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Connected: National Black Catholic Congress unites members to evangelize
Following a series of fortuitous events (facilitated, she is quite sure, by the Holy Spirit), Dione Grillo found herself surrounded by more fellow African American Catholics than she had ever seen gathered in one place in her entire life. The experience was both beautiful and spiritually uplifting, filling her with a range of unexpected emotions and a newfound sense of “connection.”
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California bishops support bill to restrict immigration enforcement
California’s efforts to protect immigrants while balancing legitimate public safety concerns is proving more difficult than many thought. SB 54, the California Values Act (de Leon, D-Los Angeles), is at an impasse, at least temporarily, as Governor Brown, Senate President pro temp Kevin de Leon, immigration groups and law enforcement interests grapple with the legislation’s complexities.
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‘Moving forward’: Seminary names new faculty, boosts recruiting
St. Patrick’s Seminary & University is welcoming five new professors and expects to admit as many as 15 new seminarians from six dioceses for the upcoming academic year, as new rector-president and vice chancellor Jesuit Father George Schultze reaches out to bishops in several Western states to encourage them to consider the Menlo Park seminary for priestly formation.
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Diocesan delegates find joy, inspiration at Convocation of Catholic Leaders
Eleven delegates from the Diocese of Providence joined 3,500 participants from throughout the United States in celebrating the Gospel and recommitting themselves to the Church’s mission of evangelization at the Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando July 1–4.
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Oregon church leaders attend national convocation on missionary discipleship
A delegation from the Archdiocese of Portland traveled to Orlando, Florida, July 1-4 to help devise ways to best reflect the church’s missionary call in today’s world.
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El camino a la beatificación del obispo Alfonso Gallegos, el ‘Santo del Barrio’
Muy pocas veces miembros de una comunidad pueden asegurar que convivieron con una persona que en cuestión de tiempo puede ser convertida en santa por el Vaticano. El obispo Gallegos está a dos milagros de ser oficialmente un santo, aunque para los que lo conocieron ya lo es.
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Inspired to boldly proclaim The Joy of the Gospel in America
I didn’t know what to expect. From the very first session it was clear that this was no ordinary conference gathering. This was an event that would have the potential to transform the Church from within so it can carry out its mission of being more effective in proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ as envisioned by Pope Francis.
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Peregrinación a la Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe – Arquidiocesis de Los Angeles
La Misa por la primera Peregrinación Arquidiocesana a la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe con el Arzobispo José H. Gomez celebrada el sábado 8 de julio 2017.
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Arzobispo de Los Ángeles pide por migrantes en Misa en Basílica de Guadalupe en México
Mons. José Gómez, Arzobispo de Los Ángeles en Estados Unidos, encabezó una peregrinación a la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, en Ciudad de México, y encomendó a los migrantes a su protección.
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Archbishop José Gomez blesses statue of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos
It’s been nearly 26 years since Auxiliary Bishop Alphonse Gallegos’ funeral at Sacramento’s Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, but on June 24 he was celebrated in a church filled with parishioners, family members and members of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, the religious order in which Alphonse Gallegos was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
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