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LA Archdiocese’s Called to Renew campaign restoring both people and parishes
When the Called to Renew campaign was first launched in 2018, many took it simply as a way to raise funds for capital projects across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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Black Catholics look to a new generation of leaders at LA gathering
When 10 Black bishops decided to issue a pastoral letter on the state of Black Catholicism in the U.S. in 1984, they identified a few basic priorities: overcoming racism, creating opportunities to experience the Church as a community, and passing the faith to future generations.
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Bishop Elshoff: How Blessed Solanus Casey ‘blew open’ the door to my ministry
The year was 1973. The place was the Capuchin Novitiate of San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez, California. I was a novice there when I was introduced to the life of Capuchin Father Solanus Casey by Father Columban Butler, a Capuchin chaplain at nearby Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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Seven new LA deacons ordained, taking final step before priesthood in 2025
That’s how Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Brian Nunes described the journeys of the seven men ordained as transitional deacons Nov. 23 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the final step before becoming priests.
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Schedule of events for Simbang Gabi 2024 in the LA Archdiocese
Every year, dozens of parishes around the Archdiocese of Los Angeles host celebrations marking Simbang Gabi, a Filipino tradition that celebrates the nine days leading up to Christmas with the celebration of the Mass, novenas, and food.
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2024 Immaculate Conception Mass obligation remains in LA, despite date transfer
In years past, when a solemnity fell on a Sunday during Advent, Lent, or Easter, the feast day would be transferred to Monday and Catholics were encouraged, but not obligated, to attend Mass.
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How ‘Angelica’ was born: Winemakers honor San Gabriel Mission
With church bells above her head and gravestones at her feet, Amy Luftig harvests grapes at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, home to perhaps the oldest-producing vine in California. The unique setting — part vineyard, part shrine — fills the vintner with serenity.
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NCYC’s Long Beach return asks Catholic youth to seek ‘the way’
With the final blessing of the final Mass now completed, thousands of young people took one last chance to rush the stage and rock out to a few songs to conclude the 2024 National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach.
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St. Francis High School students launch bacteria experiment into space
A group of students from St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge traveled to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch their science experiment rocket into space on Nov. 4.
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Bible spared as bleachers burn in Gardena Catholic high school fire
Los Angeles County Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning fire at St. Junípero Serra High School in Gardena’s school’s football field Nov. 20.
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