For the seventh year in a row, the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, California, will hold a Solemn High Mass in the traditional rite at the conclusion of the West Coast Walk for Life, which will take place this coming Saturday. The church is located at 610 Vallejo Street in San Francisco; the Mass will begin at 5 pm. Dr William Mahrt of Stanford University will direct the schola cantorum, singing Byrd’s Mass for Three Voices, and motet Ave Verum, plus the Gregorian propers for the feast of St John Chrysostom.
