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‘LOVE, YOUR VALENTINE’

AS THE DELUGE OF purchases for chocolate, flowers, jewelry and other gifts reaches peak torrential levels ahead of Valentine’s Day,... 

by GREG HARDESTY 

CONFESSION THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES

“HI GOD, I AM VERY sorry for my sins, and I am trying to get in the habit to not... 

by GREG HARDESTY 

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2025

THIS YEAR, CELEBRATING Catholic Schools Week — an annual event to promote Catholic education and recognize the many values it... 

 

DIOCESE OF ORANGE SUPPORTS VICTIMS OF L.A. COUNTY WILDFIRES

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC Diocese of Orange is donating $1 million toward relief efforts to help victims of the devastating Los... 

by BRADLEY ZINT 

BISHOPS OF ORANGE ON THE L.A. COUNTY WILDFIRES

WE EXTEND OUR MOST heartfelt prayers to our neighbors and friends affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.... 

 

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MOMENTS IN OUR JOURNEY

JSERRA HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTS L.A.COUNTY FIRE VICTIMS JSerra Catholic High School rallied its community to support L.A. by holding a…

PAX CHRISTI ACADEMIES STUDENTS FOCUS ON VIRTUE IN NEW CURRICULUM

WHAT DOES IT MEAN to live a virtuous life? Students at the five schools in the newly formed Pax Christi…

MARDI GRAS IS COMING TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES

ON SATURDAY, FEB. 22, Catholic Charities of Orange County (CCOC) will celebrate its 35th annual Mardi Gras fundraiser with a…

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Christ Cathedral

CHAPEL PLAQUE DEDICATION HONORS FAITH AND HERITAGE

FROM THE MOMENT visitors step off the elevator onto the 13th floor of the Tower of Hope at the Christ…

TẾT NGUYÊN ĐÁN

FOR MANY COMMUNITIES throughout the Diocese of Orange, Jan. 1, wasn’t the only New Year celebrated. Later in the month,…

IN MEMORIAM: BR. WILLIAM JOHN WOEGER

BR. WILLIAM JOHN WOEGER, FSC, a nationally recognized liturgical designer whose vision helped transform the Crystal Cathedral into Christ Cathedral,…

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Sports

CALLED TO GUIDE

SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE the sequence of events that placed Alex Ramirez in the position as Servite High School’s new soccer…

TAKING IT TO THE MAT

EVERYONE HAS A hurdle in life — something so difficult it can seem impossible to overcome. Samantha Arce, a senior…

THREE’S A CHARM

It’s been a season of “threepeats” for the JSerra girls cross country team. At the CIF State Cross Country Championships…

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Local Headlines

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA CELEBRATES FEAST DAY OF THE POON JESUS NAZARENO (BLACK NAZARENE)
ON JAN. 9, SANTIAGO de Compostela Catholic Church in Lake Forest hosted the first-ever celebration of the feast day of...

IN MEMORIAM: MSGR. JUSTIN MACCARTHY
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Rev. Msgr. Justin MacCarthy, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in La Habra, was...

CATHOLIC EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY: INVESTING IN SAINTS
CATHOLIC education has long been a cornerstone of the Church’s mission, shaping generations of faithful individuals who contribute to the...

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EMMANUEL—GOD WITH US—IS THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS!
CHRISTMAS HOLDS A profound place in my heart as a Christian, embodying the joyful celebration of God’s love through the...

LOVE OF THE EUCHARIST
THERE’S A MOMENT IN the Mass where all the noise, the stress, the worry disappear and you come face to...

THE EUCHARIST THROUGH A CARDIOLOGIST’S EYES: AN ONGOING JOURNEY (PART 5)
OVER THE PAST FEW weeks, we’ve journeyed through the early stages of my life, exploring how my Catholic upbringing in...

National

OC CATHOLIC AFAR

Fr. Greg Walgenbach (Director of Office of Life, Justice, and Peace & Missions) and Rebecca Freeman (Pastoral Care Ministry Coordinator,…

OC CATHOLIC AFAR

We recently visited Lahaina on the island of Maui and were shocked at the devastation the people are still suffering…

TRAVEL DIARY: THE CHURCH OF THE MADONNA

WHEN THE CHURCH OF the Madonna was built in the Borough of Fort Lee, N.J. during the 1850s, it was…

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National Headlines

FINDING THEIR WAY
CLARA ARBIZO WASN’T EXPECTING much. The parishioner of St. Anne’s in Santa Ana was among 200 young adults who participated...

DIOCESAN BISHOPS AND DELEGATES ATTEND NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — A delegation from the Diocese of Orange recently attended the tenth National Eucharistic Congress in Indiana’s capital city,...

DIOCESE OF ORANGE ANNOUNCES DELEGATION TO NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN INDIANAPOLIS
The Diocese of Orange is proud to announce its delegation to the upcoming National Eucharistic Congress (NEC) scheduled for July...

FILM LETS DEVOTEES PROVIDE VISUAL, EMOTIONAL SUBSTANCE OF LOURDES’ STORY
NEW YORK (CNS) — In the documentary “Lourdes” (Distrib Films), filmmakers Alban Teurlai and Thierry Demaiziere present a moving portrait...

World

OC CATHOLIC AFAR

Paige Brooks brought along a copy of OC Catholic when she visited the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence,…

OC CATHOLIC AFAR

Elise Bowles and Nestor Contreras visited the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Norwich, England, and brought along a…

TRAVEL DIARY: LITHUANIA’S HILL OF CROSSES

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA — When most people think of the “most Catholic” countries, they usually think of Poland or the Philippines,…

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World Headlines

OC CATHOLIC AFAR
Dr. Elysabeth Nguyen, CEO of the OLLV Foundation, recently visited Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The cathedral was severely damaged...

OC AFAR
I’d like to share a beautiful photo of my family visiting the Church of the Cristero Martyrs in Guadalajara, Mexico....

OC AFAR
Mary and Arthur Stabile (parishioners of St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Tustin) prayed for everyone and lit multiple candles while visiting...

OC CATHOLIC AFAR
Ralph Webb and Fr. William Reynolds on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas somewhere on the Pacific Ocean in Japan....

Education

YEAR OF THE SNAKE

THE HISSING CAUGHT ON, quieting the gymnasium and filling the energetic room with the sounds of hundreds of snakes. ST….

A DREAM REALIZED AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL

EARLY IN 2025, St. John the Baptist Catholic School will begin construction of its new gymnasium. The dynamic education center…

SNOW DAY AS AN EMMANUEL MOMENT

TUESDAY, DEC. 17 marked the 6th Annual Snow Day at St. John the Baptist Catholic School. A STUDENT ENJOYS THE…

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Education Headlines

LEADERSHIP IN ORANGE COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
HUMILITY, FAITH, WORK ETHIC and leadership are the significant qualities St. Joseph School (Placentia) principal Amanda Hawley used to describe...

ST. BONAVENTURE CELEBRATES FAMILY MASS WITH BISHOP NGUYEN
ST. BONAVENTURE PARISH in Huntington Beach recently welcomed a special guest to the church’s monthly family Mass. The church was...

ST. BONAVENTURE SCHOOL HONORS VETERANS
EIGHTH-GRADER CLAIRE Kurkjian may have started a tradition at St. Bonaventure School in Huntington Beach. Her father, Captain Bob Kurkjian,...

A FESTIVAL OF SAINTS
FAITH LEADERS AT ST. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Fullerton who are tasked with preparing the church’s teenagers for the...