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As fires burn, LA Catholics see grassroots efforts ‘multiply’ overnight

Surveying his Pasadena street the morning of Thursday, Jan. 9, Antonio Huerta knew he was one of the lucky ones.

His family had been evacuated from their home on Marengo Avenue the day before due to the nearby Eaton Fire. Now allowed back, he watched as droves of desperate Altadena residents were ditching their cars in his neighborhood to get past traffic controls on foot to find out the fate of their homes.

Meanwhile Huerta, coordinator of the charismatic prayer group at Sacred Heart Church in Altadena, was getting one call after another from parishioners with the same bad news: our homes are gone.

That was when he got an idea.

Read full article on Angelus News.