Mollie Baumer’s family seems to expand by the number of projects she becomes immersed in.

A bond with husband John and children Maxwell, Delaney and Jack Henry is strengthened through a faith life at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach. But outreach with the church’s sister parish at St. Lawrence of Brindisi in Watts has allowed her to pay things forward.

Growing up in the St. John Fisher parish in Palos Verdes, as the third of six children, Mollie saw the power of giving back

Growing up as the oldest of three sisters, Michelle Chandler laughs when she says that “for better or worse, it’s the oldest one who becomes a teacher.”
She majored in English and minored in Spanish at USC, and received a Master in education from UC Santa Barbara, leading to a job as a high school English teacher for five years. She then began work on creating curriculum for teachers to use in the age of Internet instruction.

“I was, in all sense of the world, doing everything well,”

Michael Scott Feeley has mastered the art of linking community-driven service with a devotion to global community.

Many aspects of his life for the last 30 years in Los Angeles, with wife Janet and in raising their sons Declan and Brogan, have involved a faith journey at St. Paul the Apostle in Westwood. A law partner with Latham & Watkins LLP, he has served on the board of the Catholic Schools Collaborative (which fosters holistic communities in

Carlos Herrera’s actions speak much more powerfully and profoundly than whatever humble words he may choose.

In the 26 years since he founded Interior Removal Services Inc., word has gotten out about his enormous heart. Heading a company that specializes in commercial business demolition with 240 co-workers Herrera’s personal mission guided by his Catholic compass extends beyond finding value in things a building tenant has left behind. In the essence of taking care of God’s creation, he has often found someone else in need who values it even more.

Shaped by a Midwest faith-based work ethic of persistence and determination, Dan Schwala has seen how the patient investment of time, talent and treasure into anything he’s been a part of has often paid off with blessed dividends.

It may start with his professional career as an investment advisor with Morgan Stanley , which sees him up at 3:30 a.m. and at the office before sunrise working for his clients. Add to that his personal and spiritual devotion to his ministerial involvement at his home parish of St. Monica, the outreach of St. Joseph Center in Venice and the Good

In just over four years as president and chief executive officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Paul Viviano has focused on expanding services to provide compassionate, world-class clinical care to more children in alignment with organization’s mission, vision and values.

You can find one example just around the corner from his office.

In January 2016, the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Interfaith Center opened at the hospital, with