425 East 20th Street Long Beach, CA 90806
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Holy Innocents Church, circa 1927

Water color by Alexis Stypa

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Holy Innocents Church, circa 1927 Water color by Alexis Stypa

THE VENERABLE MOTHER LUISITA PRAYED HERE Founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart /mother-luisita _self

BL. PEDRO de SAN ELIAS, OCD, MARTYR He visited Holy Innocents in 1927

THE LATE CARDINAL LEVADA WAS BAPTIZED HERE Received his First Communion and served as an Altar Boy http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_levada_wj_en.html _blank

DAILY TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS Click HERE /new-mass-confession-schedule-effective-july-3 _self

K through 12 CLASSICAL EDUCATION AT H.I.S. Click here for more information http://www.lbcatholicschool.com _self

THE WORLD FAMOUS HOLY INNOCENTS SIGN

'CHRISTMAS SAINTS' STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS The Holy Magi http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm _blank

Mother Luisita Mosaic Overlooking Pasadena Avenue /mother-luisita _self

OUR HISTORIC CHURCH Home to a Saint and to a Prince of the Church /our-story _self

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION, CIRCA 1924 The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host. --Fulton Sheen http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Eucharist.htm _blank

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION, A CENTURY LATER "‘I love You, and I give myself to You for ever." -St. Therese' First Holy Communion

CLICK HERE TO DONATE ONLINE Credit Card, Debit Card, Personal Check /donate-online _self

SUPPORT OUR RESTORATION PROJECTS Click here to make a donation /donate-online _self

ALL MASSES ARE OFFERED AD ORIENTEM Communion rail allows for kneeling to receive the Sacred Host /ad-orientem-worship _self

Daily MASS DETAILS

The Monday through Friday 8:00 AM Mass is offered at the school hall (2500 Pacific Avenue). On school holidays this Mass is offered in the parish church
The Monday through Friday Traditional Latin Mass is offered at 7:00 PM in the parish church (425 East 20th Street).
For the complete Mass and Confession schedule, see below.
MASS & CONFESSION SCHEDULE

SUNDAY BULLETIN
MAY 18, 2025
SATURDAY MASSES
8:00 AM (Latin/English)
5:00 PM (English) Vigil Mass

SUNDAY MASSES
7:00 AM (Spanish)
9:00 AM (Latin/English)
11:00 AM (English)
1:00 PM (Spanish)

WEEKDAY MASSES
8:00 AM (English)
7:00 PM (Latin/Español)

CONFESSIONS
Friday: 6:15 PM
Saturday: 4:15 PM
During the Sunday 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM Masses

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
First Friday Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 7:00 PM Latin Mass, followed by All Night Adoration.
Saturday Morning: Solemn Benediction before the 8:00 AM Latin Mass.
PRAYERS

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
PRAYER

THE HOLY ROSARY

PRAYER IN TIMES
OF EPIDEMICS
HOLY CHILD JESUS WINDOW
AGNUS DEI WINDOW

O Holy Innocents! What happiness is now yours who continually follow the true Lamb of God.
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WELCOME TO OUR HISTORIC CHURCH!

Welcome to the Church of the Holy Innocents in Long Beach, California, a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Our historic church is located in the neighborhood made famous by "Snoop Dogg." Standing on the corner of 20th Street and Pasadena Avenue, our little mission style church was erected nearly a century ago but she is as beautiful as ever! Our doors are open for you! --Father G. Peter Irving III

Telephone: 562-591-6924
Email: [email protected]
RECTORY OFFICE
425 East 20th Street
Long Beach, CA 90806
OUR PARISH: HOME TO A SAINT AND TO A PRINCE OF THE CHURCH

Our historic parish church has the distinction of serving as a spiritual home to a Saint and to a Prince of the Church.

A SAINT

Venerable Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart, was for a time a parishioner of Holy Innocents. She came to this country as a refugee from the bloody persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico. She prayed and attended daily Mass in our church and even taught catechism to the children. Join us in praying for her beatification (see the Beatification Prayer below).

A PRINCE OF THE CHURCH

The late Cardinal William Levada (June 15, 1936 – September 26, 2019), a Long Beach native, was baptized in our church and spent the first 11 years of his life as a member of Holy Innocents. The young William Levada received his First Holy Communion here and served as an altar boy. Since his ordination as a priest in 1961, he has held many ecclesiastical posts and most recently worked alongside Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.

What a privilege to have these two illustrious individuals as part of our parish's 100 year history. They join the ranks of thousands of "unknown" faithful men and women who over more than nine decades forged for us and for future generations a great legacy of faith in God and fidelity to His Church. May the Lord in His infinite goodness richly reward them!

Fr. G. Peter Irving III
Pastor
PRAYERS

PRAYER TO THE HOLY INNOCENTS
O God, whose praise the martyred Innocents proclaimed not by speaking but by dying, put to death all vices within us, that Thy faith which our tongues profess, our lives also by their actions may declare. Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER LUISITA
O Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, King and center of all hearts! Look with merciful love on the petitions we present to You through the intercession of Your servant, Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

(Pause and request your petition)

We humbly beseech You to glorify her who was always such a fervent lover of Your Sacred Heart by granting us these favors if they are for Your greater honor and glory. Amen.
Pro-life apostolate

EXPECTANT MOTHERS OUTREACH

A total of 1,680 BABIES SAVED since we began this outreach to abortion bound women in 2008.

TWENTY-EIGHT babies saved in 2025. SEVENTEEN babies born in 2025.
SEVENTY-THREE babies saved in 2024. FIFTY-THREE babies born in 2024.
CARDINAL SARAH PROMOTES AD ORIENTEM WORSHIP

The former Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, Robert Sarah, has encouraged priests to offer the Mass ad orientem. Read about it HERE.

If one carefully examines the rubrics of the Roman Missal, one discovers that the presupposition is that the priest is offering the Mass ad Deum, that is to say, facing God along with the worshipers in the pews.

Here are some useful links on the topic of ad orientem worship.

Holy Innocents Parish has offered the Mass ad orientem in its historic church since 2011.

BISHOP OF GALLUP, NM, ENCOURAGES AD ORIENTEM WORSHIP

The bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, His Excellency James S. Wall, issued a letter in July of 2019, encouraging ad orientem worship in his diocese. Bishop Wall is a graduate of the Los Angeles Archdiocesan seminary in Carmarillo, St. John's Seminary. Read the letter HERE.
ASSORTED LINKS