LA catechists welcome return of in-person regional religious ed congresses

For years, religious education leaders in the LA Archdiocese could measure the passage of time with the Regional Congress.

LA’s Eritrean Catholics stand in solidarity with arrested bishop

Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim has always encouraged his people to engage in all-night prayer vigils. So the immediate response of Eritrean Catholics to news that the 52-year-old bishop was arrested last month was three nights of unceasing prayer, organized by Eritreans in the United States and Canada.

Eighth graders’ Día de los Muertos altars honor Uvalde victims

On Día de los Muertos, the Spanish celebration for the Day of the Dead, Catholics across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles gathered at local cemeteries to remember those who have died.

Survivor helps inaugurate LA’s first ‘Garden of Healing’ for abuse victims

Joe Montanez walked up to the first designated “Garden of Healing” in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, just outside the front doors of the St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care near East LA.

D.C.’s cardinal praises ‘precious gift of freedom’ at LA Red Mass

Speaking to LA-area legal professionals and civic leaders, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington, D.C., praised the court system as a reliable expression of “our freedom as a nation and as a people” amid uncertainty over the economy and upcoming midterm elections.

LA sister’s prison ministry marks 20 years in the ‘mercy business’

Sister Mary Sean Hodges and Tony Kim could hardly believe their ears.

They had just received the news that their prison ministry, the Partnership for Re-Entry Program (PREP), had been awarded $800,000, the biggest grant in its history. It was an anniversary gift of sorts from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, coming as PREP celebrates 20 years of restorative justice in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

New TAC president promises to ‘re-dedicate’ school’s mission

Paul J. O’Reilly, Ph.D., was sworn in as the fifth president of Thomas Aquinas College (TAC) on Oct. 22 at the school’s Santa Paula campus.

2022 pilgrimage schedule for Guadalupe, St. Juan Diego images Angelus Staff

The pilgrim images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego have begun their annual tour through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, with a kick-off celebration at Our Lady of Guadalupe “La Lupita” Parish in El Monte on Oct. 22. The “tardeada,” or afternoon family celebration, was a fundraising event with singing, dancing, food, and raffles open to all LA Catholics.

Philanthropist John Shea remembered as champion of Catholic education

More than 2,000 people filled the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for the Oct. 21 funeral of John Shea, a Los Angeles native who purposefully steered clear of attention and acknowledgement for being one the most prolific donors to U.S. Catholic schools in the last several decades.

New catechists in demand as LA parishes assess COVID impact

Kenneth Arguelles has been a catechist in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for more than 20 years. But in the process of learning how to teach others, he’s learned a lot more about himself.