Angelus News | January 14, 2022 | Vol. 7 No. 1
On the cover: It can be described as the sacrament of “penance,” “reconciliation,” or more simply, just “confession.” A necessary part of any serious Catholic’s spiritual life, certainly, but can it be something more? On Page 10, Mike Aquilina invokes the life and example of St. Pope John Paul II to make the case that confession is much more than a duty, but actually a right — and perhaps our best shot at the radical conversion God wants to give us.
On the cover: It can be described as the sacrament of “penance,” “reconciliation,” or more simply, just “confession.” A necessary part of any serious Catholic’s spiritual life, certainly, but can it be something more? On Page 10, Mike Aquilina invokes the life and example of St. Pope John Paul II to make the case that confession is much more than a duty, but actually a right — and perhaps our best shot at the radical conversion God wants to give us.
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■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 8<br />
Living a Hope-Filled Life. St. Finbar Parish hall, 2010 W.<br />
Olive Ave., Burbank, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A day of teaching,<br />
prayer, and Mass with Father Bill Delaney, SJ, and Kay<br />
Murdy. Topics include “Rejoice in the Lord Always” and<br />
“The God of Peace Will Be With You.” Cost: $35/person.<br />
For more information, visit events.scrc.org.<br />
Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop. Holy Spirit<br />
Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Rd., Encino, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.<br />
With Bobbi Rudin, Marilyn <strong>No</strong>bori and the Contemplative<br />
Outreach Team. For more information, visit hsrcenter.com<br />
or call 818-784-4515.<br />
■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 11<br />
Memorial Mass. San Fernando Mission, 15151 San<br />
Fernando Mission Blvd., Mission Hills, 11 a.m. Mass is<br />
virtual and not open to the public. Livestream available at<br />
CatholicCM.org or Facebook.com/lacatholics.<br />
■ FRIDAY, JANUARY <strong>14</strong><br />
Hildegard of Bingen’s “Book of Divine Works” Weekend<br />
Retreat. Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Rd., Encino.<br />
Friday, 5:30 p.m.-Sunday, 1 p.m. With Father Stephen Coffey,<br />
OSB, Cam. For more information, visit hsrcenter.com or<br />
call 818-784-4515.<br />
■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 15<br />
Cultural Mysticism: A Theology of Pop Culture. Zoom<br />
webinar, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Presenter: Sister Nancy Usselmann,<br />
director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies. What<br />
does it mean to be a mystic today? How can our media<br />
experience provide the opportunity for us to recognize<br />
God’s grace at work in the world and in our lives? Cost:<br />
$10/person. To register, visit https://lacatholics.org/departments-ministries/religious-education/.<br />
Compelled by Love: A Jubilee Retreat. St. Joseph the<br />
Worker Church, 19808 Cantlay St., Winnetka, 9 a.m.-<br />
12 p.m. Come renew your discipleship of Jesus and hear<br />
his summons to join him on mission. Presenters: Ana De<br />
Anda, Eddie Perez, Father Parker Sandoval, Katie Tassinari,<br />
Bobby Vidal. Free event. For more information, email Alicia<br />
Hernandez at ahernandez@la-archdiocese.org or call 213-<br />
637-7542.<br />
New Year Silent Saturday, Centering Prayer, and Silence.<br />
Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Rd., Encino, 9<br />
a.m.-12 p.m. With Marilyn <strong>No</strong>bori and the Contemplative<br />
Outreach Team. For more information, visit hsrcenter.com<br />
or call 818-784-4515.<br />
28th Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast. St.<br />
Monica Church, 725 California Ave., Santa Monica, 8 a.m.<br />
Theme: Advancing the dream: Time to reflect, imagine, and<br />
build the future. Speaker: Kim Harris, Ph.D., assistant professor<br />
of theological studies at LMU. Drum major awardee:<br />
Bishop Edward Clark, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles.<br />
Cost: $50/person, $300/table of 7. Visit aaccfe.org.<br />
■ SUNDAY, JANUARY 16<br />
