Click here to read Caritas in Veritate, Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI.

NOVEMBER, 2011

•   CATHOLIC DIOCESE ACQUIRES CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL
 

OCTOBER, 2011

•   “BLESSING OF THE WAVES” IN SURF CITY U.S.A. EXEMPLIFIES DIVERSITY UNITED IN A COMMON CAUSE 
•  INTERFAITH LEADERS, SURFERS AND OCEAN GOERS GATHERED IN SURF CITY USA FOR ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE WAVES  

September, 2011

•  DIOCESE OF ORANGE HOSTS FOURTH ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE WAVES IN SURF CITY USA  
•  CATHOLIC CHARITIES GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT CHILDREN AT-RISK PROGRAM

August, 2011

•  ENHANCED DIOCESE BID FOR CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL SUBMITTED: Offer increased to $53.6 million

July, 2011

•  DIOCESE OF ORANGE MAKES FORMAL BID FOR CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL  
•  DIOCESE OF ORANGE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL     
 

June, 2011

•  “A CELEBRATION OF LIFE” BENEFIT CONCERT FOR AUTISM/ RELATED DISABILITIES  
•  OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW CHURCH  
•  DIOCESE OF ORANGE TO ORDAIN SIX NEW PRIESTS 

May, 2011

•  BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL II: Historic Vatican rite will celebrate a remarkable, holy life
•  BISHOP TO ORDAIN 13 NEW PERMANENT DEACONS FOR DIOCESE OF ORANGE 

April, 2011

•  DIOCESE OF ORANGE SET TO BAPTIZE LARGEST GROUP EVER IN ANNUAL EASTER VIGIL
•  ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS & ETHICS SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD
•   DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES BLESSING OF HOLY OILS IN ANNUAL CHRISM MASS  
•  PARISH SOCIAL MINISTRY GATHERING
•  NATIONAL BOARD OF VICARS FOR RELIGIOUS VISIT CONGREGATION FOR CONSECRATED LIFE & SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE IN ROME  
•  CALIFORNIA BISHOPS URGE GOVERNOR, LEGISLATORS TO RETURN TO BUDGET TALKS 

March, 2011

•  THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE AND TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM CELEBRATE TWELFTH ANNUAL JEWISH/HISPANIC PASSOVER SEDER
•  BISHOP BROWN MARKS BEGINNING OF LENT WITH TRADITIONAL ASH WEDNESDAY BLESSING
•  ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS
•  KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO BE CROWNED IN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE SPIRIT OF CATHOLIC PHILANTHROPY  
• CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS & ETHICS HONORS OUTSTANDING BUSINESS LEADERS:Bishop Tod D. Brown Announces Dr. Jacqueline DuPont and John O’Connor as 2011 Honorees 

February, 2011

•  BISHOP BROWN TO ANOINT SICK AND BLESS CAREGIVERS DURING WORLD DAY OF THE SICK CELEBRATION
•  LOCAL VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CELEBRATES LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH HISTORIC TET FESTIVAL

January, 2011 

•  AWARD WINNING DIOCESE OF ORANGE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK  
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE ANNUAL PASTORAL SERVICES APPEAL: New OCF Director Explains Why This Appeal is Important to Everyone  
•  LLAMADO ANUAL DE LOS SERVICIOS PASTORALES DE LA DIÓCESIS DE ORANGE: La nueva directora de la OCF explica por qué este llamado es importante para todos
  
•  QUĨ MỤC VỤ HÀNG NĂM CỦA GIÁO PHẬN ORANGE: Vị Giám Đốc Tổ Chức Công Giáo Orange giải thích tại sao lời kêu gọi này quan trọng đối với mọi người
• MASS AND ROSARY TO END ABORTION  

December, 2010 

•  CATHOLICS GATHER IN SANTA ANA FOR ANNUAL PROCESSION HONORING OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

November, 2010 

•  TOP FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS “MARCH FOR THE DREAM” WITH ORANGE COUNTY CONGREGATIONS, FAMILIES, AND STUDENTS
•  ALTOS LÍDERES RELIGIOSOS Y DE LA COMUNIDAD "MARCHA POR EL DREAM" CON CONGREGACIONES, FAMILIAS Y ESTUDIANTES DEL CONDADO DE ORANGE
•  DIOCESE OF ORANGE HONORS 117 VIETNAMESE MARTYRED IN BRUTAL CATHOLIC PERSECUTION  
• ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEARLY $10 MILLION OF GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION & OTHER MINISTRIES
•  LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RECOGNIZED FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO STRUGGLING FAMILIES 

October, 2010 

• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES ALL SOULS DAY IN HONOR OF THE DEPARTED
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNUAL CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE WAVES IN SURF CITY USA
  
  

• ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CATHEDRAL PROJECT: Phase One Begins with Selection of Architect, Craig W. Hartman, FAIA and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP; Christ Our Savior Cathedral Design will Feature Innovative Engineering and Extensive Community Service Facilities when Completed.
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE HOSTS 34th ANNUAL RECREATION CAMP
  

• BISHOP ORDAINS A NEW PRIEST FOR THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE REUNITES CHILDREN WITH THEIR INCARCERATED FATHERS

May, 2010

• COSTA MESA PARISH CELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES PENTECOST RITUAL HONORING THE HOLY SPIRIT
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE REUNITES CHILDREN AND MOTHERS DURING 10TH ANNUAL “GET ON THE BUS” PROGRAM

• ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION HONORS BUSINESS LEADERS: Isabelle Villaseńor and Dr. Huan D. Le to receive Business Ethics Award
  

• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES BLESSING OF HOLY OILS IN ANNUAL CHRISM MASS
• SANTA ANA PARISH BLESSES STREETS IN ACT OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST GANG VIOLENCE
• AUXILIARY BISHOP LUONG TO PRESENT SIXTH ANNUAL CATHOLIC MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
• CHRISTIAN LEADERS GATHER IN ORANGE TO PRAY FOR RELIGIOUS UNITY
• THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE AND TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM CELEBRATE ELEVENTH ANNUAL JEWISH/HISPANIC PASSOVER SEDER
• IT IS TIME TO REJOICE - BECAUSE WE CARE: Laetare Sunday Campaign Reaches Out to Area Needy

February, 2010

• BISHOP BROWN APPOINTS NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
• LOCAL VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CELEBRATES LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH HISTORIC TET FESTIVAL
• KING AND QUEEN OF MARDI GRAS TO BE CROWNED IN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE SPIRIT OF CATHOLIC PHILANTHROPY
• ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CONSECRATED LIFE HONORS THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF RELIGIOUS SISTERS, BROTHERS, AND PRIESTS
• BISHOP BROWN TO ANOINT SICK AND BLESS CAREGIVERS DURING WORLD DAY OF THE SICK CELEBRATION
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE COMPLETES FIRST MAUSOLEUM IN HUNTINGTON BEACH IN 30 YEARS

January, 2010

• BISHOP BROWN ANSWERS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CALL FOR INCREASED INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOG
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE AUXILIARY BISHOP TO JOIN SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS IN ANNUAL “WALK FOR LIFE”
• BISHOP TO DEDICATE NEW 26,000 SQFT ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH CENTER
• AWARD WINNING DIOCESE OF ORANGE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

December, 2009

• ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH TO CEREMONIALLY OPEN NEW 26,000 SQFT PARISH CENTER
• CATHOLICS GATHER IN SANTA ANA FOR ANNUAL PROCESSION HONORING OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

November, 2009

• OLDEST PARISH IN NORTH ORANGE COUNTY PREPARES TO CELEBRATE 150TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE HONORS 117 VIETNAMESE MARTYRED IN BRUTAL CATHOLIC PERSECUTION
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE TO CELEBRATE PRESTIGIOUS AND HISTORIC “RED MASS” FOR ORANGE COUNTY’S LEGAL COMMUNITY
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CALLS PARISHIONERS TOGETHER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HEALTHCARE REFORM

October, 2009

• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES ALL SOULS DAY IN HONOR OF THE DEPARTED
• ST. JUSTIN MARTYR PARISH SCHOOL CELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE
• THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR ITS ANNUAL APPEAL VIDEO
• A FIRST FOR ORANGE COUNTY: INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL NAMES LA PURISIMA CHURCH IN ORANGE “BLUE RIBBON STEWARDSHIP PARISH”
• LAGUNA BEACH COMMUNITY CELEBRATES DEDICATION OF NEW ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA PARISH SCHOOL
• LAGUNA HILLS PARISH TO DEDICATE NEW $4.8 MILLION PARISH HALL
• FAITH LEADERS SHOW SOLIDARITY: Blessing of the Waves returns to Huntington Beach
• ORANGE COUNTY CATHOLICS AND THEIR PETS GATHER FOR ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE WAVES IN SURF CITY USA

September, 2009

• SERRA CATHOLIC SCHOOL MARKS COMPLETION OF PHASE II OF MAJOR CAMPUS EXPANSION
• HUNTINGTON BEACH CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF MAJOR CATHOLIC CHURCH RENOVATION PROJECT

