Angelus News | April 19-26, 2019 | Vol. 4 No. 15

LOCAL
ISABEL CACHO
Loyola High School senior John Pendley
and art teacher Cristina Saggese with
Pendley’s award-winning portrait, “Mother
and Child.”
Cathedral site of
student art exhibition
Catholic school students from
around the archdiocese got a
special venue to showcase their
artwork to the rest of Los Angeles:
an exhibit at the Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Angels.
The theme for this year’s Robert
Graham Memorial Student Art
Exhibition at the cathedral was
“Spirituality in Art.” Thousands of
visitors to the cathedral since Jan.
27 have had the chance to view a
variety of works, including photographs,
paintings, sculptures, and
even a miniature retablo.
Loyola High School art teacher
Cristina Saggese told Angelus
News that the competition’s
spiritual theme is an encouragement
for her students.
“It’s a beautiful connection for
them to think about their work
in terms of how their art can
communicate a spiritual idea,”
Saggese said. “That is something
we don’t see in all these contests.
We do all these contests, but
there isn’t that theme.
“It’s something new [for the
students] to think about — to see
themselves as a Catholic school
community of artists.”
VICTOR ALEMÁN
Bishop Trudeau distributes Communion to Long Beach Grand Prix employees Sunday, April 14.
Bishop Marc Trudeau’s important pit stop
By the time someone realized that
staff, volunteers, and crew members
participating in the Long Beach
Grand Prix needed someone to
celebrate Mass for them on Palm
Sunday, it seemed that every priest
in the San Pedro Pastoral Region
was unavailable.
Except for one: Bishop Marc
Trudeau, the region’s episcopal
vicar.
On Sunday, April 14, Trudeau celebrated
Sunday Mass in a meeting
room in the Long Beach Convention
Center just steps away from the
racetrack.
As the sound of race cars reverberated
through the assembly, Trudeau
joked that it reminded him of the
sound of cars looking for parking
outside of church on Sundays.
To view more photos, visit the
Catholic LA section of Angelus-
News.com.
FRESH COURT — Archbishop
José H. Gomez
checks out the new
hardcourt during a
visit to Sacred Heart High
School for the official
dedication of its new
Gymnasium and Student
Activities Center with a
special Mass, ribbon cutting,
and blessing April
13. The school, located
in Montecito Heights, is
one of the first Catholic
high schools for girls in
the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles.
JOHN MCCOY
8 • ANGELUS • April 19-26, 2019