American Martyrs wins championship over St. Philip the Apostle

Notre Dame High School hosted the Catholic Youth Organization Flag Football Championship Nov. 22 in Sherman Oaks, featuring the title game between American Martyrs in Manhattan Beach against St. Philip the Apostle in Pasadena.

Ready for the birth of Jesus, our savior

Thousands of Filipino Catholics from throughout Southern California celebrated the beginning of Simbang Gabi, a 500-year-old Filipino Christmas tradition, with a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Dec. 15.

Archbishop Gomez visits Skid Row to give Christmas gifts to children

On Dec. 19, Archbishop José Gomez joined Adopt-A-Family volunteers as they made house calls to some of the poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, stopping by apartments on Skid Row to deliver Christmas gifts, groceries and clothing to families in need.

OneLife LA speaker Mama Hill to address ‘divine order’ and healing children

“A child is born with a heart of gold; the way of the world makes his heart grow cold.”

These touching lyrics from Earth, Wind and Fire’s 70s hit song “That’s the Way of the World” serve as an oft-recited daily motto for Millicent “Mama” Hill, an award-winning educator, poet and community activist who has devoted her life to teaching, supporting, mothering and “healing” at-risk children and troubled teens in and around South L.A., to help “bring them back to who they really are.”

Bishop Brennan returns ‘home’ to serve in San Fernando Pastoral Region

Engineering corporation partners with St. Catherine Labouré School for student automotive design challenge

On Dec. 9, students at St. Catherine Labouré School in Torrance competed in the first round of an automotive design competition sponsored by Honeywell Corporation and the Society for Automotive Engineers.

Adopt-a-Family celebrates 25 years of making Christmas wishes come true for needy families

For Claudia and Alfonso Miranda, struggling to make ends meet is an everyday reality. The couple share a tiny, cramped single-room apartment with their three children, residing just outside of Downtown L.A., in a community where luxuries nearly always take a backseat to life’s basic necessities.

Archbishop Gomez opens Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in Los Angeles

Archbishop José H. Gomez officially opened the Year of Mercy Jubilee Door at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 13. Churches around the world participated in similar events to mark the beginning of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, declared by Pope Francis to run Dec. 8 through Nov. 20, 2016.

Serra High represented by 10 recent grads in 2015 USC-UCLA football game

No sporting event splits the city of Los Angeles in two quite like the USC-UCLA college football game. And perhaps no one can relate to the inner turmoil the city endures when the two perennial powerhouses clash each season more than Scott Altenberg, a UCLA graduate and season ticket holder — and the head football coach of nationally ranked Serra High School in Gardena — who has seen several of his best former players go on to play for USC.

St. Vincent de Paul of Los Angeles and the California Highway Patrol powered up some holiday smiles at the CHiPs For Kids annual toy giveaway

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Los Angeles and the California Highway Patrol teamed up for the 27th Annual CHiPs For Kids Toy Giveaway for needy children on Saturday, December 12, 2015. While police and community tensions have run high this year, local CHP officers wanted to remind Angelenos that they care deeply about the community they serve, especially during the holidays when all families should have food on the table and presents under the tree.