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“Recently, a good friend told me about one of the local unknown saints here, Maria Luisa de la Peña, a refugee from Mexico who founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. Venerable Mother Luisita would tell everyone: “For greater things you were born!” That’s it, my friends! That’s the good…

Above, Archbishop Jose Gomez, the future Archbishop of Los Angeles, embraces Cardinal Roger Mahony, the present Archbishop, at Gomez’s Mass of Welcome at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on May 26, 2010. My favorite moment, from the LA Times account: At the end of the two-hour service at the Cathedral of Our…

When I was growing up in Rockville, Maryland in the 1960s, there was a a large patch of farmland nearby that was owned by a family named Hannan. Part of the land was sold off for a subdivision — the main street through the development is now called “Hannan’s Way” — but the rest was…

The always-enterprising Rocco unearthed this fine interview with the man who will one day oversee the largest Catholic flock in the United States. His Mass of Welcome unfolds next week and, to judge from this posting, it will be a doozie. Meantime, enjoy these reflections from Archbishop Jose Gomez, as he departs San Antonio for…
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