Diaconate Virtual Information Day. Zoom, 2 p.m. The<br />
Diaconate Formation Office invites all interested in joining<br />
the diaconate program to learn more. Send your name,<br />
parish, and pastor’s name to Deacon Melecio Zamora at<br />
dmz2011@la-archdiocese.org. Presentations will be in<br />
English and Spanish.<br />
“Gifted to Give” Santo Niño Celebration. Cathedral of<br />
Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles,<br />
3:30 p.m. Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate a<br />
Mass in honor of 500 years of Philippine Christianity and<br />
the 35th anniversary of the feast of Santo Niño. Dinner<br />
banquet will follow at Casa Italiano, 1051 N. Broadway, Los<br />
Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Archbishop Gomez will give an address.<br />
For more information, call Romy Esturas at 213-393-9405<br />
or email romyesturas@hotmail.com, or call Lem Amit at<br />
323-793-5<strong>14</strong>4 or email lemamit@aol.com.<br />
■ MONDAY, JANUARY 17<br />
Limitless. Four-week small-group experience that explores<br />
the cost and abundance of the life Jesus offers by his<br />
invitation to follow him. For more details and free registration,<br />
visit https://lacatholics.org/departments-ministries/<br />
new-evangelization-and-parish-life/.<br />
■ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19<br />
Virtual Record Clearing Clinic for Veterans. Legal team<br />
will help with traffic tickets, quality of life citations, and<br />
expungement of criminal convictions, 5-8 p.m. Free clinic is<br />
open to all Southern California veterans who have eligible<br />
cases in a California State Superior Court. Participants can<br />
call in or join online via Zoom. Registration required. Call<br />
213-896-6537 or email inquiries-veterans@lacba.org. For<br />
more information, visit lacba.org/veterans.<br />
■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 20<br />
Children’s Bureau: Foster Care Zoom Orientation. Children’s<br />
Bureau is now offering two virtual ways for individuals<br />
and couples to learn how to help children in foster care<br />
while reunifying with birth families or how to provide legal<br />
permanency by adoption, 4-5 p.m. A live Zoom orientation<br />
will be hosted by a Children’s Bureau team member and<br />
a foster parent. For those who want to learn at their own<br />
pace about becoming a foster and/or fost-adopt parent, an<br />
online orientation presentation is available. To RSVP for the<br />
live orientation or to request the online orientation, email<br />
rfrecruitment@all4kids.org.<br />
■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 22<br />
OneLife LA. The event begins at La Placita with a pre-program<br />
including a welcome from Archbishop José H. Gomez,<br />
who will lead the walk through downtown streets to Los<br />
Angeles State Historic Park for inspiring speaker presentations<br />
and a musical program. For more information, visit<br />
onelifela.org/.<br />
Conscious Aging, Death Makes Life Possible, Surrender<br />
& Letting Go. Holy Spirit Retreat Center, 4316 Lanai Rd.,<br />
Encino, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. With Deborah Lorentz, SSS. For<br />
more information, visit hsrcenter.com or call 818-784-<br />
4515.<br />
■ MONDAY, JANUARY 24<br />
“Hail, Holy Queen” Weekly Bible Study. St. Paschal Baylon<br />
Church, 155 E. Janss Rd., Thousands Oaks, 10 a.m.-12<br />
p.m. Bible study will explore Mary in Scott Hahn’s book<br />
“Hail, Holy Queen.” In-person classes start Monday, Jan. 24.<br />
Virtual classes start Wed., Jan. 26. For more information,<br />
email ritadacorsi@yahoo.com.<br />
■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 29<br />
Angels: The Good and the Bad. St. John the Baptist Church<br />
parish hall, 3883 Baldwin Park Blvd., Baldwin Park, 10 a.m.-<br />
4:30 p.m. A day of teaching with Dominic Berardino and<br />
Father Ismael Robles. Topics include “How to Solicit the<br />
Ministrations of God’s Holy Angels” and “Discernment and<br />
Testing Spirits: What You Need to Know.” Cost: $25/person<br />
if registered by Jan. 24, $35 afterward. For more information,<br />
email spirit@scrc.org.<br />
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