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Viva Arch Vegas! Sin City gets blessed as an archdiocese
NEW YORK – At a Mass celebrating Las Vegas becoming the 33rd U.S. archdiocese, Cardinal Christophe Pierre told those in attendance that the growth of Catholicism in Sin City is the outcome of synodality, that is, “women and men working together on the shared journey of faith.”
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Crowd packs LA Missionary Childhood Association Mass at Our Lady of the Angels
About 1,700 students, faculty and parents from Catholic schools in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties attended the 2023 Los Angeles Missionary Childhood Association Mass on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and school students joined a children’s procession during the children’s Mass.
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Shrine to be Declared at Hollywood Catholic Church
Christ the King Parish in Hollywood will be declared as the new Archdiocesan Divine Mercy Shrine in a Mass Saturday to be celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez, auxiliary bishops and priests.
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Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Oct. 14-21
Mass in Recognition of Healthcare Professionals: Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrates the Mass, 3:30 p.m. The annual service recognizes those who care for the sick. A “blessing of hands” of healthcare professionals takes place at the end of the Mass. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. 213-637-7655. Email: catholichealthcare@la-archdiocese.org. olacathedral.org and olacathedral.org/events/mass-for-healthcare-professionals
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New Bishop Nunes: Faith came from meeting of cultures thousands of miles away
It was like a secret club, a unique world where the only way to gain admittance was to be from an area surrounding a small estuary near China.
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Priests in the Public Square
Three priests walk into a hip enclave to discuss the sexual revolution … but rather than a punchline, what ensued was a striking reminder that, amid cultural revolutions, orthodoxy just might be the most subversive lifestyle of all.
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New Bishop Szkredka: Polish, ‘JP2’ influence is strong
Poland is practically on the other side of the world from California.
But for a few moments, lying face-down on the floor during his episcopal Ordination Mass Sept. 26, Bishop Slawomir’s Szkredka’s homeland suddenly felt a lot closer as the names of a few fellow countrymen rang out inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES RECEIVES LILLY ENDOWMENT INC. FUNDING
–Dedicated $1.25 million to Support the Ongoing Preaching Initiative– The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has received a dedicated grant of $1,250,000 from Lilly Endowment …
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New Bishop Szkredka: A biblical scholar almost by accident
When Father Slawomir Szkredka was first approached 15 years ago about going to graduate school in Rome to study Scripture, he wasn’t exactly excited.
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New Bishop Elshoff: Family’s roots felt all over LA
Cal Elshoff made a promise to his wife, Irene, in the summer of 1965.
Accepting a transfer as an architect with U.S. Gypsum and moving the family from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Southern California meant he would find a good Catholic parish that could take all five of their children into its school on Day One.
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