Diocesan News | California Catholic Daily News

Santa Rosa diocese to declare bankruptcy2019 California Child Victims Act opened doors to more lawsuitss

Santa Rosa diocese to declare bankruptcy
2019 California Child Victims Act opened doors to more lawsuitss

Soon into the new year, the Diocese of Santa Rosa will join a growing list of U.S. Catholic dioceses to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces a wave of sexual abuse lawsuits. Bishop Robert Vasa

Mother Teresa in Southern CaliforniaThomas Aquinas mom from Canada finds her on the website

Mother Teresa in Southern California
Thomas Aquinas mom from Canada finds her on the website

I came across an amazing video while searching for something from my son’s college in California. In 1982 Mother Teresa visited the college and gave the commencement address to that year’s graduates. Can you imagine

Indian Catholics fete St. Jude in San Bernardino dioceseSyro-Malabar Mission five years now in Grand Terrace

Indian Catholics fete St. Jude in San Bernardino diocese
Syro-Malabar Mission five years now in Grand Terrace

St. Jude Syro-Malabar Mission celebrated the Feast of St. Jude, their patron saint, on Oct. 30 at Christ the Redeemer Church, Grand Terrace (east of Riverside, near the I-215). It also marks the 5th anniversary of

I Thirst campaign starts at Christ Cathedral Nov. 19Three-year, 21-city Evangelical tour

I Thirst campaign starts at Christ Cathedral Nov. 19
Three-year, 21-city Evangelical tour

The first ever I Thirst Orange County, a day of prayer, music, teaching and celebration, takes place at Christ Cathedral on Saturday, Nov. 19, kicking off a three-year, 21-city Evangelical tour known as Jesus Thirsts for

Catechetical congresses now held in L.A. regionsSanta Barbara, San Gabriel meetings draw crowds

Catechetical congresses now held in L.A. regions
Santa Barbara, San Gabriel meetings draw crowds

For years, religious education leaders in the LA Archdiocese could measure the passage of time with the Regional Congress…. “As a catechist, it’s like the start of a new year,” said Erica Castaneda,

Contemplatives of St. Joseph founder now pastor in South San FranciscoMater Dolorosa oasis in shadow of San Bruno Mountain

Contemplatives of St. Joseph founder now pastor in South San Francisco
Mater Dolorosa oasis in shadow of San Bruno Mountain

As the founder of the Contemplatives of St. Joseph, a religious family created to serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Father Vito Perrone always imagined creating an urban oasis where people could come and pray. When he

San Bernadino seminarians head to Mecca to pick lemonsAlongside immigrants near the Salton Sea

San Bernadino seminarians head to Mecca to pick lemons
Alongside immigrants near the Salton Sea

Miles east of the urban heart of the Inland Empire lies Mecca, a small agricultural community not far from the north shore of the Salton Sea. A group of seminarians from the Diocese traveled to this

Survivor helps inaugurate LA’s first ‘Garden of Healing’ for abuse victimsArchbishop Gomez, Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell and retired Bishop Armando Ochoa were in attendance

Survivor helps inaugurate LA’s first ‘Garden of Healing’ for abuse victims
Archbishop Gomez, Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell and retired Bishop Armando Ochoa were in attendance

Joe Montanez walked up to the first designated “Garden of Healing” in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, just outside the front doors of the St. Camillus Center for Pastoral Care near East LA.

He reached

Guadalupe and Juan Diego images – six more days of celebrationTour of L.A. Archdiocese includes El Monte, Whittier, Compton, Lompoc

Guadalupe and Juan Diego images – six more days of celebration
Tour of L.A. Archdiocese includes El Monte, Whittier, Compton, Lompoc

The pilgrim images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego have begun their annual tour through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, with a kick-off celebration at Our Lady of Guadalupe “La Lupita” Parish in

L.A. catechists say pandemic changed them95% are female, average age 55

L.A. catechists say pandemic changed them
95% are female, average age 55

Kenneth Arguelles, a 60-year-old parishioner of St. Mary’s Church in Palmdale, was part of a group of certified catechists officially commissioned last month at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Previous 234 Next

what the young want on San Diego Diocese: take cloth bags to the grocery store: “What percentage of people who attend Mass at your parish are under the age of 40? What percentage are over…” Mar 19, 11:28
Franciscan Mass? on A somber anniversary: “He may have attended a Franciscan Mass. You would have to get a liturgical history that was pretty detailed to…” Mar 19, 11:25
new Mass on Worth driving to: St. John the Baptist Church, Costa Mesa: “Gosh, how wrong you are. Vatican II called for the Mass to be reformed. You think the new Mass has…” Mar 19, 11:23