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Basketball: Mater Dei wins Open Division championship
It wasn’t easy at the end, but Mater Dei High School held off Sierra Canyon, 55-53, to win the CIF-Southern Section Open Division championship March 2 at The Pyramid in Long Beach.
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Soccer: SG Mission, J.Serra win second straight CIF titles
San Gabriel Mission High School capped a dominant season with a convincing 4-0 victory over Rialto March 2 to win the Division 6 CIF-Southern Section championship in girls’ soccer, the Pioneers’ second straight CIF title.
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Soccer: Five Catholic teams advance in state regional tournament
First-round shutout victories on March 6 propelled three Catholic high school soccer teams into the second round of the CIF Southern California Regional Girls’ Soccer Tournament.
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Basketball: Mater Dei-Sierra Canyon headlines title games schedule
Three boys’ and two girls’ Catholic high school basketball teams will play this weekend for CIF-Southern Section championships, topped by the Open Division boys’ title game Friday night featuring Mater Dei against Sierra Canyon.
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Basketball: 20 Catholic school teams battle into quarters, semis
Nine boys’ and 11 girls’ teams from Catholic high schools are still playing in the CIF-Southern Section basketball tournaments, after prevailing in first and second round action over the weekend.
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Girls’ Water Polo: Marymount, Villanova face off in D-7 semifinal
At least one Catholic school finalist in the CIF-Southern Section girls’ water polo tournament is assured, when Marymount of Westwood and Villanova Prep of Ojai face off in the Division 7 semifinals Feb. 21.
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Padre Pio’s relics returning to L.A.
Relics belonging to St. Pio of Pietrelcina will return to Los Angeles next month as part of a 35-diocese United States tour to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death.
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Archbishop Gomez to deliver Lenten message at Ash Wednesday Mass
Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass on February 14 at noon (12 p.m.) at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., in downtown Los Angeles.
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When loved ones get locked up new L.A. ministry steps in for families
“I feel better with this new ministry,” says the older woman in Spanish, with Deacon Paulino Juarez translating her soft-spoken words. “I am being supported in my needs now. And I want more people who have the same experience with a child in prison to know of this place, because they will meet their needs, too.”
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Spring Preview: Santa Margarita aims to continue track, swimming dominance
After four straight CIF-Southern Section swimming and diving championships and three straight track and field titles, the Santa Margarita Eagles are looking at running the count to five and four as the spring 2017 season gets underway later this month.