TOWER OF HOPE WINS 2016 MODERNISM IN AMERICA AWARD
The Tower of Hope at Christ Cathedral, designed by Richard Neutra in 1968, has won the prestigious Citation of Technical Achievement, awarded by DOCOMOMO U.S. in its U.S. Modernism in America Awards....
View ArticleEPISODE#58OC CATHOLIC RADIO: GUEST IS DARYL SEQUEIRA
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/062316occr_dsequeira.mp3 Host Rick Howick, interviews guests on a variety of topics. This week, Howick is joined by Daryl Sequeira, Theology Instructor...
View ArticleBISHOP KEVIN VANN: REMEMBER ‘THE JOY OF LOVE’
Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, As I write these words, the summer solstice is upon us, and from this day on, now, the days begin to grow shorter, minutes at a time. The daylight begins to...
View ArticlePRECIOUS HEIRLOOMS
For centuries, the Holy Bible was the most important, if not the only, book in the home. Within its pages were documented the highest and lowest points in a family’s history – from marriages, births...
View ArticleFOUR LESSONS ON DIVINE MERCY FROM THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
I had the enormous privilege last week of addressing English-speaking priests from around the world who had gathered in Rome for a special Jubilee celebration of the Year of Mercy. I met fathers from...
View ArticleDIOCESE TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS WITH DAYLONG EVENT
Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sept. 18, and join in celebrating the ruby anniversary of the Diocese of Orange. The large and diverse faith community will come together at the Christ Cathedral Campus...
View ArticleCLAIRE SIRNA
After more of a decade as a soccer player, Claire Sirna decided it was time to take a new direction as an athlete, so along with several Rosary Academy classmates, she took on the sport of lacrosse....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN TEXAS ABORTION LAW
Moments ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a blow to the Prolife movement with its decision to overturn a Texas law that imposed restrictions on abortion providers. The decision, one that will make it...
View ArticleA HOLY VISITATION
In the pre-dawn last month a priest and a band of 12 parishioners, including myself, from St. Timothy Catholic Church in Laguna Niguel boarded a bus to LAX and then a long flight. The destination was...
View ArticleTAKE A RISK, POPE FRANCIS TELLS YOU PEOPLE
Taking risks in life: martyrdom, marriage … last week the pope answered questions posed by current Italian college students. He encouraged young people not to be complacent in life and answered...
View ArticleMEET DEACON RAFAEL & DELIA ROMERO
YEARS MARRIED: 47 CHILDREN: 5 GRANDCHILDREN: 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: 4 HOW THEY MET: “I was riding a bike and my cousin introduced us.” WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: Going out to eat, movies HIS ROLE AS A...
View ArticleTOO MANY COUPLES DO NOT UNDERSTAND MARRIAGE IS FOR LIFE, POPE SAYS
ROME (CNS) — Because most people today do not understand that sacramental marriage really is a bond that binds them to each other for life, many marriages today can be considered invalid, Pope Francis...
View ArticleWITH DECISION ON TEXAS LAW, WOMEN ACROSS U.S. ‘JUST LOST,’ SAYS PRO-LIFER
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just after 10 a.m. East Coast time June 27 in Washington, Kristan Hawkins, director of Students for Life, made an announcement to her small rally in front of the Supreme Court:...
View ArticleA ROARING GOOD TIME
As much as he’d love to relive the past, Chase Strumpf is well versed for the next chapter in his life. Strumpf spent the last four years as the starting shortstop for the JSerra High School baseball...
View ArticlePOPE PRAYS FOR PEACE FOLLOWING TURKEY TERRORIST ATTACK
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in praying for peace and for the victims of a terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport in Turkey. “Yesterday evening in Istanbul, a heinous...
View ArticleA GUIDE TO OUR FAITH
The Church teaches that the Bible is the core foundation of the Catholic faith because God reveals the truth through scripture and the Church. But it’s hard to believe today that reading the Bible was...
View ArticleJOSEMARIA ESCRIVA DE BALAGUER
Born in Barbastro, Spain, Josemaria was ordained a priest in 1925. In 1928, he founded Opus Dei, Latin for “God’s work,” as an apostolate in the ordinary circumstances of life, especially work,...
View ArticleCOURT STOPS ABORTION DOCTORS’ REQUIREMENTS, DENIES PHARMACISTS’ APPEAL
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The day after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major abortion ruling striking down regulations on Texas abortion clinics and doctors, it rejected an appeal to reinstate laws in...
View ArticleTHE ROLE OF MILITARY CHAPLAINS
Father John Reutemann, chaplain at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana shares the unique challenges of being a military chaplain. While the chaplain has his own set of challenges, the...
View ArticleBLESSED ROMERO RELICS WILL BE PART OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MASS IN L.A
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Relics of Blessed Oscar Romero, including a handkerchief with blood from the day he was assassinated, will briefly be part of the U.S. Catholic Church’s Fortnight for Freedom...
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