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Experts: LA archdiocese abuse prevention efforts are about ‘changing the culture’
Addressing students during the school’s morning Mass on April 12, Father Michael Wakefield, pastor at St. Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks, relayed a story about a woman who inquired about the healing garden along the parish’s outside wall.
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In Lourdes, getting to Jesus through Mary
On May 4, I will have the privilege to celebrate Mass at the Grotto in Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary was said to appear to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858
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LA’s Catholic child protection experts look back on 20 years of keeping kids safe
There are few jobs, Susie Lopez will tell you, more rewarding than teaching kids how to stand up to potential predators.
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Remember what the sign of the cross is for
This Easter, we welcomed nearly 3,600 new Catholics to the family of God here in Los Angeles, including more than 2,000 catechumens who were baptized at the vigil Masses across the archdiocese, and more than 1,500 candidates who were newly confirmed in the faith.
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At South LA parish, tears flow at a reunion decades in the making
Twenty-two years ago, Maria Perez Cardenas’ 16-year-old son set out from their hometown in Jalisco, Mexico, to find work in the United States.
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Sanctuary for Weary Souls: Divine Mercy Comes to Hollywood
In Los Angeles, Christ the King Catholic Church stands at the border separating Hollywood and the Larchmont sections of the city.
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ARCHDIOCESE WELCOMES MORE THAN 2,000 NEW CATHOLICS ON EASTER
Catholic baptisms in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles set a record high this year with 2,075 adults, children and young people joining the Catholic Church, …
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Archdiocese welcomes record number of new Catholics on Easter 2024
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles had more than 2,000 catechumens baptized into the Catholic faith, the biggest number since at least 2016. The archdiocese also had the second-most candidates since 2016 entering into full communion with the Catholic Church.
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L.A. ARCHDIOCESE COMMEMORATES APRIL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH WITH A NEW GARDEN OF HEALING AND PRAYER
–A fifth healing garden, which will complete the places of prayer dedicated to sex abuse victim-survivors in each of the Archdiocese’s pastoral regions will be …
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What I saw on Palm Sunday in LA’s hipster capital
It is hard to imagine what the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles looked like in 1921, the year that St. Teresa of Avila Church was founded.
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