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Fighting racism means putting faith in action, say Black Catholics
One day in early June, John Thordarson released a short video he had finally finished. Under a black and white filter, the aspiring filmmaker from Boston walks on screen and takes a long pause before he begins.
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After speedy exit, Catholic school student waits for ‘very different’ return
Back in March, Juliana Colorado was going about life as usual for an 8-year-old, trying out for a talent show at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Long Beach, California.
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LA Religious Education Congress to go virtual in 2021
Next year’s Religious Education Congress (REC) will be held virtually due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced this week.
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Letter to the faithful for the memorial of St. Junípero Serra
In the following letter, Archbishop José H. Gomez addresses recent controversies surrounding public monuments to St. Junípero Serra and asks the faithful of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to invoke the saint’s “intercession for this nation that he helped to found.” Ahead of the saint’s July 1 feast day, he urges prayers especially for “an end to racial prejudice and a new awareness of what it means that all men and women are created equal as children of God.” Archbishop Gomez also offers an original spiritual meditation that he composed almost entirely from words drawn from St. Junípero’s sermons and letters.
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SoCal Catholic high schools cautiously prepare to resume sports
Does everyone connected with local high school athletics — students, coaches, officials, administrators, families — want to see sports resume ASAP? Absolutely.
But at any cost? Hardly.
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Football: St. Joseph first area school to have athletes return to campus for workouts
For the first time since schools closed statewide in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Joseph football players returned to campus Monday for initial drills.
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LOS ANGELES: Misas higiénicas en tiempos de pandemia; el aroma de desinfectantes sustituye el incienso
Los olores químicos de desinfectantes han reemplazado al incienso. Dos servidoras ofrecen “sanitizer” para las manos de todos los visitantes de la iglesia. En la puerta de entrada y en una mesa, antes de ingresar a la Catedral Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles hay gel antibacteriano para quienes llegan a misa,
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LA archbishop calls for support to keep America’s 6,000 Catholic schools open
Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gómez called Wednesday for nationwide support to keep Catholic schools open, saying many around the country face permanent closure because of the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Catholic schools and America’s future
Earlier this week, I delivered a graduation message to the Class of 2020 — virtually. It was posted on YouTube and shared on social media. Another sign of these unusual times since the coronavirus.
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Update: First chance to receive Eucharist at Mass in months leaves some in tears
A parish priest in Bangor, Maine, said he saw many Massgoers “in tears” as they took holy Communion for the first time in close to three months at a publicly celebrated Mass June 7, Trinity Sunday, at St. Paul the Apostle Church.
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