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  • On the Scouting Trail: Girl Scouts from St. Bede honored
    November 4, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Nine Cadette Girl Scouts from St. Bede the Venerable parish in La Cañada Flintridge on Oct. 31 received the Marian Medal during a Presentation Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

  • The remarkable women who lead consecrated lives
    October 29, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the largest diocese in the United States with almost five million Catholics. As a result, it has one of the greatest numbers of women religious in the country as well.

  • Red Mass highlights role of faith in public square
    October 28, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    “Pope Francis is urging us to see migrants and immigrants as brothers and sisters, and human beings,” Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell told more than 400 lawyers, judges, legislators and other law professionals at the 33rd annual Red Mass on Oct. 20 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

  • Vida Nueva named best monthly Spanish-language newspaper in US
    October 28, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Vida Nueva, the official Spanish-language publication of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, won eight awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications.

  • Archdiocese undergoes annual abuse prevention audit
    October 28, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The Archdiocese of Los Angeles went through an annual abuse prevention audit this week to ensure the local Church is living up to the standards developed in the wake of the sexual abuse crisis.

  • San Gabriel Mission High School competes in Nike champions’ tournament
    October 22, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    San Gabriel Mission High School competed in the 2015 Nike Volleyball Tournament of Champions in Chandler, Arizona, Oct. 1-3.

  • San Gabriel Catholics visit prisoners on the border
    October 22, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    TECATE, MEXICO — Dozens of Catholics travelled to this border town to visit thousands of men in prison in El Hongo.

  • Forgiveness, faith and justice
    October 22, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Franky Carrillo has told his story many times: to newspaper writers, TV reporters, state senators, lawyers, juveniles in prison and countless others. When he shares his story — whether it’s to big crowds or intimate gatherings — Carrillo’s emotions often come to surface.

  • Respect Life Week
    October 21, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Enough time has passed since Pope Francis’ spectacular visit to the U.S. that we must ask ourselves, “What difference did the pope’s visit make to me?” Because, that is the question he would most want us to ask. Our Holy Father came to the U.S. specifically to shake each one of us up.

  • ‘We all have that missionary spirit’
    October 21, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Nearly 3,000 students from Catholic elementary and middle schools across the archdiocese gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels the morning of Oct. 14 for the 14th annual celebration of the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) Mass, the largest eucharistic celebration for children in the country.