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Kindling a missionary spirit on World Mission Sunday
One by one, eight poster-sized images of the North American Martyrs came up the center aisle of American Martyrs Church, carried in by parishioners and then placed on easels surrounding the altar.
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Los Angeles foster parents offer generosity, find new support networks
Marie Dharmaratne loved being an aunt but never planned on being a mother. When she turned 40, she started rethinking the idea. Her mother suggested she foster to adopt — specifically, her mother thought, a 10-month-old baby boy.
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Local cemetery workers find a mission among the dead
With its white stucco exterior, red tile roof, and expansive green lawns behind it, the entrance building of All Souls Cemetery and Mortuary in Long Beach might easily be mistaken for a golf course clubhouse.
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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATIONS RETURN AT SANTA CLARA CEMETERY IN OXNARD AND CALVARY CEMETERY IN EAST L.A.
Auxiliary Bishop Aclan will celebrate Mass at Santa Clara Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 26 and Archbishop Gomez will celebrate Mass at Calvary Cemetery on Saturday, …
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Honoring the memory of their loved ones
For the second year in a row, 28-year-old Jeannette Vasquez, her siblings, mother, and other family members will come together at Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard to create a traditional Day of the Dead altar in honor of her father, Rafael, who died Oct. 2, 2015.
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Girls’ Volleyball: Rosary, Connelley, St. Bernard advance
Three Catholic school teams qualified for the first round of the CIF-Southern Section girls’ volleyball playoffs by winning their wild-card matches Oct. 22.
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How ‘Dia de los Muertos’ has become a celebration of life in LA
For the second year in a row, 28-year-old Jeannette Vasquez, her siblings, mother, and other family members will come together at Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard to create a traditional Day of the Dead altar in honor of her father, Rafael, who died Oct. 2, 2015.
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The rosary is a prayer of the heart
We are concluding this month that the Church dedicates to the holy rosary, and I want to encourage all of us to go deeper in our practice of this holy devotion.
We all need to pray more urgently, with greater intensity. It is the only path to take if we want to grow in our relationship with God. For me, praying the rosary every day has become a part of my own life and it is a powerful help in my own efforts to follow Jesus. -
Misa y procesión del Señor de los Milagros en Los Ángeles
El pasado 20 de octubre se llevó a cabo en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles la misa y procesión del Señor de Los Milagros, que congregaron a más de tres mil personas, entre público local y peruanos residentes en dicha ciudad de Estados Unidos. Hicieron uso de la palabra el Presidente de la Hermandad Señor de Los Milagros La Placita y el Cónsul General del Perú, Embajador Hugo Portugal, quien formuló votos por el bienestar de la comunidad peruana residente expresándole su reconocimiento por mantener vigente esta antigua tradición peruana.
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3 opciones para celebrar el Día de Muertos
La cultura latina se deja sentir con la llegada del Día de Muertos, sobre todo en las áreas con una fuerte presencia mexicana, aunque otras comunidades se han unido gustosas a celebrar a los muertos con ofrendas, altares y calaveritas de azúcar.
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