Associate Choir Director Shares her Passion for Music

By Lillian BOODAGHIANS The answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” can change considerably from the age of 5 or 6 to when someone is in their 20s.  Sometimes, however, a love for something at a young age can slowly mold its way into a career as one’s […]

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Special Classes at Center for Spiritual Living Precious metal clay classes are on the following Saturdays at the Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 25 and Nov. 8. The cost is $150 and payment plan is available. Contact Laney at (818) 353-6628 for reservations. Save […]

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QUESTION: We just moved into the foothills from another area of California. In an effort to be neighborly, I invited a few neighbors who have children to come for a play day for the kids and a coffee klatch for the moms. Then the fun began. The six children, including mine, range in ages from […]

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A Spiritual Approach to Healthcare On Saturday, Sep. 20, Bosede Bakarey, practitioner and teacher of Christian Science from Ibadan, Nigeria, will address issues of physical, mental and emotional health through understanding what God actually is. Her one-hour talk, “Spiritual Approach to Healthcare and Its Certainty of Healing,” will detail specific aspects of prayer, and offer […]

Reaching Across the Miles

By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern With all the community support Crescenta Valley schools receive it can be hard to imagine a school having problems so severe that they compromise the ability of providing an education. But this is the case with Dalipuga Central School, located in a poverty-stricken, remote area of the southern part of the […]

Home Family Mass Held at Portantino Residence

Following an old tradition, members of the Italian Catholic Federation branch 374 at St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church in La Cañada Flintridge joined pastor Rev. Monsignor Antonio Cacciapuoti in a special Mass celebrated on the patio of the home of former California State Assemblyman Anthony Portantino and his wife Ellen. Thirty-eight members of […]

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Calendar items for Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta Yeehaw! On, Friday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m., Jimmy Lee Harris Show Band concert playing George Strait and Johnny Cash. The cost is $20 for adults, $10 for children. Call for reservations at (818) 249-1045. The Wednesday night topic on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. hosts Jim […]

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QUESTION: My problem is my two sons, both in their 20s. Their mother died four years ago and after that they both began drinking heavily. We were a very happy family, and they adored their mother. It was hard for all of us to watch her waste away with cancer. Of course I miss my […]

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Calendar items for Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta On Friday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m., spiritual movie night presents “The Soul’s Journey.” A love donation will be collected. Yeehaw! On, Friday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m., Jimmy Lee Harris Show Band concert playing George Strait and Johnny Cash. The cost is $20 for adults, $10 […]

Late to Church

By Michael J. ARVIZU A few weeks ago, Pope Francis, the Catholic pontiff, announced that he would consider retirement should his health fail and he is no longer able to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office he was elected to. Francis, should he choose to retire, would follow in the footsteps of […]