St. Anthony High School girls varsity volleyball team wins CIF championship

On Nov. 12, St. Anthony High School’s (SAHS) girls varsity volleyball team won the CIF Southern Section Division 7 Championship with students, faculty and families cheering on the team at Cerritos College.

2016 Simbang Gabi Schedule for Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Dec. 16: Nativity Church, Torrance 6 p.m.

St. Pancratius, Lakewood 6 p.m.

St. Thomas More, Alhambra 6:30 p.m.

‘A quiet leader’: Archbishop Gomez begins serving as the vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Election Day did little to put aside divisions within the nation. While some felt vindicated by the outcome, others took to the streets in despair.

A people full of love and joy: Thousands of faithful pray, dance and sing to Our Lady of Guadalupe

There was still an hour left before the procession to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe began Dec. 4 in East Los Angeles. Still, Elsie Romera took her place above the float representing St. Mary’s Church in Boyle Heights. Her new husband José Delgado observed her with unabashed pride.

LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE VISITA CÁRCEL DE MUJERES DE LYNWOOD

Como parte de su peregrinación por el Sur de California, la Imagen sagrada de la Morenita recorre las celdas del ‘Century Regional Women Detention Facility’, junto a personal de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles

85th anniversary procession and Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe will be honored with a Mass and religious procession in East Los Angeles on Dec. 4.

Archbishop Gomez becomes first Latino vice president of the USCCB

Archbishop José H. Gomez will serve as the first Latino vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The archbishop was elected vice president Nov. 15 in Baltimore and will serve alongside Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, who was elected president.

40th Catholic-Jewish Women’s Conference addresses faith and the environment

Nearly 200 people attended the 40th annual Catholic-Jewish Women’s Conference — “Our Planet in Peril: Repairing the Earth Through the Lens of Faith” — at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino on Nov. 11. The keynote speakers —Sister Toni Nash, a sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet and co-founder of Sisters of Earth, and Rabbi Sarah Bassin, the associate rabbi of Temple Emmanuel, Beverly Hills — both encouraged those gathered for “two traditions in dialogue” to discuss the interconnectedness of faith and its role in supporting the environment.

Virgin of Guadalupe visits women in Lynwood’s jail

The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe made its way through the narrow halls of the Century Regional Women Detention Facility in Lynwood on Sunday, Nov. 27. Stopping at several two-tier cells at the facility’s east and west towers, Gonzalo de Vivero, director of the L.A. Archdiocese’s Office of Restorative Justice, together with Knight of Columbus Mark Padilla, pulled a makeshift cart carrying the digital reproduction of the original copy of the Guadalupana, a gift to the archdiocese of from Mexico City’s Basilica a decade ago. Accompanied by a few of the facility’s deputies and volunteers from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the men also carried the Virgin’s message of love, forgiveness and reconciliation to the incarcerated women, showing them that they too are important to the Church.

Rwandan genocide survivor to speak at OneLife L.A. 2017

A survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide will be the keynote speaker at OneLife L.A. 2017. The annual event draws tens of thousands of pro-life supporters, who gather in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the beauty and dignity of human life.