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Forward in Mission



Why?

To revive the life of faith in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles through the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the raising up of a new generation of missionary disciples.


What?

A Jubilee Year from September 11, 2021 through September 10, 2022 celebrating 250 years of Catholic faith in the archdiocese of Los Angeles on the anniversary of the founding Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first church in what is now the Archdiocese.


How?

Archdiocesan events, parish experiences, and ongoing formation. The Jubilee Opening Mass at the Cathedral will be on September 11 at 11:00 a.m.


Pilgrimage Churches near us.

San Pedro Pastoral Region


Deanery 19 – St. Joseph Church (Hawthorne) and St. Catherine of Alexandria Church (Avalon); Masses of Thanksgiving were celebrated on Santa Catalina Island when Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo landed on October 7, 1542 and Sebastián Vizcaíno on November 25, 1602


Other Pilgramage Sites

Santa Barbara Pastoral Region


Deanery 1 – Mission Santa Inés (Solvang); founded on September 17, 1804, the 19th of the 21 California missions

Deanery 2 – Mission Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara); founded on December 4, 1786, the 10th of the 21 California missions

Deanery 3 – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura (Ventura); the last of the 9 missions founded by St. Junípero Serra on March 31, 1782.


San Fernando Pastoral Region


Deanery 7 – Mission San Fernando Rey de España (San Fernando); founded on September 8, 1797, the 17th of the 21 California missions


San Gabriel Pastoral Region


Deanery 10 – Mission San Gabriel Arcángel (San Gabriel); founded by St. Junípero Serra on September 8, 1771, the 4th of the 21 Califonia missions.


Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region


Deanery 15 – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Our Lady Queen of the Angeles (“La Placita”) (Los Angeles); founded in 1784 as an Asistencia to Mission San Gabriel

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