DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING FAITH FORMATION FOR KIDS
Today our children’s lives are a bustling schedule of constant activities and social events. Catholic parents are challenged to create a meaningful faith formation for their children, competing with a...
View ArticleST. IRENAEUS CELEBRATES 52ND FIESTA OLYMPIAD
Hundreds of St. Irenaeus parishioners and community members gathered at St. Irenaeus Parish to enjoy the 52nd Fiesta Olympiad, an event that spanned more than three days. Attendees enjoyed many...
View ArticleHIROSHIMA SURVIVOR SHARES MEMORIES OF ATOMIC BLAST WITH PEACE ACTIVISTS
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Maimed and fleeing people, charred paper falling from a strangely colored sky, and a father who didn’t return were some of the very early but vivid memories Hiroshima survivor...
View ArticleTRINITY LEAGUE ATHLETE PROFILE: MAIZIE GONZALES
Maizie Gonzales first stepped on the basketball court at the age of five, following in her father’s footsteps, a former basketball player for Servite High School. The Cornelia Connelly High School...
View ArticlePOPE PRAYS FOR EXPLOITED WOMEN, MARY’S INTERCESSION ON FEAST OF ASSUMPTION
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of the Assumption just three days after visiting a group of young women rescued from the sex trade, Pope Francis prayed for all exploited women and girls....
View ArticleMORE THAN 600 RALLY AT FIRST OC SOLIDARITY MARCH AND SUMMIT
Saturday’s Orange County Solidarity March in Irvine drew a diverse range of support from business leaders, community leaders, faith leaders and citizens. They gathered at the corner of Research and...
View ArticleRELOADING THE ROSTER
Those who operate stellar high school sports programs will tell anyone who’ll bend an ear: Their teams don’t reorganize or rebuild, they just replace and reload. The Mater Dei girls’ volleyball team...
View ArticleLIVING IN HOMAGE
Those with even a smidgen of curiosity will be stopped in their tracks as they stroll past one unique Fountain Valley home. Maybe the assortment of Biblical verses and spiritual proverbs she’s...
View ArticleMILLIONS HAVE MADE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME DURING YEAR OF MERCY
During this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, millions of Catholics have made their way to Rome to experience their faith more deeply. So far this year, more than 13 million people, from every...
View ArticleLOUISIANA BISHOP COMFORTS EVACUEES AT SHELTERS; FLOODING DISPLACES 20,000
BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) — As Louisiana’s governor announced the federal government had declared a major disaster for the state Aug. 14, Catholic churches in the Baton Rouge Diocese called for volunteers...
View ArticleFRANCE OFFERING ALL ASSUMPTION MASSES FOR THE COUNTRY’S INTENTIONS
Paris, France, Aug 15, 2016 / 12:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News) – Following the wave of Islamist terror attacks that have bloodied France since last year, the country’s bishops have decided to offer all Masses...
View ArticleARCHBISHOP: CATHOLIC WOMEN’S GROUPS GIVE WITNESS WITH ACTIONS, INFLUENCE
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (CNS) — Women who belong to Catholic organizations give witness to God by the causes they support and the influence they bring to bear on a variety of issues, said Halifax...
View ArticleBLOSSOM GIRLS CAMP CELEBRATES DIGNITY, INDIVIDUALITY AND VOCATIONS
To bloom authentically, grow with dignity, and plant the seeds for a life with Christ—this was the mission of the first-ever Blossom Girls Camp, held last month at the Santiago Retreat Center in...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA RELIGIOUS COLLEGES DODGE A BULLET. BUT WHAT’S NEXT?
Sacramento, Calif., Aug 16, 2016 / 04:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News) – A bill that threatened to defund California religious colleges that do not accept same-sex marriage and gender ideology has been amended,...
View ArticleTHE MERCY-FILLED LIFE: MOTHER TERESA EMBODIED WHAT POPE FRANCIS TEACHES
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If there is one person who immersed herself in the “peripheries” Pope Francis is drawn to, it was Blessed Teresa of Kolkata. If there was one who showed courage and creativity in...
View ArticleWHAT YOUR LOCAL PARISH AND THE NEW HIPSTER BAR HAVE IN COMMON
Washington D.C., Aug 16, 2016 / 09:16 am (CNA) – It’s a story seen across the nation – a neighborhood formerly known for rundown houses, empty shops and limited resources now finds flocks of...
View ArticleBLACK WOMEN FACED RACISM IN PURSUING RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS, SAYS SPEAKER
ATLANTA (CNS) — Black women desiring to serve a life devoted to the Catholic faith were not welcomed by religious communities with anti-black acceptance requirements from the early 19th century to the...
View ArticlePOPE TAPS DALLAS BISHOP TO HEAD NEW VATICAN DEPARTMENT FOR LAITY
Vatican City, Aug 17, 2016 / 04:13 am (CNA/EWTN News) – Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has been appointed the head of Francis’ new ‘mega-dicastery’ for laity, family, and life – a decision that marks...
View ArticleNATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY WORRIES A FACTOR IN 2016 ELECTION
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — Not since the aftermath of 9/11 has America’s national security and foreign policy seemed to resonate so heavily with the electorate during a U.S. presidential election,...
View ArticleMARGINALIZED RECEIVE GIFT OF DEVOTION
Catholics live out their faith by traveling to Lebanon to convey love, care and support to the often-ostracized disabled in a camp run by the Order of Malta.
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