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Notre Dame Children’s Choir to perform in downtown LA
The University of Notre Dame Children’s Choir is leaving the snow behind this Christmas season to come to LA. They will be performing with award-winning jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Fri., Dec. 21 at 8 p.m.
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Sunday readings for Dec. 1 & 2
Every Advent, the Liturgy of the Word gives our sense of time a reorientation. There’s a deliberate tension in the next four weeks’ readings—between promise and fulfillment, expectation and deliverance, between looking forward and looking back.
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Girls’ volleyball: Mater Dei’s Berty named D-1 Player of the Year
Natalie Berty, who helped lead Mater Dei to the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 and State Open Division championships, was named the CIF-SS Division 1 Player of the Year Nov. 26.
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Free Catholic school tuition offered to kids displaced by Camp Fire
After 17 days of scorching more than 150,000 acres in northern California, the Camp Fire – one of the states deadliest and most destructive wildfires on record – has finally been contained.
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High school polls: Seven Catholic basketball teams are No. 1
Seven Catholic high schools are ranked Number 1 in the initial CIF-Southern Section basketball polls released Nov. 26.
Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks, Salesian, Providence/Burbank, and Don Bosco Tech hold the top spots in their respective boys’ divisions, while St. Paul, St. Mary’s Academy, and Villanova Prep are No. 1 among girls’ teams in their divisions.
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Legendary coach Lou Cvijanovich, who turned Santa Clara into a power, dies at age 92
He was so accomplished, so influential, so legendary, that he’s famously known as “Coach C.”
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NATIVOS AMERICANOS: Nuevos cementerios católicos reconocen a los pobladores originarios en California
Con la dedicación de un cementerio para los Nativos Americanos del Sur de California por parte de la Arquidiócesis de Los Angeles, se reconoce la necesidad de reivindicar sus tradiciones.
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LA archdiocese sponsors website recognizing Catholics who perform works of mercy
This past weekend, we marked the second annual World Day of the Poor, established by Pope Francis.
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The Legacy of a Priest Life
November is the month that our Church calls us to pray for the dead. We pray for the family, friends, and for me this year the clergy that have gone before us. A few weeks ago, Msgr. Thomas Acton anointed my sick mother in the hospital before she had surgery; it would be his last act of ministry to my family. Just two days later he died suddenly in his easy chair reading the morning paper, something he did every day. He was 84.
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Archbishop Gomez: LA Catholics make an impact
Last week I was in Baltimore for the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops. As many of you know, our primary purpose this time was to address the clerical sexual abuse scandal.