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Late LA Mayor Richard Riordan Honored With Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
The life of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan was celebrated in a memorial Mass Friday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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New healing garden at Ventura Catholic church dedicated to sexual abuse victims
A healing garden dedicated to sexual abuse victims opened Tuesday night at Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Church in Ventura.
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Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council to hold National Day of Prayer Breakfast
Newport Mesa Irvine (NMI) Interfaith Council has announced they will have Rt. Rev. Alexei Smith, a Greek Catholic priest, lead the National Day of Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 4 from 7-9 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Newport Beach. The theme will be, “Prayer for Healing in a Troubled World.”
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Late LA Mayor Riordan’s support for Catholic education had deep roots
Six years before Richard Riordan was elected by an overwhelming margin as mayor of Los Angeles, the first Catholic to serve as the city’s mayor in the modern era, he was a founding trustee and the first president of the Catholic Education Foundation of Los Angeles (CEF).
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Statement on the Death of Richard J. Riordan
Most Reverend José H. GomezArchbishop of Los Angeles I am saddened by the loss of Richard Riordan. His passing marks the end of an era …
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Richard Riordan, modern LA’s first Catholic mayor, dies at 92
Richard Riordan, the first Catholic to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles in the modern era, died at the age of 92 on Wednesday, April 19, his family announced.
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Wilmington parishes bring washing of the feet event to the streets
Eucharistic processions. Marian processions. Stations of the Cross. All involve traditional devotions that seek to bring faith beyond the church’s walls and into the public.
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Considering Catholic School? Here’s What to Know
With a variety of K-12 school options for parents to sort through, choosing the right learning environment for your child can be difficult. If private school is a consideration, then Catholic school may have crossed your mind.
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In Los Angeles County, an immigrant church — again
If you sit in crawling traffic on an urban arterial, or speed down the smooth six lanes of a sprawling suburban boulevard, you’ll see the architecture of America’s new religious identities. A minaret points skyward next to the squat dome of a brand new mosque. Hindu temples, Sikh gurdwaras and Protestant megachurches sit in splendor in seas of black asphalt. Two holy words shared across all these faiths are “ample parking.”
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The Coming Eucharistic Revival
In ecclesiastical circles, it is sometimes said that bishops will always find something to fight about — perhaps that’s why they call each other “brother bishops.” In November 2021, America’s conference of bishops proved the maxim true, this time wrangling over their document on Eucharistic coherence, “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church.”
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