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  • Catholic Education Foundation appoints new executive director
    January 23, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Archbishop José H. Gomez and Timothy J. Smith, president of the board of trustees of the Catholic Education Foundation, announced a new executive director Jan. 12. Kathleen M. Ash, who had been the associate dean of the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, began serving the foundation this month.

  • Changes ahead for Office of Religious Education
    January 23, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Following nearly three decades of service, Sister Edith Prendergast, RSC, will be retiring as director of the archdiocesan Office of Religious Education, effective June 30. She will be succeeded by Father Chris Bazyouros.

  • OneLife Los Angeles
    January 22, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    A march for all human life from conception to natural death.

  • Thousands march to support human dignity in downtown LA
    January 20, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Thousands marched through the streets of downtown Los Angeles for OneLife LA, an event promoting human

  • Dr. Maher Hathout
    January 16, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Dr. Maher Hathout’s death earlier this month creates a void in the Los Angeles interfaith community, for he was not only one of the early leaders of interfaith dialogue in our city, but was also the titular head of the Muslim community here. Early on in my own endeavors in this arena, I was impressed by his eloquence, wisdom, warmth, call for critical thinking in Islam and quiet sense of humor.

  • Remembering Selma: Love trumps hate at historic voting rights march in 1965
    January 16, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    “Trying to remember 50 years ago,” said Patrice Underwood with a chuckle, letting her words fade away, before adding, “but it had such an impact on me, I can remember a lot of it.”

  • Human trafficking in Los Angeles
    January 16, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    During a recent overcast morning in L.A.’s Koreatown, about 250 men, women and children from all walks of life — including students, families, business professionals and Catholic religious sisters — marched along a two-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in the name of freedom from human trafficking. One of the people on hand for this year’s “Walk 4 Freedom” — presented by the L.A. Metro Taskforce on Human Trafficking, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) and Southern California Partners for Global Justice — knows the reality of human trafficking all too well. With her positive demeanor, Udaya Kanthi Salgadu, 37, hardly seems like a survivor of human trafficking and indentured servitude.

  • Pope Francis to canonize evangelizer of the Wild West
    January 15, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    In a surprise addition to his fall 2015 trip to the U.S., Pope Francis is planning to canonize the founder of California’s first missions, Blessed Junipero Serra.

    “In September, God willing, I will canonize Junipero Serra in the United States,” declared Pope Francis aboard Sri Lankan Air Flight UL4111 on the way to Manila.

  • OneLife LA: A March for All Pro-Life Reasons
    January 15, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The Los Angeles event, conceived by the local Catholic Church, is a celebration meant to inspire people to build a culture of life in a variety of ways.

    Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/onelife-la-a-march-for-all-pro-life-reasons/#ixzz3OvZRLIOh

  • Raising a son with Down syndrome
    January 14, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Rick and Abbie Smith were going to have a son. By the end of nine months, they had dreamt up vivid forecasts of the child’s future and their life with him.

    After delivery, the Smiths received the diagnosis.