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Mourners pray for healing, forgiveness amid shock of Bishop O’Connell’s murder
The crowd of people praying in the parking lot of St. John Vianney Church in Hacienda Heights Monday night — parents with their children, parishioners getting off of work, and even some stray teenagers — seemed to expand with each Joyful Mystery of the rosary.
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Organizers, catechists say fully in-person LA Congress is worth the effort
Silvia and Guido Figueroa’s plans for their 15th straight Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (REC) begin with a caravan from Sylmar to Anaheim with about 30 parishioners from St. Didacus Catholic Church. From there, they’ll check into the small-scale hotel they found within walking distance of the Anaheim Convention Center.
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LA’s seminarians fend off Team Priests in annual matchup
Naturally, Tommy Green wants all the discernment time necessary to complete his seminary formation and stay on track to become a priest by the summer of 2024.
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Suspect arrested in murder of Bishop O’Connell; motive still unclear
A 61-year-old man was taken into custody Monday morning by Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies as the prime suspect in the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell of Los Angeles.
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Murder investigation underway into Bishop O’Connell’s death
The death of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell is being investigated as a homicide, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles early this morning.
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LA’s ‘peacemaker’ Bishop David O’Connell dead at 69
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, has died. He was 69.
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LA archdiocese announces special collection for Turkey and Syria quake relief
Parishes around the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have been invited to hold a special second collection for victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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LA Catholic school kids put on thinking caps for invention convention
A new initiative underway aims to turn LA Catholic school students into real-world inventors.
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Why the ‘microschool’ model is working in three LA Catholic schools
When Maria Guillermo first heard about the plan to turn Precious Blood School into a “microschool,” with enrollment capped at around 100, she worried that it was the school’s last gasp, and that her daughters’ learning might be impeded by having two grades share a classroom.
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LA’s Mass for the Sick offers ‘spiritual antidote’ amid troubling times
More than 2,200 people gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Saturday, Feb. 11, for this year’s World Day of the Sick Mass.
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