Angelus News | March 25, 2022 | Vol. 7 No. 6

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The relic of the heart of St. John of Ávila
coming to LA this month. | FATHER
GUSTAVO CASTILLO
■ St. John of Ávila relic to
spend a week in LA
A piece of the heart of 14th-century Spanish
saint and Doctor of the Church St. John of Ávila
will be in the Los Angeles area March 19-26.
The relic is being brought by two priests from
the Archdiocese of Cordoba, Spain. Stops will
include St. Joseph Church in Hawthorne (Sunday,
March 20) and the Sacred Heart Retreat
Center in Alhambra (Wednesday, March 23).
On Tuesday, March 22, the relic will visit St.
John’s Seminary in Camarillo, where the two
priests, Father Carlos Jesus Gallardo and Father
Guillermo Padilla, will speak at the seminary’s annual Serra conference on “The
Influence of St. John of Ávila on the seminaries of the American Continent.”
The visit was planned with the help of Father Gustavo Castillo, director of
spiritual formation at St. John’s.
“As priests, we are called to have hearts of good shepherds,” he said. “We welcome
this relic of one of these shepherds configured to Jesus in this historic first
trip to the United States.”
For the full schedule of the relic’s visit, go to the LA Catholics section of AngelusNews.com.
Msgr. Terrance Fleming at the Missionary
Childhood Association Mass in 2019. Msgr.
Fleming continues to lead the archdiocese’s
Mission Office. | VICTOR ALEMÁN
■ Msgr. Fleming named OLA Region episcopal vicar
A priest familiar to many LA Catholics has been asked to help oversee the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ most populous pastoral region.
Archbishop José H. Gomez announced on March 1 that he had named Msgr.
Terrance Fleming episcopal vicar for the Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region
following the February retirement of Auxiliary Bishop Edward Clark.
As episcopal vicar, Msgr. Fleming will oversee the region’s administrative
duties on a temporary basis.
“I want to thank Archbishop José Gomez for his great confidence in me,” Msgr.
Fleming told Angelus. “Having been a priest for over 30 years in the region, I
hope to share my experience and wisdom with all of those living in the region.
Please pray for me, but especially for the priests and people of the Region of Our
Lady of the Angels.”
■ Additional collection
for Ukraine at LA
Masses
Parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
have been asked to add a special
collection at Masses this month to help
Ukraine.
Donations from collections held
at Masses during the weekends of
March 12-13 and March 19-20 will be
managed by the Los Angeles office of
the Society for the Propagation of the
Faith and go toward relief efforts in the
war-torn country.
“During this time, Ukraine is in solemn
need of our prayers and support
as they face such devastating loss and
tragedy within their country,” wrote
Vicar General Father Brian Nunes and
Msgr. Terrance Fleming, executive
director of the Archdiocese’s Mission
Office, in a letter to all parishes.
Anyone interested in donating online
can do so at MissionsLA.org/product/
donate-1312/ and specify “Ukraine
Disaster” in the memo box.
■ State, counties update
indoor masking rules
Face coverings are no longer required
for Mass and parish activities
in all three counties of the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles.
The new guidance aligns with public
health protocols in Los Angeles, Ventura,
and Santa Barbara, all of which
have now dropped mask requirements
in indoor settings as COVID-19 cases
and hospitalization rates continue to
fall.
Masks also became optional in California
classrooms effective March 11,
including at schools in the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles.
Still, a memo sent to the archdiocesan
community announcing the
guidance noted that the state still
“strongly recommends” indoor masking
and that one cannot be prevented
from wearing a mask “as a condition
of participation in an activity or entry
into a business or other location.”
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