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LA Archdiocese begins school year by expanding innovative educational programs to more Catholic schools
Nearly 80,000 students, from transitional kindergarten to 12th grade, in 266 schools across the tri-county Archdiocese (Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties) have headed back to school with several schools launching new language and technology programs and breaking ground on school expansion projects. Established more than 100 years ago, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese provide faith-based education where students receive tools for success in college and in their future careers focused on a commitment to service to their local and global communities.
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In wake of violence, archbishop urges Catholics to foster racial peace
Responding to violence caused by the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Archbishop of Los Angeles said the message in this week’s Gospel is one of inclusion, no matter a person’s race or nationality.
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Judson Studios Takes a 12th-Century Art Form Into the 21st Century
In the little-known, long-forgotten Northeast LA enclave of Garvanza – once a thriving community along the Arroyo Seco, named after the garbanzo bean plants that used to flourish there – you’ll find Judson Studios, where its master craftsmen have actively cut, painted, and assembled glass since 1920.
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Archbishop Gomez calls on catholics to become instruments of unity and healing to overcome new forms of racism and nationalism
In homilies delivered at two Los Angeles parishes this weekend, Archbishop José H. Gomez spoke out on the racial tensions that have been exposed in the wake of the Aug. 11–12 “Unite the Right” white-nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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‘Racism and nationalism rooted in fear,’ L.A. archbishop says after Charlottesville violence
In sermons delivered this weekend, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez spoke out about the racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Va., and urged Catholics to be an “instrument of healing and unity.”
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‘A house of prayer for all peoples’
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
It is great to be here!
I am honored to help you welcome Msgr. Kostelnik as your new pastor. As you know, we lived in the same house at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for five years — so I got to know him pretty good! I’m sure that you already like him and are happy that he is at St. Joseph’s. He is a good man and a good priest. A man of prayer and compassion and wisdom.
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Archbishop Gomez calls on Catholics to become instruments of unity and healing to overcome new forms of racism and nationalism
In a homily delivered at two Los Angeles parishes this weekend, Archbishop José H. Gomez spoke out on the racial tensions that have been exposed in the wake of the Aug. 11–12 “Unite the Right” white-nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Oscar Romero can help US Church fight for immigration reform
“In Blessed Oscar’s name, let’s keep working — to build a better Los Angeles, a better America, and a better world. Let us carry the Gospel message of love and mercy, truth and justice into every corner of our world,” the archbishop said during his homily at Los Angeles cathedral.
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Salvadorans in U.S. mark Blessed Oscar Romero’s 100th birthday
“He wanted to know about him, who he was,” said Quintanilla.
Because of the violent manner in which he died in 1980 — shot to death while celebrating Mass — it was difficult to explain the entire story of Blessed Oscar Romero to young Esau Cruz, now 6, but little by little, Quintanilla, began to teach him: He was a bit like Jesus. “He died for us,” and “he didn’t like injustice,” she explained to him.
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Archbishop Gomez: Make Oscar Romero’s mission your own
“One hundred years after his birth, Blessed Oscar Romero still inspires us for his humility and courage – for his love for the poor and his witness of solidarity and service to others, even to the point of laying down his life,” Archbishop Jose Gomez said at an Aug. 13 Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral marking the centenary of Romero’s birth.
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