As suicide grows, there’s no better time to stand up for life

By Father Gus Puleo Last month the governor of California, Jerry Brown, signed into law a bill promoting physician-assisted suicide. Based on a similar measure …

ADL Participates in Annual Cyber Crime Prevention Symposium

ADL Civil Rights and Education Division staff members from the Pacific Southwest Regional Office led three sessions at the California Endowment’s Seventh Annual Cyber Crime Prevention Symposium on October 29. The purpose of this annual symposium is to educate students, parents and school staff about a wide range of internet-related security risks and safety issues.

Día de los Muertos Celebration in East LA Cemetery

Angelenos gathered to celebrate Día de los Muertos at East Los Angeles’ Calvary Cemetery Sunday.

The celebration is a family-friendly day of food, face painting, folkloric dancers, mariachi and a special performance by Trio Ellas.

East LA Catholic Schools Celebrate Dia De Los Muertos

While Halloween is all about the costume and sugar rush, the Day of the Dead is about family and heritage.

Día de los muertos

Para que las tradiciones mexicanas se conserven. Estudiantes del éste de Los Ángeles recibieron una enseñanza especial. Se trata del ” Día de los muertos”.

News Immaculate Heart students serve nutrition for annual event

Members of Immaculate Heart High School’s new cooking club recently served healthy smoothies and shakes to classmates in observance of Childhood Nutrition Day. The students prepared chocolate-banana shakes and kale, orange, apple and cucumber smoothies that were enjoyed in the school cafeteria.

Local Kids Learn How To Prevent Cyber Crime

More than half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online. October marks National Bullying Prevention month, and L.A.-based experts are teaching kids tips to stay safe from cyberbullying and other cybercrimes.

EWTN NEWS PRESENTS: THE SYNOD ON THE FAMILY – 2015-10-22

THE SYNOD ON THE FAMILY

Chelsea Clinton Inspires Future Leaders

Last month Chelsea Clinton released a book entitled “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going.” This book is about young people all over the world who are making positive changes to benefit others, including the environment, and humanitarian causes. I took a delegation of students from San Gabriel Mission High School to this book signing in order to gain valuable cultural education, give them the chance to meet a “First Daughter” of the United States, and provide them the opportunity to witness a young woman who is using her influence to provide positive messages of hope to those who will listen. Ms. Clinton was down to earth, sweet, and genuine; she was also receptive, interested in the students, and seemed eager to please, in the hopes that we might even be able to use the book in our school. Yolanda Sanchez, a junior, affirmed the experience as a valuable one, saying, “It was important to me to meet someone who was so inspired at my age. It really helped to see what I could do in the world because at times I question, ‘what could I possibly do?’”

Church unity and truth serve the family, Archbishop Gomez says from synod

Vatican City, Oct 21, 2015 / 01:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic Church needs “a new missionary confidence and courage” that draws on Church unity and the recognition of God’s unwavering vision for the family, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles has said.