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  • Los Angeles Catholic cemeteries celebrate Día de los Muertos
    October 27, 2024  |  In The News  |  

    Mexican American and Catholic communities gathered, many in colorful attire, at the 10th annual “Día de los Muertos” celebration on Saturday, Oct. 26.

  • Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Oct. 26-Nov. 2
    October 26, 2024  |  In The News  |  

    Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego – 2024 Pilgrimage: The images go to various parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles including today, at St. Rose of Lima (4430 E. 60th St., Maywood). Upcoming stops for the images at these churches: Sacred Heart (565 W. Kettering St., Lancaster; Nov. 3); St. Mary’s (1600 E. Ave., R-4, Palmdale; Nov. 4-5); St. Kateri Tekawitha (22508 Copper Hill Drive, Santa Clarita; Nov. 6); Guardian Angel (10886 Lehigh Ave., Pacoima; Nov. 7-8); St Patrick’s (6160 Cartwright Ave., North Hollywood; Nov. 9); St. Catherine of Siena (18115 Sherman Way, Reseda; Nov. 10). The pilgrimage culminates on Dec. 1 with the 93rd annual procession from Our Lady of Solitude (4561 E. Cesar Chavez Ave.) to East Los Angeles Community College Stadium (1301 Cesar Chavez Ave. Monterey Park) for a Mass. Complete schedule: tinyurl.com/5n6dt7rw.

  • Los Angeles Catholic cemeteries set for prayerful Día de los Muertos celebrations
    October 25, 2024  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    The first of three prayerful and joyful celebrations for Día de los Muertos at Catholic cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will take place this weekend.

  • Los Angeles, New York archbishops make World Series wager to benefit students
    October 25, 2024  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    But Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York and Archbishop José H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are putting their money where their mouth is while supporting Catholic students in the process.

  • NY, Los Angeles archbishops place baseball wager to benefit students
    October 25, 2024  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    The Archbishops of New York and Los Angeles are placing wagers on their home teams in the upcoming World Series to benefit students within their dioceses.

  • Food fight: L.A., New York Catholic leaders make friendly wager over World Series outcome
    October 25, 2024  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    The New York versus Los Angeles, Yankees against Dodgers, Judge versus Ohtani rivalry baked in a new element Friday.

  • From coast to coast, Catholic kids support missions in prayer, donations
    October 25, 2024  |  In The News  |  

    In the weeks surrounding World Mission Sunday, observed Oct. 20 this year, Catholic kids from coast to coast have been supporting missions through prayers and donations.

  • Column: Verbum Dei tries to rise again after suspending football program
    October 6, 2024  |  In The News  |  

    Father Travis Russell, a 39-year-old Jesuit priest, is in his third year serving as president of Verbum Dei, the iconic all-boys Catholic high school that opened in Watts in 1962 and was almost shut down for lack of funds in the late 1990s until the Jesuits took over and created a corporate work study program to help each student pay for tuition.

  • Verbum Dei intentará resurgir tras recortar el programa de fútbol
    October 6, 2024  |  In The News  |  

    El padre Travis Russell, un sacerdote jesuita de 39 años, está en su tercer año como presidente de Verbum Dei, una popular escuela secundaria católica para varones que abrió en Watt en 1962 y casi cerró debido a la falta de fondos. Finales de la década de 1990 Hasta que los jesuitas tomaron el poder y crearon un programa de estudio de trabajo corporativo para ayudar a cada estudiante a pagar sus tasas de matrícula.

  • Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Oct. 5-12
    October 5, 2024  |  In The News  |  

    Annual Mass in Recognition of Healthcare Professionals – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels: Bishop Slawomir Szkredka celebrates the Mass 3:30 p.m. A “Blessing of the Hands” of healthcare professionals takes place near the end of the service. Healthcare professionals are asked to make a reservation if they are attending the Mass and the reception that follows: (lifejusticeandpeace.lacatholics.org/catholic-healthcare). Location, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. 213-637-7655. Email: catholichealthcare@la-archdiocese.org. lacatholics.org/healthcare-professionals-mass/