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CIMA honors excellence in storytelling at awards ceremony
With seagulls flying above and the sound of the surf below, attendees at this year’s Catholic in Media Associates (CIMA) awards were greeted by a picture perfect Southern California backdrop for the group’s annual Mass, reception and ceremonies held in Pacific Palisades.
Now in its 22nd year, CIMA presented its yearly awards honoring excellence in media, with the feature film “The Monuments Men,” the feature documentary “Cesar’s Last Fast” and the television news program “CBS News Sunday Morning” receiving accolades for stories with uplifting messages that promote positive messages and themes.
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New priests urged to ‘be men of patience, mercy, love, hope’
When Rosa Sahagun learned that her nephew Juan Ochoa wanted to become a priest, she felt immensely proud — and fiercely protective. As a surrogate mother, who helped raise him after his parents passed away when he was a young teen, “I have always supported him, to help him have confidence in himself,” she said.
“He has always had the support of his entire family, and wherever he is, he will always be with us — and now we will stand by him as a priest.”
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How a Tiny Downtown School With a Blacktop ‘Field’ Became a Soccer Dynasty
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — In 2009, the middle-school soccer players from Downtown’s St. Turibius school lost their Catholic Youth Organization championship game in penalty kicks to the powerhouse American Martyrs team from Manhattan Beach.
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LA archdiocese runs CNA news wire service exclusively
The nation’s largest archdiocese, Los Angeles, has chosen Catholic News Agency to provide U.S. and global news for its archdiocesan publications, “Vida Nueva” and “The Tidings.”
“For an archdiocese as large as Los Angeles, we rely very heavily on a wire service that can provide for us reporting on national and international events,” editor-in-chief, J.D. Long-García told CNA.
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Archdiocese of Los Angeles ordains four new priests
The four men were dressed in white and cream-colored robes. They knelt on the stone floor, ending up face down in a supplicating sign of obedience and respect. In front of thousands of onlookers, they were about to become Catholic priests.
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St. Turibius wins CYO soccer title
The St. Turibius School boys’ soccer team won its third straight CYO boys soccer title May 18, defeating St. Lawrence Martyr of Redondo Beach 3-1, to continue the Warriors’ three-year winning streak (their last defeat was in May 2011).
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The Sacrament of Christian mission
I love these weeks of the Easter season as we await the Ascension of our Lord and the sending of his Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
Since the early days of the Church, this time has been the time associated with Confirmation, the great Sacrament of Christian commitment.
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