Report from the Social Justice Committee
December 1, 2007
Social Justice Standing Committee Meeting Minutes Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Regional Council Regional Offices
Present: Deacon Hosea Alexander, Hortense Bradley, Terry Dicks, Deacon Guy Wauthy, Helene Wauthy
Dcn. Alexander and Hortense Bradley are members of the OLA Regional Council. Guests Terry Dicks, Deacon Guy Wauthy and Helene Wauthy are members of the St. Jerome Parish Pastoral Council.
Absent: Berenice Escobedo, Loraine DeJesus
The meeting began with an introduction of guests and committee members present.
Hortense Bradley led the Question of the Week Reflection on the past Sunday’s Gospel.
Copies of the Synod Initiative VI were distributed and read to revisit the purpose of the committee’s existence and its call to service to the faithful throughout the region. There was discussion on what it means to become “a People of Communion and Justice for the life of the world” and how our Regional Council can best assist the faithful in responding to God’s call to do so. Issues of peace and justice include feeding the hungry, housing the poor, providing shelter for the homeless, promoting the common human dignity of a living wage and fair trade among nations, visiting and assisting the imprisoned … (Notice the use of action verbs.)
Noted was the need for communication between our Regional Council and parishes. Discussion identified the need to facilitate widespread dissemination of information on Catholic social teaching and sharing what individual parishes are doing in their social justice ministries. An effort should be made especially to inform Just Faith groups in individual parishes of activities planned both at the archdiocesan level and within local parishes. Visits to the archdiocesan Office of Justice and Peace web site’s “News Blast” must be encouraged and promoted.
Dcn. Guy recommended that because pastors are so busy, each parish should designate a social justice point person and forward the name to the regional office so that information may be easily targeted to the right people. He further noted the need to make the faithful aware of the
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Fr. Chuck Schwehr - RIP
November 5, 2007
Fr. Charles Schwehr died Saturday, November 3 of a heart attack at the age of 59. Fr. Chuck was the Pastor representative to the Regional Pastoral Council from Deanery 14, and the Pastor of Cathedral Chapel. He was an active participant in our council, and always had a comment that enhanced our discussion and helped us on our journey to open our regional and archdiocesan leadership to all God’s people.
We regret that Fr. Chuck will not be joining with us in a physical sense, but rejoice with him that he now enjoys the peace and refreshment of God’s heavenly kingdom.
Services:
November 11, Sunday
7:00 - 8:30 pm Vigil Service & Viewing immediately following the service
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November 12, Monday
10:00 am Viewing
11:00 am Funeral Mass at Cathedral Chapel Church
2:30 pm Gravesite Service at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Cathedral Chapel
927 S La Brea Ave
(between Olympic and 9th Ave)
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323) 935-1138
Holy Cross Cemetery
5835 W Slauson Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230
Telephone: 310 670 7697
Click here for map
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If you would like to offer a mass for Fr. Chuck, please call the Parish Office at
323 935 1128 or send an email to parish at cathedralchapel.org
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The Catholic in the Public Square - Talk by Fr. Richard Benson
October 23, 2007
The Catholic in the Public Square: Social Justice and Conscience
Talk by Fr. Richard Benson
Monday, November 12th at 7:30pm
Reception starts at 7pm
Are freedom and justice fundamentals of life? What should be my guiding force in the area of conscience?
Speaker Series at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church on Faith, Formation and Parish Life
Christ the King Church
624 North Rossmore Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(corner of Vine and Melrose)
For more information visit http://ctkla.org
or call (323) 465-7605.
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Regional Council back in session
September 30, 2007
The 2007-2008 session of the Our Lady of the Angels Regional Pastoral Council was initiated with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Edward Clark on September 18th.

Afterward the Mass celebration which was held in the Mausoleum at Holy Spirit Cemetery (the offices for the Regional Bishop are located on the grounds of Holy Spirit), Regional Council members convened for the first meeting of the 2007-2008 year to review the priorities of the council for the upcoming year.

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What Does it Mean to be a Eucharistic Church? ~ Bishop Edward Wm. Clark
August 26, 2007
As part of the Faith, Formation and Parish Life - Speaker Series sponsored by Christ the King Parish in Hollywood, Bishop Clark will be speaking on Wednesday, September 19th on “What Does it Mean to be a Eucharistic Church?” starting at 7pm. More information on the Speaker Series is located at http://www.ctkla.org/2007/08/23/formation-faith-and-parish-life-speaker-series/.
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