Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School Congratulates its Odyssey of the Mind Team

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ABVM) School congratulates its Odyssey of the mind – division II Structure Team. The team traveled to Brentwood, Northern California to represent ABVM in state completion. Took 8th place. 1st year team!

Palm Sunday celebrations at the Cathedral. Photo Ciro Cesar/La Opinion

Palm Sunday celebrations at the Cathedral.

Video: Palm Sunday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles

Parishioners attend Palm Sunday mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on April 13, 2014.

Christians In The Southland Celebrate Palm Sunday

The services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A. included a special prayer for the victims of last week’s deadly bus crash in Northern California.

This month, let us all call for immigration reform

April is Immigration Awareness Month. I invite you in these next few weeks to move into deeper reflection, solidarity and year-round action on behalf of those sisters and brothers who are greatly in need of fair and just immigration reform.

On April 4, I took part in an interfaith prayer service at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, along with members of the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders at the invitation of Archbishop José Gómez.

Arzobispo de LA celebra legado de César Chávez con misa en español

El arzobispo de Los Ángeles celebró hoy una misa en español en la catedral de la ciudad para honrar el legado del líder campesino César Chávez, durante un oficio que contó con la presencia de algunos de sus familiares y de representantes de los trabajadores agrícolas.

En la misa, a la que asistió Paul Chávez, hijo del histórico líder, el arzobispo José Gómez destacó el compromiso de Chávez “con la lucha por la justicia y dignidad de todos los trabajadores”.

Cesar Chavez’s family to attend Mass to celebrate his life

The family of Cesar Chavez will attend an annual Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sunday to celebrate the life and work of the late labor leader.

The Mass, now in its 14th year, will be celebrated beginning at 12:30 p.m. and led by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. Chavez’s son, Paul Chavez, and Arturo Rodriguez, the president of the United Farm Workers union founded by Chavez, are scheduled to speak at the close of the celebration.

The family of Cesar Chavez will attend an annual Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sunday to celebrate the life and work of the late labor leader.

The Mass, now in its 14th year, will be celebrated beginning at 12:30 p.m. and led by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. Chavez’s son, Paul Chavez, and Arturo Rodriguez, the president of the United Farm Workers union founded by Chavez, are scheduled to speak at the close of the celebration.

Familia aboga por la reforma migratoria con su caso

Cuando a Claudia Pérez le informaron que a su hija de 2 años le quedaba un año de vida, no dudó en enfrentar los peligros para cruzar la frontera y salvar a la niña.
“Estoy agradecida por esta gran nación, porque me ha dado lo que mi país no me dio”, dijo Pérez, durante la Vigilia Ecuménica que reunió ayer, en la Catedral de Nuestras Señora de Los Ángeles, a líderes religiosos de diferentes denominaciones para orar y pedir por una reforma migratoria.

Local religious leaders unite for change in immigration law

Several of Southern California’s most prominent religious leaders held a vigil for immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, underscoring a growing interfaith effort to change the nation’s laws.

Immigrants who are in the United States illegally “need mercy and they need justice,” said Archbishop Jose Gomez, welcoming an array of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders to the gathering at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.