A JOYFUL RETURN

Welcome back to our parish family, Fr. Ray!


With grateful hearts, we welcome Father Ray back to the altar. Your journey of healing after your successful kidney transplant has been a testament to faith and resilience. We thank God for your recovery and for the gift of your continued ministry among us.



The Clergy, Staff, and your Faithful 



NOTE: Since Father Ray is recovering from a major transplant, he may still have a suppressed immune system. Please refrain from handshakes or physical contact during the greeting line for the time being.  Thank you!


Mass Times, Services & Office Hours

Weekdays

  •  9:00 am Livestreamed via YouTube
  • 5:30 pm 

 

Saturday

  •  9:00 am Livestreamed via YouTube
  • 4:30 pm Vigil Mass

 

 Sunday

  • 7:30 am
  • 9:00 am Misa Pro Populo Livestreamed via YouTube
  • 11:00 am   12:30 pm   5:30 PM


1st Sunday 5:30 pm Tagalog (Filipino) Mass Livestreamed via  and YouTube


Holy Days of Obligation


Recitation of the Holy Rosary 8:30 AM (TBA)


Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Friday after the  9:00 am Mass until 5PM



Parish Holy Hour 

  • 7:00 pm Every 1st Wednesday led by the Knights of Columbus
  • 7:00 pm Every 3rd Wednesday led by the Youth and Young Adults

Confessions

  • Fridays 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
  • Saturdays at 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm
  • By Appointment - Please call (650) 878-2282

 Communal Baptisms  (none during Lent)

  •  2nd and 4th Saturday at 12 noon
  • 1st Sunday at 2:30 pm   
  • 3rd Sunday within the 12:30 pm Mass


Parish Office 
(650) 873-2282  
staugustinessf@aol.com

  • Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Saturday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Closed 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
  • Closed Sunday and Holidays 


Faith Formation Program Office 
(650) 873-2878 or (650) 797-5955
staugustinecdre@gmail.com

  • Weekdays (except Tuesday) 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
  • Closed 12:00 pm to 1:00 PM
  • Saturday 9:00 am to 2:00 PM

Fourth Sunday of Easter

April 26 2026

This weekend is Good Shepherd Sunday

a World Day of Prayer for the Priesthood and Consecrated Life.


"God has made Jesus both Lord and Messiah. Through his wounds, we have been healed and have returned to our shepherd. Let us listen for his voice and follow him."

This fourth Sunday of the Easter season is sometimes called Good Shepherd Sunday because in each of the three lectionary cycles, the Gospel reading invites us to reflect on Jesus as the Good Shepherd. In each cycle the reading is from the tenth chapter of John’s Gospel. This chapter sets the framework for Jesus’ teaching about himself as the Good Shepherd.

Today’s reading falls between the stories of Jesus’ healing of the man born blind and the raising of Lazarus. Both stories were proclaimed in the Gospels found in this year’s season of Lent. Following the controversy that ensued when Jesus healed the man born blind, Jesus directs his allegory about the sheep and the shepherd toward the Jewish religious leaders of his time, the Pharisees.

Throughout John’s Gospel the Pharisees fail to accept Jesus’ ministry and teaching. They show themselves to be “robbers and thieves” because they try to lead the sheep without entering through the gate, Jesus. Through these metaphors, Jesus is telling his listeners that those who follow him and his way will find abundant life. He identifies himself both as the shepherd and the gate. The shepherds who are faithful to him are the ones whom the sheep (Jesus’ disciples) should follow.


The relationship between the sheep and their shepherd is based on familiarity. Sheep recognize their shepherd and will not follow a stranger. At the end of the day, shepherds lead their sheep from pastures to a common gated area called a sheepfold. There, one shepherd protects all the sheep until the next day when each shepherd returns to lead his own sheep to pasture. As shepherds move among the sheep, the sheep follow only their shepherd.


Today’s Gospel also gives us the opportunity to reflect on Christian leadership. Jesus’ words suggest to us that those who will lead the Christian community will be known by their faithfulness to Jesus. The leaders will recognize that Jesus is the gate for all the sheep and that having a good relationship with Jesus is the primary characteristic of a Christian leader. Jesus’ allegory also suggests that faithful Christian leadership requires a good relationship with the community: the shepherd knows his sheep, and they know him. Christian leaders follow the example of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, by being faithful to him and by being a good shepherd.

Readings of The Fourth Sunday of Easter

2026 ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL 

"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”

   

Thank you to all who contributed toward the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal (AAA). Your generosity and support are deeply appreciated. 

As of this writing, we have received $36,092 or 18% of this year's goal. This achievement reflects our parish's collective commitment to supporting the mission and programs funded by the AAA. The remaining balance needed to reach our goal stands at $163,802 or 82%. 

As always, we look forward to 100% parishioner-participation. It is your unwavering participation and support that helps St. Augustine fulfill its annual target and further strengthen community initiatives.

In gratitude,

Fr. Ray Reyes

ONLINE GIVING

Thank you for your support.
Your generosity improves lives.

Make a one-time AAA Contribution Here
Make Your AAA Pledge Here. Thank you!

STEWARDSHIP
The grateful response of a Christian disciple who recognizes, receives and cultivates God’s gifts, and generously shares these gifts in love of God and neighbor.


Father Raymund Reyes, left, and Father Francis Garbo walk through St. Augustine Catholic Church in South San Francisco, where Father Ray is pastor. Father Francis donated one of his kidneys to Father Ray in January.

