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  • ‘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.

  • Stellar Damien defense stymies Cantwell in Division III playoff game
    March 18, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    It may have been the annual feast day of Saint Patrick, but luck had nothing to do with the Damien Spartans 63-41 rout of the Cantwell-Sacred Heart Cardinals Tuesday night. In this Division III playoff matchup between two of the state’s best Catholic high school basketball teams, it was Damien who would control the game from start to finish, thanks to outstanding team play on both ends of the floor. And no one was more pleased than Damien head coach Matt Dunn.

  • Leaders reaffirm need for comprehensive immigration reform
    March 18, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Bishops from dioceses in Southern California signed a joint letter to Congress March 14, urging representatives to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform.

  • ‘You were made for a better life’
    March 18, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Rick Warren began his March 14 keynote address at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress by quoting an American literary giant. “The two most important days in your life,” Warren said, quoting Mark Twain, “are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

  • Honduran Cardinal on the Church of the future
    March 18, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    On March 14, during the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras spoke on the “Church of the Future” by emphasizing the need for ongoing catechesis, highlighting Pope Francis’ special mission and discussing with audience members the obstacles the Church must overcome.