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  • Gomez: Family unity should be at the heart of U.S. immigration policy
    February 13, 2018  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    Following the start of a U.S. Senate debate over immigration on Monday, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles charged that Dreamers are being used as “bargaining chips” by politicians and called for family unity to be at the heart of immigration policy.

  • Storytellers set to share live, true tales of ‘Love, Romance and Other Disasters’
    February 13, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    Cabinets are a stiff-but-nonjudgmental audience.

    Linda Lowe, of Camarillo, has discovered the advantages of using her cupboards as an audience as she prepares for the first Ventura Storytellers Project performance Feb. 21.

  • This former Warner Bros. exec is making digital media work for the Church
    February 12, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    bout a year-and-a-half ago, I interviewed Matt Meeks, chief digital and marketing officer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, for an article on the transformation of the archdiocese’s media outreach. During that discussion, some interesting personal details came out, such as Meeks’ former job at Warner Brothers and his time spent discerning the priesthood. I recently spoke again with Meeks to hear more about his story and his work spreading the Gospel using digital media.

  • Loss of temporary protected status distresses Salvadorans in US
    February 12, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    If Rosa Bonilla could visit face-to-face with President Donald Trump, she would plead, “Please do not separate more families” of U.S. immigrants.

    “It is already so painful that children are living without their parents, that husbands and wives are separated, that brothers and sisters are separated, that families are divided,” the El Salvador native told NCR on Jan. 28 in Los Angeles.

    “First and foremost,” the mother of three said, “I would emphasize how much we want and need comprehensive and just immigration reform.”

  • Weaving the divine
    February 12, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    Originally, John Nava’s tapestries for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles were commissioned to enhance the musical quality and acoustics of the vast space. Engaging with this ancient technique, however, so significant in the history of church décor, Nava breathed new life into an old and almost forgotten art form.

  • Misiones de las Californias XLVII: Misión de Santa Inés
    February 11, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    La misión de Santa Inés fue fundada el 17 de septiembre de 1804 por el padre presidente de las misiones de Alta California fray Esteban Tapís, quien había sucedido a fray Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, muerto en 1803.

  • Invitan a la unción de enfermos en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles
    February 9, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    La Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles hace un llamado a la comunidad para que este sábado 10 de febrero participe en un solemne evento, en el que el arzobispo José H. Gómez dará el sacramento de la unción a enfermos y personas de la tercera edad.

  • Amparados por TPS recibieron asesoría sobre el futuro de este programa
    February 4, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    En la iglesia de Santa Rosa en San Fernando, varios abogados especialistas en inmigración atendieron a beneficiarios del TPS para responder las preguntas sobre su futuro. Asimismo, asesoraron a los asistentes sobre las medidas que deben tomar luego de que se anunciara la cancelación de este programa para los nacidos en varios países centroamericanos.

  • Volunteers Build Playground Designed by Kids
    February 3, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    Delta Air Lines partners with non-profit KaBOOM! and 200 local volunteers to build a state-of-the-art playground in just 6 hours based on designs by local children at St. Vincent School in University Park.

  • Facebook changes may make it harder for religious groups to promote content
    February 2, 2018  |  In The News  |  

    As part of its attempts to address Russian interference in the 2016 election, Facebook decided last fall that any advertisement targeting one of its religion-based interest groups would be subject to human review before being accepted, with up to 24 hours before resolution. The problem, says Matt Meeks, chief digital and marketing officer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is that the new policy creates serious obstacles for religious groups advertising to their communities.