Old Mission Santa Inés Society of St. Vincent de Paul serve homeless on Skid Row

On June 3, volunteers from Solvang traveled to Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to serve lunch to 70 homeless men and women at the society’s Cardinal Manning Center.

San Gabriel Mission High School partners with Azusa Pacific University for college credit

The recent partnership between San Gabriel Mission High School and Azusa Pacific University will allow the high school students to begin their college career without leaving their campus.

Mission San Buenaventura honors St. Junípero Serra with tapestry

Mission San Buenaventura will honor its founding father with the image of the saint on a woven tapestry, permanently on display at the church.

Loyola High School wins eighth CIF Commissioner’s Cup

On June 13, Loyola High School in Los Angeles was awarded the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Commissioner’s Cup for the eighth year in a row, distinguishing the campus as the top athletic high school program in the greater part of Southern California.

Long Beach school draws on sun power for school energy

St. Anthony High School in Long Beach recently installed an impressive 72-kilowatt solar energy system to power their campus, which has already saved the school $20,000 in electrical bills.

How Catholic education forms mind, body and soul

On behalf of Archbishop Gomez, I extend congratulations to you, the 2016 graduating class.

Catholic education helps to form the whole person by preparing our students to be well-rounded, whole, holy witnesses of Jesus.

The Class of 2016: A future full of hope

We have once again passed through graduation season, the de facto start of summer. Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles graduated approximately 6,000 students this spring: about 3,300 from 26 archdiocesan and parish high schools, and about 2,700 from the 25 private high schools.

L.A. publications bring home 11 national awards

Vida Nueva and The Tidings, the Spanish- and English-language newspapers serving the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, won 11 awards from the Catholic Press Association June 3.

‘Jesus Christ is the one who brings us together’: Msgr. Kostelnik, founding pastor of the culturally diverse cathedral, leaves legacy of ‘no one is less than’

One of Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik’s favorite stories about the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels — which he’s pastored since even before its great bronze doors opened in 2002 — happened early on during its construction.

‘Learning a way of being’ 13 new deacons to serve archdiocese

Five years ago, 13 men embarked on a journey together to become deacons, meeting each other for the first time on a silent retreat. On June 11, that journey culminated in these men and their spouses being greeted by clamorous cheers emanating from the men, women and children who flocked to downtown Los Angeles’ Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels for this year’s Ordination to the Diaconate.