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‘You of the press are important”
“You of the press are important,” St. Pope John Paul II said shaking my left hand after Shepherd One, the papal jet, landed at the Los Angeles International Airport on the morning of Sept. 15, 1987. It was on a special tarmac at LAX away from where most commercial planes landed. There was an army of photographers and journalists along with dignitaries and some interlopers who had managed to get by security.
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St. Joseph’s Miller: Connecting faith, football and family
The way Timothy Miller sees it, football and family have a lot in common. And not just because his twin brother Joseph plays with him at St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria, or because their father Jim was one of seven football-playing brothers at St. Francis in La Cañada.
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CIF-SS polls: Catholic schools lead in football, volleyball
Mater Dei, Paraclete and Bishop Diego held onto their No. 1 rankings in the latest CIF-Southern Section football polls released Sept. 11.
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Don Bosco Technical Institute dedicates new emerging technology labs
Students, faculty and members of the board of trustees of Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) in Rosemead dedicated the school’s new technology laboratories and its newly renovated technology corridor during a Mass on Sept. 8, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, with Bishop David G. O’Connell as the celebrant.
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St. John Paul II was here — 30 years ago this week
I talk a lot about the saints who have come to Los Angeles to pray and to minister and to encourage us.
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POR LOS JÓVENES Y PARA ELLOS
Han transcurrido 15 años y todavía Alberto Embry se emociona cuando a su oficina llega un joven a mostrarle con orgullo un certificado de haber completado la secundaria, o le cuenta que está cursando una carrera, o comparte algún otro hecho que esté mejorando su vida.
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DACA decision draws criticism, concern from Catholic college officials
President Donald Trump’s decision Sept. 5 to formally rescind DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy – drew criticism and concern from Catholic higher education officials in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as well as across the country.
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St. Anthony High School’s STEAM curriculum makes students workplace ready
The arts and the sciences are thriving at St. Anthony High School in Long Beach with the recent introduction of six new courses this year.
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CIF-SS polls: Bishop Diego joins Mater Dei, Paraclete at No. 1
Two impressive wins have boosted Bishop Diego High School into the top spot of the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 football rankings, released Sept. 5.
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Four generations at Sacred Heart
“I used to like typing with Sister [Mary] Flora,” said Virginia Arguello, a member of the class of 1943 at Sacred Heart High School, the all-girls secondary school in Lincoln Heights. “I didn’t take Spanish because I spoke Spanish all my life. And I was very good at sports. Mostly basketball, volley ball, softball. I loved basketball.”
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