The Curator’s Corner:
Take a walk to the courtyard adjacent to our Mission Museum, and you will notice that six maps are displayed. The maps will take you on a journey through the history of the first peoples of the place now known as San Francisco.
The Ohlone people knew and understood the natural world with an intimacy unfathomable to society today. Their sacred narratives describe how the world and people were created at the dawn of time.
Local Native peoples thrived for countless generations because they knew how to balance human needs with that of the land and all its other inhabitants. They used specialized land management techniques, like landscape burning, to increase habitat diversity. Such methods increased the number of, and improved the health of, the plants and wildlife on which people relied. Their social, political, economic, religious, and material heritage is profound.
The maps you will see approximate the landscape as it existed in the late 1700s and 1800s.
To be continued…….
Mass Times
Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm -- Old Mission
Sunday:
8:00am & 10:00am (English)
12:00pm (Español)
​Daily Mass:
Monday-Saturday: 8:00am -- Old Mission
Confession:
By appointment/por cita
Eucharist Adoration:
Friday: 3:00pm -- Old Mission
First Friday of the month: 4pm
Livestream Rosary:
7:00pm (Español)
8:00pm (English)
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Mission Dolores has always had a central place in the religious, civic, and cultural life of San Francisco. Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded June 29, 1776, under the direction of Father Junipero Serra and is both the oldest original intact Mission in California and the oldest building in San Francisco. Today, the Mission Dolores Parish comprises both the Basilica and the Old Mission.
True to its origins, the Basilica Parish of Mission Dolores reflects the remarkable diversity and vibrancy of modern San Francisco. Located at the crossroads of the City's Mission District, Castro District, the Lower Haight, Noe Valley, and Upper Market Street neighborhoods, Mission Dolores parishioners come from an enormous array of cultures, places, and backgrounds to worship together.
The Old Mission's religious, historic, and architectural significance makes it a unique and memorable destination for visitors to San Francisco. We welcome all to come visit the birthplace of San Francisco. For Old Mission visitor information, please click here.
We invite you to explore this website to learn more about the people, community, and history of Mission Dolores.
We are a welcoming Catholic community called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people.
Click on the photo below for the video of the 33rd Annual Basilica Choir Candlelight Christmas Concert from December 2024
