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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.
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LA Congress embarks on its first-ever ‘hybrid’ event this weekend
Two years after its last full in-person attendance and a year removed from an all-virtual presentation, this month’s Los Angeles Religious Education Congress will be a hybrid event for the first time in its history.
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LA’s Catholic schools get a boost from Hannon donation
LA Catholic schools and colleges are continuing to find support from the William H. Hannon Foundation to help mitigate the pandemic changes and challenges over the past two years.
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Archbishop celebrates Super Bowl ‘win-win’ with students near SoFi
The special event, which coincided with Fat Tuesday, brought Archbishop José H. Gomez bearing the delicious spoils of a bet he made with his friend (and briefly, rival) Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati ahead of Super Bowl LVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams.
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Catholic Education Foundation members run for the future
Theresa Fragoso had only three months of prep time to run the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon, and her longest run prior to that was 14 miles.
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Remembering Msgr. Jim Gehl: The warm and welcoming presence of Jesus
In February 1992, I wrote about an event for The Tidings on divorced, separated, and widowed Catholics, presented by the Office of Family Life, of which Father Jim Gehl was then director.
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‘Bishop Ed’ looks back on 21 years as an LA auxiliary
Bishop Edward Clark, auxiliary bishop of the Our Lady of the Angels pastoral region, is retiring after 21 years of service to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He caught up with Angelus to discuss his favorite memories and what comes next.