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  • 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.

  • St. Paul beats La Salle in “mercy rule” rout for second time this season
    April 29, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    For defending CIF champions, the St. Paul Lady Swordsmen softball team, the major challenge this season hasn’t been playing well enough to take the lead, but rather, playing well enough to keep it. “Our biggest thing has been keeping the intensity the whole game,” admits St. Paul manager Natalie Sharp. “When we’re not intense, we get flat, so we do what we can to keep our girls up.”

  • Pope Francis to honor Blessed Junípero Serra
    April 24, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Pope Francis will join with American Cardinals to honor Blessed Junípero Serra with a morning of prayer and reflection at the Pontifical North American College in Rome on May 2. The event is meant to encourage devotion to the future saint and founder of the California missions, the National Catholic Register reports.

  • Recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse
    April 24, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    ore than 30 people recently attended a “beautifully prayer-filled evening” at Incarnation Church in Glendale, which hosted the archdiocesan Rosary for Healing and Protection for abuse survivors and their loved ones on April 14 as part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which is observed across the country every April.

  • Chávez continues to inspire battle for worker rights
    April 23, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    On April 19, the memory of a California farmworker drew thousands to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate his fight for justice against oppressive farm contractors and the politicians who legislated in their favor.