Best Catacombs Los Angeles 2014

These are not the damp, dark catacombs of “The Cask of Amontillado.” There is no sense of menace as you stroll the clean, brightly lit hallways of the Mausoleum at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Yet death is never far away, even in this welcoming, attractive space.

Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos en LA

Le segunda virgen más visitada de México viajará desde Jalisco hasta Los Ángeles para ser venerada por los creyentes del sur de California.

RELIGION: Diocese to increase scholarship funds to $3 million a year

In an effort to help families keep children in Inland Catholic schools and attract new students, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino is aiming to increase the dollar amount of scholarships it offers twentyfold, to $3 million a year.

Bishops encourage prayers for relief from drought

With thousands of families already displaced by fire, and California still facing the peak of its annual fire season, the California Conference of Catholic Bishops is asking Catholics throughout California to observe Oct. 4-5 — beginning with the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi on Oct. 4 — as an occasion of prayer, asking God’s help to end California’s drought.

RELIGION: Itinerario de la Peregrinación de la Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos

En este mes de octubre, una pequeña imagen, réplica de la Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos, o Cihualpilli en el idioma nahuatl, será traída en peregrinación desde Jalisco, México a cuatro iglesias ubicadas en los condados de Los Ángeles, San Bernardino y Riverside respectivamente.

Alverno High School Students Take the Oath of Office

More than half of the Alverno High School student body recently took the Oath of Office during Alverno’s annual Inauguration on the terrace.

Modeled after the government of the United States, Alverno High School boasts a unique system of government that allows for more than 50 percent of students to be involved. Rather than the traditional “Associated Student Body” model, Alverno High School’s government is overseen by the Alverno Constitution and students are considered citizens of the Alverno Student Union. The Alverno Student Union includes the federal, legislative, and judicial branches as well as individual state governments.

Click here to view more photos of the event.

St. John Bosco’s Matt Katnik shows he’s an athlete with class

t’s one of those wonderful sports moments captured on video that makes everyone laugh. Matt Katnik, the 6-foot-4, 305-pound St. John Bosco lineman, was trying to celebrate a touchdown with 165-pound sophomore receiver Kristian Gilbert. A chest bump sent Gilbert tumbling to the ground in a true sports blooper moment.

“He’s really skinny. That’s where the problem is,” Katnik explained.

Century-Old Crucifix Stolen from SoCal Church for Second Time

A Southern California congregation is praying for the return of a more than 100-year-old stolen crucifix taken from an Oxnard church for the second time in two decades.

A man with a shaved head and bushy mustache entered Santa Clara Catholic Church in the 300 block of South E Street on Wednesday afternoon and left with the crucifix, according to a news release by the Oxnard Police Department.