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 …

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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 …

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When people of faith are faced with such tragedy, we look to God to answer the unanswerable.  How can people take the lives of the innocent?  Holy Family community is in prayerful communion with the community of Newtown.  May God comfort those who have lost loved ones.  May God heal the wounds, both physical and emotional.  May God help us to make a world where violence is obsolete. Resources for you and your children

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 …

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On October 2nd  Fr. James Heft, S.M., PhD presented Vatican II Trajectories and Hermeneutics Click here to watch presentation Blessed Pope John XXIII opened the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church in October of 1962, commonly called Vatican II.  It certainly is the most significant event of the Catholic Church in modern times.  We will celebrate, remember, and come to deeper understandings of this significant Council by having guest speakers about Vatican II. Fr. Jim will begin this celebration …

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Fortnight for Freedom 2012.