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LA parishes, families embrace post-pandemic mental health ministry
After 43 years of marriage, Rick and Modesta Pulido are still counting the blessings their seven children have brought them. They speak of their time together with gratitude, but as any married couple will tell you, the experience hasn’t been without challenges.
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Pope names LA priest a judge on Vatican’s top appeals court
Pope Francis has appointed an LA priest and renowned legal scholar to serve as a judge on the highest appeals court in the Catholic Church.
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LA Archdiocese special collection for Ukraine aid hits $1 million
A special collection at parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has raised more than $1 million in donations for Ukrainian humanitarian relief.
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Jubilee pilgrims celebrate ‘being together’ again on LA’s streets
As Maria Gaetano took the final steps of her pilgrimage arriving to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels last Saturday, it was hard to fathom she’d just walked nearly 11 miles in six hours, passing by and through traffic, churches, homeless encampments, smiling faces, and honking car horns. She hardly seemed tired or walking at all; more like floating.
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What St. John of Avila’s heart can teach mine
I entered seminary after graduating from high school when I was 18 years old. Throughout my eight years of formation since then, I have gotten a firsthand look at the diverse charisms of the Catholic Church by encountering people from a variety of religious orders.
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LA Catholics invited to follow pope’s consecration of Russia, Ukraine
Parishes and schools around the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are invited to join Pope Francis as the whole world, “especially Russia and Ukraine,” are consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Friday, March 25.
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Scaled down RE Congress crowd revels in return to Anaheim
Knowing the right words to use at the right moments is how Anne Kertz Kernion built her inspirational hand-calligraphy greeting card business over the last four decades. At last weekend’s Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (REC), attendees could find plenty of words — and devotional designs — at her booth at the Anaheim Convention Center Exhibit Hall to express the joy of being back together again.
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The quiet force of Richard Grant, Catholic education’s ‘true believer’
In downtown LA two years ago, some 200 people gathered for a dinner honoring Richard Grant, the retiring president of the Dan Murphy Foundation.
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Msgr. Fleming named episcopal vicar for OLA region
A priest familiar to many LA Catholics has been asked to help oversee the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ most populous pastoral region.