How this LA teen goes above and beyond

A 50-pound pack on his back, Matthew Krzewinski slogged up the steep mountain trail, rain and mud making the 3,000 climb even more taxing.

How the Church is helping heal fire-ravaged Maui

At dawn on Tuesday, Aug. 8, Hurricane Dora churned 600 miles off Hawaii, but its winds had already torn a solar panel off the roof of Sacred Hearts School at historic Maria Lanakila Parish in Lahaina Town on Maui. Principal Tonata Ah Lolesio sent her maintenance man husband up a ladder to attempt repairs, but he was nearly blown over.

How to help Maui

Catholic leaders in Hawaii are offering advice and opportunities to help fire survivors.

Cash and gift cards to major chain stores — Target, Walmart, Macys, and Safeway among them — are needed most. They are begging people not to send clothes, which are a logistical nightmare to sort and distribute. And they are aware of how much help the Catholics of the Archdiocese of LA are giving.

LA parishes to hold second collection for Maui wildfire relief

Catholic parishes across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have been asked to hold a special collection at weekend Masses for victims of the devastating wildfires in Maui this month.

LA youth moved to ‘keep up with Jesus’ at WYD, City of Saints events

The dark night was suddenly lit up by candles, revealing young faces peaceful in prayer.

After a jam-packed day at the City of Saints Teen Conference, the flickering votives, bearing the image of Blessed Carlo Acutis, signaled it was a time for the youth to slow down and share.

New Vicar General, Vicar for Clergy named for Archdiocese of LA

Two LA priests have been named to leadership positions for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles following the appointments of four new auxiliary bishops.

AI and faith go hand in hand at 2023 C3 Conference

For the hundreds of educators, school administrators, and faith leaders attending the 2023 Catholic Communication Collaboration, known as the C3 Conference, discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) wasn’t the elephant in the room so much as the camel in the gymnasium.

Inside the plan to save a historic chapel for veterans on the Westside

The last time Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson paid a visit to the Wadsworth Chapel on the Veterans Administration’s (VA) north campus in West LA was last April, off the heels of a record-breaking rainy season in the region.

Bishop-elect Albert Bahhuth: From Lebanon to LA

For God to make Msgr. Albert Bahhuth a priest, let alone a bishop, there have been many miracles. Those miracles have spanned from Lebanon to Missouri to Mississippi, and finally to Los Angeles. There has even been a Subway sandwich franchise involved.

Bishop-elect Matthew Elshoff: A veteran educator with a missionary heart

Just up the street from the notorious Nickerson Gardens housing projects, the church and school of St. Lawrence of Brindisi in Watts form something of a small oasis in a part of LA known for gangs, poverty, and high crime rates.