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  • Saying farewell to the Class of 2018
    June 29, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Over the last few weeks, 6,200 seniors graduated from 51 Catholic high schools across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. About 99 percent of the graduates have been accepted into a college or university, according to statistics from the Department of Catholic Schools.

  • Graduating for a greater purpose
    June 29, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Soccer and robotics may not have much in common, but if you competed against St. Bernard High School in either field this past year, you probably learned the hard way that recent St. Bernard’s graduate Odinakachukwu Amobi is a natural born leader.

  • In 2018, immigrants ask: Is this the American Dream we hoped for?
    June 29, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Most 11-year-olds going to Mass with their moms don’t have a line of TV cameras waiting for them in front of the church. Nor do they have to worry about whether their wireless microphone is fitted properly, or if they’ll remember what to say in front of more than 3,000 people.

  • Baseball: Three repeat as ALL-CIF choices
    June 28, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Nine baseball players from local Catholic high schools — enough to field a team — were selected to the All-CIF-Southern Section first teams in their respective divisions for 2018.

  • Latin Mass finds a permanent home in LA
    June 28, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The smell of incense and drywall mingled while more than two hundred people attended the dedication of St. Vitus Catholic Church in San Fernando. This church is the first in Los Angeles to be operated by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), an order of priests dedicated to traditional liturgy, specifically the Latin Mass.

  • Softball: Chaminade’s Magnanimo, Serra’s Carter earns POY honors
    June 26, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Two local Catholic high school softball players who led their teams to 2018 divisional championships were named CIF-Southern Section Players of the Year.

  • Archbishop Gomez leads dedication ceremony at St. John Vianney Church
    June 23, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    On Saturday, June 23, Archbishop José H. Gomez presided over the service to dedicate the new St. John Vianney Parish in Hacienda Heights. Msgr. Timothy Nichols, parish pastor, concelebrated.

  • Planning on Providence
    June 22, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    St. Jeanne Jugan is an impossible saint. Born during the French Revolution, where the Church was ravaged by the Enlightenment, and orphaned at an early age, she still managed to get educated in the faith by unknown brave women and then, in 1839, found her calling to take care of the elderly who were destitute and without any place else to go.

  • Angelus Features Editor named ‘Writer of the Year’ by the Catholic Press Association
    June 22, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Angelus News won 13 awards from the Catholic Press Association for work published during the 2017 calendar year. The competition included Catholic publications from across the U.S. and Canada. We are very proud of our staff’s accomplishments, with special recognition to Angelus Features Editor, R.W. Dellinger, for winning First Place in the Writer of the Year category. Awards include:

  • Planning on Providence
    June 21, 2018  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    St. Jeanne Jugan is an impossible saint. Born during the French Revolution, where the Church was ravaged by the Enlightenment, and orphaned at an early age, she still managed to get educated in the faith by unknown brave women and then, in 1839, found her calling to take care of the elderly who were destitute and without any place else to go.