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  • ‘Pastor to the pastors’
    August 27, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    “What I’ve tried to do and be is a pastor to the pastors, to support them, set goals for them, to be approachable and to listen. I want them to be the best priests they can be,” says Auxiliary Bishop Gerald E. Wilkerson about his 18-year ministry serving as shepherd for the million Catholics who live and work in the San Fernando Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

  • Senior Moments with Samantha Anderson and Arianna Obligación
    August 21, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    In this week’s Senior Moments, Sacred Heart of Jesus softball standouts/best buds Samantha Anderson and Arianna Obligación share how their childhood hurdles have influenced their plans for college and why they’ve been “partners in crime” since kindergarten.

  • Farewell to ‘el padrecito’
    August 21, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    He was el padrecito, the musical charro priest, and so much more to the thousands of faithful he ministered to — both in Mexico and across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles — during his 50-plus years as a Catholic priest.

  • Student reunites with teacher after 50 years
    August 20, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    More than 50 years after a new student walked into the eighth-grade classroom at Our Lady of Guadalupe School, she walked into the hospital room of the teacher who helped her through the traumatic experience.

  • Eight transitional deacons ordained on way to the priesthood
    August 20, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Archbishop José H. Gomez ordained eight deacons at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on August 15. Those elected for ordination gathered at the Cathedral with friends and family as the seminarians came one step closer to becoming diocesan priests.

  • Archbishop Gomez announces pastoral assignments for new auxiliary bishops
    August 20, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Archbishop José H. Gomez announced the pastoral assignments for Bishops-elect Joseph V. Brennan, David G. O’Connell and Robert Barron on Aug. 17.

  • Legislators resurrect physician-assisted suicide measure
    August 20, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    California state legislators introduced a measure that would legalize physician-assisted suicide during a special legislative session this week.

  • CIUDAD DE SANTOS
    August 14, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    14 de agosto de 2015.- Este fin de semana tuve la bendición de unirme a más de 1,100 adolescentes para nuestra primera conferencia anual “Ciudad de Santos”, organizada por el Departamento de Educación Religiosa de la Arquidiócesis.

  • NUESTROS EQUIPOS DE INMIGRACIÓN EN LAS PARROQUIAS
    August 13, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Las parroquias de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles han asumido un importante papel de liderazgo al servir a nuestros hermanos y hermanas inmigrantes que están aquí sin documentos legales.

  • MISA EN RECONOCIMIENTO DE LOS INMIGRANTES, UNA VIVENCIA DE PAZ Y JUSTICIA
    August 13, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Una vez más, en un atípico domingo lluvioso de verano, el pasado 19 de julio la Catedral Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles abrió sus puertas a la celebración de una misa especial en honor de todos los inmigrantes, con el fin de orar para que “se mantenga viva la esperanza, y pedir la orientación que necesitamos como país”, declaró el Arzobispo José Gomez.