RE-ENERGIZING THE CHURCH
When the Diocese of Orange moved to the Christ Cathedral grounds in 2013, Bishop Kevin Vann invited the Dynamic Catholic Institute to establish an office in the Tower of Hope. Yet Ohio-based Dynamic...
View ArticleU.S. MONASTERY TRANSMITS CHRISTMAS HOLY LAND EXPERIENCE TO WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With a diapered baby Jesus doll in her arms, the woman named Mary descended the steps and walked toward an opening marked “Bethlehem” where she put the figurine on top of a bale of...
View ArticleLIFTOFF!
In the spirit of adventure here at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, we began a new tradition recently that was way up in the sky…literally. Three outstanding middle school students entered the...
View ArticleDIOCESE OF ORANGE KICKS OFF 2019 PASTORAL SERVICES APPEAL
The annual Pastoral Service Appeal Luncheon on Nov. 30 celebrated the generosity of donors during 2018 and marked the kickoff of the 2019 PSA program. Some 150 pastors, priests, deacons, parish PSA...
View ArticleROBOTS AND AI: PAPAL ACADEMY DECODES NEWEST PRO-LIFE CHALLENGES
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial...
View ArticleFEEDING THE FLOCK
Viet Love Mission, organized by a group of Vietnamese parishioners from La Purisima Catholic Church in Orange, serves food and drinks to shelter residents on the first Monday of every month. On the...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS EVE MARKED 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF BELOVED CAROL ‘SILENT NIGHT’
Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve — Dec. 24, 1818 — in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be hailed as one of...
View ArticleEPISODE #177EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: TOTALLY COMMITTED
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/occatholicradio/123018ebts.mp3 Deacon Steve Greco’s guest on today’s episode is a young adult leader here in the OC who is truly making a difference in the lives of...
View ArticleGOOD NEWS FOR CROWDED CHURCHES
Quick reminder for those of us who attend Mass regularly. Many people joined us on Dec. 24 and 25 who don’t normally come to church. They took our parking spots, our usual pews, our hymnals and our...
View ArticleYORBA LINDA CITY COUNCIL LED BY CATHOLIC SCHOOL GRAD
Tara Campbell was recently unanimously voted to serve as mayor of Yorba Linda, making her the youngest female mayor in California’s history. In 2016, Campbell was elected to the Yorba Linda City...
View ArticleWHAT’S IN A NAME?
While each parish approaches the sacrament of Confirmation differently, a current trend acknowledges recent Church documents in which Confirmation is considered related closely to Baptism and the...
View ArticleSTAR OF WONDER
A symbol of hope and light, the brilliant Star of Bethlehem struck those present at Jesus’ birth as an extraordinary and puzzling sight and a sure sign of Christ the King — and Catholics today,...
View ArticleFORGING AHEAD
At the first official National Signing Day of the 2018-2019 school year held last month, Mater Dei High School, Cornelia Connelly High School and Rosary Academy all honored seniors as they committed to...
View ArticlePOPE’S 2019 CALENDAR: ABUSE SUMMIT, TRIPS, MISSION FOCUS ALL ON AGENDA
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Many people have big expectations that Pope Francis will take major steps in 2019 to address the clerical sexual abuse crisis. He has called the presidents of the world’s bishops’...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: SABINUS OF SPOLETO AND COMPANIONS
An early martyr named Sabinus was claimed by several Italian cities. One tradition from the fifth or sixth century said Sabinus was a bishop arrested with two deacons, Marcellus and Exsuperantius,...
View ArticleTRINITY LEAGUE ATHLETE PROFILE: ALEXIS KIECKHAFER
Surrounded by several friends who played water polo, it didn’t take much for Alexis Kieckhafer to find her passion in the sport. “I’ve always loved the water,” says Kieckhafer. “We had friends who...
View ArticleWHAT IS A CATHEDRAL?
As we continue our Diocesan Year of Preparation in anticipation of the dedication of our new Christ Cathedral, periodically a different aspect of this exciting historic endeavor is the focus of these...
View ArticleMOSAIC MASTERY
Our Lady of Guadalupe has played an important role in Catholic history and the Catholic faith since 1531, the year she appeared to Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, located near what today is...
View ArticleYOUNG ADULTS EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN THEIR FAITH AT SEEK2019
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Tears filled Missy Brassie’s eyes as she talked about the most emotional part of the five-day SEEK2019 conference involving more than 17,000 young adult Catholics from around the...
View ArticleTHEY’LL KEEP THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU
In the chill of the night on a recent Friday, just before 10:30 p.m., a man sipped coffee with cream outside the Orange County Central Jail in Santa Ana. He stood outside an RV parked a short distance...
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