by Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | Family, Outreach
“My name is Diana and I have lived at Vida Joven for a little over two years. I am 7 years old and I am in 2nd grade. I have three siblings: Karla is 9 years old, Daniel is 6, and Mayra is 3. I live at Vida Joven because my parents left my siblings and me living all...
by Staff | Feb 2, 2016 | Liturgical
I was raised in an evangelical Church. The only holidays we celebrated in church were Christmas and Easter. There was nothing traditional about those celebrations — indeed, there was often the desire to do something “new” and “exciting” that would attract “young...
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by Staff | Jan 11, 2016 | Liturgical
The original volume of Fr. Kraft’s collected sermons, Today We Encounter a Hard Saying: The Lord, the Scripture, and Us, is now available at Village Books. It can be found beside the 2nd volume, Nobody Reads Leviticus. Fr. Kraft’s work has garnered...
by Staff | Jan 4, 2016 | Liturgical
Peruse the Hallmark Channel listings this time of year and you’ll find any number of Christmas stories: films on Biblical tradition, modern tales of the spirit of generosity, heartwarming themes about Christmas miracles — all the genres are represented. But have you...
by Staff | Dec 14, 2015 | Family, Outreach
Throughout the fall 2015 semester, a sociology class from La Costa Canyon High School, led by teacher John Digiulio, spent many Friday class sessions at Carlsbad by the Sea Retirement Community. They spent time with residents playing pickleball, making cupcakes, doing...
by Staff | Dec 14, 2015 | Church Life
In the year 1880 in the city of Cornwall, England, Edward White Benson was newly named the Bishop of Truro. Benson at that time had two special challenges. One was overseeing the building of the new Truro Cathedral. The other was that his parishioners went drinking on...
by Staff | Dec 7, 2015 | Liturgical
“Watch and pray at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36 This is the beginning of a new church year, a new liturgical year which is all built around the...
