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LA Mass seeks to help mourners of suicide loss ‘live again’
Standing single file, a line of people formed halfway through Mass to bring white carnations to the altar at St. Ag... READ MORE »
Podcaster priest preaches answer to ‘weight of your sins’ at LA breakfast
Experiencing the mercy of God requires discovering one’s own brokenness, keynote speaker Father Mike Schmitz told... READ MORE »
Father Mike Schmitz to headline sold-out LA Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Following his star turn at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis this summer, Father Mike Schmitz is se... READ MORE »
Bishop’s hospital visit emphasizes need for ‘spiritual care’ of patients
Norma Gonzalez was recovering from surgery at Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina when she g... READ MORE »
Top Catholic sisters share challenges, solutions at Hilton Foundation visit
Before his death in 1979, hotel magnate Conrad Hilton left behind two key instructions for the future of his charit... READ MORE »
Remembering Vin Scully, an ‘amazing’ lector at Dodger Stadium Masses
Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC) organizes Masses for every Major League Baseball franchise, including the Los An... READ MORE »
Meet the LA priests ministering to NFL teams
Father Richard Sunwoo was never a big sports fan. But when a student from Loyola High School came to him asking for... READ MORE »
Thomas Aquinas College ranks No. 1 in ‘most conservative students’
Thomas Aquinas College has been ranked by the Princeton Review as having the most conservative collegiate student b... READ MORE »
Early College Network offers LA Catholic students a unique advantage
Ava Ines was apprehensive about taking a college class online. The summer before her first year of high school, she... READ MORE »
Olympic chaplain calls on Catholics to get ready to evangelize at LA’s 2028 Games
With Los Angeles set to host the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2028, the Catholic Church in the U.S. is “... READ MORE »
Pilgrims walk 35 miles between missions to ‘stand up’ for St. Junípero Serra
As he walked along Pacific Coast Highway near Carpinteria, Greg Wood had fallen behind the group of 300 people he w... READ MORE »
LA Catholic organizations see rise in immigration services during election year
When Francisco Hernandez emigrated from El Salvador to the United States in 1989 fleeing poverty, unrest, and civil... READ MORE »
To help LA Catholics better connect, C3 tech conference tries unplugging
The C3 Conference annually hosted by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is all about technology, but on Day 2 of this... READ MORE »
Preliminary hearing date scheduled for suspect in Bishop O’Connell death
A preliminary hearing date was scheduled in the case of the man suspected in the shooting death of LA Auxiliary ... READ MORE »
Supreme Court’s homeless ruling a ‘step backward,’ LA Catholic workers say
The frayed silver-colored tarp wasn’t doing much to hide the makeshift mattress, collection of Big Gulp cups, or ... READ MORE »
LA story behind big monstrance at the National Eucharistic Congress
Jesus Christ may have been the main protagonist at the National Eucharistic Congress, but the golden, unusually lar... READ MORE »
My grandpa and Father Aloysius
The year was 1974, and my grandparents were facing the biggest test of their lives. My grandmother, Angela, was hos... READ MORE »
Could ‘Father Aloysius’ be named a saint?
