San Francisco · Ages 21 to 40

Faith, in action.

A community formed in partnership with the Archdiocese of San Francisco, for Catholics ready to move beyond passive faith.

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A monthly gathering forming Catholics who lead with conviction, excellence, and faith in everyday life.

Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP, at the lectern before a full parish hall on September 1. September

The Work of Human Hands

1 September 2026 · St. Philip the Apostle

Missionaries of Charity sisters in white and blue habits at a tarp-covered encampment. August

The action, with the Missionaries of Charity

A Saturday in August 2026 · A San Francisco encampment

The parish hall at St. Paul before the August 5 evening. August

Called to Serve

5 August 2026 · St. Paul

A full-size replica of the Shroud of Turin standing in the hall at St. Monica. July

¿Quién es el hombre de la Sábana Santa?

30 July 2026 · St. Monica

Attendees in conversation after the July 7 panel. July

Rights and Responsibilities

7 July 2026 · St. James

The first evening: rows of attendees in the hall at St. Philip the Apostle on June 2. June

Called to Lead, Vol. I

2 June 2026 · St. Philip the Apostle

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Every evening, on the record

What we stand on

  • Every generation inherits a culture. Few choose to shape it.
  • Faith that refuses to stay in one compartment.
  • Talk, then action — every evening allied with a ministry.
  • Rooms where the conversation is worth having.
  • Leadership as service, never as ambition.
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We form leaders beyond the lecture.

Every evening pairs a keynote and a panel with a direct ministry action — the talk, then the work. The people below said these things on the record — in the Archdiocese’s own reporting, and in their own words.

Evening
Called to Lead, Vol. I

2 June 2026 · St. Philip the Apostle

Speaker
“You have a mission in the world that only you have.”
Ryan Mayer · Archdiocese of San Francisco · June 2
Co-founder
“Our goal is to bring young adults together to build leaders but also to build community. We want to bring people’s faith into action.”
Saul Perez · Catholic Leaders in Action
The action
Roberto Lacayo

Serving with the Missionaries of Charity

Panelist
“We always want to be somewhere, but we can be fulfilled where we are right now. St. Francis de Sales says bloom where you are planted.”
Mason Friedberg · Bay Wide Young Adults · June 2
Archdiocese
“Kudos to the young adults who started a new Catholic Leaders in Action young adults group and launched a monthly Catholic Social Teaching series in Noe Valley. These are dynamic folks!”
Office of Human Life & Dignity · Archdiocese of San Francisco · June 5

Every lecture night, sold out. Six gatherings, five rooms.

Formed in June 2026 in partnership with the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

6

Gatherings since June

182

Registrations across three lecture nights

3

Consecutive sold-out nights

17

Speakers and panelists

Every room, on the map

Taught by the people who do the work.

Lay Mission Institute Missionaries of Charity

And with the Archdiocese of San Francisco · Catholic Charities San Francisco · the California Catholic Conference · the Office of Human Life & Dignity · the Order of Malta, Western Association · Pro-Life San Francisco · Star of the Sea Young Adults · Bay Wide Young Adults · Marin Young Adult Group

The evening. 6:30 to 9:30, one night a month.

What a night actually looks like, in a parish hall in San Francisco.

Attendees in conversation across the hall after the September 1 talk.
— until the next evening

Next · Called to Relationship

Tuesday 6 October · Dating, love, and the spiritual battle for our relationships.

  • Speaker — Ed Hopfner, Director of Marriage and Family Life, Archdiocese of San Francisco
  • Panel — Paul Campa
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6:30 — the reception

Check-in, a drink, and the half hour where most of the introductions actually happen.

The hall during a talk seen from the side: rows of seated people, several with a hand raised.

The keynote

One theme of Catholic Social Teaching a month, from someone who works in it daily.

Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP speaking into a handheld microphone in his white Dominican habit while Sean Bryan stands at the lectern, a deep red curtain behind them.

The panel

Seventeen speakers so far — from the California Catholic Conference, Catholic Charities San Francisco, the St. Anthony Foundation, the Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California, Pro-Life San Francisco and the Lay Mission Institute.

A religious sister and a volunteer handing supplies out of the back of a van on a San Francisco street during a service outing.

The action

October 10 · St. Vincent de Paul, Division Circle Navigation Center, 10 AM to 2 PM.

The terms

Free

Ages 21 to 40

No membership fee and no application — only a registration. Business casual encouraged. The address comes with your registration.

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Free, for Catholics 21 to 40 in San Francisco. No membership fee and no application — only a registration, and every lecture night so far has sold out.

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Stories from the room.

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