‘Symbol of Hope’: LA Archdiocese Opens Its Doors
‘Symbol of Hope’: LA Archdiocese Opens Its Doors and Arms to Parishioners of Destroyed Church
Only one Catholic church was destroyed in one of the most destructive fires in the history of Los Angeles, this month’s Palisades fire. That’s because it was the only Catholic church in Pacific Palisades.
The four regional wildfires that exploded at the same time have already claimed 28 lives and incinerated 40,000 acres. Evan Wyloge of the San Francisco Examiner estimated the total fire zones of the LA-area fires “is 30% larger than all of the area of San Francisco.”
Corpus Christi parish is one of the more than 6,000 structures demolished by the Palisades Fire. Students at adjacent Corpus Christi School, a K-8 school also incinerated by the fire, are among the more than 5,000 students impacted in the community. Other parishes, such as St. Martin of Tours in Brentwood and Our Lady of Malibu, were affected by evacuation orders and closed roads, according to Holy Cross Father David Guffey, national director and head of production at Family Theater Productions in Hollywood.