MEMOIRS OF CHRIST CATHEDRAL HISTORIC CELEBRATION OF FAITH
“You have been working so hard. Why don’t you take a little break?” I asked. “I can’t,” said one of the workers. “We have to get ready for the big night this Saturday, and the Cathedral Dedication next...
View ArticleON ANNIVERSARY, JAPAN’S BISHOPS RENEW HOPE FOR NUCLEAR-FREE WORLDON...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the bishops of Japan are renewing calls and prayers to build peace by abolishing nuclear...
View ArticleSISTER CITIES CONNECT
The Diocese of Orange last month welcomed Mayor Choi Dae Ho, City Council Chairwoman Kim Sun Hwa, and city council members from Anyang, Republic of South Korea. Anyang is the sister city of Garden...
View ArticlePLAYING THE LONG GAME
After graduating from Mater Dei in 1988, Jason Gill bounced around baseball as a player and coach before finding a home at Loyola Marymount University for 11 years. Gill used his polished evaluation...
View ArticleDAYTON CATHOLICS SEE NEED TO SPUR ACTION FROM MASS SHOOTING
Nick Cardilino thought he understood solidarity and the human family. Then he woke up to the news Aug. 4 of the mass shooting at a bar in Dayton’s Oregon District and remembered that his son had been a...
View ArticleEPISODE #93TRENDING WITH TIMMERIE: CAREER VS. CHILDREN
She said, “I wish I had more children.” As the fertility rate has fallen below the replacement level in the United States and much of the western world, many women find themselves regretting their...
View ArticleEPISODE #94TRENDING WITH TIMMERIE: DEATH & REJECTION
Where will silence take us? To an undesired grave. This year we have seen a radical turn toward abortion expansion and an overall culture of death. At the same time, the most pro-life laws since Roe...
View ArticleEPISODE #95TRENDING WITH TIMMERIE: RESPONDING TO THE ABORTION ARGUMENT
What does it take to be an effective communicator? Alexis Walkenstein joins Trending with Timmerie to discuss effective communication and Blessed Fulton Sheen’s clarity in teaching the faith....
View ArticleEPISODE #96TRENDING WITH TIMMERIE: ADULTING
Is being an adult optional? Do you (or someone you know) only “adult” when necessary? Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Thomas Schmierer joins Trending with Timmere to discuss. Also discussed:...
View ArticleEPISODE #97TRENDING WITH TIMMERIE: SEX ED AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
So called “reproductive rights” and sex ed programs are forcing a harmful agenda on minors that must be countered by strong parental involvement that brings faith and hope to a broken identity....
View ArticleEPISODE #206EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: HUNGER FOR HIS WORD
Host Deacon Steve Greco interviews guests on a variety of topics related to our faith journey. On this week’s program, Steve welcomes two key team members of the Spirit-Filled Hearts ministry, his wife...
View ArticleEPISODE #98TRENDING WITH TIMMERIE: AVOIDING PARENTHOOD AND PARENTING
The childless Sex and the City author shares she is “truly alone”. Why is there a deliberate shrinking of adults from parenthood and parenting? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle vow only to have two...
View ArticleEPISODE #65MUSIC FROM THE TOWER: GUESTS ARE COMPOSERS NORMAND GOUIN AND REV....
Episode No. 65. Saturday, August 10, 2019. Composers Normand Gouin and Rev. James Chepponis Hear from these two enormously talented men who both composed music for the Dedication of Christ Cathedral....
View ArticleSURVEY ON CATHOLIC BELIEF IN THE EUCHARIST PROMPTS CALLS FOR BETTER CATECHESIS
Washington D.C., Aug 10, 2019 / 03:32 pm (CNA) – After a recent survey found that two-thirds of Catholics do not believe Church teaching about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, Catholic...
View ArticleBISHOP VANN ANNOUNCES YEAR OF PRAYER
As we arrive at this providential and auspicious occasion, the dedication of our Diocesan Christ Cathedral, I look back on the past 6+ years of this adventure with gratitude to God. When Bishop Tod...
View ArticleMOTHER’S DAY ROSES
If you bought a rose outside your church on Mother’s Day, there is a new mother, or soon-to-be new mother out there who thanks you. Your donation, along with hundreds of others, resulted in $36,239...
View ArticleFAITH ON FIRE
If they’re lucky, kids will have at least one teacher who stands out. One who inspires them to read, study until they pass their math exams, and look forward to school rather than dreading it. This...
View ArticleCONFESSION FOR KIDS
Stepping inside a dark confessional booth, facing one’s sins, and confessing them to the priest is scary, even for adults who’ve confessed their sins routinely for decades. For children, receiving...
View ArticleBISHOPS OF FOUR MISSISSIPPI CHURCHES CONDEMN ICE RAID, ROUNDUP OF WORKERS
JACKSON, Miss. (CNS) — Mississippi’s Catholic bishops joined with the state’s Episcopal, Methodist and Lutheran bishops in condemning the Trump administration’s Aug. 7 raid on seven food processing...
View ArticleA DAY TO REMEMBER
On a jewel of a day, with Christ Cathedral glittering in the morning sun, six new priests became the first class to be ordained at the flagship cathedral for the Diocese of Orange. A packed church...
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