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‘We need to show young people what holiness looks like’ Gomez tells synod
Young people should look to the “saints of our times,” as models of holiness, Archbishop Jose Gomez told the Synod of Bishops on Tuesday. The Archbishop of Los Angeles highlighted the example of the seven recently canonized saints in his speech to the assembly.
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ANNUAL OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PILGRIMAGE KICKS OFF OCT. 27-NOV. 3 IN VENTURA COUNTY
2018 Pilgrimage Schedule of the images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego In the spirit of the Synod of Youth taking place …
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Archbishop Gomez: Young people deserve Jesus
I am writing to you again from the Synod of Bishops, where we are examining the realities of young people in the world today and how the Church can best help them to follow the path that God wants for their lives.
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Youth Synod 2018: The voices of LA
Before leaving for the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment, Archbishop José H. Gomez met with high school students from around the Archdiocese to listen to the issues of importance of our youth in Los Angeles and to share their voices at the Synod in Rome.
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Masses, celebrations in U.S. mark canonization of St. Romero
With a Mass, processions and fellowship, about 800 people, mostly immigrants, gathered at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church in Washington Oct. 14 to celebrate the canonization of St. Oscar Romero.
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Catholics in LA honor ‘San Romero’ as a saint for the first time
On the day that Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was finally declared a saint by Pope Francis in Rome, a crowd of a thousand people made up mostly of his fellow countrymen and women filled the vast but simple church of St. Thomas the Apostle in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles to honor him.
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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATIONS RETURN AT CALVARY CEMETERY IN EAST L.A. AND SANTA CLARA CEMETERY IN OXNARD
Flyer2018.DDLMCalvaryEastLA Flyer2018.DDLMSantaClaraOxnard Archbishop Gomez will celebrate Mass at Calvary Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 3. The Catholic Cemeteries and Mortuaries of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles …
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LA Salvadorans celebrate Archbishop Oscar Romero’s rise to sainthood
Nearly four decades after Archbishop Oscar Romero was fatally shot over his political views during mass in El Salvador, Pope Francis canonized the archbishop Sunday at Vatican City.
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LA’s Salvadoran Americans Celebrate St. Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero has been the informal patron saint of El Salvador since he was murdered by a right-wing death squad while saying mass in 1980 — but now it’s official.
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Thousands gather in L.A. archdiocese to celebrate St. Oscar Romero
Thousands of Catholics in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles gathered in the cathedral on Sunday to celebrate as Oscar Romero was canonized in Rome.