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Diego’s miracle: The lives saved by one man’s battle with cancer
Diego sat up wearily in the hospital bed that had been a position of purgatory for him too many times already.
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St. John’s Seminary gala honors alumni
For the first time in two years, St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, one of America’s historic seminaries, held its annual gala Sept. 18 on the plaza of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
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On the synodal path
I am writing these words to you this week from Rome, the Eternal City.
Yesterday, on Oct. 10, I had the privilege to join the Holy Father Pope Francis as he opened the 16th Synod of Bishops with a solemn Mass in St. Peter’s Square. On Oct. 31, I will open the archdiocesan phase of the synod with a Mass I will celebrate at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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Archbishop Gomez encourages next generation of Catholic students at Thomas Aquinas College
At a 50th anniversary celebration for Thomas Aquinas College, Archbishop José H. Gomez encouraged students to “recover the truth of the imago Dei, the truth that creation and history have a divine direction and purpose.”
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Jubilee Year
IT’S a jubilee year in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It’s because we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the first California mission, Mission San Gabriel.
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Aware of angels
We live in a city named after God’s holy angels, and the Catholic Church here was established under the name of the archangel who brought glad tidings to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.
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Cathedral exhibit brings 250 years of LA Catholic history to life
Standing outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on an overcast morning, Sister M. Anncarla Costello and Father Parker Sandoval were asked whose idea it was to have them co-curate the cathedral’s new, sprawling “250 Years of Mission” exhibit?
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‘Our Lady of Guadalupe’ mural at Camarillo church honors COVID-19 victims
A Catholic church in Camarillo recently installed a special mural six months in the making that involved more than 20 artists in Mexico.
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Local artists add beauty to Los Angeles exhibit ‘250 Years of Mission’ to celebrate Jubilee Year
On September 11, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles began a Jubilee Year, Forward in Mission, to mark 250 years since the opening of the region’s first church, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded in 1771 by Saint Junípero Serra. An exhibit titled 250 Years of Mission will be on display at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels through Sept. 10, 2022, to tell the story of the Catholic faith in the region.
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Love is the reason
On Sept. 8, Archbishop Gomez led a candlelight prayer service to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The following is adapted from his homily.
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