A woman prays near the gravesite of Servant of God Father Aloysius Ellacuria, CMF, her eyes filled with tears of g... READ MORE »
LA pilgrims see signs of a Eucharistic ‘turning point’ in Indianapolis
It wasn’t the trip George Gomez was expecting. The 23-year-old seminarian for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles had ... READ MORE »
LA announced as final destination for next U.S. Eucharistic Pilgrimage
A second National Eucharistic Pilgrimage next year will begin in Indianapolis and end in Los Angeles, the lead orga... READ MORE »
LAUSD must hand over Title I records to LA archdiocese, judge rules
A judge sided with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in its ongoing legal battle with the Los Angeles Unified School D... READ MORE »
Keep being ‘pilgrims’ for Mary and Jesus
Addressing more than 300 pilgrims who traveled from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to Mexico, Archbishop José H. ... READ MORE »
Kathleen Anderson: Rehabilitation became spiritual
For 70 years, Kathleen Anderson’s congenital heart disease had eroded her health and brought her to her knees in ... READ MORE »
LA pilgrims hoping to experience true ‘revival’ at Eucharistic Congress
Levi León considers the Eucharist the reason he became a Catholic in the first place. He grew up Protestant, but a... READ MORE »
LA Archdiocese helps produce Pope’s prayer video
A new video for Pope Francis’ prayer intention for July was again produced with the help of the Archdiocese of Lo... READ MORE »
Mourning the passing of El Monte pastor
Hundreds of faithful honored the memory of Father Julio César Ramos Ortega, MG, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (k... READ MORE »
Parish leadership assignments for 2024
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has released its “New Pastors and Administrators” assignments for 2024. Archbish... READ MORE »
An LA Catholic school librarian’s accidental ‘dream come true’
The final weeks of MaryLou Lia’s 43 years as the librarian at St. Cyril of Jerusalem School in Encino have been w... READ MORE »
Serra High’s football star turned space pioneer
Travis Leonard can do the math. Even without a slide rule from his AP calculus class. He graduated this spring from... READ MORE »
Providence High graduate headed to Air Force Academy
For Thalia Cintron, a trip last summer to the 9/11 Museum in New York sealed the deal. Growing up in Atwater Villag... READ MORE »
8 new permanent deacons ordained
The stranger in the donut shop knew Renee Sosa was a deacon, confident of it. She said it with conviction in her vo... READ MORE »
Letters from Lourdes: Experiences from 2024 pilgrimage
The annual Order of Malta pilgrimage in May to the Lourdes shrine in France is always an emotional encounter, with ... READ MORE »
At ordination, new LA priests called to be ‘co-workers’ in God’s plan of love
When Father Jaime Arriaga left Mexico at age 17 and returned to California where he had lived briefly, he didn’... READ MORE »
Father Jaime Arriaga
Age: 40 Hometown: Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, MX Home parish: St. Louis of France, La Puente First parish assignment: Our... READ MORE »
Miracle stories abound during Santo Niño’s annual visit to Santa Paula
For as long as he’s been alive, Pedro Salceda has needed miracles. Lots of them. While still in his mother’s wo... READ MORE »
Father Stephen Watson
Age: 33 Hometown: Modesto, CA Home parish: St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Santa Clarita First parish assignment: St. Kateri... READ MORE »
Father Marko Rudela
Age: 30 Hometown: Covina, CA Home parish: Immaculate Conception, Pacoima First parish assignment: St. Clare, Santa ... READ MORE »
Father Miguel Cabrera
Age: 30 Hometown: Oxnard, CA Home parish: St. Mary Magdalen, Camarillo First parish assignment: St. Pancratius, Lak... READ MORE »
Panelists discuss ethical leadership
Panelists at LA’s inaugural Ethical Leadership Lunch praised Catholic education’s role in forming ethical lea... READ MORE »
Father Joseph Cho
Age: 33 Hometown: Highland, CA Home parish: St. Joseph, Pomona First parish assignment: St. John Vianney, Hacienda ... READ MORE »
Father Eduardo Pruneda
Age: 33 Hometown: Bocas, San Luis Potosí, MX Home parish: St. Mariana de Paredes, Pico Rivera First parish assignm... READ MORE »
Damien High tapped to perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Damien High marching band was selected from a nationwide group of applicants to participate in the 2025 Macy’... READ MORE »
Father Anthony Huynh
Age: 29 Hometown: Garden Grove, CA Home parish: Maria Regina, Gardena First parish assignment: St. Mary of the Assu... READ MORE »
LA City Council proclaims Father Greg Boyle Day
After already being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House by President Joe Biden on May 3, F... READ MORE »
Father Alejandro Reynaga
Age: 33 Hometown: Baldwin Park, CA Home parish: St. John the Baptist, Baldwin Park First parish assignment: St. Ant... READ MORE »
Father Eric Mejia
Age: 29 Hometown: Pacoima, CA Home parish: Guardian Angel, Pacoima First parish assignment: Our Lady of the Assumpt... READ MORE »
Father Tommy Green
Age: 29 Hometown: Glendora, CA Home parish: St. Dorothy Parish, Glendora First parish assignment: St. Philomena Par... READ MORE »
Father Lucio Trinidad
Age: 28 Hometown: Atemajac de Brizuela, Jalisco, MX Home parish: St. Philip Neri, Lynwood First parish assignment: ... READ MORE »
