• Memories of the Summer of Love in Ventura County
    June 26, 2017  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    Within weeks after graduating from Oxnard High School in June of 1967 — at a time when Scott McKenzie was singing on the radio about going to San Francisco with “flowers in your hair” — Maurice James and her girlfriends piled into an El Camino and headed up the coast toward Big Sur, sans flowers.

  • OREMOS POR LAS VOCACIONES SACERDOTALES
    June 24, 2017  |  Around the ADLA  |  No Comment

    La decisión de aceptar el llamado a la vida sacerdotal o a la vida religiosa es algo más que escoger una profesión. Implica descubrir los propios talentos e inclinaciones, pero sobre todo significa responder a un llamado. Dios llama de un modo personal. Los relatos vocacionales bíblicos nos lo explican de un modo detallado. Los invito a que lean la vocación de Moisés en (Éxodo 3:1-12) donde podemos ver que Dios sale a nuestro encuentro en nuestra vida ordinaria. En el caso de Moisés estaba pastoreando. Nos llama de un modo personal, a él lo llama por su nombre “Moisés, Moisés”. Nos invita a compartir su misión; lo que está en contra de la humanidad y de nuestra felicidad está en contra de Dios. A Moisés le dijo que sentía el dolor de los esclavizados judíos en Egipto, y que lo enviaba a él a liberar a su pueblo. Moisés se resistió a aceptar la misión, “¿Quién soy yo?”, pero Dios le refirma su compromiso de no dejarlo solo: “Yo estaré contigo”. La experiencia vocacional de Moisés se repite en otros personajes bíblicos como Gedeón, Jeremías o incluso en la vocación de la Santísima Virgen María. Y esa misma experiencia vocacional se repite hoy en la vida de cada uno de nosotros. Lo importante es que estemos atentos para escuchar y responder al llamado de Dios.

  • Bishops address religious liberty, health care, worship
    June 23, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Reflecting their concern that religious liberty at home and abroad remains a top priority, the U.S. bishops during their spring general assembly in Indianapolis voted to make permanent their Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty.

  • A doctor prescribed a procedure, but insurance offered death
    June 23, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Dr. T. Brian Callister chose to become a physician for the reason many choose to go into the medical field – to make a difference in people’s lives.
    But that difference has recently been cut short by assisted suicide legislation.

  • Archbishop José Gomez on the Intersection of Catholicism and Immigration
    June 22, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Archbishop José Gomez is an immigrant himself: Born in Monterrey, Mexico, he became a United States citizen more than 20 years ago. As the fifth and current archbishop of Los Angeles, Gomez uses his platform to advocate for immigration reform.

  • STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP JOHN R. QUINN, EMERITUS ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO
    June 22, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, Press Releases  |  No Comment

    Following is a statement from Archbishop José H. Gomez on the death Archbishop John R. Quinn: On behalf of my brother Bishops and the entire family …

  • LA, Archdiocese Launches New Website Dedicated to Raising Awareness and Providing Resources on Immigration
    June 21, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    The Archdiocese of Los Angeles launched today TheNextAmerica.org (FuturoEstadosUnidos.org), a new bilingual website aiming to raise awareness, provide resources and share the Christian perspective on immigration. The website is launching on the heels of the Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants yesterday, a special Mass presided by Archbishop José H. Gomez at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels that united thousands in prayer and celebration of the immigrant spirit of the U.S.

  • Lake Forest church members walk to Mass on Immigration in Los Angeles
    June 20, 2017  |  In The News  |  No Comment

    A group of about 15 Catholics from Santiago de Compostela parish walked and prayed in solidarity to a special Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants, Sunday, June 18, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.

  • Archbishop Gomez celebrates special Mass in solidarity with immigrants
    June 20, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  No Comment

    Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said in his homily at June 18 Mass that “the promise of America is that this land will be a home for all peoples.”

  • In the Body of Christ, we meet as friends
    June 20, 2017  |  The Latest  |  No Comment

    Today we are celebrating the immigrant spirit that makes America great.

    America has always been a beautiful collection of many immigrant peoples. And the immigrant spirit is still renewing the soul of America — even though we are going through some hard times and struggles in recent years.