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/slideshows/homeMedium/Mother_Luisita.jpg THE VENERABLE MOTHER LUISITA PRAYED HERE Founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart /mother-luisita _self

/slideshows/homeMedium/Cardinal_Levada.jpg 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

/slideshows/homeMedium/Fr%20Matt%20Wheeler-1.png First Mass of Thanksgiving of Fr. Matt Wheeler Sunday, June 3, 2018 /fr-wheelers-first-mass-of-thanksgiving _self

/slideshows/homeMedium/IMG_1394.JPG 'CHRISTMAS SAINTS' STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS The Holy Magi http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm _blank

/slideshows/homeMedium/Holy%20Innocents%20Church%20at%20night%20December%202015.jpg OUR HISTORIC CHURCH Home to a Saint and to a Prince of the Church /our-story _self

/slideshows/homeMedium/TLM%20Father%20Cassian%20102115.jpg TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS The Traditional Latin Mass is offered every 4th Sunday at 9 o'clock in the morning /traditional-latin-mass _self

/slideshows/homeMedium/First_Holy_Communion_OLG_20s.jpg 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

/slideshows/homeMedium/First%20Communion%20HIS%202016.jpg FIRST HOLY COMMUNION, MAY 2016 "‘I love You, and I give myself to You for ever." -St. Therese' First Holy Communion

/slideshows/homeMedium/Child_Jesus_stained_glass.jpg SUPPORT OUR RESTORATION PROJECTS Click here to make a donation /donate-online _self

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

/slideshows/homeMedium/holy%20innocents%20new%20facade.jpg CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS Established December 12, 1923 /our-story _self

/slideshows/homeMedium/holy_innocents_hollywood_sign.jpg THE WORLD FAMOUS HOLY INNOCENTS SIGN

HUMANAE VITAE CONFERENCE

HUMANAE VITAE C0NFERENCE
July 27-28 in Ontario, CA

Featuring Archbishop Cordileone, Janet Smith, Christopher Kaczor, Stephen Mosher and others.

July 25, 2018, commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the promulgation of the Papal Encyclical, Humanae Vitae, by Pope Paul VI.
THIS WEEK

Sixteenth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
(NEW) MASS & CONFESSION SCHEDULE

NEXT
TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS
Sunday, July 22, 2018
10 o'clock in the morning

ADDITIONAL PARKING

SUNDAY BULLETIN (07/15/18)
HIGHLIGHTS

EXPECTANT MOTHERS OUTREACH
A total 1,244 BABIES SAVED since we began this outreach to abortion bound women in 2008. 91 babies saved in 2016. 84 babies born in 2017. 48 babies saved so far in 2018.

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered in the Extraordinary Form (Traditional Latin Mass) at 10:00 o'clock in our beautiful and historic parish church. The next TLM will be Sunday, July 22, 2018.

Additional parking available HERE.
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 over 90 years 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 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.
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. He has faithfully served the Church in many capacities 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.
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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.