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  • Catholic LA Santa Barbara students celebrate Catholic education
    February 3, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Over 600 Catholic school students and staff members from across northern Santa Barbara County joyfully converged on St. Mary of the Assumption Church to celebrate Catholic Schools Week. “We’re blessed to have so many students join us in celebrating our faith and the positive impact Catholic schools have had not only here, but across America,” said Michelle Cox, St. Mary’s School principal. “This is the ninth year of the schools coming together.”

  • HS polls: Five Catholic teams are atop basketball, soccer lists
    January 30, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Several Catholic schools that have led their respective sports’ divisional rankings for several weeks are still on top in the CIF-Southern Section polls released Jan. 28.

  • Could Catholic education save the world?
    January 29, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    This week, as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week, offers us an opportunity to ask, “What makes a school Catholic?”

  • ‘Heart of a Priest’ coming to LA
    January 29, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The “Heart of a Priest” relic tour of the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, the patron of priests, will be visiting the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Feb. 20-26 as part of a national tour sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

  • Archbishop Gomez to kick off Catholic Schools Week with special Mass at St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy
    January 28, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    To kick-off Catholic Schools Week activities and events throughout the Archdiocese, Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate the annual Family Mass at St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy, a co-ed Catholic high school in Downey on Monday, Jan. 28, at 9:45 a.m. School choirs from Catholic elementary schools around the area, and families of diverse backgrounds and faiths will also join this celebration.

  • ADLA at WYD 2019
    January 25, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Dozens of youth and young adults from the tri-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles have embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage, traveling to Panama, with a quarter of a million Catholics and the Holy Father Pope Francis to celebrate World Youth Day (WYD) 2019, through January 27.

  • LA’s journey towards Christian unity at 25
    January 23, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has sought to advance the cause of Christian unity more by concrete actions than by theological discussions. He is convinced that progress in the quest for unity among the various Christian denominations can be achieved by “walking, praying, and working together.”

  • Thank you, OneLife LA
    January 22, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    As I was making my way across LA’s Historic State Park to greet my students from St. Monica Academy during the OneLife LA Walk for Life this past weekend, I was halted by a couple yelling my name, “Chris… Chris Plance.” I turned and to my surprise it was Mr. and Mrs. Noyes from Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Tujunga. When I saw them, I ran over to give them a big hug and to thank them for standing up for life in more ways than one.

  • My experience at the OneLifeLA March
    January 22, 2019  |  Archbishop Gomez, Around the ADLA  |  

    I’ve never been on a protest march before, but I bet the one I am attending today is a little unusual. I see little kids in strollers, seniors pushing four-wheeled walkers, perspiring retirees carrying Knights of Columbus banners, and a group of Hispanic teenaged boys wearing matching T-shirts with hearts. Scattered throughout the long line of marchers, people are carrying Our Lady of Guadalupe images emblazoned in bold colors.

  • OneLife LA draws 15,000 for ‘the great cause of our times’
    January 21, 2019  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    For a woman pregnant with her eighth child, Abby Johnson’s task was not an easy one: Speak before tens of thousands of people at two separate pro-life rallies just hours apart on opposite sides of the country.