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  • St Pius X–St Matthias in Downey takes another leap forward
    August 23, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    The City of Downey is blessed to have five high schools within our 12.5 square miles. Many can name the bigger ones like Downey High and Warren High. But along with Columbus and Calvary Chapel High School, we have a fifth one that is celebrating a new milestone in Downey.

  • The Romero Centennial among the bishops
    August 23, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    During the 1982 anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, a slogan emerged which would resonate in many future commemorations of the martyr bishop: “We want more bishops like Archbishop Romero.” It was a popular veto of sorts against an episcopate perceived as too far removed from the style now promoted by Pope Francis: of “shepherds with the odor of sheep”—or, as the slogan put it, “who align themselves with the poor.” Quite a long time has passed since those days, and now many bishops seem to want to take up the style of the former Archbishop of San Salvador. We examine the praise that twelve of them gave to the martyred archbishop during the recent commemorations of the centenary of his birth.

  • In wake of violence, archbishop urges Catholics to foster racial peace
    August 22, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    Responding to violence caused by the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Archbishop of Los Angeles said the message in this week’s Gospel is one of inclusion, no matter a person’s race or nationality.

  • Judson Studios Takes a 12th-Century Art Form Into the 21st Century
    August 21, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    In the little-known, long-forgotten Northeast LA enclave of Garvanza – once a thriving community along the Arroyo Seco, named after the garbanzo bean plants that used to flourish there – you’ll find Judson Studios, where its master craftsmen have actively cut, painted, and assembled glass since 1920.

  • Archbishop Gomez calls on catholics to become instruments of unity and healing to overcome new forms of racism and nationalism
    August 21, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    In homilies delivered at two Los Angeles parishes this weekend, Archbishop José H. Gomez spoke out on the racial tensions that have been exposed in the wake of the Aug. 11–12 “Unite the Right” white-nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  • ‘Racism and nationalism rooted in fear,’ L.A. archbishop says after Charlottesville violence
    August 21, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    In sermons delivered this weekend, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez spoke out about the racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Va., and urged Catholics to be an “instrument of healing and unity.”

  • Oscar Romero can help US Church fight for immigration reform
    August 18, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    “In Blessed Oscar’s name, let’s keep working — to build a better Los Angeles, a better America, and a better world. Let us carry the Gospel message of love and mercy, truth and justice into every corner of our world,” the archbishop said during his homily at Los Angeles cathedral.

  • Salvadorans in U.S. mark Blessed Oscar Romero’s 100th birthday
    August 17, 2017  |  Archbishop Gomez, In The News  |  

    “He wanted to know about him, who he was,” said Quintanilla.

    Because of the violent manner in which he died in 1980 — shot to death while celebrating Mass — it was difficult to explain the entire story of Blessed Oscar Romero to young Esau Cruz, now 6, but little by little, Quintanilla, began to teach him: He was a bit like Jesus. “He died for us,” and “he didn’t like injustice,” she explained to him.

  • Archbishop Gomez: Make Oscar Romero’s mission your own
    August 17, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    “One hundred years after his birth, Blessed Oscar Romero still inspires us for his humility and courage – for his love for the poor and his witness of solidarity and service to others, even to the point of laying down his life,” Archbishop Jose Gomez said at an Aug. 13 Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral marking the centenary of Romero’s birth.

  • Millennial Nuns Fuel Their Faith in Los Angeles
    August 16, 2017  |  In The News  |  

    The Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Los Angeles have been actively serving their flock for 90 years