American Martyrs wins championship over St. Philip the Apostle

Notre Dame High School hosted the Catholic Youth Organization Flag Football Championship Nov. 22 in Sherman Oaks, featuring the title game between American Martyrs in Manhattan Beach against St. Philip the Apostle in Pasadena.

Ready for the birth of Jesus, our savior

Thousands of Filipino Catholics from throughout Southern California celebrated the beginning of Simbang Gabi, a 500-year-old Filipino Christmas tradition, with a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Dec. 15.

Archbishop Gomez visits Skid Row to give Christmas gifts to children

On Dec. 19, Archbishop José Gomez joined Adopt-A-Family volunteers as they made house calls to some of the poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, stopping by apartments on Skid Row to deliver Christmas gifts, groceries and clothing to families in need.

OneLife LA speaker Mama Hill to address ‘divine order’ and healing children

“A child is born with a heart of gold; the way of the world makes his heart grow cold.”

These touching lyrics from Earth, Wind and Fire’s 70s hit song “That’s the Way of the World” serve as an oft-recited daily motto for Millicent “Mama” Hill, an award-winning educator, poet and community activist who has devoted her life to teaching, supporting, mothering and “healing” at-risk children and troubled teens in and around South L.A., to help “bring them back to who they really are.”

Bishop Brennan returns ‘home’ to serve in San Fernando Pastoral Region

Engineering corporation partners with St. Catherine Labouré School for student automotive design challenge

On Dec. 9, students at St. Catherine Labouré School in Torrance competed in the first round of an automotive design competition sponsored by Honeywell Corporation and the Society for Automotive Engineers.