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Members from St. Vincent de Paul parish in Huntington Beach visited the historic Cologne Cathedral in Germany! The cathedral took…

The picture was taken at Seitai Hoshikai Chapel, also known as Our Lady of Akita, in Akita, Japan. It is…

Mark Kreyche visited Bemidji, Minnesota, where the headwaters of the Mississippi River begin at Lake Itasca. —Mark is a parishioner…

Natalie Tung visited the Basílica del Voto Nacional, located in the historic center of Quito, Ecuador. This monumental 19th-century neo-Gothic…

We decided to take a family trip to Europe in the summer of 2025 as a sendoff to our son,…

David and Kathleen Rea, along with their son Nathan, attended Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul…

This summer, our family made a pilgrimage to Italy for the Jubilee. We passed through all four of the Holy…

The Tung family visited the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with a copy of OC Catholic. This…

Donna Gambol is at the ancestral home of the Venerable Lucia de Jesus, where she lived until the age of…

Mother and daughter Natalie and Huong Nguyen visited St. Hedwig Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, in June. This cathedral is a…