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  • Love in the time of COVID-19
    August 11, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    When Amanda Valenzuela and Stephen Osborn became engaged last November, they planned to marry at the newly renovated St. Lawrence Martyr Church in Redondo Beach. “It is a breathtaking church,” Amanda said. “There is no church more beautiful than that one.”

  • Eight LA priests ordained in ‘historic’ liturgy pushed outdoors by pandemic
    August 10, 2020  |  Around the ADLA, The Latest  |  

    Here we are,” Archbishop José H. Gomez said, greeting the relatively small, socially distanced gathering that had come to witness the ordination of eight men to the priesthood Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

  • Masks, pods, and lots of wipes: CIF sports eyes return to action
    August 10, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    On the surface, it looks almost like business as usual, with football players exercising under a warm summer sun and under the watchful eyes of a coach, preparing for the upcoming season.

  • New LA priests: Louie Reyes
    August 5, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    The “Pandemic Class of 2020,” as they call themselves, has endured quarantine and a delayed ordination date, which was originally scheduled for May 30. But they all agree that the extra preparation time was providential.

    In the days leading up to their ordination, we’ll be introducing a new soon-to-be Father. Los Angeles, meet your new priests!

  • New LA priests: Thomas Park
    August 3, 2020  |  Around the ADLA, The Latest  |  

    In these times of exceptional uncertainty, parishioners of St. John Fisher Church in Rancho Palos Verdes will likely count their blessings they’re being ministered to by Thomas Park, a man who knows firsthand how quickly life can turn, no matter your plans, no matter your age.

  • New LA priests: Justin Oh
    August 2, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    While Justin Oh, like so many other new priests, looks forward to celebrating Mass, offering the sacrament of reconciliation and the other daily duties of a priest, what really excites him is the “journey” he will take with his parishioners.

  • New LA priests: Manuel Ramos
    August 1, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Manuel Ramos admitted to being a “little naive” when first entering the seminary, believing that those he would be sharing this journey with came to it armed with the innocence and certainty of “a community of altar servers.”

  • New LA priests: Michael Mesa
    July 31, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    Most of his energy was focused on becoming a doctor, a focus that landed him at USC where he majored in biology. It was after graduation, while working in a research lab at USC, that his life changed as he, in his words, “came to God through science.”

  • Missionary disciples in a pandemic Church
    July 29, 2020  |  Around the ADLA, The Latest  |  

    On Aug. 8, I will ordain eight new priests for the family of God here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

  • LA Catholic STEM schools get big boost
    July 24, 2020  |  Around the ADLA  |  

    STEM schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are getting a helping hand from one of the country’s largest philanthropic organizations.