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At a June 27 ceremony attended by area Catholics and others, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles blessed the renovated mission more than 250 years after its founding by the Spanish priest St. Junípero Serra.
Mission San Gabriel has reopened to the public for the first time since the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic and a devastating arson fire in July 2020.
At a June 27 ceremony attended by area Catholics and others, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles blessed the renovated mission more than 250 years after its founding by the Spanish priest St. Junípero Serra. He emphasized the “gift of faith” that Father Serra and other Franciscans brought, which many Indigenous Americans accepted and made their own.
“Mission San Gabriel will always be the true spiritual heart of Los Angeles,” Archbishop Gomez said in a July 3 essay for the archdiocesan news site Angelus News. “The mission marks the birthplace of the Christian faith here and, 10 years after the mission was established, the city itself was founded by men and women who came from the mission.”
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Mission San Gabriel has reopened to the public for the first time since the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic and a devastating arson fire in July 2020.
At a June 27 ceremony attended by area Catholics and others, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles blessed the renovated mission more than 250 years after its founding by the Spanish priest St. Junípero Serra. He emphasized the “gift of faith” that Father Serra and other Franciscans brought, which many Indigenous Americans accepted and made their own.
“Mission San Gabriel will always be the true spiritual heart of Los Angeles,” Archbishop Gomez said in a July 3 essay for the archdiocesan news site Angelus News. “The mission marks the birthplace of the Christian faith here and, 10 years after the mission was established, the city itself was founded by men and women who came from the mission.”
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After Devastating Arson, Los Angeles’ Famed Mission San Gabriel Reopens for Worship
At a June 27 ceremony attended by area Catholics and others, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles blessed the renovated mission more than 250 years after its founding by the Spanish priest St. Junípero Serra.
