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Judson Studios Takes a 12th-Century Art Form Into the 21st Century
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.
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Archbishop Gomez calls on catholics to become instruments of unity and healing to overcome new forms of racism and nationalism
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.
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‘Racism and nationalism rooted in fear,’ L.A. archbishop says after Charlottesville violence
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.”
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Oscar Romero can help US Church fight for immigration reform
“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.
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Salvadorans in U.S. mark Blessed Oscar Romero’s 100th birthday
“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.
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Archbishop Gomez: Make Oscar Romero’s mission your own
“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.
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Millennial Nuns Fuel Their Faith in Los Angeles
The Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Los Angeles have been actively serving their flock for 90 years
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LA archbishop: Our Lady of Guadalupe guide, protector for our times
It is in the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531 to a poor Indian convert that we can see God’s plan and care for America today, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said in an important northern California address that tackled the “de-Christianization” of our culture.
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Archbishop Gomez celebrates Mass for Santa Clara High students and faculty
Archbishop Jose Gomez, head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, came to Oxnard Friday to say Mass for students and faculty at Santa Clara High School. The archbishop of the largest archdiocese in the Catholic Church made his first trip to Santa Clara to celebrate the feast of St. Clare of Assisi, the school’s patron saint. His appearance also celebrated 115 years of Catholic education at the Oxnard school.
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Los Angeles service honors slain El Salvador archbishop
A special mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles honored a Catholic archbishop who was slain in 1980 during El Salvador’s bloody 12-year civil war.
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