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0804<strong>2021</strong>_C<br />
the tagline “Forward in Mission” —<br />
an adaptation of Mission San Gabriel<br />
founder St. Junípero Serra’s famous<br />
motto, “Always Forward!”<br />
The year will kick off on Sept. 8 with<br />
an opening prayer service at San Gabriel<br />
Mission, followed by 40 consecutive<br />
hours of eucharistic adoration<br />
at 22 parishes around the archdiocese<br />
designated as jubilee pilgrimage sites<br />
(one in each of the archdiocese’s<br />
20 deaneries, plus St. Catherine of<br />
Alexandria on Catalina Island and La<br />
Placita near downtown LA).<br />
An opening Mass for the jubilee<br />
will be held either at the mission or<br />
the cathedral on Saturday, Sept. 11,<br />
and a closing Mass on Sept. 10 of the<br />
following year.<br />
In between, the archdiocese will<br />
be promoting “pilgrimage walks”<br />
between missions, parish retreats, a<br />
historical exhibit on the mission at the<br />
cathedral, and a curriculum on local<br />
church history and evangelization for<br />
use in Catholic schools.<br />
For Huerta, the educational element<br />
of the jubilee year is especially important<br />
in the wake of recent attacks on<br />
statues of St. Junípero, Mission San<br />
Gabriel’s founder, fueled by narratives<br />
that depict the evangelization of California<br />
as an act of oppression.<br />
“We have an opportunity to change<br />
the narrative,” said Huerta. One component<br />
of the mission’s renewal will<br />
be the creation and dedication of an<br />
outdoor sacred space on the mission<br />
grounds designed by local descendants<br />
of Tongva natives.<br />
Both Huerta and Father Sandoval<br />
believe there is little use in clamoring<br />
for the past, when the opportunities<br />
for the mission’s renewal going forward<br />
are so obvious.<br />
“We do not want to return to normal.<br />
A worker is seen through the gap between the<br />
mission church’s damaged walls and its temporary<br />
roof. | VICTOR ALEMÁN<br />
We want to return to the Gospel,<br />
which calls us to better than normal,<br />
because normal was decline,” said<br />
Father Sandoval. “We can’t simply<br />
revert to business-as-usual, maintenance<br />
mode. This is the moment to<br />
be intentionally missionary.”<br />
“Even in these circumstances, even<br />
in this disaster zone, we find something<br />
new.”<br />
Pablo Kay is the editor-in-chief of<br />
<strong>Angelus</strong>.<br />
To donate to the mission’s Fire Restoration<br />
Fund, visit parish.sangabrielmissionchurch.org.<br />
Donations will go toward<br />
restoration work not covered by insurance.<br />
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