A study from Duke University Medical Center showed that yoga could benefit those living with depression and sleep problems. Practicing in a group setting, such as a yoga class, stimulates the production of oxytocin, the love and bonding hormone. Practicing mindfulness through yoga and meditation also results in higher serotonin levels (the happiness hormone), and long-term practitioners have shown more mass in the … [Read more…]
We have had an active Lenten season. Here you’ll see photos of our Holy Week labyrinth and our Wednesday evening post-Compline service activities including Easter-basket making for the Bay Area Women’s & Children’s Center, bookmark-making for our elders and shut-ins, soap making for for St. Martin de Porres’ clients, and some photos from our Palm … [Read more…]
One of our many Lenten activities..and a reason to get outside during a rare sunny day!
On Sunday March 19th we again had the privilege of having Susanna Peeples bring her Ronald McNair High School Choir from Stockton to St Francis’. They sang wonderfully at our 10am service and, after a visit to Ocean Beach during the day, came back in the afternoon to provide us with a rousing concert at … [Read more…]
This past Sunday March 11th our Rector was the speaker at the annual Girl Scouts Religious Ceremony at the Interfaith Chapel at the Presidio. Five girls received Religion Awards. Parishioner Sally Young read one of the readings. Wendy Dwyer, a longtime Girl Scout and a troop leader, attended. Trina Merriman, wife of Robert Sanborn, a … [Read more…]