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College hosts retreat for Los Angeles regional deacons
Over the weekend, Thomas Aquinas College hosted a retreat for the deacons who serve the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Santa Barbara pastoral region. “Bishop Barron has a particular desire that the deacons in his region have an annual retreat that will really deepen their spiritual lives,” says Deacon Chris Sandner, regional assistant to the Most Rev. Robert Barron. “The campus at Thomas Aquinas College was the perfect place to do just that. We were all very grateful to be here.”
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#BuenosDíasLA: Los Ángeles celebrará misa en reconocimiento de todos los inmigrantes
Tras la decisión de los líderes de la Cámara de Representantes de no permitir un debate sobre la Ley USA, el arzobispo José Gómez instó una vez más a los legisladores de Estados Unidos a aprobar una medida para proteger a jóvenes indocumentados.
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Archbishop Gomez ‘deeply disappointed’ that USA Act will not be debated
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles decried the decision by House leaders not to allow debate on a bipartisan bill that would have opened a legal pathway to permanent residency for “Dreamers.”
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Bishop Robert Barron celebrates St. Monica Academy Graduation
On June 8, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Robert Barron celebrated St. Monica Academy’s Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation. After celebrating Mass with five other priests, Bishop Barron delivered the commencement address and conferred diplomas upon St. Monica Academy’s 8th Grade and 12th Grade graduates.
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Bishop O’Connell blesses St. Andrew School before renovations begin
The celebration marked the last school Mass of the year, and the last Mass before the school undergoes a major construction project. Due to the generosity of the Shea Family Foundation, St. Andrew Parish and generous donors, St. Andrew School will receive much needed renovations over the summer.
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Bishops to update voting guidelines to ‘apply the teaching of Pope Francis to our day’
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted today to revise their document on Catholics in public life, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” in advance of the 2020 presidential election.
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In Florida, bishops’ ‘Faithful Citizenship’ debate heats up
What some expected would be a brisk vote turned out to be a lengthy discussion at the USCCB general assembly meeting on Thursday, covering the future of the bishops’ guide to political engagement, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.
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Bishops to supplement rather than revise Faithful Citizenship voter guide
After nearly 90 minutes of fraternal debate about the future of their quadrennial voter guide, the U.S. bishops opted to supplement rather than revise or replace the current document, resisting a push from a group of bishops who viewed the current version as outdated in light of “a radically different moment” brought by the presidency of Donald Trump.
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Migration issue needs a change of mindset, proposes pope
Pope Francis says that the migration issue needs a change of mindset — to go from seeing migrants as a “threat to our comfort” to realizing that they are people with experiences and values that can “contribute greatly to the enrichment of our society.”
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Archbishop Gomez to lead novena for immigrants
On the heels of a decision by House of Representative leaders to not permit a debate on the USA Act, Archbishop José H. Gomez once again called on lawmakers to pass compromise legislation to protect “Dreamers.”
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