WITH VALENTINE’S DAY chocolates and flowers now firmly in the rearview mirror (or lingering on the hips), many couples shift…
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ORANGE COUNTY’S ORIGINAL “JEWEL OF THE MISSIONS” GETS GUSSIED UP FOR BIG BIRTHDAY
WHILE THE NATION gears up for 250th semi quincentennial celebrations of the 1776 founding of the United States, Orange County…
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DIOCESE CELEBRATES NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK WITH SPECIAL MASS
ON SAT., FEB. 7, approximately 70 married couples from across Orange County attended the National Marriage Week Diocesan Wedding Anniversaries…
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SPECIAL BONDS
WITH A GIANT PAPER donut covered in pink frosting and colorful sprinkles taped to her front, grandma Mary Owen knelt…
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GO FORTH RETREAT GATHERS HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM ACROSS DIOCESE TO WORSHIP, TESTIFY
SOMETIMES THE MOST resonant messages come from others who look and sound like us. In part, that was the reasoning…
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HAVING FAITH IN TRUE LOVE
THE MOST ROMANTIC holiday of the year is here, and Orange County Catholic is ready to celebrate. In honor of…
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WRAPPED IN FAITH & LOVE
MARY GALLOWAY remembers giving a prayer shawl to a fellow parishioner at St. Kilian Catholic Church, who had recently lost…
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FIRE UP THE FRYERS, LENTEN FRIDAY FISH DINNERS ARE COMING
BOIL THE OIL AND MIX UP the batter. It’s that time of year again. The Lenten season is fast approaching,…
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TEACHING VIRTUE IN OC CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
DIOCESAN ELEMENTARY schools will be rolling out a new program in the 2026-27 school year that focuses on teaching virtues…
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: UNITED IN FAITH AND COMMUNITY
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS around Orange County and the country will celebrate what it means to be educating students not just in…









