• World Day of the Sick: Two lives went from serving to sick, and vice versa
    February 5, 2024  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    At the annual World Day of the Sick Mass — this year happening on Feb. 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels — thousands will be attending to gain, at the very least, a blessing and a little bit of comfort from the infirmities they face every day.

  • Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Feb. 3-10
    February 3, 2024  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Mass and Anointing of the Sick – Observance of World Day of the Sick and the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: The gathering begins with a Rosary, noon, and followed by Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrating the Mass, 12:30 p.m. The bilingual Mass includes anointing of the sick and blessing of caregiver hands with water from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Attendees receive Lourdes water and a holy card. The Mass is co-presented by the Order of Malta – Los Angeles. Members of the Order of Malta will collect attendees’ prayer intention cards and place the cards in a petition box at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes during their annual pilgrimage in May 2024. The Mass will be live stream on youtube.com/olacathedral. Parking $12 (carpooling is recommended). Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. olacathedral.org

  • Teens beat faculty in power wheelchair soccer at Crespi Carmelite High School
    January 31, 2024  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Six teens with Duchenne muscular dystrophy faced off against faculty and staff in a power wheelchair soccer game at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino on Tuesday, Jan. 30 as part of Catholic Schools Week.

  • Changing the world at OneLife LA
    January 29, 2024  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    I know this is wishful thinking, but as I walked amid the rain and the throngs at the 10th annual OneLife LA, I wished that my friends, acquaintances, and yes, even family members, who are not pro-life, were there beside me. I thought how good it would have been for those on the opposite end of this issue to see the pro-life movement up close and personal. As has been proven countless times, when the media, the arts, and the academy are so strongly allied on the other side of this issue, being pro-life can seem like an uphill battle.

  • The redemption story behind the music of the LA Requiem Mass
    January 29, 2024  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    For a generation, Catholics from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have sung, prayed, lit candles, and wept each January during the Requiem for the Unborn.

  • Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Jan. 27-Feb. 3
    January 27, 2024  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Mass and Anointing of the Sick – Observance of World Day of the Sick and the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: The gathering begins with a Rosary, noon, and followed by Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrating the Mass, 12:30 p.m. The bilingual Mass includes anointing of the sick and blessing of caregiver hands with water from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Attendees receive Lourdes water and a holy card. The Mass is co-presented by the Order of Malta – Los Angeles. Members of the Order of Malta will collect attendees’ prayer intention cards and place the cards in a petition box at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes during their annual pilgrimage in May 2024. The Mass will be live streamed on youtube.com/olacathedral. Parking $12 (carpooling is recomm

  • Fil-Ams celebrate faith, culture in Sinulog festivities
    January 26, 2024  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Filipino Americans this month celebrated Sinulog, dubbed as the “Queen of Philippine Festivals,” as part of their cultural and religious tradition.

  • CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES TO CELEBRATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
    January 25, 2024  |  Press Releases  |  No Comment

    —Newly implemented Solidarity Schools Initiative successfully helps students reach grade-level expectations within months of launch— Archdiocesan Catholic elementary and high schools across the Archdiocese of …

  • OneLife LA 2024: 10th annual event shows a rainy resolve
    January 24, 2024  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    There was no escaping the rain.

    It permeated everything: clothes, jackets, socks, shoes. It soaked everything trying to prevent it, from umbrellas to hats to ponchos to covered baby strollers.

  • March for Life focuses on support for mothers
    January 24, 2024  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    US pro-life groups continued the annual March for Life in Washington, DC on the anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs Wade Supreme Court decision, which legalised abortion nationwide, even though the court overturned Roe in 2022.