Paraclete softball hoping to rewrite history in CIF Southern Section Division 6 final

The slogan on the back of the Paraclete High softball practice shirts resonates throughout the Lancaster-based Catholic school:

“Tradition never graduates.”

Calif. high school in crime-riddled area boasts 100 percent college acceptance rate for 7th straight year

A California high school has beat the odds, sending all its graduating seniors off to college for the seventh straight year, despite being located in a neighborhood riddled with crime and plagued with gangs.

St. Bonaventure High School’s Class of 2015 ready for next step

VENTURA, Calif. – A group of St. Bonaventure High School seniors reflected this week on what they learned both in and out of the classroom at the Ventura campus and how those lessons will help them in the years to come.

Featured, News Diver reaches new heights at state competition

Immaculate Heart High School senior Olivia Rosendahl reached a new high in her budding career as a diver after taking first place on May 22 in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Diving Championships.

Bell-Jeff graduation highlights faith

In his homily reflecting on Saint Paul the Apostle’s two-year imprisonment, Msgr. Sabato Pilato, superintendent of high schools for the Los Angeles Archdiocese, called on the Bellarmine-Jefferson High School Class of 2015 to remain courageous as they transition into the next chapter of their lives.

High School In Gang-Filled Neighborhood Boasts 100 Percent College Acceptance Rate

WATTS (CBSLA.com) — Verbum Dei High School in Watts boasts a 100 percent college acceptance rate for graduating students. What makes it even more remarkable is that the school is thriving in a tough, gang-plagued neighborhood.

Hispana con enfermedad terminal se opone a la ley de eutanasia en California

Una mujer hispana diagnosticada con una enfermedad terminal y que ya ha superado el plazo de tres años de vida que los médicos le dieron en 2012 se ha unido a una campaña contra una ley que autorizaría el suicidio asistido en California.

California’s Plan to Deport our Heritage

Statuary Hall at the Capitol is a place filled with familiar names: Samuel Adams, Ethan Allen, Stephen Austin, Daniel Webster, and the list goes on. In that revered space, each state has the opportunity to honor two people with statues.

Converted by love, not ideology: An archbishop’s reflection on Dorothy Day

Fort Wayne, Ind., May 20, 2015 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Last week, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles told scholars at the Dorothy Day Conference at St. Francis University that the social activist was not converted by ideology, but by love.

Devotos de arzobispo Romero en Los Ángeles peregrinan para asistir a su beatificación

Devotos del arzobispo salvadoreño Óscar Romero parten en peregrinación desde Los Ángeles hacia el país centroamericano para “poner en práctica sus enseñanzas de amor a los más necesitados” y asistir a su beatificación el próximo 23 de mayo.