LA schools honored for raising more than $30,000 for Indonesia quake victims

More than 3,000 students packed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown LA Wednesday for the annual Los Angeles Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) Mass.

HS Polls: Catholic teams battle for position as playoffs approach

As next month’s playoffs come into view, Catholic teams continue to perform well in the CIF-Southern Section boys’ water polo polls released Oct. 14.

J. Serra continues to lead the Division 4 rankings, while St. Francis (D-5) and Crespi (D-6) are second in their divisions. Alemany rose from eighth to seventh in the latter poll.

A day in the park for L.A.’s foster families

St. John Paul II STEM Academy freshman to compete in international robotics championship

Lorenzo Lopez and his team, the Bright Badgers, at St. John Paul STEM Academy have won the 2019 World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) USA National Championship, junior division. The competition took place September 14-15 in Sunnyvale, California.

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.