Academy
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“Y
ou have this incredible social transformation and ecclesiastical transformation occurring at the same time. That is what this cathedral represents, a symbol of the turmoil that took place.”
— Jeffrey Burns, historian and former archivist for the Archdiocese of San Francisco
