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Director of operations for Archdiocesan Catholic Center honored at the White House
On Sept. 13, Eileen O’Brien, director of operations for the Archdiocesan Catholic Center, was invited to the White House to receive an award for Building Resilience in Diverse Communities.
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Bicolandia celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia
It was a day on the brink of autumn that came with ribbons of mist under an impossibly blue sky. Clear and temperate burnished it as a perfect day to celebrate the 42nd Penafrancia Eucharistic celebration in honor of Our Lady of Penafrancia at the Lincoln Park lake. The great gathering unleashed a kind of controlled religious anarchy (3,000,000 have people gathered to pay homage in the Philippines), at a time of national crisis.
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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PILGRIMAGE KICKS OFF WITH A FIRST-EVER VISIT TO CATALINA ISLAND
In celebration of the 485th anniversary of the miraculous apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego, this year La Peregrina, a pilgrim …
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Catholics in the Public Square – Revised 4th Edition
Catholic social teaching gives us a vision of the world as it could be and as it should be. The world as God created it to be.The gospel of Jesus Christ is the most radical doctrine in the history of ideas. If the world believed what Jesus proclaimed — that God is our Father and we are all brothers and sisters created in His image with God-given dignity and a transcendent destiny — every society could be transformed overnight.
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St. Monica Academy celebrates 15 years of classical education
St. Monica Academy celebrates its 15th Anniversary this year. The landmark was celebrated with the school’s largest ever Auction in April and first Graduation on the new Montrose campus in June. Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez celebrated the Baccalaureate Mass and gave the commencement address in which he urged the graduates to pray unceasingly and become saints.
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LA LECCIÓN MÁS IMPORTANTE QUE TENEMOS QUE APRENDER
Siempre es maravilloso orar como católicos porque cuando se celebra la Eucaristía estamos unidos en oración a la familia de Dios que se encuentra en todos los lugares de nuestro país, en todas las culturas y todas y en todas partes del mundo. Y en la Eucaristía todos nos unimos al culto que le rinden a Dios los ángeles y los santos del cielo.
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Many cultures, one faith
Men, women and children representing the diverse races, cultures and languages that comprise the three-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles will gather at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 10 a.m. on Sept. 17 to worship together under this unifying moniker, the theme of the 12th annual Mass of Cultures.
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The most important lesson we have to learn
It is always wonderful to pray as a Catholic. Because when we celebrate the Eucharist — we are joined in prayer with the family of God in every part of our country, in every culture and every part of the world. And in the Eucharist we are all joined together in the worship of God with the angels and saints in heaven.
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Dodgers host first-ever ‘Catholic Night’
On Sept. 2, Dodger Stadium served as the center of a massive Venn diagram of local Catholics and lifelong fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers, as the ballpark hosted its first-ever “Catholic Night.” The baseball team hosted, fittingly, the San Diego Padres on the field, and actual ordained members of religious life and lay people from throughout the tri-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the stands.
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‘Abortion Is Catholic Social Justice’ Campaign Draws Wide Catholic Rebuke (3788)
A full-page ad blitz with the words “Public funding of abortion is a Catholic social-justice value” has made a splash in major newspapers across the United States.
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