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Tom Hoffarth is an award-winning journalist based in Los Angeles.

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The honorees of this year's St. John Seminary Annual Awards Gala, from left to right: Father Patrick Mullen, Msgr. Jim Forsen, Christopher and Laura Meissner, and Msgr. Tim Nichols. (St. John's Seminary)

St. John’s gala to honor longtime LA pastors, seminary benefactors

Tom Hoffarth|Jun 30, 2021|4 Min Read

A artist's rendering of the new popemobile being developed for Pope Francis. "The spacious interior of the Fisker Ocean SUV supports a large, modern, all-glass cupola, offering accessibility and visibility for Pope Francis to greet the faithful," according the Manhattan Beach-based carmaker.

Manhattan Beach carmaker building zero-emissions popemobile

Tom Hoffarth|Jun 17, 2021|4 Min Read

Graduates at St. John Bosco High School (JohnMichael Filippone)

LA’s class of 2021 reflects on beating a senior year of pandemic

Tom Hoffarth|Jun 11, 2021|15 Min Read

Eight men were ordained transitional deacons by Bishop David O'Connell Saturday, May 30, 2021 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. (Victor Alemán)

‘A huge step back to normalcy’: Eight transitional deacons ordained for LA

Tom Hoffarth|Jun 1, 2021|3 Min Read

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team, is seen March 19, 2021, during the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Sister Schmidt, a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was cleared to attend games after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine. (CNS photo/Alton Strupp, IndyStar, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

From LA to Indy, Sister Jean’s ‘mad’ run can’t be stopped

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Students in 5th-8th grade at St. Louise of France and St Philip Neri made cards for isolated seniors to bring them Easter cheer this year. (Courtesy Cards of Hope)

Pop-up card project connects Catholic kids with isolated seniors

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 16, 2021|4 Min Read

Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno hosts the virtual presentation “Your God Is Too Small" March 11 as part of LMU's Seaver Spotlight Series. (Tom Hoffarth)

God wants us to be stargazers, pope’s astronomer tells LMU crowd

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 16, 2021|5 Min Read

Principal Aaron De Loera talks to 3rd grade students on the first day of in-person class at St. Bernard Catholic School in Bellflower on March 3, 2021. (David Amador Rivera)

As LA’s COVID rates drop, more Catholic schools cautiously reopen

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 11, 2021|5 Min Read

Seventy-nine-year-old Msgr. John Moretta is pastor of Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights, one of the LA neighborhoods hit hardest by COVID-19. (Victor Alemán)

COVID vaccines part of LA priests’ front-line pandemic work

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 2, 2021|5 Min Read

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First-ever virtual REC offers answers for a world ‘hungry for the truth’

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 22, 2021|5 Min Read

Resurrection second-grade teacher Jaclyn Cisneros during class Feb. 1. (Victor Alemán)

In Boyle Heights, two schools with different pulses

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 16, 2021|4 Min Read

First graders at Holy Name of Mary follow a lesson from teacher Maria Bartelt in one of the school’s first grade classrooms with 10 students. (Victor Alemán)

What LA’s Catholic schools have learned about reopening during COVID

Tom Hoffarth|Feb 16, 2021|8 Min Read

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