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GRADUATION 2025

OC Catholic celebrates this year’s Class of ’25 with special coverage. Find photos, stories and more from graduations across the... 

 

REFLECTIONS ON POPE FRANCIS

ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, Jesus, whose identity was hidden from them, met up with two of His grieving disciples... 

by MEG WATERS 

A MESSAGE FROM OUR BISHOPS

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, and Friends All: As our Southern California communities continue to experience devastating disruptions, unease... 

 

ART IN THE GARDEN

SIPPING WINE. THE FAINT aroma of la cuisine de France in the air. The rhythm of a live band. The... 

by BRITNEY ZINT 

STANDIN’ IN THE (PAL) HALL OF FAME!

THE 2025 INDUCTEES INTO the Parochial Athletic League (PAL) Hall of Fame include a professional football player, Olympic water polo... 

by LOU PONSI 

Local

PARTING IS BITTERSWEET: ST. NORBERT BIDS FAREWELL TO GRADUATING CLASS

PROCESSING UP THE NAVE in candy red robes and mortarboard hats, the eighth-grade class of St. Norbert Catholic School celebrated…

SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ’25

Santa Margarita Catholic High School graduated its class of 2025 on May 30 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Photos…

SERVITE HIGH SCHOOL ’25

SERVITE CELEBRATED ITS GRADUATING class on May 30 at Friends Church in Yorba Linda. Photos by Everett Johnson/Diocese of Orange

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Christ Cathedral

CHRIST CATHEDRAL’S ORGAN AND CHORAL SCHOLARS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT

THE NEXT GENERATION OF church musicians will be showcasing their faith, talent and enthusiasm for sacred music later this month….

BACH-A-THON!

CHRIST CATHEDRAL’S FIRST ever Bach-a-thon was a 19- hour celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring 200 works…

PLAYING AND PRAYING AT CHRIST CATHEDRAL

CECILIA PHAN, coordinator of the Young Adult Ministry and Evangelization for the Diocese of Orange, (30s, Young Couples, Young Families)…

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Sports

SPRINTING TO THE TOP

THE TRACK AND FIELD teams at Servite High School and its sister school, Rosary Academy, have collectively assembled some of…

RAISE THE FLAG

IN 2024, THE DIOCESE of Orange Parochial Athletic League (PAL), added girls flag football to its offering of team sports….

THINGS ARE GOING SWIMMINGLY FOR BLESSED SACRAMENT’S BIANCA BATANG

STUDENT ATHLETES OFTEN HAVE TO juggle sports with the demands of academics and a social life. It can be a…

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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

A WITNESS TO HISTORY

ANNETTE WALKER, presi­dent of City of Hope Orange County and former interim CEO of St. Joseph Health, went with her…

SPECIAL TERMS USED DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN POPES

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between…

CONCLAVE TO BEGIN MAY 7

THE FUNERAL FOR POPE Francis took place April 26 in St. Peter’s Square with about 250,000 in attendance. He was…

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OC CATHOLIC AFAR
Alan and Desiree Wendell brought along the OC Catholic on their cruise vacation to Australia and New Zealand where they...

OC CATHOLIC AFAR
Ashley and her father Dr. Vincent Nguyen visited the Vatican Garden while in Rome this past Christmas for the start...

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...

Education

OH, WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN!

THE 2025 EIGHTH-GRADE class of St. Bonaventure Catholic School in Huntington Beach was recognized during a special graduation Mass on…

SPELLING BEE PROVES GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

THE SPELLING BEE IS back! Students at Pax Christi Academies dusted off their diphthongs and digraphs for the first of…

READ ON!

IT WAS THE LAST QUESTION of the competition. The score was tied 20-20. The sport? Reading. Then came the final…

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Education Headlines

E-I-E-I-O
THE BLUE AND RED tractors trundled past rows of green — Brussel sprouts, kale, Swiss chard, green onions and the...

A SYMPHONY OF SOUND
AFTER A YEAR OF GIVING his time, knowledge and music, Pacific Symphony oboist Ted Sugata received a big thank you...

SHOW TIME!
FROM CINDERELLA AND Little Red Riding Hood to Jack and the Beanstalk and the Prince, the Who’s Who of the...

HONORING MARY
THE MAY CROWNING IS a Catholic tradition of placing a crown of flowers on a statue of Mary, symbolizing her...