• Italian Catholic Federation celebrates 90th anniversary
    July 3, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    The local branch of the Italian Catholic Federation recently helped celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the parent organization by attending an affair at Casa Italiana that drew 185 members of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

  • Where roots and stewardship run deep
    July 3, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    On a recent visit with Msgr. John Hughes, pastor emeritus of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Camarillo, he looked out his study window and noticed newly named pastor Father Preston Passos watering plants on the priests’ residence patio.

  • St. Mary Magdalen Church
    July 3, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    “Camarillo is steeped with history,” says Father Preston Passos, who as the seventh pastor of St. Mary Magdalen Church should know, given that five of his six predecessors each served a decade or more as pastor of this “bilocated” parish rooted in California’s rancho era.

  • ‘Sun’ recognized with awards at media convention
    July 2, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    The Catholic Sun Newspaper was recognized with several awards at the annual Catholic Media Convention last month in Charlotte, N.C.

    During the June 20 awards banquet organized by the Catholic Press Association, The Catholic Sun was presented with awards in four categories: editorial, coverage of vocations, general excellence, and advertising.

  • ‘We want girls to be a light unto each other’
    July 2, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    At the end of June last year, when Raymond Saborio took over as principal of Sacred Heart High School, it’s safe to say he faced a few challenges.

  • In Montebello: Celebrating St. Pedro Calungsod
    July 2, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    Catechist, Missionary, Martyr, and Soldier of Christ have been titles associated with the noble deeds of St. Pedro Calungsod, the second Filipino to be declared a saint by the Church.

  • St. John Bosco’s Rosen armed, ready for an encore
    July 1, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Being the top-ranked high school quarterback in the nation has earned Josh Rosen enough bragging rights to spread around.

  • Vietnamese Immigration Bolsters Church in Western United States
    June 30, 2014  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    LOS ANGELES — Forty years ago, a transformation of the Catholic Church began in the western United States, as large numbers of Vietnamese refugees fleeing communism came to America.

  • First-grade lessons on life and God’s love at St. Agnes
    June 27, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    A time of transition from the unhurried, serene play days of pre-school and kindergarten to be with the big kids in elementary school. In today’s supercharged academic world, there’s not only educational and life lessons to be mastered in class, but also the daunting task of take-home assignments. Yes, real honest-to-God homework.

    On a warm June 18 morning — the next-to-last day on the 2013-14 school calendar — The Tidings paid a visit to St. Agnes School at the corner of Vermont and Adams in the City of the Angels to ask some real life cherubs the basic query: What did you learn in first grade?

  • Challenges: Faith, support, determination in Pasadena
    June 27, 2014  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    New high school graduate Sharon Le Berthon of Temple City is a young lady who knows first-hand about the power of prayer and what it’s like to be part of a community that cares.

    Despite numerous health setbacks from her cystic fibrosis (CF), 18-year-old Sharon graduated this month from St. Monica Academy in Pasadena and credits the support and faith of her classmates and teachers along with her family to help her succeed.