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Archbishop Vigneron one of two candidates to serve as next USCCB secretary
In November, the U.S. bishops are scheduled to elect the next secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a religious liberty committee chairman and chairmen-elect for five committees, as well as hear an update from the bishops’ working group on immigration.
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#BuenosDíasLA: Celebre el Día de los Muertos en familia
Los cementerios católicos y la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles serán anfitriones de celebraciones del Día de Los Muertos en Oxnard el sábado 28 de octubre y en el Este de Los Ángeles el sábado 4 de noviembre. Los eventos conmemoran el Día de Todos los Santos en una tradición con raíces indígenas para celebrar la vida eterna de nuestros amados difuntos con música, baile, oración y ofrendas tradicionales.
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Highest Ranking Latino leader in the U.S. Catholic Church, Most Reverend, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez Challenges Our Approach to Immigration in America
Most Reverend, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez believes that our country is facing a humanitarian tragedy as a result of our nation’s failure to address the immigration issue. In his most recent publication, Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation (Our Sunday Visitor: 2013), he asserts, “I believe our heritage as American Catholics gives us special responsibility in today’s debates over immigration reform.”
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See Our Lady of Guadalupe image’s arrival at Ojai church
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Ojai welcomed an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Oct. 21. The image will be at Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard on Saturday.
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Sacred Our Lady of Guadalupe image visits Ventura County
A pope-blessed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will visit Ojai on Saturday, beginning an annual pilgrimage tour that brings Aztec dancers and crowds of venerating people to sites across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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How Los Angeles Catholics help the homeless
With growing numbers of people suffering homelessness in the expensive megalopolis of Los Angeles, Catholics and people of other religions are working together to provide a serious response.
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Celebrate the season at Halloween and Dia de los Muertos events
October is upon us, bringing numerous Halloween events throughout Ventura County, as well as celebrations of Día de los Muertos, a traditional Mexican holiday that honors the life of loved ones who have died.
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Planned giving called ‘key part’ of future of parishes, schools, ministry
Colleges, hospitals and universities “are well-established” in the area of planned giving, but such programs are just as applicable to Catholic parishes, schools, dioceses and many other institutions, said one of the organizers of an upcoming national seminar in Los Angeles.
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A Lonely Gabriel and Us
“It was kind of heartbreaking to see this lonely little figure who was just suffering on his own.” In his first hours into a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine at Fátima, Bishop David O’Connell, born in Ireland and serving in Los Angeles, told the story of having been on a recent trip to Honduras and meeting a young boy named Gabriel. He had just watched an older boy bully Gabriel, and Gabriel had no one to cry or complain to.
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