By Anna Hamilton
RIVERSIDE—Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Riverside hosted a public safety forum on November 9 designed to bolster relations between local police and the communities they serve.
Cathedral hosts interfaith Thanksgiving prayer service
By Marge Bitetti
SAN BERNARDINO—In reflection of the Thanksgiving holiday, members of several faith traditions gathered at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino on Nov. 21 to share prayers, songs and words of gratitude to the creator, God.
LGBT Ministry hosts annual Advent gathering
SAN BERNARDINO—The Ministry to Family and Friends with Gay and Lesbian Catholics hosted its second annual Advent Mass and potluck on Dec. 9 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center.
Couple counts their blessings after surviving Vegas attack
By Natalie Romano
More than a month after their brush with death, a Riverside couple that survived the Las Vegas tragedy is now leaning on their Catholic faith to help them cope. Greg Speer, who serves as president of the Pastoral Council at St. Andrew’s Newman Center, took a bullet to the back during America’s deadliest mass shooting. His wife of 30 years was unharmed.
Bishop Barnes part of Amoris Laetitia conference in Boston
BOSTON, MA—Bishop Gerald Barnes was one of 12 bishops from around the world invited to participate in a two-day reflection and discussion of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”) at Boston College.
Meeting God in nature
The Diocese holds its first ever Care for Creation Day to highlight Pope Francis’ call to environmental stewardship
By John Andrews
Editor
BIG BEAR—Under clear blue skies, majestic evergreens and with periodic appearances of various winged and four-legged creatures, it wasn’t hard for this group of church ministers and Catholic school students to stop and consider the beauty and importance of God’s creation.