By Andres Rivera
Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE – For almost 16 years the Korean community of St. Andrew Kim yearned for a worship space to call their own. They were happy to meet and worship at St. Mel Parish in Norco but wanted more freedom to enhance their missionary activities.

By Andres Rivera
Staff Writer

RIALTO—Nancy Jamarillo, an 11-year-old parishioner at St. Patrick Parish in Moreno Valley, was excited to finish her first crocheted blanket and present it to her step-father. She stepped forward, surrounded by her new friends, and presented the red blanket with black trim to him as a prayer was said for his continued health. 

By Andres Rivera
Staff Writer

ALTA LOMA—About 30 statues of the Blessed Mother, some rich in history and all collected by a Phelan resident, have been recently donated to St. Peter and St. Paul Parish in Alta Loma. The parish held a dedication ceremony on May 19 to unveil the installation of the statues in the parish’s social hall. 

PALM SPRINGS—Art imitated life last month when a Hollywood film crew came to Our Lady of Solitude parish in Palm Springs to recreate the funeral Mass of the late entertainer Liberace.

 A lifelong Catholic, Liberace maintained a residence across the street from the parish and producers of the forthcoming HBO movie “Behind the Candelabra” said they had wanted to film in the church because a funeral Mass for Liberace had taken place there after his death in 1987.

By Andres Rivera
Staff Writer

MURRIETA—Reserves at the St. Martha Food Pantry and Community Outreach Center were running low after Easter. A series of providential events, however, have revived the local refuge for families whose needs are many and resources are few.