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In Long Beach: Coming home after 50 years
Monday, 20 May 2013 06:46
“Girls were not allowed to use make-up … they wore hats in church … every homework was handwritten … and all the songs and prayers during the Mass were said in Latin.”It has been 50 years since Patty Chitka, Judy Erickson, Kathy Dougherty, Mary Jane Anderson and Kathy Van Deusen graduated from St. Maria Goretti School in Long Beach.
In Paramount: ‘We really don’t want her to leave!’
Monday, 20 May 2013 06:46
A large thick rosary that Daughter of Joseph and Mary Sister Ann O’Reilly held in her hands during the June 11 graduation Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary Church symbolized 38 years of directing the destiny — at least academically — of many generations of children at the parochial school in Paramount.And, to the amazement of the school community, she still greets, by name, every graduate or current student she encounters.
Camp Savio: ‘To show kids that they’re loved’
Monday, 20 May 2013 06:46
Bellflower parish offers kids of all ages a chance to have fun and learn positive relationship skills.On the surface, teenagers Jose Luis Gonzalez and Taaj Lewis seem to possess age-appropriate maturity — somewhat remarkable, given what they both say was a less-than-stable home environment in their earlier years with constant fights between their parents.
Historic missions: Opportunities to pray (and, yes, play)
Monday, 20 May 2013 06:46
Having been an educator and administrator at schools and parishes from Santa Maria to Ventura, Father Tom Elewaut has a good idea of what California’s historic missions have to offer.“We all have a spiritual dimension, a longing to connect with the Deity,” notes Father Elewaut, administrator of San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura. “Our California missions provide an opportunity to connect with that longing, and offer us a historical continuity with those who have gone before us in faith.”
Called to service: New deacons for the region
Monday, 20 May 2013 06:46
On July 16, Archbishop José Gomez will ordain 48 men to the Sacred Order of Deacon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. 
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