Angelus News | July 29, 2022 | Vol. 7 No. 15
On the cover: A pilgrim walks on his knees outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 2019. For our special pilgrimage issue, on Page 10 Mike Aquilina writes on how the urge to leave everything and travel afar is as old as Christianity itself. On Page 14, Elise Ureneck recounts the unexpected graces of her last pilgrimage with her late mother, and on Page 16, California historian Stephen Binz points the way to the pilgrim path in our own backyard. On Page 20, Pasadena native Jenny Gorman Patton tells of finding the healing she needed, rather than the one she wanted, at the Marian shrine of Lourdes, France.
On the cover: A pilgrim walks on his knees outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 2019. For our special pilgrimage issue, on Page 10 Mike Aquilina writes on how the urge to leave everything and travel afar is as old as Christianity itself. On Page 14, Elise Ureneck recounts the unexpected graces of her last pilgrimage with her late mother, and on Page 16, California historian Stephen Binz points the way to the pilgrim path in our own backyard. On Page 20, Pasadena native Jenny Gorman Patton tells of finding the healing she needed, rather than the one she wanted, at the Marian shrine of Lourdes, France.
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LOCAL<br />
■ Archbishop to bless<br />
former convent-turnedmaternity<br />
home<br />
Archbishop José H. Gomez will visit<br />
and bless a new home for homeless<br />
pregnant women in the Mid-City area<br />
of Los Angeles on Aug. 19.<br />
The residence, located next door to St.<br />
Mary Magdalene Church, was formerly<br />
a convent belonging to the Sisters of the<br />
Holy Faith. It will be operated by Harvest<br />
Home, a local nonprofit residential<br />
program that serves homeless pregnant<br />
women and their babies. For years,<br />
Harvest Home has partnered with the<br />
Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Office of<br />
Life, Justice, and Peace (OLJP) to help<br />
women, children, and families.<br />
“The opening of Harvest Home’s second<br />
residence in LA is a sign of hope for<br />
our community,” said Michael Donaldson,<br />
senior director of OLJP. “It will be<br />
a gift for many moms and their children<br />
for years to come.”<br />
<strong>Angelus</strong> wins<br />
<strong>15</strong> Catholic<br />
Media awards,<br />
2 first place<br />
columnists<br />
<strong>Angelus</strong> brought home <strong>15</strong> awards<br />
from the Catholic Media Association<br />
(CMA) conference this year,<br />
for works published in 2021. The<br />
awards were announced <strong>July</strong> 7 at<br />
the end of the annual CMA conference,<br />
in Portland, Oregon.<br />
Wyatt Mueller with some of the used batteries collected<br />
at Our Lady of Refuge Church.<br />
■ Long Beach teen<br />
leads parish battery<br />
disposal project<br />
Parishioners at Our Lady of Refuge<br />
Church in Long Beach are putting<br />
papal teaching into practice by collecting<br />
100 pounds of used batteries for safe<br />
disposal so far.<br />
The idea of using the parish to collect<br />
the batteries, which can harm the<br />
environment and cause fires in maintenance<br />
vehicles if thrown into the trash,<br />
came from Pope Francis’ encyclical on<br />
the environment, “Laudato si’” (“Praise<br />
Be to You”), said Shirl Giacomi, director<br />
of Religious Education at Our Lady of<br />
Refuge.<br />
Leading the project is teen Wyatt<br />
Mueller, who earlier this year made<br />
disposal boxes for parishioners to drop<br />
off their used batteries. Mueller is working with Long Beach councilwoman Suzie<br />
Price to dispose of the batteries safely.<br />
“It’s been an overwhelming response, and it still goes on,” said Giacomi. “It’s easy.<br />
It doesn’t take a lot of work.”<br />
FIRST PLACE<br />
Best Regular Column:<br />
Arts, Leisure, Culture and Food —<br />
“Desire Lines,” by Heather King<br />
Best Regular Column:<br />
General Commentary — “Ad Rem,”<br />
by Robert Brennan<br />
Personality Profiles:<br />
Religious Leader — “A deacon in<br />
demand,” by Steve Lowery<br />
Best Sports Reporting — “The baseball<br />
manager who gave God a jersey,”<br />
by Tom Hoffarth<br />
SECOND PLACE<br />
Best Cover for Color: Large —<br />
“The Fight for Family Movie Night,”<br />
by Jacob Popcak<br />
Best Essay: Diocesan Magazines —<br />
“Every Catholic’s homeland,”<br />
by Mike Aquilina<br />
Best Review — “Secular sermons,”<br />
by John J. Miller<br />
Best Writing: In-Depth — “Protected<br />
by providence,” by Ann Rodgers<br />
THIRD PLACE<br />
Best Reporting of the<br />
Celebration of a Sacrament —<br />
“My mom’s saving medicine,”<br />
by Elise Italiano Ureneck<br />
Best Review — “In search of a savior,”<br />
by Msgr. Richard Antall<br />
HONORABLE MENTION<br />
Best Coverage: Immigration —<br />
“Caught between borders,”<br />
(team coverage)<br />
Best Coverage: Pandemic —<br />
“A virus leaves its mark,”<br />
(team coverage)<br />
Best Feature Article: Diocesan<br />
Magazine — “A restless farewell,”<br />
by Ann Rodgers<br />
Best Diocesan Directory —<br />
“2021-<strong>2022</strong> Archdiocese of Los Angeles<br />
Catholic Directory,” by <strong>Angelus</strong> Staff<br />
and Archdiocese of Los Angeles<br />
FIRST RUNNER UP<br />
Editor of the Year (English) —<br />
Pablo Kay<br />
Y<br />
6 • ANGELUS • <strong>July</strong> <strong>29</strong>, <strong>2022</strong>
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