Jessica Christian/S.F. Chronicle

BAY AREA

A Bay Area priest needed a kidney transplant. Another heard his prayer

By Erin Allday, Staff Writer

April 13, 2026

A Catholic priest is called to serve. But for Father Ray, that call was getting harder to answer.

After seven years as pastor at St. Augustine Parish in South San Francisco, last year Father Raymund Reyes, 62, was in kidney failure. He was tired all the time, and dialysis three days a week wiped out what little energy he had left. He was put on a waiting list for a kidney transplant, but told it could take eight years. 


About 30,000 people are added to kidney transplant waiting lists in the United States every year, but only 22,000 transplants are performed. Hundreds of people die each year waiting for an organ.


The solution for Father Ray — and perhaps for many others — was not to wait. Instead he did what once would have felt impossible: He asked for help, and then he accepted from a friend a gift that he will never be able to repay.


On Jan. 20, Father Ray received a kidney from Father Francis Garbo, pastor of Mission Dolores Basilica and Misión San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco, in what’s known as a living donor transplant. Father Ray now has three kidneys, and Father Francis, 64, just one. 


Two days after Easter, both men were looking lively for lunch at Father Ray’s residence, a split-level home he shares with three other priests behind St. Augustine. Both men are trim with short graying hair and wire-rimmed glasses, and they exude a gentle calm that belies their humor


When Father Francis walked in, Father Ray joked that he felt lit from within — like the kidney recognized its previous owner. 

“I’m just here to visit my kidney’s new parish,” Father Francis laughed in return.


The transplant was performed at Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, which is attempting to ... Read full article

Read the article(s) published on Fr. Ray and Fr. Francis' Incredible journey of faith

NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH

National Donate Life Month (NDLM) was established by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003. Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month helps raise awareness about donation, encourages Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation.


During National Donate Life Month in April, we honor the people who have given the gift of life through organ, eye and tissue donation. We also celebrate the lives that have been saved and healed because of a donor’s generosity.


This year’s theme uses trees as a symbol of life and connection. Just like trees grow and support each other in a forest, donation connects people – donors, recipients, and their families. Like a tree that grows and stands for generations, a donor’s gift leaves a lasting legacy of hope and life.

KTVU FOX 2 | San Francisco priest donates his kidney to another priest

UPDATES AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS

List of Services

SAC Faith Formation Program

CONFIRMATION RITES

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on youth at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on Saturday, April 25, 2026. On that day, 40 students from St. Augustine FFP's Confirmation Program will participate and be confirmed. 

Let us congratulate and pray for the following students and their families:

1. Xavier Douglas Aguilar
2. Erika Jean Arroyo
3. Alfred Christian Balubata
4. Brooklyn Gene Barairo
5. Keoni James Benitez
6. Alfred Jacob Bumagat
7. Maya Isabel Canas
8. Carissa Caparas
9. Gian Tristan Castro
10. Katniss Cae Coronado
11. Reese Andrea De Guia
12. Juelles Dispo
13. Rafael Louie Obis Espino
14. Elaina Miranda Estrada
15. Xzheina Evangelista
16. Liam Reeve D Fernandez
17. Isaac Andre Hyunh-Zapanta
18. Dominic Junio
19. Lianne Kater
20. Charlotte Dawn Lazaro
21. Ocean Libiran
22. Mylah Summer Livelo
23. Jhian Wright Munar
24. Elyana Jane Palomo
25. Ray Charleston Paralejas
26. Isabelle Anne Ramos
27. Josh Joseph Recio
28. Jayden Christopher Reinares
29. Stanford Joaquin Rivera
30. Amber Jade Santiago
31. Joshua Sabillo
32. Lindsay Jewel Soledad
33. Julia Ballesteros Tambot
34. Rachael Ana Torres
35. Aleck Trinidad
36. Malia Valdez
37. Jacob Joel Valeros
38. Nathan Joel Valeros
39. Vince Joel Valeros
40. Kaylin Eris Wilmes

SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, June 6th, 7:30pm @ SAC


SEE BULLETIN FOR DETAILS

PARISH BULLETIN

What's inside:

  • Weekly Mass Intentions
  • Special Museum Exhibition, Opens in May, Mission San Francisco De Asis at Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco.
  • Thanksgiving Mass, May 3rd, 12: 30 pm, Fr, Ray Reyes, Presiding, Fr. Francis Garbo, Concelebrating.
  • Tagalog Mass, May 3rd, 5:30 pm, Fr. Francis Garbo, Presiding, Fr. Ray Reyes, Concelebrating.
  • AAA 2026, Information and ways to give.
  • An Evening for the Separated and Divorced, May 19th and May 21st, an Online Event.
  • Feminine Genius, May 23rd, Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park.
  • SACC on Broadway, a Children's Choir Concert, June 6th
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Hospitality Sunday

COFFEE & DONUTS

After the 9:00AM Misa Pro Populo Mass

Our Hosts: The Altar Servers

We thank members of the  St. Augustine Children's Choir for hosting the hospitality last Sunday, April 19th.

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St. Augustine's  Souvenir Program PILGRIMS OF HOPE: An Emerald Jubilee, Anniversary Edition is now available!

Sponsors who purchased ads are reminded to pick up their copies from the parish office.


In observance of
THE FRANCISCAN JUBILEE YEAR

Holy Cards will be found in the hymnals’ jacket beginning on May 9 & 10, 2026 through January 10, 2027. Copies will also be distributed after each Mass on May 9 and 10.