January 31, 2013 Dear Friends: In my email to you last Friday, I mentioned that a further 20,000 pages of documents from clergy files would be released by the Archdiocese sometime in the next few weeks. In fact the documents have just been released today. Archbishop Gomez has written a letter to the people of the Archdiocese, which you can access at , along with the other statements on the clergy abuse files. The Archdiocese will shortly be posting the …
My dear friends: Like me, you may have been deeply saddened, upset, and even angered by the further revelations published in the LA Times earlier this week concerning the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the priest sex abuse scandal. More painful and difficult revelations are likely to follow with the release of the 20,000 pages of documents by the Archdiocese sometime in the next few weeks. Statements from the Archdiocese concerning the released documents can be accessed at http://www.la-archdiocese.org/Pages/default.aspx. The …
I attended the January 19 diaconate formation class by myself this month as Candy was needed at the Get on the Bus (GOTB) information meeting held on the same day. The meeting was at Alamany High School in Mission Hills and we followed the usual format of Spiritual Direction, Morning Prayer from the Divine Office, book reports (on a spiritual book of our choice) before lunch. Afternoon session was a prayer service, class instruction, and additional book reports. I’d like …
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The January 5th Diaconate Formation Class was again held at the Alemany High School, Mission Hills. This class followed the usual format of Spiritual Direction, Morning Prayer from the Divine Office, a quiz, and lunch. After lunch there was a prayer service, class instruction, concluding with Psalms written by our fellow class participants. We thought we might explain how the quizzes are used as part of the diaconate process. There are a number of quizzes given each of the five …
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More from Jay and Candy on their Diaconate journey December 1, 2012. It was our week to prepare and conduct the prayer service. It is amazing how much work you can put into an activity that is going to last a short 15 minutes! As we said in a previous Blog, our service was titled “The Gift of Prayer”. Prior to the service, we e-mailed all of our classmates and instructors and asked them to consider something that they would …
If you are interested in becoming a Deacon Couple, you are invited to attend an Information Day presented by the Office of Diaconate Formation. Here you can meet the formation staff and learn more about the formation program. Sunday, January 20, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at St. John Chrysostom Parish, 546 E. Florence Ave, Inglewood, 90301 Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe, 5801 Kanan Rd. Westlake Village, 91362 On November 17, 2012, we attended our latest diaconate …
Hi all, As we continue our journey, things are coming together. Our abilities to understand the materials and participate in the discussion is getting better. We will be leading the prayer service on December 3rd with a working title of “The Gift of Prayer” focusing on the first Sunday of Advent. Below is our summary of Saturday’s class. Comments are always welcome! On October 20, 2012, we attended our latest class, happy to see our classmates again. The morning was spent …
Last week we discussed the preparation that occurred prior to the beginning of the Second Vatican Council. This week we are going to take a look at some of the reasons why it was believed that there was a need to reform or revise the way the Catholic Church worshipped. To do this we are going back in time to the Protestant Reformation and shortly thereafter. The Protestant Reformation began in the mid 1500s. Shortly after that, the Catholic church …