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Feeling the welcome

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 14:34

The Faces of God: St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church

Welcome is much more than a word at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church; it is a spirit and a way of life.

It is felt when parish administrator Father Pedro Esteban welcomes a visitor at Mass and everyone turns to greet the newcomer or visitor, or share a smile. It happens when a young couple brings their newborn child to the front of church and the family receives a blessing. It is seen in the smiles on parishioners’ faces as they greet newcomers and visitors at breakfast after Mass.

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Obituaries - Aug. 12

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 14:30

Services held for Fr. Patrick McHugh, retired Nativity pastor

Funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 4 at Nativity Church, Torrance, for Father Patrick J. McHugh, pastor emeritus, who died on July 27 at the age of 89.

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Capuchin Novices receive habit

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 14:26

On July 24, 22 men from the United States, Canada and Great Britain received the Capuchin Franciscan habit at the friary of San Lorenzo, in Santa Ynez. Father Frank Grinko, heading the formation team for the novitiate, blessed the habits which are part of the formal entrance of candidates into the Capuchin Order.

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World Youth Day pilgrims receive special pre-trip blessing

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:19

On the first day of the week in which many local people will leave for Madrid, Spain, to attend World Youth Day, several pilgrims gathered at Sunday mid-morning Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for a special blessing by Archbishop José Gomez.

More than 20 pilgrim chaperones, teenagers and young adults from throughout the archdiocese and also the San Bernardino Diocese attended the Aug. 7 liturgy in advance of the Aug. 16-21 WYD event, which is expected to draw a record number of youth from the United States. Currently 29,437 U.S. pilgrims are registered to attend, including 262 traveling from the L.A. Archdiocese.

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Blessed Sacrament receives Parish Life Director

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:12

The first Parish Life Director at a Jesuit-sponsored parish was installed July 17 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood.

Auxiliary Bishop Edward Clark and Jesuit Father John McGarry, Provincial, concelebrated the installation Mass of Yolanda Scott Brown, DMin., before an assembly of nearly 1,000 people. Brown most recently served seven years as Pastoral Associate at Dolores Mission in Boyle Heights, also a Jesuit-administered parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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Papal intentions for May: That administrators of justice may act always with integrity and right conscience; That seminaries, especially those of mission churches, may form pastors after the Heart of Christ, fully dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel.