Most Holy Redeemer Church — Local services in San Francisco

I’m a frequent visitor to San Francisco and just wrapped up a three month internship here. When I started, I decided I would visit a new church every week. Most Holy Redeemer was the second church I visited, and it’s the one I found myself returning to every week I could.

MHR is exactly the kind of church I needed. I found it inclusive and comfortable yet filled with theological rigor. It is the only Catholic church I have ever visited in which the words “gay” or “trans” were used in a positive, non-derogatory way. As a queer person, and a cradle Catholic, it was great to have a space where I felt welcomed for both these aspects of myself. The homilies are challenging and full of energy, and for those staying longer, MHR has many ministries to volunteer for.

I really felt the love when attending Mass here. The choir was excellent and the congregation embraced it and each other. Even the visiting priests seemed happy to be there and full of love for the community.

I hope to return to Most Holy Redeemer soon. Thank you to everyone there for showing me this kind of Catholicism is...

Our Sunday was so busy with the relocation, I together with husband and brother found ourselves able to go to Mass later in the day. The only church that has Mass at late afternoon is Holy Redeemer. It is a blessing to have celebrated Eucharist here because it has such a welcoming, open-hearted church environment. Their bulletin says “The parish offers a spiritual home for senior citizens and youth, single people and families; those who are straight, gay, lesbian, and transgender; the healthy and the sick, particularly persons with HIV.”

The priest Fr Matt himself has that loving, welcoming presence in him. Choir music is so beautiful; I found myself at one point feeling lifted up to the heavens. On my way out, the male usher in orange sweatshirt gave me a huge smile and we had a brief yet lively conversation. I would say it is not by accident that I had my Eucharistic celebration here on my first Sunday in San Francisco. God’s love is surely evident in His Most Holy...

I think it's great that there is a church that teaches us to love, just like Jesus loves each and everyone of us. I feel saddened when I read the reviews and saw such judgement and hatred toward a particular group of people. God is the only one that can judge us in the end. And it's a sin to condemn and judge others. We MUST learn to give love even when we feel like we can not. Or world is falling to pieces because of hatred and not willing to be understanding towards others who are different. We MUST open our arms to others who need the love God, no matter how different they may be. We MUST try and be more like Jesus and love...