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Burbank Couple Blessed With Tickets to Join the Pope on Its 50th Anniversary
A Burbank husband and wife plan to travel thousands of miles to celebrate their wedding anniversary at a canonization mass with the Pope.
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Habrá una capilla en honor a Fray Junípero en la Catedral de Los Ángeles
Con uno de los huesos del Fray Junípero Serra y su estola, abrirá una capilla al interior de la Catedral de Los Angeles, a donde las personas podrán rezar y pedirle milagros al nuevo santo católico.
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Local church group heads to East Coast for Pope Francis visit
Members of the congregation at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church are preparing for a trip to Washington D.C. to see Pope Francis during his visit.
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Southern California Pilgrims Prepare To Meet The Pope Back East
A special mass at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral was held Saturday in Log Angeles.
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Latino Catholics See Reflection in a Friar Set for Sainthood
VENTURA, Calif. — On his way to Mass every morning at Mission San Buenaventura, Miguel Olivas drives past the bronze statue of the Catholic mission’s founder, Junípero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar, and murmurs a plea: “Pray for me, Father Serra. Watch over me.”
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The Spiritual Discovery of the New World: Junípero Serra’s Mission and America’s Religious Foundations and Future
Blessed Junípero Serra is one of the great figures in the history of the Church’s mission ad gentes — “to the nations.”
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Archdiocese of L.A. plans exhibit to honor Serra’s sainthood
In less than a week, thousands are expected to pour into Washington, D.C., to see Pope Francis canonize 18th century priest Junipero Serra.
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Saint Junipero Serra Known as a the ‘father of the California missions,’ Serra will become America’s first Hispanic saint — and the first to be canonized on U.S. soil
When Pope Francis arrives in the United States for his first pastoral visit to our country Sept. 22, his first major public event will be the canonization of the 13th American saint, Junipero Serra.
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Seize the Day’s Resolve: St. Junípero Serra
A mural by Frank A. Martinez greets people entering the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Calif. The rendering depicts figures from early 18th-century California, including Blessed Junipero Serra (right) and native people building the missions and harvesting crops. The central figure at top is Mary. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
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ARCHBISHOP GOMEZ ‘HANGS OUT’ WITH CATHOLIC STUDENTS AND SEMINARIANS TO PREPARE FOR PAPAL VISIT AND LAUNCH EXPANDED CATHOLIC EDUCATION ONLINE PRESENCE
— First-Ever Back-to-School Google Hangout on Air by Archbishop Gomez Engaged Students and Seminarians in the Significance of the Canonization of Blessed Junípero Serra, Papal Visit …
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