WALKING IN THEIR SHOES
“It’s really hot and humid,” thought Sofia Greenberg as she stepped off the plane on her trip to Honduras – nothing like her “surf city” home in Orange County. The relentless heat was only an...
View ArticleOUR LADY OF LA VANG STATUE ARRIVES
The statue for the Our Lady of La Vang Shrine arrived Jan. 28 from Italy on the Christ Cathedral campus, where it will be dedicated in October. The carved marble statue, which took a year and a half to...
View ArticleSPECIAL GIFTS
If you haven’t had the chance to visit Christ Cathedral since its dedication last summer, you’re missing out – not only experiencing the magnificent cathedral, but visiting the Christ Cathedral Shop....
View ArticleGENEROUS HELP OF KNIGHTS COUNTERS CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis praised the Knights of Columbus for their charitable efforts and thanked them especially for helping Christians in the Middle East. “I thank all the members of your...
View ArticleLIGHT AND DARKNESS
The statues of the saints seemed to come to life, lit only by candles. It was our first Rorate Mass, held last Advent, and the church was adorned with candles (no electric light) in honor of Our Lady....
View ArticleMORE TIME
It started when our middle child went off to study at UC Berkeley and grew worse when our youngest left for UC Davis last September. Nobody needed me to pick them up from baseball or football...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: CLAUDE LA COLOMBIERE
Born in southeastern France, Claude entered the Jesuits at Avignon and completed theology studies in Paris. After ordination, he preached in Lyon. In 1675, he was named rector of the college at...
View ArticleLIKE ST. PETER, BISHOPS MUST PROMOTE UNITY, ARCHBISHOP WESTER SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating Mass at the tomb of St. Peter and professing the Creed there reminds bishops of the importance of God’s love and mercy and the need always to promote the unity of the...
View ArticleUNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
St. Irenaeus Health Ministry presented a workshop titled Understanding Depression and Suicide on January 27 in the church’s parish hall. Speakers included psychologist Tony Nguyen, MA, LMFT, and Deacon...
View ArticleALTAR LINENS
The Orange Diocesan Council of Catholic Women on Jan. 21 presented Bishop Kevin Vann with a $4,500 check for new linens for the altar in Christ Cathedral. Each month the council meets for its board...
View ArticleTHE INCONVENIENT, YET NECESSARY, LENT
I hate lent. I don’t like the color. I’m much more a green and white than a purple and gray type of gal. I don’t like the music. Everything is in a minor key, somberly plodding along like we’re all...
View ArticleSTEPPING UP TO THE PLATE
The Mid-American conference is pretty much the way it reads, a collection of colleges located in the heart of the U.S. and stocked with students who are primarily from the region. The MAC athletic...
View ArticleCIVIC DUTY
“Every person counts.” It makes for a nice motto, or even a t-shirt, but in the case of the U.S. Census and the Diocese of Orange, it is much more than that. Information gathered from the U.S. Census...
View ArticleWOMEN RELIGIOUS WORLDWIDE WORK TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Tommy Dunphy, a 37-year-old native of California’s San Gabriel Valley, is no stranger to the streets of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. He has known both homelessness and the perils of...
View ArticlePOPE ADDS YEAR OF MISSIONARY SERVICE TO VATICAN DIPLOMATS’ TRAINING
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, adopting a suggestion made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, has decided that every priest preparing for service in the Vatican diplomatic corps must spend a...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: POLYCARP
This disciple of St. John the Apostle was appointed bishop of Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey), perhaps by John. Representing the Asia Minor churches, he went to Rome about 155 to discuss when to celebrate...
View ArticleHEART OF THE CAMPUS
What pulled Christianity out of the Dark Ages so many centuries ago? It was St. Benedict’s simple rule for the monastic life, “prayer and work,” known in Latin as ora et labora. Christ Cathedral and...
View ArticleCONNELLY TEACHER AND STUDENT AWARDED TOP MOCK TRIAL HONORS
Cornelia Connelly school’s Mock Trial Teacher Coach Dorothy Morris, and student Tahlia Garcia (’21), won top awards at the Feb. 6 annual Mock Trial Awards Reception hosted by The Constitutional Rights...
View Article24 HOURS FOR THE LORD
The diocese of orange, at the direction of Pope Francis, has for several years hosted 24 Hours for the Lord on the campus of Christ Cathedral. The special day, dedicated to adoration of the Lord,...
View Article‘POWERFUL WORDS OF UNDERSTANDING’: POPE BACKS INDIGENOUS IN AMAZON
LIMA, Peru (CNS) — Saying the world has much to learn from Amazonian indigenous peoples, Pope Francis declared the Catholic Church their ally in their struggle to protect the region’s forests and...
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