AS GARY MICALETTI figures it, it takes about 15 minutes by car to get to basically anywhere around his main…
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ONE MAN’S JOURNEY WITH THE SHROUD
At the time it was a curious artifact, known in certain religious and scientific circles, but nothing like the phenomenon…
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MATER DEI CELEBRATES MAJOR MILESTONE
YEARS BEFORE THE formation of the Diocese of Orange, most Catholic churches and elementary schools in Orange County came under…
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ORANGE COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HOSTS ACADEMIC JUNIOR HIGH DECATHLON
THE BLEACHERS WERE FULL, signs of support were held high and the cheering of spectators filled the gym as students…
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REACHING NEW LEVELS OF STUDENT SUCCESS
IMPLEMENTING A NEW TEACHING MODEL, innovative educational technology and constant cross-campus collaboration are helping a network of Orange County Catholic…
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ON THE MENU: HOW TO BE COMMUNITY HELPERS
STANDING IN TWO STRAIGHT lines, the transitional kindergarteners chanted, “Hip, hip pizza!” as they patiently waited to go inside. “Let’s…
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FACING ALS, MATER DEI COACH FINDS STRENGTH IN FAITH, FAMILY
WHEN JOHNNY Rodriguez took over as lacrosse coach at Mater Dei High School in 2015, he passed on to his…
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DIOCESAN ARCHIVIST TELLS STORY OF THE CHURCH ONE ARTIFACT AT A TIME
FROM THE TIME HE was young, Fr. Christopher Heath appeared to have a relatively clean, uncluttered path to life. He…
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FOR 30 YEARS, ST. BONAVENTURE ARTIST-SEAMSTRESSES HAVE DEEPENED THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR BANNERS, ALTAR CLOTHS
THERE’S A WIZARD (wizardress?) behind the curtains. Three, actually. For the past 30 years, Lynn Hearn, Nancy Minear and Dorothy…
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A MISSIONARY TRIP TO REMEMBER
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, saints have walked the Earth as pilgrims, noted Cindy Hoang, a parishioner at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove….