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100 years of a simple, ‘hidden life’

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Amid despair, simple power of presence

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News around the diocese: Journalism award, World Youth Day preparations, retreats and more

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School Supplies Sought for Poorest Children in Tijuana

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The ‘very presence’ of older people is a grace

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Latest News

Priest assignments announced

July 28, 2026

Perspective: How do you become unforgettable?

July 27, 2026

Ready for beach walks? ‘Speed friending’?

July 26, 2026

Obituary: Msgr. Neal Dolan

July 25, 2026

Lord’s promise: ‘I will never forget you’

July 24, 2026

Dedicated hands and heart lifted liturgies

July 22, 2026

Planting fruitful seeds

July 20, 2026

Diocese seeks to promote Catholic social teaching

July 20, 2026

Perspective: A celebration of senses and spirit

July 17, 2026

Helping kids navigate digital landscape

July 16, 2026

Magnificent humanity — God’s greatest creation!

July 15, 2026

Bishop’s message: Reflections on the new encyclical

July 11, 2026

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Priest assignments announced

July 10, 2026

Event packs record 2 million meals for impoverished people

July 9, 2026

News around the diocese: St. Carlos Acutis relic enshrined, young adults invited to diocesan Mass, and more

July 8, 2026

Power of faith, at sea and land

July 7, 2026

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Perspective

Perspective: Silence can save us

More than ever, we need silence. We live in times when silence appears to have become strange. We have…

Extraordinary Jubilee Year of St. Francis

By Christina Bagaglio Slentz, Ph.D. Commemorating the eighth centenary of the passage of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo…

Perspective: Do we need to travel to the moon to save our home?

By Ricardo Márquez Those who have contemplated our planet from space — like the astronauts from the Artemis program…

Perspective: We’re all connected in this world

A war somewhere in the world is not just a distant war. Its effects extend like waves that cross…

Perspective: Dare to change your heart

We live in times marked by war, polarization, the fragility of institutions and the incessant flow of information that…

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Parish Life

How to serve families with special needs?

June 22, 2026

New leadership at Imperial Valley parishes

June 19, 2026

Confirmation not just a ceremony, but a call

April 7, 2026

Priest brings border experience to Valley

April 3, 2026

Parish to perform Mozart’s Grand ‘Requiem’

March 5, 2026

‘Mass of Hope’ for those affected by cancer

January 22, 2026

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