• LA Archbishop Gomez Wants U.S. Opened To More Immigrants
    August 8, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Jose Gomez is the Archbishop of Los Angeles — he was born in Mexico, and became an American citizen a few years ago. Steve Inskeep talks to Gomez about his views on U.S. immigration policy.

  • L.A. City Council passes resolution backing unaccompanied minors
    August 7, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution Aug. 5 urging the Obama Administration and the Department of Homeland security to ensure the humane treatment of unaccompanied minors who have fled their home countries in Central America.

  • St. John Bosco’s Josh Rosen: Nation’s #1 ranked high school football quarterback
    August 7, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Build the perfect high school quarterback.

    Start with a 6-foot-4 frame and sculpt muscles up to 206 pounds. Stitch to the shoulder a cannon of a right arm capable of firing 65-yard bombs. Set it on a foundation of fleet feet honed on the baselines of a tennis court in the Southern California sun. Top it off with a mind sharp enough to shred almost any opposing defense.

    Then unveil Josh Rosen.

  • ‘How many more do we have to bury?’
    August 6, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

  • ‘Innocent children are getting killed’
    August 6, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    “Free, free Palestine!”

    “Gaza, Gaza don’t you cry! We will never let you die!”

    Chanting, marching and waving flags, signs and banners in front of the Federal Building in Westwood, some 1,500 demonstrators protested Aug. 2 on behalf of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, site of violence and bloodshed in recent weeks.

  • ‘The hidden homeless’
    August 6, 2014  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    They are the “hidden homeless,” and they are legion.

    The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority tries to count the number of homeless individuals each year, but this year they also estimated the number of individuals who live in their cars.

    Of an estimated 39,000 homeless persons living in L.A. County, more than 8,000 live in their cars, according to LAHSA’s George McQuade. The city of Los Angeles alone has nearly 5,000 people living in 3,000 cars.

  • Make time to pray
    August 5, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    As I write, we are preparing for the Feast of the Transfiguration.

    It’s a beautiful story, one of the “luminous mysteries” of our Lord’s earthly life, and we all know it well.

    Jesus climbs the high mountain with three disciples and there they see him transfigured. His face shines like the sun. His clothes turn white as light. God’s voice from heaven commands them, “This is my beloved Son, listen to him.”

  • Ministering to the Gangs of Los Angeles
    August 5, 2014  |  In The News, The Latest  |  No Comment

    The Church is making strides to reduce gang violence, but more effort is needed to make parishes an effective presence and voice for peace on …

  • SCV welcomes new pastor
    August 2, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Last month parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help welcomed a new senior pastor to lead the congregation.

    Monsignor Craig Cox, 61, joined the church July 1, replacing Father Richard M. Martini who was transferred to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Carpinteria.

  • Migrants or refugees? The factors that push unaccompanied minors across the border
    July 31, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    This past Sunday, Father Fidel Hernandez celebrated Mass for 200 undocumented children being detained at Port Hueneme Naval Base in Oxnard.

    The children have been there since June. Immigration officials have been finding places of detention in various U.S. cities for the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the border in recent months. Most of the minors are from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.