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Natural disasters prompt church to raise millions for aid, recovery
In Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, California and Mexico City, recovery was slow and deep pain remained from a string of natural disasters as 2017 ended.
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¿No estoy yo aquí que soy tu madre?
Durante la celebración anual en honor a la Virgen de Guadalupe en la Arquidiócesis de los Ángeles (Estados Unidos), el Arzobispo local, Mons. José Gomez, se dirigió a los migrantes para recordarles que la Madre de Dios les repite hoy: “¿no estoy yo aquí, que soy tu Madre?”.
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Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles crea fondo de ayuda para afectados por incendios
La Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles, en Estados Unidos, ha creado un fondo para ayudar a los miles de afectados por los incendios forestales en el sur del estado de California.
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La iglesia joven al servicio de los necesitados
La Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles resultó insuficiente para dar cabida a alrededor de 3 mil estudiantes provenientes de 52 escuelas católicas de primaria y secundaria de los Condados de Los Ángeles, Ventura y Santa Bárbara, que participaron en la Misa anual de la Asociación Misionera de la Niñez de Los Ángeles (Missionary Childhood Association).
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Love, motherhood and tragedy – Mt. Vernon Register
Jen Gann describes herself as “a mother whose biggest mistake was becoming one.” She describes her son who has “blue eyes, curly blond hair, slightly crooked teeth. He’s daring, most of the time. He’s afraid of doctors and anyone in a flapping coat.” He also has cystic fibrosis, and Gann writes movingly of her conflicted feelings for her son in the cover story of a recent New York magazine.
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Catholics urged to lay all fears, hopes ‘at feet’ of Virgin of Guadalupe
The words Our Lady of Guadalupe spoke to St. Juan Diego when she appeared to him in 1531 on Tepeyac Hill are the words “she speaks to us,” said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.
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Archbishop Gomez sees signs of God’s presence even in fiery destruction
As wildfires raged near Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez called on those who have lost their homes and those offering assistance and fighting the flames to remember that God is accompanying them in their sorrow and acts of sacrifice.
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Photos: Filipinos celebrate Simbang Gabi at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Filipinos celebrate the beginning of Simbang Gabi with a mass on Friday night, Dec. 15, 2017, at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Simbang Gabi begins nine nights before Christmas Eve and the blessed parols are traditionally used to light homes in the Philippines.
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Catholic School Matters
How blessed was I in November to go eight days to the Holy Land and three in Rome. Lots of time on the plane to read, so I finished The Benedict Option (2017) by Rod Dreher and then somehow had Dangerous (2017) by Milo Yiannopoulos on the Kindle (wow, thanks husband for keeping us so current). I was the passenger hurtling over the Atlantic clutching her pearls and heart saying, “Oh my, Oh MY!”, well, ok, no pearls but you get the idea.