GETTING TO KNOW ‘FATHER BENEDICT’
Not enough people know about Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger—also known as Pope Benedict XVI. That apathy and a lack of understanding is what OC-based author and EWTN operations manager, James Day, aims to...
View ArticleFAITH FOR THE JOURNEY
In the March 19 issue of OC Catholic I wrote a column about my visit to my father’s gravesite. I shared my grief, as well as the hope I found in the promise of eternal life. I now have to share what...
View ArticleEPISODE#92OC CATHOLIC RADIO: GUEST IS LEILA SANSOUR
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/040617occr.mp3 Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. This week, Rick welcomes acclaimed film maker Leila Sansour to the studio....
View ArticleST. JUNIPERO SERRA SCHOOL BREAKS GROUND ON NEW CHAPEL AND STUDENT CREATION...
Bishop Kevin Vann blessed the ground at St. Serra Catholic School in Rancho Santa Margarita on Monday, April 3, as students, faculty, donors and city leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of the fourth...
View ArticleTHE POWER OF THREE
For Christians, numerals often have great spiritual significance, repeatedly playing central roles in Scripture and in the meaning of our faith. Three, for example, is the number of completion that...
View ArticleST. JOSEPH NAMES NEW CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
St. Joseph Hospital in Orange has named Dr. Scott Rusk as its new chief medical officer. As a 20-year hospital-based physician leader, Dr. Rusk’s extensive experience includes medical staff...
View ArticleSCARS OF PAST WOUNDS GIVE STRENGTH FOR THE FUTURE, POPE SAYS
ROME (CNS) — While the wounds of past trials have healed, the scars that remain will serve as a reminder of strength and courage for future generations, Pope Francis told survivors of an earthquake....
View ArticleGOING THE DISTANCE
The Rosary and Mater Dei girls’ basketball teams travelled north to the state championships the last weekend in March, exited the bus in Sacramento, stepped on the floor one day apart at Golden 1...
View ArticleAUTHOR: ALL — CLERGY, RELIGIOUS, LAITY — MUST TAKE CHURCH LEADERSHIP
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Catholic Church could suffer from millions of people walking away from it unless all of its members, from ordained clergy to laity and everyone in between, take part in...
View ArticleEPISODE #02TRENDING WITH DON & TIMMERIE: LONELINESS AND NEUROSCIENCE
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/040717twdat.mp3 Don Johnson and Timmerie Millington tackle current concerns regarding human happiness, neuroscience, dissatisfied relationships,...
View ArticleCALL ME CATHOLIC: GUEST IS LEONARDO DeFILIPPIS
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/040817cmc.mp3 On today’s show, Peggy is joined in-studio by her guest, Leonardo Defilippis of St. Luke Productions. Leonardo is an acclaimed stage...
View ArticleEPISODE #20CATHOLIC SPORTS VIEW: GUESTS INCLUDE PAT HARLOW, J.P. PRESLEY,...
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/040817csv.mp3 Host Bob Gibson interviews coaches and players throughout the various Catholic high schools in Orange County. This week, Bob begins the...
View ArticleEPISODE #92EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: LIVING AN INTEGRATED CATHOLIC LIFE
http://occatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/040917ebts.mp3 Join Deacon Steve Greco as he welcomes a very special guest to the studio, Fr. Augustine Puchner. Fr. Augustine is a Norbertine priest,...
View ArticleLOVE JESUS IN ALL WHO SUFFER, POPE SAYS ON PALM SUNDAY
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus does not ask that people only contemplate his image, but that they also recognize and love him concretely in all people who suffer like he did, Pope Francis said. Jesus is...
View ArticleTRINITY LEAGUE ATHLETE PROFILE: NIC RUTKOSKI
When he was younger, Nic Rutkoski spent many nights at Honda Center with his father watching the Anaheim Ducks play. It wasn’t long before the Newport Beach native wanted to get out on the ice himself....
View ArticleSEARCHING FOR THE MERCIFUL GAZE OF GOD
Long before Pope Francis convoked last year’s Jubilee Year of Mercy, Richard and Danelle Borgman recognized the transformative power of mercy. So influential was the concept to the husband and wife...
View ArticleSMCHS THEATRE STUDENTS TACKLE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN ATLANTA
Challenged to tackle the complex issues of race, prejudice and inclusion, a group of Talon Theatre juniors and seniors last month joined students from around the world to explore the people, situations...
View ArticleSAN BERNARDINO BISHOP PRAYS FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AFTER DEADLY SHOOTING
San Bernardino, Calif., Apr 10, 2017 / 03:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News) – After two people were killed in a shooting at a classroom in a San Bernardino elementary school on Monday, the city’s bishop is praying...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: CASILDA
Born in central Spain, Casilda was the daughter of the emir of Toledo. Though a Muslim, she had a reputation for being kind to Christian prisoners. After she became sick, she went on a pilgrimage to...
View ArticleTHE ULTIMATE GIFT AND SACRIFICE
In his theological study “On the Incarnation,” St. Athanasius of Alexandria explains at length how he believed God arrived at his decision to send his only Son to save mankind “…because death and...
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