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Sister Mary Sean Hodges has turned around thousands of lives in California prisons
Kevin Waters, CEO of the Dream Live Hope Foundation in Inglewood, helps prisoners who are re-entering society, including veterans and those who can’t afford the skyrocketing Los Angeles rental market. He was one of them, not too long ago, doing 25 years of a life sentence in prison, and then sent to a transition house.
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LA Catholics hope to ‘ignite a fire’ after Eucharistic Congress
You could almost feel the souls being lifted.
Endless rows of Catholics sitting side by side, eyes closed, hands on hearts, envisioning a face-to face-encounter with Jesus and praying to him with one voice. This witness of shared faith took place during the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Aug. 13, where nearly 3,500 people filled the pews. The event — the first ever such event in Los Angeles — was a local kickoff of sorts for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) multiyear “National Eucharistic Revival” initiative.
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OF L.A. ARCHDIOCESE BEGIN SCHOOL YEAR WITH INCREASED ENROLLMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMACE GROWTH
Catholic elementary and high schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles begin the 2022-2023 school year with new students, academic growth, investment in teachers, principals, …
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Jesus, who is here
One of our newest saints is St. Charles de Foucauld. He has one of the great conversion stories in the 20th century, like the prodigal son.
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The Catholic life of Vin Scully, the golden voice who talked with God
Taking turns offering memories and sharing stories, Vin Scully’s children gathered at the altar at the end of the funeral Mass for the legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster on Monday, Aug. 8, at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church in Westlake Village.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ URGED FAITHFUL TO FOCUS ON THE EUCHARIST’S CORE, JESUS, DURING EUCHARISTIC CONFERENCE HELD TODAY AT THE CATHEDRAL
–Nearly 3,500 Catholics attended the one-day conference where experts shared the meaning and significance of the Eucharist as part of a Eucharistic Revival Movement that …
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Farewell to Richard Grant, a ‘driving force’ of Catholic charity in LA
Richard Grant, longtime Daniel Murphy Foundation president and renowned figure in Catholic philanthropy in LA and nationally, died Aug. 10, after a long illness. He was 82.
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Lourdes relic visit brings much-needed ‘spark’ to LA parish
After years of steadily declining attendance and a pandemic that kept even its most faithful parishioners away for months, St. Bernadette Church in Baldwin Hills was in need of a jumpstart.
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For a grateful heart
On Aug. 15, I will celebrate the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood.
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Is Catholic journalism yesterday’s news?
I was reading the Los Angeles Times before I went to my first rock concert. Before my first PG movie, probably. I’ve been reading the Times for so long I can remember when it was conservative.