Remembering the CA Fires
LA Catholics remember the devastating Southern California fires of 2025. A year later, we reflect on the resilience and love of our communities as they continue the journey of healing and rebuilding.
Mass on the First Anniversary of the LA Fires
View images from St. Monica Catholic Church for the Mass on the First Anniversary of the LA Fires.
Healing Mass at Sacred Heart
See the photo gallery from Sacred Heart Mass for the community on the 1st anniversary of the LA Fires.
From 2025
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Tabernacle saved in Palisades Fire makes a surprise LA appearance
At the June 22 concluding Mass for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, one object stood apart as a vivid reminder ... READ MORE »
At Easter Mass for fire victims, Archbishop Gomez stresses the Resurrection
Valerie Mendoza and her husband of 11 years, Roberto Villatoro, moved into their two-bedroom, two-bathroom Altadena... READ MORE »
Altadena’s Catholic churches start a slow comeback
As Easter approaches, parishioners at Altadena’s two Catholic churches are praying for a modest kind of miracle: ... READ MORE »
Meet the ‘Roaming Catholics’ of Pacific Palisades
Eighty-year-old Msgr. Liam Kidney, pastor of Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades, has seen a lot in his 57 y... READ MORE »
LA Archdiocese’s fire relief fund sees nationwide response
When the Archdiocese of Los Angeles set up the donation portal for the Wildfire Victims Emergency Relief Fund, org... READ MORE »
How helping can help us heal after a tragedy like the LA fires
“We lost everything in the fire.” Marie, a woman who was volunteering next to me at the Pasadena Elks Lodge to ... READ MORE »
LA fire captains see ‘miracles’ inside Corpus Christi rubble
As workers at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels set up for OneLife LA – an annual pro-life rally that had b... READ MORE »
Food truck helps LA fire victims ’round one’
When the recent Los Angeles fires forced the local Capuchin Franciscan friars to evacuate, they sought shelter at... READ MORE »
Latinos cling to faith after losing jobs
Maria-Consuelo didn’t lose her home in the wildfires that burned parts of Los Angeles County in early January, bu... READ MORE »
Altadena couple’s 60-year marriage marks new chapter after Eaton Fire
As the deadly Eaton Fire roared toward the Altadena home that Ray and Mary Jo Spano had lovingly restored from near... READ MORE »
Schools ‘fighting’ to welcome students displaced by fires
Not many have experienced the uneasiness the LA fires caused as uniquely as Phyllis Cremer, the principal at St. ... READ MORE »
Sierra Madre retreat center partially reopens after close call with Eaton Fire
Thanks to an improbable cleanup operation, Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre is set to partially reopen... READ MORE »
Video: LA fire victims receive cross-country help from Kansas Catholics
When news reached the Archdiocese of Los Angeles that a truck full of supplies for families affected by recent wil... READ MORE »
Kansas Catholics deliver relief to LA faithful devastated by fires
Catholics in Kansas last week drove a truckload of supplies more than 1,600 miles to Los Angeles to bring some reli... READ MORE »
Parishes, schools near Eaton Fire area plan ‘long haul’ recovery effort
If Father Michael Ume learned anything from leading his flock during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the need to stay... READ MORE »
Altadena’s Black Catholic community ‘not walking away’ after Eaton Fire
As a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church’s gospel choir, Trena Spurlock has sung the hymn “My Help” countl... READ MORE »
Behind 2 families’ fire stories: Battling a burning home, and a surviving Mary
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at angelusnews.com/LAfires. When the Magallon and Gonzalez familie... READ MORE »
OneLife speakers invite Angelenos to find hope in LA’s ‘trial by fire’
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at angelusnews.com/LAfires. At last year’s OneLife LA event, it... READ MORE »
After losing everything in Eaton fire, LA family sings to Mary
Reprinted with permission from National Catholic Register. When Peter and Jackie Halpin and their six adult childr... READ MORE »
A Virgin Mary statue’s Palisades Fire survival story
In the smoldering rubble of Rick and Tracy McGeagh’s Pacific Palisades home, a statue of Mary stands serene and u... READ MORE »
As fires burn, LA Catholics see grassroots efforts ‘multiply’ overnight
Surveying his Pasadena street the morning of Thursday, Jan. 9, Antonio Huerta knew he was one of the lucky ones. Hi... READ MORE »
What responses to the LA fires can teach us in the Year of Hope
How could there not be enough water available to fire hydrants? Why are controlled fires and routine brush clearing... READ MORE »
Celebrity food trucks and prayers: help in many forms
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at angelusnews.com/LAfires. Because the Eaton Fire consumed his Al... READ MORE »
Finding God in the wildfires
My heart is heavy for all of you who are suffering because of the wildfires that are still burning in the mountai... READ MORE »
OneLife LA 2025 moving indoors to Cathedral due to local fires
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Catholic pro-life event, OneLife LA, will move indoors to the Cathedral o... READ MORE »
LA’s Armenian Catholics offer support
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at angelusnews.com/LAfires. Speaking on the phone Jan. 10, Father ... READ MORE »
Pregnant mom lost home in fire: ‘God does things for a reason’
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at angelusnews.com/LAfires. Days after a wildfire destroyed their ... READ MORE »
LA Fire captain salvages tabernacle from Corpus Christi rubble
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at http://angelusnews.com/LAfires Four days after Corpus Christi ... READ MORE »
Catholics turn to Mary and saints amid Los Angeles wildfires
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at angelusnews.com/LAfires. Several Catholics who have fled the wi... READ MORE »
A piece of paradise lost
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ I have trouble ta... READ MORE »
Pope Francis sends prayers, condolences to victims of LA fires
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ Pope Francis expre... READ MORE »
Eaton Fire victims find solidarity at San Gabriel Mission Mass
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ Griselda Torres wa... READ MORE »
Corpus Christi fire victims grieve lost homes, church: ‘It’s too much’
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ Pacific Palisades... READ MORE »
Deacon, parishioners save Altadena church from Eaton Fire with a hose
As he drove frantically past charred buildings along the smoky streets of Altadena in his SUV early Wednesday morni... READ MORE »
Sierra Madre’s Mater Dolorosa retreat center badly damaged in Eaton Fire
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ The Mater Dolorosa... READ MORE »
LA Archdiocese, Catholic agencies announce resources for victims
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ As wind-driven fi... READ MORE »
‘Families who have lost everything’
Archdiocesan officials and local Church leaders in Los Angeles are working to shelter and assist victims - READ MORE »
Catholic parishes offer shelter, relief to evacuated families near LA fires
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ Several Catholic p... READ MORE »
SoCal fires: Catholic school closures in the area
Related coverage from Angelus News can be found at https://angelusnews.com/tag/california-fires/ Resources and upd... READ MORE »
Palisades Fire destroys Corpus Christi Catholic church, damages school
A church in Pacific Palisades appeared to be totally destroyed and more than sixty Catholic schools were closed as ... READ MORE »
Parishes in Pacific Palisades, Altadena evacuated as wind-driven fires rage
Multiple Catholic parishes and schools in the Los Angeles area were closed and evacuated due to a series of wind-dr... READ MORE »