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St. Paul Street Evangelization holding training seminars in Orange CountyGrassroots ministry takes Catholic Faith to the streets

St. Paul Street Evangelization holding training seminars in Orange County
Grassroots ministry takes Catholic Faith to the streets

At age 30, Steve Dawson had hit rock bottom. With a bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand, he fell to his knees in a field of grass behind his parents’ house and prayed his first real prayer

St. Michael’s Norbertine writes two new booksOn Beatitudes and St. Joseph

St. Michael’s Norbertine writes two new books
On Beatitudes and St. Joseph

Adding to his prolific theological bibliography, Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. (’94), has authored two new books in the last two months: Heart of the Gospel — How the Beatitudes Show Us God’s Plan for Happiness and Saint Joseph: The Man

Father Peter Stravinskas on Eucharistic meltdownWhat Cardinal Newman and Thomas Merton said

Father Peter Stravinskas on Eucharistic meltdown
What Cardinal Newman and Thomas Merton said

When I was a very young priest, I served as administrator of a high school quite lacking in the most important elements of a Catholic school; it was my task to address those deficiencies, among which was that the school

Stations of the Cross events take Passion to streetsTwo opportunities to gather outdoors in downtown San Diego

Stations of the Cross events take Passion to streets
Two opportunities to gather outdoors in downtown San Diego

On Lenten Fridays, many Catholics congregate inside parish churches for Stations of the Cross.

But, on Good Friday, April 7, there are two opportunities for families to gather outdoors in downtown San Diego for a unique observance

“Fingerprints of the Diocese of San Bernardino” in AfricaSr. Chilee completes 13-year journey to build hospital in her Nigerian home village

“Fingerprints of the Diocese of San Bernardino” in Africa
Sr. Chilee completes 13-year journey to build hospital in her Nigerian home village

It was a thought that first came to Sister Chilee Okoko when tragedy struck her home village in Nigeria 35 years ago. She had just made her first profession of vows for the Daughters of Mary Mother

Norbertines name their beer after the Virgin Mary"Some of the other beers out there are named after pretty awful, demonic things"

Norbertines name their beer after the Virgin Mary
"Some of the other beers out there are named after pretty awful, demonic things"

On Sept. 29, 2022, the Norbertines at St. Michael’s Abbey hosted a feast of sorts – a reception held in the courtyard following Mass that featured Monastic brews (beer) produced in the Abbey’s kitchen by its seminarians and

Why St. Catherine of Siena is a saint for our timesEl Centro parish dedicates year to her, including classes and reading her book, “The Dialogue.”

Why St. Catherine of Siena is a saint for our times
El Centro parish dedicates year to her, including classes and reading her book, “The Dialogue.”

Running parallel to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ three-year call to Eucharistic Revival, the pastors of Our Lady of the Valley Parish have dedicated a year of their pastoral ministry to the patronage of St. Catherine of Siena.

LA Cathedral hosts memorial for 1500 homelessHomeless Persons Interreligious Memorial remembers those who died on streets this past year

LA Cathedral hosts memorial for 1500 homeless
Homeless Persons Interreligious Memorial remembers those who died on streets this past year

Delia Johnson heard from her family contacts that Major Slaughter, the brother of her former husband, had died recently after a long struggle experiencing homelessness. Johnson knew a bit about the situation of the man best known by

Kathleen Holcomb, Thomas Aquinas College grad, joins Benedictines of Mary, Queen of ApostlesCalifornia girl becomes stay-at-home mom for the Church

Kathleen Holcomb, Thomas Aquinas College grad, joins Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
California girl becomes stay-at-home mom for the Church

“The contemplative is the stay-at-home mother within the Church,” reflects Sr. Mary Josefa (Kathleen ’07) Holcomb, O.S.B. in this video. “The stay-at-home mother has a role that is not seen, and probably not appreciated, by many in the world

Late night party at LA cathedral, for Our LadyArchbishop Gomez: we are “Guadalupanos” first and Mexicans second

Late night party at LA cathedral, for Our Lady
Archbishop Gomez: we are “Guadalupanos” first and Mexicans second

Faithful from around Southern California braved the rain and cold the evening of Dec. 11 to fill the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and celebrate another year under the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe,

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