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Long Beach parish says a final farewell to the deacon who ‘never gave up’
It’s not unusual for people to hug at a funeral. Of course, these are usually hugs of consolation, the kind offered in support and accompanied by grim expressions, sometimes tears.
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Gomez: On July 4, let’s also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding
As the nation’ celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country’s “other founding” by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim “the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.
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Annual VOX VITAE Catholic pro-life leadership camp goes virtual in 2021
The annual VOX VITAE Pro-Life Team Leadership Summer Camp will take on a hybrid format in 2021. The program, which informs teens (14-19) on the dignity of the human person, will be held both live and virtually. Registration for the event, running from July 18-23, is open now.
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The American creed
I have always loved how, in God’s providence, the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Junípero Serra three days before our nation celebrates its independence on July 4.
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Long Beach parish hosts historic food drive
More than 1,000 boxes of food were handed out to local families in need at a June 26 drive-through event at St. Barnabas Church in Long Beach that drew helpers from all parts of LA County, including Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
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Archbishop Gomez: Catholic Missionaries Such as St. Junípero Witness to the ‘American Creed’
The early Catholic missionaries to what became the United States were witnesses to the American belief that all persons have rights to life and liberty, Archbishop José Gomez wrote on Friday.
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“His primary identity was as a priest”: The truth about Junípero Serra
Pope Francis recently announced his intention to canonize Spanish padre, Blessed Junípero Serra Ferrer, O.F.M. (1713-84) when he visits the United States this fall. Serra was from the Spanish island possession of Majorca, off the east coast of Spain, and traveled to the New World with his fellow Franciscans to evangelize the native peoples of Mexico and California. Beginning in 1769, he established the first nine of 21 California missions.
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St. John’s gala to honor longtime LA pastors, seminary benefactors
By the time the annual gala for St. John’s Seminary returns to the Plaza at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sept. 18, it will be a full two years since supporters have been able to meet in person to celebrate the successes of the alumni from the Camarillo campus.
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For one LA Catholic church, meeting indoors is ‘historic’ after wave of COVID-19 deaths
On June 20, before Mass had even begun, St. Anthony Catholic Church’s parishioners broke into applause.
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