Donor’s surprise gift sends Miraculous Medal to every LA Catholic student

Seventy-thousand Miraculous Medals are now hanging near the hearts of 70,000 Catholic school students in Southern California.

At LA’s musical Guadalupe tribute, her power is personal

Faithful from around Southern California braved the rain and cold the evening of Dec. 11 to fill the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and celebrate another year under the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe, “Empress of the Americas.”

Glendale parish hosts Eucharistic Revival event for LA youth

Young Catholics from around the archdiocese got “a taste of heaven” at a special Advent gathering organized as part of the ongoing Eucharistic Revival initiative.

Pasadena parish lets Catholics ‘choose their moment’ in church

Katherine Saucedo felt a little uncomfortable walking through the heavy wooden doors of St. Andrew Church in Pasadena.

The full guide to Simbang Gabi 2022 in LA

Every year, dozens of parishes around the Archdiocese of Los Angeles host celebrations marking Simbang Gabi, a Filipino tradition which celebrates the nine days leading up to Christmas with the celebration of the Mass, novenas, and food.

OneLife 2023 announces speakers for first post-Roe rally

OneLife LA will return for its ninth year on Saturday, January 21, 2023.

This year’s theme, “Our Mission is Love,” continues the work of the pro-life movement after Roe v. Wade was overturned earlier this year. California remains a politically pro-choice state with the recent passage of Proposition 1, which added the right to abortion to the state constitution.

Teens continue NCYC trading tradition on the West Coast

From top hats to turkeys, from crowns to cows, one could be forgiven for thinking the packs of teens sporting odd caps and headbands were attending a hat convention rather than a religious one.

‘Estar donde Dios quiere que yo esté’ por Monseñor José H. Gomez

El 15 de noviembre en Baltimore, el Arzobispo José H. Gomez pronunció su último discurso ante los obispos de la nación como Presidente de la Conferencia de los Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos. Su mandato de tres años ha terminado. A continuación, se presenta una adaptación del discurso.

‘To be where God wants me to be’

On Nov. 15 in Baltimore, Archbishop José H. Gomez delivered his final address to the nation’s bishops as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. His three-year term has ended. The following is his full farewell address.

The ‘young Church’ comes to Long Beach for national teen gathering

He thought he would stay on the sidelines. But Jacob Olivares found himself in the center of it all.