L.A. fire victims with CT ties recount devastation and a narrow escape: 'We felt pretty powerless'
From California residents who attend school in Connecticut, to a longtime New Haven resident who moved there, many have felt ...
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California Fires Highlight LA’s Close-Knit Catholic Enclaves
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is playing a leading role in helping victims to recover from the disaster. And there are many ...
Altadena deacon helps save his church from the Eaton Fire with a garden hose
When flames reached Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Altadena Jose Luis Diaz knew he had to do something. Larry Seward reports ...
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Eaton Fire victims find solidarity at San Gabriel Mission Mass
Hundreds gathered at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel for the second of three Masses presided over by Archbishop Gomez for ...
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Beyond the Viral Video: The Halpin Family’s Long Road to Recovery
Two weeks after they sang the Regina Caeli at the site of their burned-down home in Los Angeles County to a much bigger ...
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LA wildfires destroy numerous houses of worship. Clergy and congregants vow to persevere
Among the thousands of buildings destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires were a mosque, a synagogue, a Catholic parish and a ...
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LA deacon, parishioners save church from Eaton Fire with a hose
If it weren't for those two fateful wake-up calls — and quick thinking by Díaz a few moments later — Sacred Heart Church in Altadena would not have survived. By the time Díaz pulled up to ...
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Beyoncé’s BeyGood Foundation Is Donating $2.5M to L.A. Wildfire Relief
The fund is earmarked to aid families in the Altadena/Pasadena area who lost ... “It was my favorite place, my sanctuary, my sacred Happy Place. Now it is gone!! God Bless all the brave men ...
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Across LA County, faithful jolted by wildfires’ wrath gather to seek spiritual comfort
Across the county from Santa Monica, in the San Gabriel Valley, about 100 people, including 23 pastors from local churches in ministries in Pasadena and Altadena ... My heart breaks with yours.” ...