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Mission fire: San Gabriel laments loss of ‘the heartbeat of our city’
The church at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel has been home to baptisms, weddings and funerals for San Gabriel Valley residents for centuries, which means locals are taking its loss in a weekend fire personally.
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MISSION FOUNDED BY ST. JUNÍPERO SERRA BURNS IN OVERNIGHT FIRE
A massive fire devastated an eighteenth century mission church in San Gabriel, in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, July 11. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles called the fire at San Gabriel Mission church, founded by St. Junipero Serra, “devastating.”
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Cause of fire at San Gabriel Mission remains under investigation
Cause of fire at San Gabriel Mission remains under investigation
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Mass celebrated at San Gabriel Mission after fire damages nearly 250-year-old church
Mass was celebrated Sunday on the grounds of a historic Catholic church in Southern California that had been heavily damaged by fire a day earlier.
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Fire rips through historic San Gabriel Mission
A four-alarm fire at the historic San Gabriel Mission demolished the 249-year-old structure’s wooden roof and much of its interior early Saturday morning.
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Un incendio destruye una iglesia en California de casi 250 años de antigüedad
Las llamas que consumieron la iglesia de la Misión de San Gabriel tuvieron que ser controladas por al menos 80 bomberos de 12 estaciones durante tres horas.
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San Gabriel Mission, a symbol of faith, history and oppression, is badly damaged by fire
Anita Chavez joined the hundreds of mourners at San Gabriel Mission Church on Saturday for what many considered a family wake without a body.
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Investigators enter new phase in probe of fire that destroyed much of San Gabriel Mission
Investigators on Sunday were continuing to search for the cause of a fire that erupted at the San Gabriel Mission, destroying the roof and much of the interior of the 215-year-old church building.
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Always forward!’: San Gabriel fire is a call to mission of hope, says Archbishop Gomez
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez has called for Catholics to find hope and a renewed sense of mission amid a “season of sickness and death.” Gomez preached a Sunday morning homily at the Chapel of the Annunciation, on the grounds of the historic San Gabriel Mission Church which was severely damaged by a fire early Saturday morning.
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Fire Destroys Much of 249-Year-Old San Gabriel Mission
A multi-agency investigation was underway Sunday following a four-alarm fire that caused “extensive damage” to the historic 249-year-old San Gabriel Mission.
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