• ‘Throughout the years it’s gotten worse’
    October 16, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    In 2011, 13-year-old Cynthia Abuede, an eighth-grader at Resurrection School in Boyle Heights, appeared in a documentary commissioned by California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) called “The Right to Breathe.” The film derived its emotional impact from the personal stories from people like Cynthia, who held up her drawing of the lead battery recycler Exide Technologies and her sister nearby coughing with asthma in the film.

  • MORE THAN 3,000 STUDENTS TO JOIN ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ AT CATHEDRAL FOR NATION’S LARGEST CHILDREN’S MASS
    October 15, 2014  |  Press Releases  |  No Comment

    Missionary Childhood Association Mass celebrates students who raise awareness, funds for children in 90+ countries More than 3,000 children will fill the pews of the Cathedral of …

  • White Mass: Celebrating ‘a noble calling’
    October 15, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Jorge Francisco Carreon, M.D., is a seemingly tireless OB/GYN who sees patients at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood and at his own clinic in South Gate. When he’s not delivering babies, Dr. Carreon — known for his admirable work ethic and leadership roles — serves on numerous boards and advisory committees. But the 70-year-old physician always makes time for faith and family.

  • Christian Service 4Life: ‘You are the light of the world’
    October 15, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    The atmosphere across the outdoor tennis stadium at the StubHub Center in Carson crackled with the energy, enthusiasm and clamor of more than 6,000 junior and high school students during the annual Christian Service 4Life rally on Oct. 14.

  • Photos: Children’s mass at Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles
    October 15, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    More than 3,000 students attend mass with Archbishop Josè Gomez for the 12th annual Los Angeles Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on Wednesday October 15, 2014.

  • Heaven is for real and forever
    October 14, 2014  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    God’s ways are not our ways, and his will is not always easy for us to understand.

    We know that God has a plan of love for every life. But we also know that within his plan, people can find sickness and suffering that seems to have no reason, no justification.

    These are some of my reflections as the sad drama of a young California woman has been unfolding this week on cable news and in the social media.

  • Día de los Muertos Fiesta
    October 13, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are inviting the public to the Día de los Muertos Vigil at the Main Mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery in East LA (4201 Whittier Blvd. 90023), November 1, 2014.

  • There’s a new Kobe in town at Cathedral High
    October 13, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Don’t be surprised if Filipino flags are being waved en masse this winter in the gym at Los Angeles Cathedral High. There are more than 375,000 Filipinos living in Los Angeles County, and a 17-year-old basketball prodigy with more than 50,000 Twitter and 67,000 Instagram followers is set to make his high school debut in the United States.

  • 15 Hispanic Faith Leaders You Should Know
    October 13, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Religion in the United States is increasingly shaped by Hispanic Americans. Hispanics now constitute 40 percent of Catholics in the U.S., and they’re also playing a big part in the growth of the American evangelical church. And, a growing number of Hispanics are converting to Islam and discovering their Jewish roots.

  • Premian esfuerzo académico de estudiantes
    October 11, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Eréndira García considera que sus hijos pueden conseguir una buena educación en una escuela privada y por eso se esfuerza para enviar a sus hijos a una escuela católica.
    Mis hijos tienen beca pero yo completo lo que falta. A veces me cuesta pero busco la manera de pagar la escuela porque es el futuro de mis hijos”, dijo García, cuyos dos hijos asisten a la Escuela Católica Santa Teresita. “En una escuela privada tienen mejor nivel académico y en una escuela católica también les dan religión”.