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As nuns depart, locals hope to keep iconic Hollywood monastery open
Hidden beneath the Hollywood Sign overlooking a city famed for materialism, a community of cloistered Dominican nuns has prayed for nearly a century for the people of Los Angeles, for all who suffer worldwide, and for neighbors who come to them with their troubles.
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Manhattan Beach parish partners with nonprofit to host meal-packing event
American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Nov. 13, drew more than 500 volunteers to assemble and package about 120,000 dry meals that will be shipped to families in need in Guatemala
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Narrar la historia católica
El pasado 16 de noviembre, el Arzobispo Gomez pronunció su segundo discurso como presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos en Baltimore, Maryland. Lo que sigue es una adaptación de sus comentarios, que se pueden leer en su totalidad en ArchbishopGomez.org.
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OneLife LA returning to in-person format in January 2022
OneLife LA, Southern California’s annual pro-life gathering organized by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, will return as an in-person gathering next January.
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Archbishop ‘deeply disappointed’ by Planned Parenthood fundraiser at LMU
A controversial fundraiser for the nation’s largest abortion provider is going ahead as scheduled on the grounds of the largest Catholic university in Southern California, despite thousands of protests lodged by concerned Catholics and others.
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Family honors slain Marine at East LA ‘Dia de los Muertos’ event
Juan Carlos Lopez paused to run his fingers lightly over a wooden rosary draped over a framed photograph of his nephew, Hunter Lopez, who was dressed in his formal Marine Corps uniform.
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LA’s local synodal process aims to draw ‘as many voices as possible’
In early October, Pope Francis officially launched a two-year process of listening and discernment that calls for the participation of every one of the world’s 3,000-plus Catholic dioceses under the title, “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission.”
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Guadalupe pilgrim images make whirlwind stop on Catalina Island
A joyous procession of prayerful hymns and enthusiastic chanting rang through the tiny residential streets of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island as the sun was about to go behind the central ridge on a late Friday afternoon. It was made up of a mix of some 100 visitors from the mainland and their newfound friends who followed behind framed images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego secured to the back of utility trucks.
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Why young people have a head start on the new synod
At a recent retreat for our parish school’s seventh- and eighth-graders, I was surprised to find the teachers asking the students about their faith and listening closely to their answers.
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2021 pilgrimage schedule for Guadalupe, St. Juan Diego images
The pilgrim images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego have begun their annual tour through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, with a kick-off celebration at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Oct. 22. The images’ first stop is at St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, where they were welcomed with a parish procession and Mass celebrated by Bishop Marc Trudeau.
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