Angelus News | September 23, 2022 | Vol. 7 No. 19
On the cover: The logo used for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1992, is adapted from an image found in the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome thought to symbolize “the rest and the happiness that the soul of the departed finds in eternal life.” Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the catechism’s release next month, Russell Shaw explains on Page 10 what prompted the Church to undertake such an immense project. On Page 26, Greg Erlandson offers a perspective on the text’s relevance to ordinary Catholics — like his own mother.
On the cover: The logo used for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1992, is adapted from an image found in the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome thought to symbolize “the rest and the happiness that the soul of the departed finds in eternal life.” Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the catechism’s release next month, Russell Shaw explains on Page 10 what prompted the Church to undertake such an immense project. On Page 26, Greg Erlandson offers a perspective on the text’s relevance to ordinary Catholics — like his own mother.
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The pilgrim image of Our Lady of San Juan de Los Lagos at Our Lady of the Rosary<br />
Church in Paramount. | SUBMITTED PHOTO<br />
■ Marian image from<br />
Mexico returns to LA<br />
The pilgrim image of Our Lady of San Juan de Los Lagos<br />
made its first stop in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at Our<br />
Lady of the Rosary Church in Paramount on Sept. 9-12.<br />
The Marian image comes from the shrine of San Juan de<br />
Los Lagos in Jalisco, Mexico, which draws some 6 million<br />
visitors each year. This year marks its first time back in LA<br />
since 20<strong>19</strong>, due to the COVID-<strong>19</strong> pandemic.<br />
The image will be in LA through Oct. 2, making stops at<br />
Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights, St. Francis Xavier<br />
Church in Pico Rivera, and San Francisco Church in East<br />
LA.<br />
For more details and a full schedule, visit <strong>Angelus</strong><strong>News</strong>.<br />
com/OurLadyofSanJuan<strong>2022</strong>.<br />
■ Hannon Foundation announces<br />
grants to Catholic schools<br />
Several Catholic schools and organizations are among the<br />
recipients of grants awarded by the William H. Hannon<br />
Foundation this year.<br />
The foundation, which has supported educational programs<br />
and Catholic schools since its founding nearly 40<br />
years ago, announced more than $218,000 in grants to help<br />
17 education institutes and organizations in the LA area,<br />
and will help fund art programs, retreats, and scholarships.<br />
“It is a gift to be able to impact the lives of California’s<br />
youth with these grants,” said President Kathleen Hannon<br />
Aikenhead. “We hope these grants enable young people to<br />
better afford school and take advantage of programs outside<br />
the classroom.”<br />
One of the grant recipients, St. Genevieve School in Panorama<br />
City, is receiving $50,000 to build new science labs.<br />
Other recipients include St. Raphael School in South LA,<br />
the Catholic Education Foundation of Los Angeles, and<br />
Dolores Mission School in East LA.<br />
■ Historic farmworker march<br />
gets bishops’ blessing<br />
California farmworkers completed a 335-mile march from<br />
the town of Delano to Sacramento this summer, urging<br />
Gov. Gavin <strong>News</strong>om to sign a bill to allow them to choose<br />
how they vote in union elections.<br />
Thousands arrived in Sacramento Aug. 26 to conclude<br />
the <strong>23</strong>-day march. Bishop Joseph Brennan of Fresno blessed<br />
the marchers and joined a portion of the march through<br />
the San Joaquin Valley, which was organized by the United<br />
Farm Workers.<br />
The bill would allow workers to vote via mail-in ballot, a<br />
measure that would let them vote without fear of retaliation<br />
from performance supervisors or farm owners, supporters<br />
say.<br />
The California Conference of Catholic Bishops has also<br />
said it “strongly supports” the bill and last month urged<br />
Gov. <strong>News</strong>om to sign it “with haste.”<br />
Bishop Gerald Wilkerson. | VICTOR ALEMÁN<br />
■ Bishop Wilkerson named interim<br />
vicar for San Fernando Region<br />
Bishop Gerald Wilkerson will serve as interim episcopal<br />
vicar for the San Fernando Pastoral Region, Archbishop José<br />
H. Gomez announced on Sept. 8.<br />
The appointment comes as the region’s auxiliary bishop,<br />
Alex D. Aclan, remains under the care of doctors after suffering<br />
a stroke last month.<br />
The 82-year old bishop is no stranger to the job: he served<br />
as the region’s auxiliary bishop from <strong>19</strong>98 until his retirement<br />
in 2015. As episcopal vicar, Bishop Wilkerson will<br />
oversee the region’s administrative duties on a temporary<br />
basis. He told <strong>Angelus</strong> his priority is to be present to the region’s<br />
people, including its priests, and help carry out Bishop<br />
Aclan’s pastoral vision while he recovers.<br />
“I would like to continue to do his work, so that when he<br />
comes back he’ll be able to step right back without missing a<br />
beat,” said Bishop Wilkerson.<br />
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