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Final healing garden in LA archdiocese offers hope to abuse survivors
That’s the word that was on everyone’s lips — from the bishop’s homily to speeches outside the church — during a special Mass and dedication ceremony blessing the new healing garden introduced at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Long Beach on Nov. 17.
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Inspired by Homeboy Industries, St. Joseph High students find ways to serve
Margaret Hernandez, a St. Joseph High School graduate in her 21st year of teaching at the Catholic all-girls school in Lakewood, remembers first seeing Father Greg Boyle speak in 2005 at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
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Fernando Valenzuela celebrated at cathedral funeral Mass
Just as Fernando Valenzuela tipped his eyes to heaven during his famous windup when he pitched, so did the hundreds of faithful who flocked to his funeral at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Nov. 6.
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Archbishop Gomez, Cardinal Dolan make friendly wager for NY-LA World Series
The 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees was already going to feature superstars such as Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Aaron Judge, and Juan Soto.
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LA’s rookie auxiliaries return from Vatican’s ‘bishops school’
The closest thing the Church has to a learning certificate for new bishops is a weeklong formation program in Rome (sometimes referred to as the “baby bishops course”) where they spend time with one another, Vatican officials, and the pope himself.
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LA Archdiocese leads project to develop unused buildings for affordable housing
The state of California holds multiple first-place distinctions in the latest annual homeless report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — but none of them are positive.
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Hope and anxiety at immigration Mass as presidential election nears
For years, Maria Tavares has attended the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Mass for the immigrant community to show solidarity with fellow migrants and to pray for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform.