• Together in Mission: the life-changing effects of giving in Boyle Heights
    February 7, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Five years ago, Father Jesse Montes, SDB, was named pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Boyle Heights, becoming part of a historic and predominately Latino community that is proud to call “the Ellis Island of the West Coast” home. But today, the working-class community is feeling greater financial strain as gentrification sends rental costs through the roof and undocumented workers struggle to support their families.

  • Weaving the divine: Artist John Nava tells stories of faith in L.A. cathedral tapestries
    February 7, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    A tapestry is to church architecture as music is to liturgy, an evanescent beauty evoking the eternal. Woven textiles wafting with passing breezes complement the sturdy stone edifices just as music exalts the Real Presence during the Eucharist. The Church militant — pilgrims in the here and now — processes toward eternity.

  • Archbishop Gomez talks DACA at LMU
    February 7, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Citing his “dedication to social justice and the future of Catholic education,” Loyola Marymount University awarded Archbishop José H. Gomez with an honorary degree during a Jan. 30 forum on immigration.

  • Our place of holiness
    February 6, 2018  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    I have been reflecting on the holy witness of Madeleine Delbrêl for some years now. Most recently, I wrote about her in my pastoral letter, “For Greater Things You Were Born.”

  • ‘ONELIFE L.A.’: UNA CELEBRACIÓN A LA BELLEZA Y DIGNIDAD DE LA VIDA
    February 5, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Miles se reunieron en el Centro de Los Ángeles para declarar que fueron ‘Creados para lo Grande’

    Una multitud se unió al Arzobispo José H. Gomez en “OneLife L.A.” (UnaVida L.A.), un evento que ya lleva cuatro años de existencia y que en esta ocasión se realizó a fines del pasado enero en el Parque Histórico Estatal de Los Ángeles. En el centro de la ciudad se celebró la belleza y dignidad de toda vida humana desde la concepción hasta la muerte natural, mientras se declaró que fuimos “Creados para lo Grande”.

  • Amparados por TPS recibieron asesoría sobre el futuro de este programa
    February 4, 2018  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    En la iglesia de Santa Rosa en San Fernando, varios abogados especialistas en inmigración atendieron a beneficiarios del TPS para responder las preguntas sobre su futuro. Asimismo, asesoraron a los asistentes sobre las medidas que deben tomar luego de que se anunciara la cancelación de este programa para los nacidos en varios países centroamericanos.

  • Volunteers Build Playground Designed by Kids
    February 3, 2018  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Delta Air Lines partners with non-profit KaBOOM! and 200 local volunteers to build a state-of-the-art playground in just 6 hours based on designs by local children at St. Vincent School in University Park.

  • Facebook changes may make it harder for religious groups to promote content
    February 2, 2018  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    As part of its attempts to address Russian interference in the 2016 election, Facebook decided last fall that any advertisement targeting one of its religion-based interest groups would be subject to human review before being accepted, with up to 24 hours before resolution. The problem, says Matt Meeks, chief digital and marketing officer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is that the new policy creates serious obstacles for religious groups advertising to their communities.

  • Studio Art Students Participate in Robert Graham Memorial Art Exhibition
    February 2, 2018  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Six Chaminade College Preparatory studio art students have work on display at the Our Lady of the Angels’ Robert Graham Memorial art exhibition. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, located in downtown Los Angeles, is a patron of the arts and continues to celebrate the art of growing young artists from 17 Catholic schools each spring. The theme of the exhibition is “Spirituality” and selected students were tasked with creating an art piece inspired by their own spirituality. Participating students, their teachers, and guardians were honored at the opening reception during Sunday Mass on January 21, 2018. Their works were blessed by the priest, and exhibited to hundreds of visitors attending mass and the exhibition. Anyone can still visit the Cathedral and see this remarkable exhibition in person until April 8, 2018.

  • Holy habits: what school sisters bring to the classroom
    February 2, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    In Lincoln, Nebraska, you can tell the seasons by the habits of the School Sisters of Christ the King.

    It’s not really summer until you spot a “CK Sister”, as they are affectionately known, walking around in her lighter blue summer habit.