Learning program quickly getting results
At the start of the school year last fall, the group of kids who’d transferred from nearby public elementary scho... READ MORE »
Reasons why adult baptisms have increased in LA — and beyond
At the Easter Vigil last month in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 66-year-old Michael Cardona was receiv... READ MORE »
A former Hindu guru’s long journey west to Catholicism
Michael Cardona, then known as Madhavananda das Babaji, was enjoying life as a Hindu guru in India in 2018, when he... READ MORE »
Ten years later, LA’s Polish Catholics celebrate the saint who changed their lives
When the relic of St. Pope John Paul II touched his head, Andrew Lelonek felt like a new man. “I feel rejuvenated... READ MORE »
Engaged Encounter in LA
As volunteers for Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE), John and Amy Sabol have spent the last 28 years helping engaged... READ MORE »
LA Archdiocese helps produce pope’s May 2024 prayer video
A new video featuring Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of May was produced with the help of the Archd... READ MORE »
For 20 years, LA archdiocese has changed its approach to abuse prevention
Addressing students during the school’s morning Mass on April 12, Father Michael Wakefield, pastor at St. Francis... READ MORE »
Experts look back on 20 years of keeping kids safe
There are few jobs, Susie Lopez will tell you, more rewarding than teaching kids how to stand up to potential preda... READ MORE »
Longtime LA Catholic attorney J. Michael Hennigan dies
J. Michael Hennigan, a longtime attorney who served the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as a senior legal advisor for mo... READ MORE »
At South LA parish, tears flow at a reunion decades in the making
Twenty-two years ago, Maria Perez Cardenas’ 16-year-old son set out from their hometown in Jalisco, Mexico, to fi... READ MORE »
Ryan Rohrich
When a lector finishes the reading in Mass, parishioners don’t typically clap or cry. Then again, Ryan Rohrich is... READ MORE »
Archdiocese welcomes record number of new Catholics on Easter 2024
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles had more than 2,000 catechumens baptized into the Catholic faith, the biggest number... READ MORE »
Serra High gets another experiment launched into outer space
Students at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena held a viewing party on March 21 to watch another of their experi... READ MORE »
More than 3,000 pack LA Cathedral for 2024 Chrism Mass
The mission of sanctifying the world and serving others in a priestly way is “not only for those who are ordained... READ MORE »
For these SoCal Passion plays, it’s more than just showing Christ’s death
Christian Escobar has been involved, in one form or another, with the annual Passion play at Christ the King Church... READ MORE »
LA archdiocese asks parishes to hold special collection for Holy Land relief
Parishes in the LA Archdiocese are being asked to hold an emergency second collection to help Christians in the Hol... READ MORE »
Padre Serra’s comeback
On Feb. 29, a larger-than-life-size bronze statue of St. Junípero Serra came home to the last of the nine missio... READ MORE »
Bishop O’Connell ‘still looking out for us’
One year since the death of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, the shock over his murder has largely worn off,... READ MORE »
2024 LA Congress ponders both in a changing world
The challenge of overcoming obstacles — whether they be cultural, spiritual, or even ecclesial — shaped much of... READ MORE »
Teens find support at Youth Day 2024
As 6,500 young people made their way into the Anaheim Convention Center to kick off the Youth Day portion of the 68... READ MORE »
For Catholic Schools Week, Salesian High’s 1974 graduates reflect on 50 years
Mauricio Acevedo remembers the angst he and his classmates faced during their 1974 senior year at Bishop Mora Sales... READ MORE »
Meet the 2024 Archbishop’s Awards honorees
Two married couples and three individuals with long records of committed service will be honored at the recently re... READ MORE »
Catholic Charities asks for donations to help LA area flooded by rain, mudslides
Record rainfall in Southern California led to flooding and landslides this week, particularly in the Los Angeles ar... READ MORE »
World Day of the Sick: Two lives went from serving to sick, and vice versa
At the annual World Day of the Sick Mass — this year happening on Feb. 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the ... READ MORE »
Redemption story behind the music of LA Requiem Mass
For a generation, Catholics from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have sung, prayed, lit candles, and wept each Janua... READ MORE »
LA teacher brings Holocaust education to students
Catholic school teacher Michelle Herrera never had a Jewish friend, never stepped inside a Jewish synagogue, and ne... READ MORE »
10th annual event shows a rainy resolve
There was no escaping the rain. It permeated everything: clothes, jackets, socks, shoes. It soaked everything tryin... READ MORE »
A Downey student got cancer. His school’s ‘prayer force’ helped conquer it
Miracles are nice but, truth be told, all Atticus Maldonado really wanted for Christmas was to be just another kid.... READ MORE »
‘Life is beautiful!’
