Los Angeles
Our community is excited to participate alongside all parishes, missions and Catholic centers in the Archdiocese to strengthen and renew our Church for the future. Please continue reading to learn how this campaign will benefit us.
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Our Parish Goal
$1,415,000
Pledged over 5 years for the Called to Renew Campaign.
Our Parish Receives
$707,500
To renew our parish and strengthen ministries.
The Cathedral is made of concrete, which needs to be resealed with a protective coating every eight years to ensure its stability and protect it from damage — both man-made and natural. This is an extensive, but extremely critical project.
Due to daily wear and use, the liturgical items used in the celebration of liturgies at the Cathedral are now in need of replacing. This includes sacred vessels, vestments, server albs and choir robes. Due to the scale of the Cathedral, the size of our liturgies and the number of liturgies we celebrate each year, the handling and usage of these items exceeds the norm.
Our Reconciliation Chapel, which parishioners, visitors and pilgrims use to prepare and receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, is in need of enhancing. We would like to add liturgical artwork depicting the mercy and forgiveness of Jesus.
To better serve both the local and archdiocesan communities, we need to expand our communication capabilities. We hope to enhance our digital communications by improving our website, increasing our social media presence and updating our online platforms. We would also like to add video signage throughout the Cathedral site to provide a more welcoming and informative environment.
We are currently in the process of designing and executing a tapestry with the image of Our Lady of the Angels for placement in the main sanctuary of the Cathedral. This tapestry will serve as a gentle and loving reminder that the Cathedral was named in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
We — the Catholic faithful — are the agents of renewal for Church and society. I am grateful for this opportunity to walk alongside clergy and parishioners in strengthening our parishes and ministries, the heart of our Archdiocese.
Our parishes are more than buildings; they are the spiritual homes for millions in our Archdiocese. Embracing our mission to be a community of praise, worship, and witness, Called to Renew recognizes the vital role of parishes in the day-to- day life of a vibrant Church and is dedicated to meeting their needs.
As Christians, we are called to meet the spiritual and temporal needs of others. Called to Renew provides us with an extraordinary opportunity to expand and enhance our ministries to the most vulnerable among us, so we may walk with the sick and dying as well as with the victims and perpetrators of violent crimes and their families.
The future of our Church is strengthened when men hear and answer the Lord’s call to serve as his shepherds. The Archdiocese is committed to vocations and the formation of our seminarians and clergy, so they may minister with joyful hearts in the years ahead.
Our mission to live in greater communion with God and the Church is carried out through our parish and diocesan schools, religious education and faith formation programs, and our presence on college campuses throughout Southern California.
