FIVE DALLAS OFFICERS KILLED IN AMBUSH; BISHOP CALLS FOR PRAYER AND PEACE
DALLAS (CNS) — Five Dallas law enforcement officers were assassinated July 7 as at least one sniper opened fire in downtown Dallas as hundreds of demonstrators were winding down a march protesting...
View ArticleTIJUANA SHELTERS THAT HOUSE DEPORTEES FIND THEMSELVES HOUSING REFUGEES
TIJUANA, Mexico (CNS) — The border city of Tijuana is filled with dreams and nightmares, happy endings and tragic beginnings, broken families and shattered promises. Mostly, though, it is filled with...
View ArticleTEXAS GOVERNOR MANDATES BURIAL OR CREMATION OF ABORTED FETUSES
Austin, Texas, Jul 8, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News) – After the Supreme Court recently struck down the state’s abortion clinic restriction law, Texas governor Gregg Abbott plans to require aborted...
View ArticleU.S. PILGRIMS TO WORLD YOUTH DAY REFLECT NEW CHURCH DEMOGRAPHICS
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — As the church in the U.S. has shown an increasing presence of Spanish-speaking Catholics, so will the tens of thousands of young people traveling to 2016 edition of World...
View ArticleRECOGNIZING A DRINKING PROBLEM
Few experiences are as devastating as those of patients who turn up in an ER, having injured themselves and/or other people due to being drunk. But for such patients at St. Joseph Hospital, this is...
View ArticleDIOCESE PUBLISHES TWO BOOKS THAT CHRONICLE ITS HISTORY
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Diocese of Orange recently released two new books that chronicle its 40-year history. Both books are available in the Diocese’s online store at...
View ArticleELIZABETH CRAIG
It took venturing out of her comfort zone for Elizabeth Craig to decide it was time to step into the world of high school athletics. “The summer before my junior year, I, out of the blue, sat down and...
View ArticleST. CATHERINE’S ACADEMY IS ‘BEAUTIFUL’
St. Catherine’s Academy, an all-boys Catholic school with a military tradition, received the Anaheim Beautiful Award at the recent Demin & Diamonds 45th Anniversary Gala. The event, held at the...
View ArticleGUIDING ‘CRADLE’ CATHOLICS THROUGH COLLEGE
Curtis Martin saw the disturbing trend of cradle Catholics leaving the Church in their college years back in 1998 and founded the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, also known as FOCUS. His...
View ArticleA LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR’S TRINITY LEAGUE SEASON
Another successful academic year is in the books for the Trinity League, and the student athletes who represented the league’s six Orange County schools left an imprint that might be visible from outer...
View ArticleMERCY ISN’T AN ABSTRACT WORD, IT’S A WAY OF LIFE, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mercy is not an abstract concept but a lifestyle that invites Christians to make an examination of conscience and ask themselves if they place the spiritual and material needs of...
View ArticleMEET DEACON JOSE & YOLANDA CAMPOS
YEARS MARRIED: 43 CHILDREN: 1 GRANDCHILDREN: 2 FIRST JOB: Working at a bakery HIS ROLE AS A DEACON: Serving the community YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 12 HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE: To practice what I preach...
View ArticleTHOMAS AQUINAS AND THE ART OF MAKING A PUBLIC ARGUMENT
There is, in many quarters, increasing concern about the hyper-charged political correctness that has gripped our campuses and other forums of public conversation. Even great works of literature and...
View ArticleMASS IN RECOGNITION OF ALL IMMIGRANTS
More than 20 buses and over 1,200 parishioners from the Diocese of Orange will be joining others throughout Southern California for the Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants at the Cathedral of Our...
View ArticleHOLY WATER’S POTENCY
I have a tiny bottle of holy water, safely stored near the eggs in my refrigerator so it won’t topple over and spill. It has been there for years. In my father’s handwriting, the label taped to it...
View ArticlePROVIDENCE, ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEMS PARTNERSHIP TO PROCEED
A merger between Providence Health and Services, based in Renton, Washington, and St. Joseph Health, based in Irvine, has been approved by the California State Attorney General’s office. The new...
View ArticleFINDING THE PATH
Dean Sanchez never had a chance. “My brother and I were taken away because of our parents’ drug abuse,” he says. “I was a year and a half old, and he was 6 months. My aunt and uncle took custody of us....
View ArticleAUGUSTINE ZHAO RONG AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF CHINA
The 120 martyrs of China were canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000. They were killed by various Chinese dynasties over a 400-year period. The group consists of 87 Chinese converts and 33 foreign...
View ArticleJILL DUPLECHAN NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF ST. JOSEPH HERITAGE...
St. Joseph Health has announced that Jill Duplechan has been named chief operating officer of St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare (Heritage)’s Southern California region. With five medical groups and five...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA BISHOPS ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR PROP 62 TO END THE USE OF THE DEATH...
The following statement from the bishops of California was released this morning: SACRAMENTO, CA – During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we, the Catholic Bishops of California support Proposition 62 which...
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