A Sunday Mass at Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, Chinatown, San Francisco

Chinatown, San Francisco, USA

Staying at a downtown hotel in San Francisco,  we could easily walk to many attractions within 15- 30 minutes.














This was our third Sunday in this city.

Since we would have a full day ahead of us, we got up for an early Sunday service and walked to the church closest to our hotel - Old Saint Mary's Cathedral.

Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, USA

Located right in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown,  OLd Saint Mary's Cathedral is an active parish serving the Chinatown and Nob Hill communities.

We attended a mass at the Old Saint Mary\s Cathedral

The cathedral is a historical landmark in San Francisco. It survived the 1906 earthquake but was gutted the next day by the fires.

It was rebuilt and reopened in 1909.

We enjoyed the singing and a different sort of message delivered by the father.

He challenged us to look at Christmas and reflect on our actions.

Old Saint Mary's Cathedral is a historical landmark in S.F.

It was good to have some quietness and reflections during the busy holiday.

We found a beautiful gift shop at the Old Saint Mary's Cathedral

the mass was not the only thing we enjoyed at the Old Saint Mary's Cathedral of San Francisco.


We found a gift shop in the church building.

Nativity scenes and many religious items were displayed at the gift shop at the church building.

At the gift shop, we found Christmas gifts reflecting the real reason of our celebration.

There were many gift items on display in this church related store.

One unique item we found was the creative original artwork made by an artist using smooth small pebbles.

We went to church and also found some meaningful Christmas gifts for our loved ones at the old Saint Mary's!


R.T.
San Francisco
USA