St. Bede’s Celebrates Silver Jubilee Ordination

St. Bede the Venerable of La Cañada held a 25th anniversary Mass of the ordination of Msgr. Antonio Cacciapuoti on June 14. The silver jubilee celebration brought together family, friends and parishioners from St. Paschals, Christ The King and from as far away as the Diocese of Aversa, Italy. The Mass was celebrated with Archbishop […]

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Tuesday Table Talk   On Tuesday, July 7 Bethel Church will offer a showing of the film “Paddington” (rated PG). This family tale involves Paddington Bear, who’s rescued at a train station and taken home by a young boy. Paddington adapts quickly to city life, but there’s an evil taxidermist in town with her eye […]

Christian Life Church to Rise From the Ashes

By Charly SHELTON At the end of 2006, the Christian Life Church at the corner of Montrose and Ramsdell avenues burned down. The 15,000-square-foot sanctuary caught fire and was almost entirely reduced to cinders. Now, almost nine years later, the journey to recovery is almost complete. Construction on the new Christian Life Church is nearing […]

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Tuesday Table Talk   On Tuesday, July 7 Bethel Church will offer a showing of the film “Paddington” (rated PG). This family tale involves Paddington Bear, who’s rescued at a train station and taken home by a young boy. Paddington adapts quickly to city life, but there’s an evil taxidermist in town with her eye […]

Spiritually Speaking

QUESTION: Our 74-year-old father is in advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and this is very difficult for those of us who love him. He was an engineer, extremely brilliant and enjoyed life to the fullest. Now he’s depressed and confused. His physical body is very healthy, and it looks like he’ll suffer many more years […]

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The Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta is hosting a full calendar in June. Upcoming events include a Creative Dreaming Workshop introduction by Rev. Dawn and Rochelle Niemerow on Wednesday, June 17 at 7 p.m. A love donation will be collected. On Sunday, June 14 at noon there will be a special piano concert fundraiser with […]

Late to Church

Late to Church

By Michael J. ARVIZU Recently, a colleague shared a story about the style of dress people choose when attending Sunday services. The story made me think about the evolution of the style of Sunday dress over the decades and even across generations. Looking around my own church on a Sunday morning, the type of attire […]

Youth Program Benefits Kids While Helping Others

By Isiah REYES The La Crescenta Presbyterian Church offers many opportunities for young students to be instilled with Christian values while participating in youth programs for students of all ages. “We have a super active youth ministry,” said Pastor Andy Wilson. “We really are trying to help the kids who know and love God to […]

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Art and Treasure Faire On Saturday, May 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta is having an Art and Treasure Faire. Come shop and enjoy over 30 unique vendors and artists. There will be paintings, jewelry, pottery, Native American, Indian, face painting, collectibles, soaps, many special handmade items. There […]

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QUESTION: Question: I’m engaged to be married to a wonderful man. My problem is I was raised Christian and he has never been to church and seems to not be interested in anything spiritual and, yet, he has never said anything negative about my religion. He’s willing to be married in the church and has […]