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles founded OneLife LA a decade ago with a mission of promoting “the b... READ MORE »
New LA-area Catholic university gets state approval
After years of attempting to establish a Catholic university in Los Angeles focusing on STEM teachings, Catholic Po... READ MORE »
Pasadena choir gets chance of a lifetime: Performing for Pope Francis
In the vast space of St. Peter’s Basilica, Alejandro Quintero saw Pope Francis moving toward him and knew he had ... READ MORE »
Hundreds pack LA church as exiled bishop, priest speak against Nicaragua regime
An exiled bishop encouraged LA-area Nicaraguans to seek the Lord while “fighting for peace, liberty, and justice ... READ MORE »
‘Sister T,’ 89, has always had a heart for the sick
In her 70 years with the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, Sister Terrence Landini has focused largely on cari... READ MORE »
2023
- December 28 || Cathedral hosts prayers for LA’s homeless dead as crisis worsens
- December 23 || Sherman Oaks Catholic School donates Christmas gifts for sick kids
- December 21 || LA Catholic leaders participate in interfaith burial service for unclaimed dead
- December 20 || ‘You kind of feel like Santa’: LA Catholics volunteer, donate for Adopt-a-Family 2023
- December 18 || A Filipino flow to ‘Las Mañanitas’
- December 18 || Singer performs at Guadalupe ‘Mananitas’ event after near-death experience
- December 11 || Las posadas: A SoCal Christmas tradition for us to welcome Jesus
- November 30 || Federal investigation sides with LA Archdiocese in Title I funding dispute
- November 29 || Simbang Gabi 2023 Mass schedule
- November 27 || Why a record 18 churches are celebrating 100th anniversaries in LA Archdiocese
- November 24 || House of Yahweh nonprofit still changing lives 40 years later
- November 22 || Meet the Archdiocese of LA’s new racial relations director
- November 21 || LA Archdiocese raises $200,000 for Maui wildfire relief
- November 21 || Black Catholic History Month: Ancestral Mass honors the past
- November 17 || Service of Thanksgiving event will focus on Israel-Hamas conflict
- November 13 || LA Catholics experience joy as Our Lady of Guadalupe image tours LA
- November 10 || Oxford professor’s USC visit sheds new light on Tolkien’s Catholic vision
- November 7 || In Israel-Gaza war, what Catholics are doing for the Holy Land (and how to help)
- October 26 || California’s top judge praises St. Thomas More at LA Red Mass
- October 23 || Catholic faith guided the extraordinary life of Tirso del Junco
- October 22 || 2023 pilgrimage schedule for Guadalupe, St. Juan Diego pilgrim images
- October 19 || Baldwin Hills parish to host famous Our Lady of Fátima statue Oct. 19-22
- October 19 || Right place, right time: Divine Mercy finds a home in Hollywood
- October 18 || How LA Catholics lead the way on World Mission Sunday
- October 18 || LA seminarians squeak out win against priests at vocations game
- October 16 || Classes at some LA Catholic schools suspended after spam threat
- October 13 || New Bishop Nunes: His siblings tell their favorite stories
- October 13 || New Bishop Nunes: Faith came from meeting of cultures thousands of miles away
- October 12 || New Bishop Szkredka: Polish ‘JP2’ influence is strong
- October 11 || New Bishop Szkredka: A biblical scholar almost by accident
- October 11 || New Bishop Elshoff: A new look, but still just ‘Father Matt’
- October 11 || New Bishop Elshoff: Family’s roots felt all over LA
- October 10 || New Bishop Bahhuth: From businessman to working now for God
- October 10 || New Bishop Bahhuth: How he wins over parishioners
- October 9 || What each new bishop’s coat of arms, episcopal mottos say about them
- October 6 || Officer, a St. John Bosco grad, killed in 405 Freeway crash
- October 5 || Family, Santa Clarita parishioners remember slain sheriff’s ‘ultimate sacrifice’
- September 28 || Sisters of Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary celebrate 100 years
- September 26 || Four new LA auxiliary bishops called to ‘urgent’ task at Ordination
- September 25 || LA bishops-elect get support during special Vespers ceremony
