Glendale
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
$1,105,000
Pledged over 5 years for the Called to Renew Campaign.
Our Parish Receives
$552,500
To renew our parish and strengthen ministries.
The beauty of our church is an essential part of Catholic liturgy. After 20 years of minimal upgrades, it is time to restore some of the beauty and luster of our church by refurbishing the terrazzo flooring and repainting.
After significant use over the years, the pews have lost its beauty, and many are cracking. We will refurbish the pews and fix the kneelers to provide a more comfortable worship space for all.
The lighting system in our church needs to be upgraded to current standards. We will upgrade our lighting to LED lights and/or other environmentally friendly, and efficient, light fixtures which will more efficiently highlight the beauty of our church.
The altar and ambo need to be elevated to reflect the Body, Blood, and Word of God as being in our midst. The existing ambo is made from varnished white oak. More like a movable lectern, the ambo is unstable, so worn that it creeks. The existing altar matches the current ambo (as they go together, a complementary pair--as the Altar of the Word of God (ambo) and the Altar of the Body & Blood of Christ (Eucharistic Table). Hence, both need to be replaced in scale and correlation. A new ambo should harmonize with a new altar.
The original baptismal font in the baptistry has considerable history within our community. Relocating it to a transept would allow the community to continue to utilize the historical Baptismal Font for the next generation and restore the significance it has had in our parish.
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.
