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Celebrating our Seniors:’ Pirates honor students impacted by coronavirus pandemic
Santa Ynez athletic director Ashley Coelho had trouble sleeping Thursday night, but it wasn’t because she was nervous or anxious.
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Diocese of Orange will allow parishes to hold public Masses starting June 14
The Diocese of Orange announced Friday, May 22, that public Masses can begin in parishes within the diocese starting Sunday, June 14, which will include Vigil Masses the evening before. But Bishop Kevin Vann has extended the dispensation excusing Catholics from the obligation to attend Mass until large gatherings are deemed safe again.
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Panelists admit sacramental life is hard without the dimension of touch
In a “touchless” environment spawned by the coronavirus pandemic, living out the church’s sacramental life is tough without the element of touch: the reception of the Eucharist, the baptism with water, the laying on of hands, the anointing with oil.
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ CALLS ON ALL PEOPLE TO LOVE WITHOUT HOLDING ANYTHING BACK ESPECIALLY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN HIS WEEKLY ANGELUS COLUMN
In his weekly column in Angelus (angelusnews.com), print and online magazine of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archbishop José H. Gomez reflects on the life and ministry of St. …
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The Parish Exists To Support the Family Not The Other Way Around.” Popcak Interview with The Angelus on Domestic Church Life
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles just published an article I was interviewed for. It discusses the renewed emphasis on domestic church life–especially in light of the pandemic. My thanks to Sophia Martinson for the piece. Since we discussed a lot of things that didn’t make the final piece, I wanted to share the full conversation Sophia and I had. I hope it will help you discover the importance of your domestic church in God’s plan for bringing the world to him.
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Justice Dept. says California’s pandemic plan should open churches sooner
The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging the “unequal treatment of faith communities” in California’s coronavirus reopening plan, warning that continued restrictions on worship services threaten believers’ civil rights to practice their religion.
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Order of Malta, Carmelites get creative to deliver ‘care for the caregivers’ in LA
In the early weeks of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles learned that senior citizens were at a heightened risk of contracting the deadly virus. The sisters thought instantly of the residents at their Santa Teresita nursing home and assisted living facility in Duarte, and realized what they were being called to do: move in with them.
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Video: Alumnus Seminarian on Path to Priesthood
“I don’t bring something special to the priesthood; the priesthood is something that God gives to me,” says Michael Masteller (’13) in the above video from L.A. Catholics. “It’s our path of holiness. Every person has their path. Every vocation is that path of holiness.”
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Our Lady of Guadalupe school hands out meals in East L.A.
By 9 a.m. on a recent Friday, the line of mostly young mothers already stretched for a block down the sidewalk along the chain-link fence that separates Our Lady of Guadalupe School from Hazard Avenue. Nancy Figueroa, principal of the parish school in East LA, was talking to them in Spanish.
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Pandemic sparks a renewed focus on idea of ‘the domestic church’
Deborah DiPaulo sat down on her living room couch one Friday and turned on her laptop. She had cleared out her schedule for the whole evening and the next morning so that she could tune into the virtual event about to take place.
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