Vincentian Santa with God

The SVdPLA Santa Claus, our Vincentian volunteer Jim Dyrness, played Santa every year to thousands of disadvantaged children and their families at our CHP Toy, Food and Shoe Giveaway, most recently Dec. 15, 2018. He wasn’t feeling well before this last giveaway but insisted on being Santa for the kids with his warmth and love.…

Archbishop Gomez: We Walk for Life!

An article in the Angelus by Archbishop Gomez:   I am excited for OneLife LA this weekend. We will be walking for life again this Saturday, Jan. 19. From our city’s first church at La Placita on Olvera Street we will march to the Los Angeles State Historic Park, proudly proclaiming the beauty and holiness of human…

CHP Christmas Giveaway

Thanks to all our generous partners for giving a Merry Christmas to over 1,000 low-income children on December 15, 2018 at our CHP Toy, Food and Shoe Giveaway: the CHP, CBS2/KCAL9, Shoe Palace, Navidad En El Barrio, Sysco, and over 100 volunteers from schools, the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Knights of Columbus. Merry Christmas to…