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  • Conrad N. Hilton Foundation : Awards Close To $23 Million In Grants In The Second Quarter Of 2016
    June 27, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that it approved $22.9 million in grants during the second quarter of 2016. Among the funds approved was the Foundation’s third-largest grant in its history–$15.3 million over four years to Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania to expand the Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) Initiative, a program of the African Sisters Education Collaborative. As a result of this program, 858 sisters in ten countries will receive support to acquire higher education credentials, including baccalaureate and master degrees, both through online distance learning and onsite in Africa.

  • Suspenda deportación de inmigrantes, pide Obispo a Obama tras decisión de Corte Suprema
    June 26, 2016  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    Mons. José Gómez, Arzobispo de Los Ángeles en Estados Unidos, pidió al Presidente Barack Obama que suspenda las deportaciones de inmigrantes indocumentados, luego de la decisión de la Corte Suprema que mantuvo el bloqueo de una serie de medidas favorables a millones de personas que viven en el país.

  • Immigration vote spreads anxiety among Southern California residents living in U.S. illegally
    June 23, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Hundreds of thousands of people living illegally in Southern California were facing a sobering new reality Thursday: The U.S. Supreme Court isn’t coming to their rescue, and their fate may be tied more precariously than ever to the outcome of this year’s presidential election.

  • Religion events in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, June 24-July 1
    June 23, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Archbishop Jose H. Gomez celebrate a Mass and welcomes the St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More relics, 12:10, followed by a presentation by Jan Graffius, curator of collections at Stonyhurst College in England, 12:50 p.m. July 1. Veneration time, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 2. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. http://bit.ly/28O6uOp

  • Archbishop Gomez Celebrates St. Monica Academy Graduation
    June 22, 2016  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    On June 17, Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez celebrated St. Monica Academy’s Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation at the school’s new Montrose campus. After celebrating Mass along with six other priests, Archbishop Gomez gave the commencement address and conferred diplomas upon St. Monica Academy’s 8th Grade and Senior graduates. In his address, the Archbishop urged the graduates to pray unceasingly and become saints. The ceremony closed with the graduates singing the words of their Alma Mater: “Crusaders, fight the good fight throughout your future lives. Proclaim the truth with courage knowing Christ is at your side.”

  • Valley volunteers feed homeless on Skid Row
    June 22, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Volunteer members of the Old Mission Santa Ines Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference of Charity traveled to Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on June 3 to serve lunch to 70 homeless men and women at the society’s Cardinal Manning Center.

  • Now touring America: two English saints who died for their faith
    June 21, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Washington D.C., Jun 21, 2016 / 05:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A relic tour currently taking place in the United States highlights the virtues of two English saints who stood up for conscience and paid the ultimate price.

  • LA archbishop says US society is no longer one for the vulnerable
    June 20, 2016  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    The US has crossed a line from being a society that cares for the vulnerable to one that seeks to be rid of those whose suffering is deemed inconvenient, the archbishop of Los Angeles has said.

  • COMING TO THE END OF LIFE IN CALIFORNIA
    June 20, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    On June 9, California became the fifth state in the nation to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications for patients who ask for them.

  • How this new LA deacon will serve Catholics on the margins
    June 19, 2016  |  In The News  |  

    Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 19, 2016 / 04:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- For the estimated 5,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing Catholics in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, parish participation can be difficult.