St Bartholomew Church

What a warm and welcoming place St. Bartholomew’s is! Whether you are new to faith, coming from another denomination and feeling drawn to learn about the Catholic faith, a returning Catholic, or simply looking for your new church home — this is it! The RCIA program (that’s adult faith formation) here is amazing and the pastor, Father Mike is so kind! I’ve moved parishes now because I’ve left San Mateo, but I miss everyone here so much.

I have been to several Catholic churches in the San Mateo area. I have found this church to be the most welcoming.
Father Mike still has his Irish accent, and has such a warm welcoming personality. I guarantee that he will walk up to you and welcome you to his church.
Upon entering into the church, you will see off to the left the chapel for morning Mass. It is devoted to the Blessed Mother. Each morning the Rosary is said.
Entering the church, you will see beautiful stained glass. Each of the colors represent life. Blue for sky, brown for the earth and white for air. There are white stones resembling the wailing get wall in Jerusalem. The gate I the front is written in Hebrew. It is truly a beautiful church.
Off to sides of alter is four panes of stained glass. Each represents one of the Gospels. In the rear of theVirginia Mary that also has a white stained glass Rosary behind her. The vestibule has white doves for the Holy Spirit.
It truly is a beautiful, warm, welcoming church. The choir. sing beautiful and catchy music each week.
Should you attend, you will find yourself at home in the parish.

Not sure but I think that this is the church that I want to start attending. Since I’ve moved to the Peninsula I have been looking for a church that reminds me of my San Jose parish. What I liked about this church is that it is multicultural as in the people who attend, I like their choice of songs as well. So this may be my place to worship, still have to check out a couple more Catholic Church’s.

Came here for a friend’s wedding. At first I thought I was super early, arriving 30 minutes early for a Filipino wedding because I did not see one car or dressed up guest in the parking lot. After about 5 minutes, I saw another St. Bartholomew sign right next door so I headed over there and found myself at the right place.
This is a typical Catholic church. Very grand and spacious inside with stained glass windows to the right and left and a statue of St. Mary in the back, by the entrance. There are three (the bf says four) sections with about 20 wooden pews per section, all facing an open stage. It’s a big church so naturally, there’s a large parking lot to accommodate church-​goers.