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Always Forward! Mission San Buenaventura gets a papal upgrade
When Father Tom Elewaut saw the name on his phone’s caller ID the night of June 30, the pastor of Mission San Buenaventura guessed the call had something to do with the recent controversy over whether to remove the statue of St. Junípero Serra in front of Ventura’s City Hall.
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LA parishes encouraged to hold outdoor services amid new restrictions
Parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have been told to “discontinue indoor Masses and other liturgical services” after new statewide restrictions on indoor activities aimed at slowing the summer spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were announced Monday by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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After a devastating fire, Mission San Gabriel community vows to rebuild
The fire that ravaged Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in the predawn hours of Saturday, July 11, left behind a haunting scene.
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Media Nuns faith formation course goes virtual in 15th year
The Pauline Center for Media Studies will offer its annual certification course online this year.
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LA Religious Education Congress to go virtual in 2021
Next year’s Religious Education Congress (REC) will be held virtually due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced this week.
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LA Archdiocese says farewell to longtime Office of Worship director
Since her time as the sacraments of initiations director at the Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales in Oakland during the 1980s, liturgy has been Sister Rosanne Belpedio, CSJ’s, passion.
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Bosco Tech graduates to mentor Boeing interns
Three seniors from Don Bosco Technical Institute (Bosco Tech) in Rosemead will be lending their knowledge to their younger schoolmates as mentors in the Boeing Summer High School Internship program this year.
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Teacher completes walking pilgrimage to California’s 21 missions
A Catholic teacher who finished a pilgrimage to the Spanish Missions in California this week has emphasized his devotion to the first missions’ founder, St. Junípero Serra, and their influence on him as an educator.
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SoCal Catholic high schools cautiously prepare to resume sports
Does everyone connected with local high school athletics — students, coaches, officials, administrators, families — want to see sports resume ASAP? Absolutely.
But at any cost? Hardly.
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LA community leaders see opportunity for Catholic leadership on race relations
When vandals taking advantage of local unrest in response to the death of George Floyd looted businesses in the affluent beachside city of Santa Monica on May 31, parishioners of St. Monica Church and their longtime pastor, Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson, went to work the next morning.
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