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Leadership Gathering

The Office of Life, Justice and Peace is hosting a gathering for parish  leaders in life, justice and peace ministry. The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred, and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. This belief is the essence of our social teaching. 

Join us to learn and have a conversation of why we believe people have a right and a responsibility to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of all, especially the poor and vulnerable through love and respect.

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San Gabriel and the American mission

On July 1, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel fully reopened to the public for the first time since the pandemic and the devastating arson attack in July 2020.

I had the privilege a few days beforehand to bless the exquisitely renewed altarpiece, along with the new museum and garden space, and to take part in an emotional ceremony with descendants from the original mission. 

The mission was founded in 1771 by St. Junípero Serra and his Franciscan brothers and was built by and for the Tongva natives, the first peoples of this land.

The ceremony was built around their prayers, rituals, and sacred music, all in their native tongue.

One of their songs included these moving lines: “O my ancestors, listen to my heart / O my ancestors, here is my heart.” 

It reminded me of those words from the Letter to the Hebrews: “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.” 

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