VATICAN TELLS YOUNG PEOPLE TO ASK FOR ‘WORDS OF WISDOM’ FOR CHRISTMAS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One present young people should ask for this Christmas is words of wisdom from older people they know, a Vatican dicastery said. “Today, in the difficult circumstances of a...
View ArticlePANDEMIC OPENS THE WAY TO EVANGELIZATION, BISHOPS SAY
The coronavirus pandemic may have led to debilitating isolation among Catholics, but it has not lessened people’s hunger for the Eucharist, bishops across the country said. In a 45-minute online...
View ArticleTOOLS FOR SCHOOLS
Some of the silver linings that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic can be found in the new technology-based tools that schools and educators are using to enhance the way they deliver...
View ArticleADVENT AND CHRISTMAS IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC
Restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 means that long-held holiday traditions will be altered significantly this year. Most people will not be able to experience the familiar liturgies and...
View ArticleREFLECTING ON THE SPECIAL SEASON OF ADVENT
I recently found a series of photos on Twitter that are entitled “Foto di Assisi.” I began viewing these photos of a city and land that I had come to love very much during my student days in Rome....
View ArticleOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
Hers is as iconic an image as there is in local Catholicism: Hands steepled, a modest, downward gaze, clad in a pink robe and blue mantle covered with stars, bathed in light. Occasionally she is...
View ArticleWE CELEBRATE OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ON DECEMBER 12
In 1531 a “Lady from Heaven” appeared to a humble Native American at Tepeyac, a hill northwest of what is now Mexico City. She identified herself as the ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True God...
View ArticleSANTA MARGARITA, JSERRA STUDENTS SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT
While high school sports may not yet be in action, student athletes from across Orange County still participated in the first National Signing Day of the 2020-21 school year. Safely distanced...
View ArticleWHEN THE SAINTS–IN–THE–MAKING CAME MARCHING IN
The children who attend St. John the Baptist Catholic School happily anticipated All Saints Day by dressing up as their favorite saints on Friday, Oct 30. Early in the morning the boys and girls...
View ArticleBITTERSWEET CHOICES
My mother and father enjoyed a long, happy marriage until Dad passed away five years ago. Their successful union might surprise some people since they didn’t share the Catholic faith. Mom was raised...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA BISHOPS FIND COVID-19 VACCINES MORALLY ACCEPTABLE
Editor’s Note: Below is a statement from Diocese of Orange bishops regarding the COVID-19 vaccines. “The bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange fully support the California Catholic...
View ArticlePASTORAL CARE DURING COVID-19
Bishop Vann recalls the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. On a gloomy morning about a week into the temporary suspension of all Masses that he ordered on March 17, the bishop arrived early to...
View ArticleMATER DEI, ROSARY, SERVITE STUDENTS SIGN UP
November 11, 2020, marked the first day of the 2020-2021 school year when high school athletes could make their college commitments official. In response to Covid-19 safety protocols, Orange County...
View ArticleTwo OO
Did you ever imagine 2020 would be like this? 2020, the two zeros indicate circles of good and bad. Life consists of goodness and evil, and it’s up to us to get in or get out of the circle to find...
View ArticleGIVING AND RECEIVING
“Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.”– Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, “Deus Caritas Est”...
View ArticleFACING DEATH WITH HOPE
Increasingly, I’ve been observing incidents of white-hot anger flaring out on quiet streets or on public transit. To name but one, a pedestrian accidentally crossed in front of a cyclist, the two...
View ArticleEPISODE#214OC CATHOLIC RADIO: A FILM CALLED “DIVIDED HEARTS OF AMERICA”
On this episode, host Rick Howick welcomes Jason Scott Jones to the program. Jason is the president and founder of a couple of very unique organizations: including HERO and ‘Movie to Movement.’ His...
View ArticleEPISODE#43CATHEDRAL SQUARE: CHRIST CATHEDRAL ACADEMY
Welcome to another episode of Cathedral Square featuring host Fr. Christopher Smith. On this episode, we welcome Julianna Tapia (the Principal of CC Academy) and Patti Abeyta (Preschool Director of CC...
View ArticleEPISODE#215OC CATHOLIC RADIO: A NEW BOOK ABOUT ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
Host Rick Howick welcomes back a good friend to the program: James Day. James is, among other things, the Operations Manager for the EWTN west coast studios on the campus of Christ Cathedral in Garden...
View ArticleEPISODE#44CATHEDRAL SQUARE: THE SAMOAN COMMUNITY AT CHRIST CATHEDRAL
Welcome to another episode of Cathedral Square featuring host Fr. Christopher Smith. On this episode, Fr. Christopher welcomes a two wonderful parishioners of Christ Cathedral. They are brother and...
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