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LA’s St. Vincent de Paul Parish returns to indoor Mass after more than a year of closure
Concluding an all-night vigil at the historic Los Angeles church, the faith community at St. Vincent de Paul Parish celebrated its first Mass since being closed by the pandemic more than a year ago, on Sunday, July 11.
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Gomez: U.S. church offers ‘heartfelt prayers’ for Pope Francis’ recovery
The U.S. Catholic Church continues “to offer our heartfelt prayers and good wishes” for Pope Francis’ recovery, said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Archbishop Gomez: On July 4, let’s also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding
As the nation celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country’s “other founding” by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim “the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.
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Gomez: On July 4, let’s also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding
As the nation’ celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country’s “other founding” by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim “the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.
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Annual VOX VITAE Catholic pro-life leadership camp goes virtual in 2021
The annual VOX VITAE Pro-Life Team Leadership Summer Camp will take on a hybrid format in 2021. The program, which informs teens (14-19) on the dignity of the human person, will be held both live and virtually. Registration for the event, running from July 18-23, is open now.
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Archbishop Gomez: Catholic Missionaries Such as St. Junípero Witness to the ‘American Creed’
The early Catholic missionaries to what became the United States were witnesses to the American belief that all persons have rights to life and liberty, Archbishop José Gomez wrote on Friday.
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“His primary identity was as a priest”: The truth about Junípero Serra
Pope Francis recently announced his intention to canonize Spanish padre, Blessed Junípero Serra Ferrer, O.F.M. (1713-84) when he visits the United States this fall. Serra was from the Spanish island possession of Majorca, off the east coast of Spain, and traveled to the New World with his fellow Franciscans to evangelize the native peoples of Mexico and California. Beginning in 1769, he established the first nine of 21 California missions.
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For one LA Catholic church, meeting indoors is ‘historic’ after wave of COVID-19 deaths
On June 20, before Mass had even begun, St. Anthony Catholic Church’s parishioners broke into applause.
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Archbishop Gomez proclaims Jubilee year starting in September
Archbishop José Gomez has called on all parishes of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to read the official proclamation for the upcoming Jubilee Year. The Jubilee Year, “Forward in Mission,” will run from September 11, 2021 to September 10, 2022 to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, a center of the first evangelization in what is now the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The proclamation will be read during each Mass at every parish throughout the Archdiocese this coming weekend, June 26 and 27. To see Proclamation in English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, and Tagalog visit, forwardinmission.com.
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