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  • Bishop Curry reflects on religious liberty, new bishops
    September 11, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Curry, 73, now in residence at St. Augustine Parish in Culver City, spends his days celebrating Mass and confirmations as well as working on his next book on religious liberty.

  • Auxiliary Bishop Edward Clark on charisms, cultures and welcome
    September 11, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Auxiliary Bishop Edward W. Clark has served the Church as a parish priest, school principal, theology professor, and president and rector of St. John’s Seminary. After more than 40 years since his ordination in 1972, his commitment to service continues.

  • From Aquinas to Serra: Bishop Robert Barron prepares for L.A.
    September 11, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    After spending most of his life and career in Chicago, Bishop Robert Barron is preparing to become a stranger in a strange land.

  • Bishop David O’Connell: Following Francis’ example
    September 10, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The 62-year-old priest was named to serve the San Gabriel Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. But on the last Sunday in August, he was about to celebrate the 7:30 a.m. Spanish-language Mass at his previous assignment, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church in South Los Angeles.

  • San Fernando Valley homecoming for Bishop Joseph V. Brennan
    September 10, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    His Bible is well-worn, the pages are soft with use and clear tape keeps the wobbly spine intact. It’s a prized possession owned for decades and probably one of the first items that newly ordained Auxiliary Bishop Joseph V. Brennan will take out of the boxes when he moves into his new office at the San Fernando Pastoral Region this month.

  • Three new auxiliary bishops ordained for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
    September 9, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Three new auxiliary bishops have been ordained to help shepherd the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the largest Church in the United States.

  • Van Nuys priest ordained as auxiliary bishop for Archdiocese of Los Angeles
    September 8, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    LOS ANGELES >> Three new auxiliary bishops chosen by Pope Francis for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles were ordained Tuesday in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez.

  • ‘MARÍA MADRE DE MISERICORDIA’
    September 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Aunque todavía faltan tres meses para la gran celebración a la Virgen de Guadalupe, ya comenzaron los preparativos. Es que éste es uno de los eventos anuales más importantes para los creyentes, y por ende se requiere tiempo y recursos para organizarlo. Su escenario: las calles del Este de Los Ángeles y el Colegio Comunitario del área. La fecha: el domingo 6 de diciembre de este año. Su motivo: “Expresar el amor que sentimos por la Madre de misericordia”, dice Monseñor John Moretta, pastor de la Iglesia Resurrección en el Este de los Ángeles, dirigente del Comité Guadalupano de la Arquidiócesis angelina, y quien desde hace mucho tiempo está involucrado activamente en esta celebración.

  • LOS FLORECIENTES 60 AÑOS DE SACERDOCIO DEL PADRE ALBERTO VÁZQUEZ
    September 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    El padre Alberto Vázquez cumplió 87 años el 4 de septiembre y en un reciente y esplendoroso sábado de agosto, celebró 60 años como sacerdote rodeado de cientos de feligreses que desde Washington, Texas, Arizona, y varios lugares de California, viajaron para acompañarlo en una misa especial en la Iglesia de San Pancracio en Lakewood. Junto con él festejaron toda una vida dedicada a predicar el amor a Dios, al prójimo y así mismo.

  • ‘PASTOR DE LOS PASTORES’
    September 7, 2015  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    “Lo que he tratado de hacer y de ser es un pastor para los pastores, para apoyarlos, fijarles metas, ser accesible y escucharlos. Yo quiero que sean los mejores sacerdotes que puedan ser”, dice el Obispo Auxiliar Gerald E. Wilkerson acerca de su ministerio de 18 años sirviendo como pastor para millones de católicos que viven y trabajan en la Región de San Fernando de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles.