FOR HER ONLINE MAGAZINE AIMS TO HELP WOMEN HAVE LIFE OF ‘BEAUTY, MEANING’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Women’s fashion and lifestyle magazines abound on the Internet and in print, but there’s still a void in what those offer to women, according to the editor of a new online magazine...
View ArticleATHLETE PROFILE: JSERRA’S SAM GUINANE
Soccer has always been part of Sam Guinane’s life and his love for the game has been largely influenced by his father, who brought the sport to his family from his home country of England.“It was my...
View ArticleCATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS JOIN AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING CLEAN POWER PLAN
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Citing a moral obligation to care for the natural world and all inhabitants of the earth, 30 Catholic and faith-based institutions filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court...
View ArticleSMCHS BOYS WATER POLO ADDS JEREMY LASTER TO VARSITY COACHING STAFF
Santa Margarita Catholic High School has announced the hiring of Jeremy Laster to the boys varsity water polo coaching staff. Laster has an extensive water polo resume, including FINA World...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: Magdalen of Canossa
This foundress, born to a noble family in Verona, Italy, lost her father at age 5 and was abandoned by her mother when she remarried. Choosing religious life over an advantageous marriage, Magdalen...
View ArticleMATER DEI ATTENDS INNOVATION DAY
The Innovation Institute hosted an Innovation Day for 80 Mater Dei High School students and 10 teachers recently at its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif.Lab staff presented workshops to help...
View ArticleST. BONAVENTURE ROBOTICS TEAM ATTENDS NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Robotics team from St. Bonaventure Catholic School in Huntington Beach attended the annual CUE National Conference recently. The school was the only diocesan school in the region to meet the...
View ArticleMEET DEACON AL & LINDA SCADUTO
YEARS MARRIED: 48CHILDREN: 2GRANDCHILDREN: 4WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: Stand-up paddle boarding, surfing, fly fishing and camping, and spending time with grandkids.HIS ROLE IN THE DIACONATE: Liturgical...
View ArticleSMCHS THESPIAN TROUPE RECEIVES STATE HONORS
Santa Margarita Catholic High School Thespian Troupe #5524 was recognized at the California State Thespian Festival in Upland, CA as the 2016 California State Honor Troupe.Honor Troupe Designation is...
View ArticleSHELTERED FROM THE STORM
Santa Ana’s homeless population was facing a long, cold and wet El Nino season this year but thanks to Mercy House and the Orange County Board of Supervisors, they have a new option to keep safe and...
View ArticleHIGH FLYER
Josh Stephen stepped on campus as a fledgling freshman three-and-a-half years ago, stared in awe at the talent around him and wondered if he’d ever get close to that level of play with the Mater Dei...
View ArticlePOPE NAMES PAPAL NUNCIO TO MEXICO TO BE NEW NUNCIO TO THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to Mexico since 2007, to be the new apostolic nuncio to the United States.He succeeds Archbishop Carlo Maria...
View ArticleCOMMUNION IN COMMUNITY
For many of us, Holy Communion – the Holy Eucharist or the Lord’s Supper, the most central of the seven sacraments – is a deeply personal experience. Offered at every Mass, it marks the moment when we...
View Article50 DAYS OF EASTER
This season of the Resurrection of the Lord (all 50 days of it!) give us much to be thankful for, including the ministry of all our parish priests, catechumenate and directors of religious education...
View ArticlePOPE ASKS FOR NEW CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS OF MERCY, CHARITY
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis asked Catholic dioceses around the world to set up a permanent memorial of the Year of Mercy by establishing a hospital, home for the aged or school in an under-served...
View ArticleMATER DEI’S SWEET SIXTEEN
Sixteen Mater Dei student-athletes participated in the school’s National Signing Day ceremony on Wednesday morning in the Meruelo Athletic Center on the Mater Dei Campus.April 13 was designated as the...
View ArticleFIRST THOUGHTS ON AMORIS LAETITIA
On a spring day about five years ago, when I was rector of Mundelein Seminary, Francis Cardinal George spoke to the assembled student body. He congratulated those proudly orthodox seminarians for their...
View ArticlePOPE FRANCIS NAMES MSGR. COOK A ‘MISSIONARY OF MERCY’
Monsignor Doug Cook, rector of Holy Family Cathedral, has been selected as one of more than 1,000 “missionaries of mercy” worldwide and has received a special mandate from Pope Francis to preach and...
View ArticleCOALITION HONORS END-OF-LIFE ADVOCATES
The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California has honored Dr. Gary Johanson and the Threshold Choir with the 2016 Compassionate Care Leadership Awards, and Kate O’Malley with the 2016...
View ArticleCHURCH LEADERS HAIL DOCUMENT’S MERCY BUT CAUTION AGAINST HURRIED READING
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Church leaders from around the world hailed the tone of mercy in Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), but cautioned against a hurried reading...
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