HS Polls: J.Serra, Crespi remain atop water polo lists

With a few weeks of regular season play remaining prior to playoffs, J.Serra and Crespi remain division leaders in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ water polo polls released Oct. 8.

Girls’ Volleyball: Marymount gains after tournament triumph

The struggle for superiority (and playoff seedings) in one of the toughest girls’ volleyball battlegrounds in the country — Divisions 1 and 2 in the CIF-Southern Section — continues to heat up, although the top four spots are the same as last week.

Football Polls: Monarchs, Braves face tough league battles

Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are first and second locally yet again in this week’s CIF-Southern Section-Division 1&2 poll, as the two Catholic school titans — also ranked one-two nationally by Maxpreps — try not to look past this week’s games before their head-to-head meeting Oct. 25 in Bellflower.

Catholic Charities head reflects on legacy of serving LA’s most vulnerable

Msgr. Gregory A. Cox became the executive director of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles when the agency was celebrating its 75th anniversary in 1994. Back then it was called the Catholic Welfare Bureau.

Different names, same mission: Catholic Charities of Los Angeles turns 100

Mari couch surfed with her mother for months. Usually, it was with relatives and her mom’s friends. They often wore out their welcome after a couple of weeks.

Football Polls: St. Pius X-St. Matthias tops D-14 rankings

It’s more of the same in the top division of the CIF-Southern Section, according to divisional polls released Sept. 30.

CEF kicks off LA Marathon charity challenge

With the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon less than 6 months away, the Catholic Education Foundation (CEF) is looking for a few good runners.

SoCal native Cardinal William Levada, former doctrinal head, dies at 83

Southern California native Cardinal William J. Levada, former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation and retired archbishop of San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, died Sept. 26 in Rome. He was 83.

HS Polls: J.Serra (D-4), Crespi (D-6) top water polo lists

J.Serra has joined Crespi as a division leader in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ water polo polls released Sept. 23.

More millennial women are entering religious life. Why are we surprised?

I’ll never forget the promo for the Oprah Winfrey Show that stopped me in my tracks.

In February 2010, Oprah advertised an episode featuring behind-the-scenes footage of women whose lives were mostly hidden from the world.