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Dear Father Power, Priests and Parishioners
It is with great joy that I offer my congratulations to all of you on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish
Community
Your Golden Jubilee calls to mind the precious words which our
Holy Father shared with the Church in his Apostolic Exhortation on "The
Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the
World"
The parish is not principally a structure, a territory, or a building,
but rather, "the family of God, a fellowship afire with a unifying spirit, "
"a familial and welcoming home, " the "community of the faithful. "
Plainly and simply, the parish is founded on a theological reality,
because it is a Eucharistic community
It is my prayer that Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Community
will continue to live out this charge with clarity, fidelity and commit
ment.
May the Lord bless all of you over the coming years, and may the
spirit of deep conversion and full evangelization be marks of your
vitality in life!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Archbishop of Los Angeles
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