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For other locales that offer the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (TLM), visit:
St. Vitus Parish
San Fernando, CA
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HOLY INNOCENTS
CLASSICAL SCHOOL
IS ACCEPTING ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS FOR
2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR
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ADDITIONAL PARKING

SUNDAY BULLETIN (03/15/20)

HERE is a good article--A Crisis of Infidelity--written by Professor Robert George of Princeton. He provides a succinct analysis of the current crisis which is afflicting the Church.

Many archbishops and bishops have written letters about the latest revelations concerning clerical sexual abuse of minors.

The clearest and the most forthright letter is that of the late Bishop Morlino of the Diocese of Madison, WI.

Listen to a homily on this crisis by Bishop Thomas Paprocki who offered Mass at Holy Innocents on Saturday, October 6, at 5:00 PM, in conjunction with the Life Runners pro-life event here in Long Beach. 

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: office@LBCatholic.com
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425 East 20th Street
Long Beach, CA 90806
 

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

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.

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.