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  • Planting the seeds of vocation
    March 27, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Holy Family parish in Artesia hosted its third biennial vocation fair for teenagers and young adults searching for direction in life March 19.

  • Altar server commissioning
    March 27, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Twenty men and women were commissioned to the ministry of Altar Server during the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Bernard’s Parish on March 8.

  • Thousands celebrate upcoming beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero
    March 26, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Archbishop José H. Gomez, Salvadoran priests, diplomatic leaders and special guests were joined by over 3,000 people of all ages at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for a special Mass on March 22 to celebrate the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero, the beloved Salvadoran archbishop who was killed 35 years ago.

  • East L.A. residents rejoice over Exide’s closing
    March 26, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    At an evening party on March 15 in Resurrection Church’s parish hall in Boyle Heights, parishioners and others celebrated a public health and environmental victory that was more than a decade in coming.

  • ‘An inspiration to all of us’
    March 26, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Peter Masado, a senior at St. Genevieve High School in Panorama City, enjoys devoting both time and energy to serving his fellow students and parish community as campus ministry president.

  • ‘Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me’
    March 26, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Practicing the three Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving requires some sacrifice. Some may be tempted to believe that “two out of three ain’t bad.”

  • Bishop Alemany earns walk-off win in potential league championship preview vs. Notre Dame
    March 25, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    One of the surefire marks of a truly great sports team is their ability to respond to and overcome adversity. Tuesday afternoon’s Mission League matchup between the Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks Knights and the Bishop Alemany Warriors, two of the very best teams in the entire state, took turns showing great resolve in response to difficult stretches. As the back-and-forth game went down to the wire, it was home team Alemany that had the last opportunity to match adversity with pluck — and succeed in dramatic fashion. Facing a 4-3 deficit in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Warriors generated an impressive rally that culminated in a walk-off hit to give them the 5-4 victory.

  • Archbishop Romero hailed for life producing ‘great harvest’
    March 25, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Los Angeles Catholics gave thanks for Archbishop Oscar Romero’s upcoming beatification and prayed that his “shining example” of sacrificial love and solidarity with the poor and oppressed will continue to be fruitful.

  • Loyola Boys Volleyball sweeps Mira Costa in annual Battle of the Bay
    March 23, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    In all of my years of attending sporting events, I had never been to a rivalry game at which the majority of the fans of the opposing teams socialized amicably with each other both before and after the game. But then again, I had never attended a boys volleyball match between the Loyola Cubs and Mira Costa Mustangs.

  • Exide finally closing Vernon Plant
    March 19, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    After a seven–month investigation by a federal grand jury, Exide Technologies agreed on March 11 to not only shut down its 15-acre battery recycling plant in Vernon, but to demolish it and clean up the site.