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  • Aging with Grace
    May 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Every day 10,000 baby boomers retire. And by 2050, this is projected to add up to 83.7 million Americans being 65 or older. That’s almost double the number of 43.1 million seniors in 2012. Our aging population will present all kinds of demographic challenges to policy makers, government officials, health care providers and family caretakers. Many politicos and pundits believe that Social Security will have to undergo profound changes or it simply won’t survive.

  • ‘Join Hands for Nepal’
    May 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    A gregarious group of third graders shared a special moment at Immaculate Conception School in Los Angeles the morning of May 4, as they held hands and recited a prayer to express their support for people in need half a world away during an archdiocesan press conference to officially launch the “Join Hands for Nepal” campaign.

  • Thousands rally for worker rights on May Day
    May 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Thousands of men, women and children representing diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, races and faiths gathered on the streets of Downtown Los Angeles on May 1 for International Workers’ Day, peacefully demanding “full rights for all,” including increasing minimum wage to $15 an hour, implementation of President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration and an end to police brutality nationwide.

  • Volunteers needed 2015 Special Olympics World Games
    May 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Volunteers are needed to cheer on athletes at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles. The annual event will take place from July 25 to Aug. 2.

  • Inspired by the divine
    May 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    For the second consecutive year, reporter Julio César Ortiz, (Univision Los Angeles-KMEX Channel 34) was awarded the prestigious Gabriel Award — sponsored half a century ago by the Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals — for his sports and human interest story, “A Saint on the Field.”

  • Sister schools share the love
    May 1, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    On April 24, Immaculate Conception School in Los Angeles and Holy Name of Mary School in San Dimas came together to pray and play.

  • Louisville senior honored for service
    May 1, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Louisville High School senior Nadia Gonzalez Barranca is being honored for her long hours of service as an altar server, confirmation leader and eucharistic minister. She is one of the few recipients of the Christian Service Award due to her almost 500 hours of community service during her senior year.

  • Dying well — with courage and growth
    April 30, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    When asked how long he’s been doing palliative and hospice care, an easy smile comes across Dr. Ira Byock’s face. “When I started,” quips the 64-year-old Jersey boy, “the Dead Sea was merely ill.”

  • A new convent for Verbum Dei sisters in Long Beach
    April 30, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    A group of 20 friends and parishioners gathered on the grounds of St. Anthony Church in Long Beach during the early evening hours of April 23 to share a meaningful and long-awaited moment: the blessing ceremony for a new convent for the local community of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity religious sisters, who have faithfully — and tirelessly — served the parish for the last decade.

  • Samuel S. Soria, head organist at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
    April 30, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Every Wednesday, directly following the 12:10 Mass, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels offers a free half-hour organ recital.