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WE ARE OPEN FOR MASSES & CONFESSIONS Click HERE. /new-mass-confession-schedule-effective-july-3 _self

THE WORLD FAMOUS HOLY INNOCENTS SIGN

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

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

CLASSICAL EDUCATION AT H.I.S. Click here for more information /parish-school _self

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

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

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS The Traditional Latin Mass is offered every Sunday at 9 o'clock /new-mass-confession-schedule-effective-july-3 _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

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ALL MASSES ARE OFFERED AD ORIENTEM Communion rail allows for kneeling to receive the Sacred Host /traditional-latin-mass _self

CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS Established December 12, 1923 /our-story _self

VACCINATION EXEMPTIONS

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES ...

“Practical reason makes evident that vaccination is not, as a rule, a moral obligation and that, therefore, it must be voluntary." [par. 5]

--Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (click HERE)

Click HERE and HERE for resources.
NEW EXPANDED SCHEDULE

SUNDAY BULLETIN
December 5, 2021

SATURDAY MASSES
8:00 AM (English)
5:00 PM (English) Vigil Mass

SUNDAY MASSES
7:00 AM (Spanish)
9:00 AM Traditional Latin Mass
(with English sermon)
11:00 AM (English)
1:00 PM (Spanish)

WEEKDAY MASSES**
8:00 AM (English)
7:00 PM Misa Tradicional en Latin
(con sermon en Español)

**During school days, the Monday through Friday 8:00am Mass is at the school hall (2500 Pacific Avenue). Enter through school office.When there is no school, the Mass is at the church.

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

Note: These schedules could be slightly modified in the future.
PRAYERS

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
PRAYER

THE HOLY ROSARY

PRAYER IN TIMES
OF EPIDEMICS
HIGHLIGHTS

EXPECTANT MOTHERS OUTREACH
A total 1,493 BABIES SAVED since we began this outreach to abortion bound women in 2008.

SIXTY-TWO babies saved so far in 2021. SIXTY-SEVEN babies born in 2021. 72 babies saved in 2020. 51 babies born in 2020.

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

The Traditional Latin Mass is offered every Sunday at 9 o'clock in our parish church. HERE.

Traditional Latin Mass is also offered Monday through Friday at 7:00 PM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROCLAMATION ON ST. THOMAS BECKET

Click HERE to read the remarkable Proclamation made by President Donald J. Trump

Stained Glass Window of St. Thomas a Becket in Holy Innocents Church
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: office@LBCatholic.com
RECTORY OFFICE
425 East 20th Street
Long Beach, CA 90806
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.
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

Cardinal William Levada, 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 nearly 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.

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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.
GENDER CONFUSION
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DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that all Catholic school personnel in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are screened for their ability to work safely with children, are provided information and training to help them recognize and deal with issues of child sexual abuse and are offered guidance and instruction on appropriate professional conduct with students? Likewise, all seminarians and candidates for the diaconate go through extensive evaluation and psychological assessment before entering formation. After ordination, priests and deacons receive ongoing training on maintaining the integrity of the ministerial relationship.