Peter Johnston enjoys a familiar joke, which probably was best told on “King of the Hill,” the animated television series, when Hank scolds a Christian rock star: “Can’t you see you’re not making Christianity better? You’re just making rock ’n’ roll
Baltasar Jaime Martinez Compañón served as Bishop of Trujillo, Peru from 1779 to 1790 at Trujillo Cathedral. During his time in Peru, Bishop Martínez Compañón engaged in research of native customs and local music, architectural ruins and native plants
Salvatore Cordileone, archbishop of San Francisco has created an endowed chair in sacred music at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, which forms clergy for the San Francisco archdiocese and for other
The 2023 Walk for Life West Coast Mass will feature something special: a newly-composed choral setting of the Mass, written to showcase the clear voices of the St. Brigid School Choir, following in the tradition of Gregorian chant but
In the darkness of an early Saturday morning last March 19, Father Steve Davoren of St. Mel’s Church in Woodland Hills discovered damage done to the church’s iconic statue cluster of Jesus and three children.
This fall, this scene of holy acceptance overcoming governmental barbarity will grace the stage of War Memorial Opera House in Francois Poulenc’s brilliant opera, “The Dialogue of the Carmelites.” In the arresting, gut-wrenching final scene of Francois Poulenc’s
The new “Visualizing the Virgin Mary” exhibit at the Getty Center Museum brings a religious fascination to a secular space, aiming to capture the ways Christians have imagined the everyday life of Mary and her intervention in their own
The influence of Catholicism and the presence of the Virgin Mary on street art will be discussed in Costa Mesa on Sunday, Oct. 23. Hosted by the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC, “Guadalupe: Holy Art
However you choose to observe Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael and All Angels Sept. 29, the Norbertine priests of St. Michael’s Abbey will possibly be enjoying it more.
Amidst unnecessary contentions and frequent bad news in the Church, it becomes both essential and gratifying to share good news. Enter Catholic composer Frank La Rocca and the forthcoming CD/album release of his luminous Mass of the Americas.
