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North Hollywood priest takes St. Patrick’s Day message on the road during pandemic
Rev. Nicolás Sánchez, pastor of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in North Hollywood, took his green-draped holiday message on the road on Wednesday, March 17.
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Archbishop Gomez to lead nationally broadcast Mass for Year of St. Joseph
A Mass honoring the feast of St. Joseph on the occasion of the “Year of St. Joseph” declared by Pope Francis will be broadcast around the country from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Friday morning.
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LA Cathedral’s St. Joseph tribute gets a tenth anniversary surprise
By virtue of its own name, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is perhaps LA’s most conspicuous testament to the motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary. But tucked to the side of the cathedral is a more discrete tribute to divine parenthood, a statue honoring Mary’s partner and help-mate, St. Joseph.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL MASS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH IN THE YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH PROCLAIMED BY POPE FRANCIS
—A special blessing will be given to all families during the transmission of the Mass as Pope Francis will also inaugurate the Year of “Amoris …
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Pop-up card project connects Catholic kids with isolated seniors
A new outreach project from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is relying on the creative skills of local Catholic kids to bring Easter hope to those still suffering from COVID-19-induced isolation.
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LA parishes take hybrid approach to engage Catholics in pandemic Lent
Last year, the liturgical season of Lent was marked by an abrupt coronavirus-induced shutdown that forced parish life to go almost completely virtual in a matter of days.
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Devotion to Julia Greeley grows as beatification cause advances in Rome
An icon of Julia Greeley, the humble African American lay woman who received the greatest honor in the history of the Archdiocese of Denver and has been declared a Servant of God, is becoming increasingly popular as her cause for canonization advances in Rome.
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Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, March 13-20
Here is a sampling of upcoming services and events that are online, and some in-person, in the San Fernando Valley area.
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As LA’s COVID rates drop, more Catholic schools cautiously reopen
After emptying out of their families’ cars into the parking lot of St. Bernard School in Bellflower on March 3, the steady stream of students from kindergarten through sixth grade were met with a banner that included large red block letters: “WE’VE MISSED YOU!”
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS DURING 3-DAY ‘CLOSED POD’ PARTNERSHIP WITH LMU
The Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has launched a three-day “Closed POD” in partnership with Loyola Marymount University (LMU) beginning …