• Fr. Richard Hoynes, 56; Pastor of St. Francis Xavier
    August 30, 2016  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Fr. Richard Russell Hoynes, who served as administrator/pastor of St. Francis Xavier Chapel Japanese Catholic Center (formerly Maryknoll) in Los Angeles, passed away on Aug. 2 following an extended illness. He was 56.

  • Primer Sacramento
    August 30, 2016  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    En 1781 el explorador Felipe de Neve junto a once familias fundó “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles” a las orillas del Rio Porciúncula (actual rio de Los Angeles).Cuatro años más tarde se inicio la construcción de la primera iglesia “Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia” considerada ser la primera parroquia católica de la arquidiócesis de los Angeles.

  • Don’t Give Up on Our Catholic Schools
    August 29, 2016  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Reinventing Catholic Schools,” by Charles Zech (8/29), is accompanied by a photo of the entrance to a large, run down building with broken windows. The picture reflects the bleak message of the entire piece, which fails to mention the incredible work being done in Catholic schools across the country today. As the superintendents of Catholic schools and members of the National Catholic Educational Association, we work each and every day in schools that look nothing like what the author describes.

  • After summer of discontent, Catholics mobilize to fight racism
    August 27, 2016  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    In the wake of one of the most violent and painful summers in recent memory, much of it stoked by perceptions of racism, Catholic leaders across America are mobilizing to promote healing and reconciliation, including a new task force of the U.S. bishops

  • Nation, world need gifts Latinos have to offer, says Archbishop Gomez
    August 25, 2016  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Latino Catholics have many gifts and values to benefit the church and society and the time is now to embrace them and share them.

  • Positive momentum in vocations
    August 25, 2016  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    We both love sports. There is a curious thing in sports called momentum. It’s a mysterious phenomenon that’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Why is it that a team can go from being hopelessly inept at one point in a game to all of a sudden the players can do no wrong? And conversely, why is it that the other team suddenly can do nothing right? It’s vexing when you’re on the wrong side of momentum and exhilarating when it’s going your way.

  • En el Jubileo de los obispos americanos se pide por la paz y la reconciliación
    August 25, 2016  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    La misericordia es un camino de santidad. Pero también tiene una “dimensión social y política, como mensaje de perdón, de reconciliación, de verdad y de justicia”. La misericordia puede ser un regenerador espiritual en la vida de las naciones. Con esas premisas se alista un encuentro de la Iglesia americana del 27 al 30 de agosto próximos.

  • First thoughts on this year’s elections
    August 24, 2016  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    I am still trying to get my mind around this year’s election.

    People have been asking me: What’s going on in America? I’m not sure I have the answers. But I’ve been praying, reading and thinking a lot about the question. These are some initial reflections.

  • We’re making music!’ Enhancing L.A. students through the arts
    August 24, 2016  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

  • Adopt-A-Family seeks volunteers to bring Christmas to Skid Row
    August 24, 2016  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    On Dec. 17, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program will knock on the doors of at least 500 families living in the Downtown and Skid Row areas of Los Angeles and present gift boxes filled with toys, clothes and household items.