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Los Angeles Area Red Cross Blood Drives Coming Up Soon
The U.S. faces a critical blood supply shortage, and the Red Cross urges people of all blood types to donate.
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Local artists add beauty to Los Angeles exhibit ‘250 Years of Mission’ to celebrate Jubilee Year
On September 11, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles began a Jubilee Year, Forward in Mission, to mark 250 years since the opening of the region’s first church, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded in 1771 by Saint Junípero Serra. An exhibit titled 250 Years of Mission will be on display at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels through Sept. 10, 2022, to tell the story of the Catholic faith in the region.
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Over 250 years, Mission San Gabriel has endured every kind of test
In May 2018, I spontaneously decided to begin walking the roughly 800-mile California Mission Trail. With a lot of prayer, support from my family and friends at the California Mission Walkers, I finished in June 2020.
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Arzobispo de Los Ángeles celebrará misa en honor a todos los inmigrantes
El arzobispo de Los Ángeles y presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB, en inglés), José Gómez, celebrará este domingo una misa en honor a todos los inmigrantes del país.
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Arzobispo de Los Ángeles oficia una ceremonia en apoyo y reconocimiento de los inmigrantes en EEUU
Decenas de personas asistieron a la misa, pero antes de ello participaron en una peregrinación por cerca de 60 millas y varios condados, todo con el fin de resaltar la historia logros de la comunidad inmigrante en el país. En la celebración religiosa, la cual se efectuó en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles, las oraciones se elevaron por quienes están en busca de asilo en las fronteras.
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Educando a los latinos sobre las vacunas contra el covid-19
Los latinos hemos estado al frente de la pandemia por más de año y medio.
Desde diferentes campos laborales como empleados esenciales, enfermeras y trabajadores agrícolas, nuestra gente ha trabajado duro desde el principio para asegurarse que todos tengamos lo necesario para sobrevivir la pandemia, que trágicamente se ha llevado la vida demás de 600,000 estadounidenses. Según el CDC, esto incluye más de 114,000 latinos que han fallecido por COVID-19.
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Dawn Unity Column: Interfaith group celebrates 20th anniversary with panel series
Who would have thought two decades ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, that Dawn Unity would be celebrating 20 years of interfaith education? Some things are constant and some changed over our existence. We remain committed to educating people about their neighbors’ faiths through scholarly discussion by qualified representatives of their religions. And, we are committed to doing this through respect for all religions and their followers.
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Letter: Stop the slander of Father Serra
Honorable Governor, please send back for re-write AB 338 and stop the slander of Father Serra. Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone and Jose H. Gomez publicly defended Father Saint Junipero Serra. They oppose the parts of AB 338 that slander Serra. I agree.
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LA Archdiocese aims to evangelize through jubilee ‘pilgrimage sites’
Thanks to Mission San Gabriel’s 250th birthday celebration this year, Los Angeles is getting the closest thing to a local “Camino Real” since the days of the first Spanish missionaries.
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Love is the reason
On Sept. 8, Archbishop Gomez led a candlelight prayer service to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The following is adapted from his homily.
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