Memorial Mass
for Fr. Daniel McCotter, CSP

11am, Saturday, June 20th

Our beloved former director of the Chinese Mission and pastor of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral has passed away in Illinois on March 16, 2026. He was a Paulist priest for 44 years and prior to the Paulists, he was a Christian Brother.

He is remembered for his years of dedication to St. Mary’s Chinese School on Stockton Street. Education from his Christian Brother days never left his heart. With the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake making the original school unsafe for children, through years of effort, he with wonderful St. Mary’s benefactors coordinated the building of a new St. Mary’s Chinese School building on Kearny. He then moved the school from a temporary church site to the new building. He also was instrumental in the merging of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral parish with Holy Family and Chinese Mission.

Everyone is invited to join us for a Memorial Mass in honor of Fr. Daniel as we give thanks to God for the gift of his life for the Church and send up our prayers for him. This will be at 11am on Saturday, June 20th. It will be followed by a luncheon reception.