Angelus News | March 15, 2019 | Vol. 4 No. 10
Bishop-elect Alex Aclan faces the cameras at a March 5 news conference at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, where he was introduced as the newest auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. On page 10, “Father Alex” opens up about his unusual path to the priesthood and reflects on how his Filipino roots prepared him for this latest chapter in his ministry. On page 14, Bishop Joseph V. Brennan sits down with Angelus editor Pablo Kay as he looks forward to his latest assignment as the new bishop of the Diocese of Fresno.
Bishop-elect Alex Aclan faces the cameras at a March 5 news conference at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, where he was introduced as the newest auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. On page 10, “Father Alex” opens up about his unusual path to the priesthood and reflects on how his Filipino roots prepared him for this latest chapter in his ministry. On page 14, Bishop Joseph V. Brennan sits down with Angelus editor Pablo Kay as he looks forward to his latest assignment as the new bishop of the Diocese of Fresno.
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LOCAL<br />
Election season in LA<br />
St. Timothy’s wins<br />
big at decathlon<br />
St. Timothy School’s academic<br />
decathlon team won first place at<br />
the Annual Junior High Academic<br />
Decathlon on <strong>March</strong> 3, paving<br />
the way to represent the Archdiocese<br />
of Los Angeles in the state<br />
competition in San Francisco on<br />
April 6, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
The West LA parochial school’s<br />
students earned the top honors<br />
while competing against about<br />
<strong>10</strong>0 Catholic schools from the<br />
counties of Los Angeles, Ventura,<br />
and Santa Barbara.<br />
“Their ability to focus, work together<br />
and collaborate as a group<br />
has been key to their success,”<br />
said St. Timothy principal Mrs.<br />
Lena Randle. “They have lifted<br />
each other up and truly embody<br />
a team spirit. I could not be more<br />
proud of them, both as decathletes<br />
and as kind and humble<br />
people.”<br />
This will be the school’s first<br />
time going to the state competition.<br />
<br />
Archbishop Gomez prays with catechumens and their godparents <strong>March</strong> <strong>10</strong>.<br />
More than 1,500 catechumens participated in the Rite of Election ceremony<br />
at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels <strong>March</strong> <strong>10</strong>.<br />
The ceremony was presided by Archbishop José H. Gomez, who assured<br />
them of his prayers during the season of Lent.<br />
“We are walking with you on this journey of Lent, as we seek to purify ourselves<br />
through prayer and fasting and almsgiving,” said Archbishop Gomez.<br />
The rite is the final step in the catechumenate leading up to baptism for<br />
the 786 adults and 774 children who will officially be welcomed into the<br />
Catholic Church when they are baptized at this year’s Easter Vigil in their<br />
respective parishes across the archdiocese. <br />
VICTOR ALEMÁN<br />
A DOMINICAN<br />
DOCTORATE —<br />
Auxiliary Bishop<br />
Robert E. Barron<br />
of Los Angeles receives<br />
an honorary<br />
doctorate <strong>March</strong> 7<br />
at Rome’s Pontifical<br />
University of St.<br />
Thomas Aquinas.<br />
Immediately<br />
afterward, Barron<br />
delivered a lecture<br />
to students and<br />
faculty on “divine<br />
generosity” (the<br />
self-giving love from<br />
God that asks for<br />
nothing in return)<br />
and the importance<br />
of preaching the<br />
Gospel in times of<br />
crisis.<br />
FATHER DOMINIK MACAK, COURTESY OF THE PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS<br />
6 • ANGELUS • <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong>
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