- September 25 || One is not enough: Why new bishops need ‘co-consecrator’ bishops
- September 23 || How to watch Vespers, Ordination Mass of new LA auxiliary bishops
- September 22 || Titled nobility: Why auxiliary bishops get the keys to ancient dioceses
- September 21 || Migrant mom bused from Texas gets surprise from ‘off-duty’ LA priest
- September 19 || Archbishop Gomez challenges leaders on immigration during Immigrants Mass
- September 18 || Inmate letters, surprise discovery reveal depth of late chaplain’s ministry
- September 12 || Serra High students launch experiment into space with NASA’s help
- September 8 || Vatican astronomer in LA: How faith informs science
- September 6 || How this LA teen goes above and beyond
- August 21 || Ojai earthquake rattles nearby Thomas Aquinas College
- August 21 || Cancer and the search for healing in Lourdes
- August 17 || With evictions growing, housing situation for many Americans seen growing more precarious
- August 17 || LA parishes to hold second collection for Maui wildfire relief
- August 15 || LA youth moved to ‘keep up with Jesus’ at WYD, City of Saints events
- August 14 || New Vicar General, Vicar for Clergy named for Archdiocese of LA
- August 9 || AI and faith go hand in hand at 2023 C3 Conference
- August 8 || Pastoral region assignments announced for 4 new LA auxiliary bishops
- August 7 || Inside the plan to save a historic chapel for veterans on the Westside
- August 3 || Bishop-elect Albert Bahhuth: From Lebanon to LA
- August 2 || Bishop-elect Matthew Elshoff: A veteran educator with a missionary heart
- August 1 || Bishop-elect Brian Nunes: Turning off the radio for God
- July 31 || Bishop-elect Slawomir Szkredka: A modest mentor who can ‘teach the faith’
- July 28 || LA Catholic schools among new Hannon Foundation grant recipients
- July 27 || Sierra Madre pastor ‘savors the journey’ of Ironman competition
- July 18 || LA’s new auxiliary bishops emphasize unity, diversity
- July 18 || Meet the quadruplets: Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA
- July 18 || When migrant buses arrive, LA groups rush to help
- July 17 || LA Catholics reflect on a Guadalupe pilgrimage full of surprises
- July 14 || New 2023 Associate Pastor assignments for the Archdiocese of LA
- July 10 || After years waiting for a new church, patience pays off in Pacoima
- July 6 || Eucharistic miracles exhibit comes to LA Archdiocese
- July 1 || At Mission San Gabriel reopening, the old is made new
- June 28 || LA Archdiocese to bring back Communion chalice three years after suspension
- June 19 || Dodgers fans, concerned Catholics fill Cathedral to pray for healing
- June 16 || Archbishop urges respect, forgiveness ahead of Dodgers ‘Sisters’ tribute
- June 14 || Meet some of Catholic LA’s most promising Class of 2023 graduates
- June 14 || 2016 Bishop Mora grad gets prestigious Ph.D. grant
- June 13 || Archbishop Gomez to celebrate Sacred Heart Mass ahead of Dodgers event
- June 12 || U.S. archbishops, cardinal call for reparation and prayer to Sacred Heart amid ‘blasphemy’
- June 12 || Ten men ordained as permanent deacons in 2023
- June 12 || Angelus wins 16 awards, including 4 first place, at 2023 Catholic Media Conference
- June 9 || Here’s what the bishops are saying about the Dodgers honoring an anti-Catholic group
- June 8 || Archdiocese calls for special prayers ahead of Dodgers’ June 16 Pride Night
- June 7 || Four years after arriving to LA, Venezuelan refugee graduates as valedictorian
- June 6 || LA welcomes eight new ‘living instruments of Christ’ at priest ordination Mass
- June 2 || First Adeodatus Conference seeks renewed Catholic education
- June 1 || New LA priests 2023: Emmanuel Sanchez
- June 1 || New LA priests 2023: Sergio Sandoval Martinez
- May 31 || New LA priests 2023: Luis Gerardo Peña
- May 30 || New LA priests 2023: Cesar Galan, fsp
- May 29 || New LA priests 2023: Enrique Piceno Jr.
- May 28 || New LA priests 2023: Rene J-C Haarpaintner
- May 27 || I’ve been going to their games for 57 years. Now might be time to quit the Dodgers
- May 27 || New LA priests 2023: Michael DiPietro
- May 26 || New LA priests: Hieu D. Nguyen
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