By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Lenten season began this week with the observance of Ash Wednesday by local religious organizations. Lent is the 40-day period stretching from Ash Wednesday (this year occurring on Feb. 10) and ending on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. Many Christian churches hold services on Ash Wednesday. It is not uncommon […]
Valentine’s Evening Concert LeRoy McNees has been involved in bluegrass music for over 50 years and has traveled the world singing and playing his music. In 1961 he was on the Andy Griffith TV show with the Country Boys (aka The Kentucky Colonels). He is a former member of the First Baptist Church of La […]
The St. Bede branch of the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) installed its officers for 2016 at a special Los Angeles Archdiocese District Mass and Luncheon held at St. Peter Church in Los Angeles recently. The district consists of 19 branches in the Archdiocese. Shown seated from left are Mary Mancuso, sitting in for trustee Paula […]
QUESTION: My husband (I’ll call him Steve) and I have been married for 15 years and we have two great kids. My problem is that Steve volunteers for anything and everything in our community and our church to the point we have very little family time. He’s president of one organization and attending three meetings […]
OLL Hosting Casino Night Our Lady of Lourdes School is hosting a fundraising casino gala on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Angeles National Golf Club. Festivities include silent auction, live auction and raffles. Poker tournament is a $25 buy-in. The cost is $65 per person that includes appetizers, cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, dessert, music, dancing […]
By Charly SHELTON t’s that time of year again. Time for drinking, dancing and playing the tables, all for a good cause. Our Lady of Lourdes School is hosting its third annual Casino Night at Angeles National Golf Club on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “A […]
Seminars for Caregivers and on Mindful Aging The community is invited to join free seminars facilitated by Kathy Garcia Egan, LCSW, http://kathygarciaegan.com, offered monthly on the first Saturday of each month at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in La Crescenta. Mindfulness And Caregivers is a practical guide to caring for one’s self while caring […]
QUESTION: My husband and I always worked very hard in our family owned business and sold it two years ago for a nice profit. Our dream was always to travel the world together. We watched travelogues and planned where we would go and what we would do. We did get to take two nice vacations […]
Unitarian Universalist to Honor Dr. King On Sunday, Jan. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills guest speaker is Gerald C. Rivers. Rivers will bring to life the voice, spirit and essence of Dr. Martin Luther King. As an actor and a scholar, Rivers speaks […]
By Charly SHELTON Courage, smiling, appreciation, caring, believing, simplicity, education, healing, dreaming, faith, contemplation, groundedness, creativity, humility, reverence, gratitude, integrity, freedom. These words can change the world. Not just these words, but the thoughts and actions behind them. This is the impetus behind the upcoming Season for Nonviolence, to be observed at the Center for […]