August, 2009

• DIOCESE OF ORANGE SET TO DEDICATE NEW 16,000 SQ. FT. KOREAN CATHOLIC CULTURAL CENTER

July, 2009

• BASICS OF MULTICULTURAL WORKSHOP

June, 2009

• DIOCESE OF ORANGE HOSTS 32nd ANNUAL RECREATION CAMP
• BISHOP BROWN TO CELEBRATE CLOSING RITUAL OF THE YEAR OF ST. PAUL IN HONOR OF 2000TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAINT’S BIRTH
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE REUNITES CHILDREN WITH THEIR INCARCERATED FATHERS
• SIX NEW PRIESTS FOR THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE

May, 2009

• BISHOP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO HEAD CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY
• NEW USCCB-SPONSORED WEB SITE HIGHLIGHTS CATHOLIC TEACHING ON ECONOMIC LIFE
• PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
• BISHOP TO ORDAIN 12 NEW PERMANENT DEACONS FOR DIOCESE OF ORANGE
• POPE BENEDICT XVI HONORS ORANGE COUNTY CLERGY AND LAITY
• ANNUAL “GET ON THE BUS” PROGRAM RESCHEDULED
  

April, 2009

• ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION HONORS ETHICAL BUSINESS LEADERS:
  Theresa C. Morrison and Timothy R. Busch to receive Business Ethics Award
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE TO BAPTIZE MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE IN ANNUAL EASTER VIGIL
• SANTA ANA PARISH BLESSES STREETS IN ACT OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST GANG VIOLENCE
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE CELEBRATES BLESSING OF HOLY OILS IN ANNUAL CHRISM MASS
• FUNDS NEEDED FOR “GET ON THE BUS”—UNITING CHILDREN WITH MOM’S IN PRISON

March, 2009

• THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE AND TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM CELEBRATE TENTH ANNUAL JEWISH/HISPANIC PASSOVER SEDER
• BISHOP BROWN TO PRESENT FIFTH ANNUAL CATHOLIC MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
• AMERICAN BISHOPS TO ORDAIN NEW DIOCESE OF ORANGE AUXILIARY BISHOP IN RARELY SEEN CEREMONY
• BISHOP TOD BROWN LISTENS TO HIS LAITY: Laetare Sunday Marks the Halfway Point in Lent; New Giving is Encouraged
• EL OBISPO TOD BROWN ESCUCHA A SUS SEGLARES: El Domingo de Laetare (Alegría) Marca el Punto Intermedio de la Cuaresma; se anima a dar haciendo un mayor esfuerzo
• SUNDAY OF 5 LOAVES

February, 2009

• CATECHETICAL LEADERS LEARN IN THREE LANGUAGES DURING APRIL CATHOLIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM
• BISHOP BROWN MARKS BEGINNING OF LENT WITH TRADITIONAL ASH WEDNESDAY BLESSING
• 21ST-CENTURY LEADERSHIP AND CURRICULUM MODELS ARE MAJOR THEMES FOR CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATORS AT NCEA CONFERENCE
• KING AND QUEEN OF MARDI GRAS TO BE CROWNED IN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE SPIRIT OF CATHOLIC PHILANTHROPY
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE HONORS SACRED UNION IN ANNUAL WORLD MARRIAGE DAY CELEBRATION
• ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CONSECRATED LIFE HONORS THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF RELIGIOUS SISTERS, BROTHERS, AND PRIESTS
• BISHOP BROWN TO ANOINT SICK AND BLESS CAREGIVERS DURING WORLD DAY OF THE SICK CELEBRATION

January, 2009

• JUSTICE AND PEACE "TEACH-IN" HOUSING CRISIS EVENT
• AWARD WINNING DIOCESE OF ORANGE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR NATIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
• CHORAL GROUPS GATHER IN NEWPORT BEACH TO CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS UNITY
• LOCAL VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CELEBRATES LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH HISTORIC TET FESTIVAL
• DIOCESES OF ORANGE & CITY OF ANAHEIM WELCOME CATHOLIC EDUCATORS TO ANAHEIM FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
• CHRISTIAN LEADERS GATHER IN ORANGE TO PRAY FOR RELIGIOUS UNITY
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE GETS NEW AUXILIARY BISHOP TO HELP LEAD GROWING FLOCK
• CALL CONGRESS: URGE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF CEASE-FIRE
• DIOCESE OF ORANGE REUNITES CHILDREN AND MOTHERS THROUGH ANNUAL “GET ON THE BUS” PROGRAM