Angelus News | February 23, 2024 | Vol. 9 No. 4
On the cover: A painting depicting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane by 19th-century artist Carl Heinrich Bloch. For Christians, Lent can be compared to the time Jesus spent praying in the desert. But we may also find ourselves this time of year in the agony of the garden, going through our own Gethsemane of personal suffering. On Page 10, Msgr. Richard Antall reflects on two traditional prayers to the same angel that comforted Christ on the Mount of Olives.
On the cover: A painting depicting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane by 19th-century artist Carl Heinrich Bloch. For Christians, Lent can be compared to the time Jesus spent praying in the desert. But we may also find ourselves this time of year in the agony of the garden, going through our own Gethsemane of personal suffering. On Page 10, Msgr. Richard Antall reflects on two traditional prayers to the same angel that comforted Christ on the Mount of Olives.
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LOCAL<br />
■ Catholic Charities<br />
requests donations for<br />
storm-battered SoCal<br />
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles is asking<br />
for donations to help all those affected by the<br />
damage caused by record rainfall and mudslides<br />
during the week of Feb. 4.<br />
Several areas across Southern California<br />
broke rainfall records and received a significant<br />
portion of their yearly rainfall in only a<br />
matter of days. The city of Los Angeles alone<br />
reported more than 500 mudslides and redtagged<br />
more than 15 buildings. State officials<br />
confirmed that at least nine people died<br />
during the storm.<br />
California Gov. Gavin <strong>News</strong>om declared a<br />
state of emergency during the storm for eight<br />
Southern California counties, including Los<br />
Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and<br />
Ventura counties.<br />
The disaster relief fund “will be used to help<br />
families and individuals who are suffering<br />
from the effects of the storm, and Catholic<br />
Charities USA is sending additional funding<br />
for disaster relief,” said spokeswoman Alexandria<br />
Arnold.<br />
To help, visit catholiccharitiesla.org/donate.<br />
■ Archbishop Gomez featured<br />
in new Guadalupe film<br />
Tickets have gone on sale for the film “Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity,”<br />
which opens in U.S. theaters on Feb. 22.<br />
The movie gives a reenactment of the moments when Our Lady of<br />
Guadalupe appeared in Mexico to St. Juan Diego in 1531, plus interviews<br />
and testimonials from those who have personally been impacted by<br />
the mother of God.<br />
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez is featured in the film, along<br />
with footage of the archdiocese’s devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe,<br />
which includes the annual procession and Mass in East LA and the<br />
pilgrimage to Mexico City every year.<br />
To watch the trailer, purchase tickets or request a screening, visit guadalupethemovie.com.<br />
LA Archbishop José H. Gomez is interviewed<br />
inside the Cathedral of Our Lady<br />
of the Angels as part of the “Guadalupe”<br />
film. | GOYA PRODUCCIONES<br />
Y<br />
They’re creepy and they’re kooky — Students at St. Anastasia Catholic School in Playa del Rey performed “The<br />
Addams Family” musical on Feb. 2-3 at the El Segundo Performing Arts Center. | BRIAN MORRI<br />
■ Salesian High grad<br />
makes big play in first<br />
Super Bowl<br />
Bishop Mora Salesian High School<br />
graduate and San Francisco 49ers<br />
cornerback Deommodore Lenoir<br />
had a big moment in Super Bowl<br />
LVIII, forcing a fumble of Kansas City<br />
Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco in<br />
the second quarter.<br />
The 49ers eventually lost in overtime<br />
to the Chiefs, who won their third<br />
Super Bowl in the past five years.<br />
Lenoir, 24, a third-year NFL pro who<br />
also attended Maria Regina Catholic<br />
School in Gardena, graduated from<br />
Salesian High in 2017 and is the first<br />
Mustangs player to play in the Super<br />
Bowl.<br />
His roots in South LA and at Salesian<br />
High helped prepare him for this<br />
experience, he told NBC <strong>News</strong>.<br />
“It really taught me to be humble for<br />
everything I got now. It’s a blessing for<br />
me.”<br />
6 • ANGELUS • <strong>February</strong> <strong>23</strong>, <strong>2024</strong>
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