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
$1,020,000
Pledged over 5 years for the Called to Renew Campaign.
Our Parish Receives
$510,000
To renew our parish and strengthen ministries.
The pews in the Church have received much use and are showing their age. Some of our Church pews are in need of repair. The wood needs to be refinished. Several kneelers are damaged or broken. We will refurbish the pews and fix the kneelers to provide a more comfortable worship space for all.
Our outside church lights are gradually falling apart and some we are unable to turn on consistently. For safety and security, we need to replace our outside lights around the church and add additional parking lot lighting.
During Mass we celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Sometimes it is difficult to hear either part of the Mass due to the inferior quality of our sound system. We will upgrade our sound system to improve the quality of sound during Mass. The microphones will also be updated.
You may not know that our beautiful stained-glass windows at the main entrance of our church sustained major damage by vandals about a year and a half-ago. Thankfully we were able to get the smashed and cracked panes replaced. Our stained-glass panels over our other doors already have some protection but our largest and most beautiful window does not. We would like to protect this treasure for all those who come to St. Jerome Church.
These doors can no longer be repaired as the 1960’s hardware for their closers are no longer made. We need doors which are easier to open and safely close.
For security and safety reasons it would be prudent to make our church property more secure.
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.
