Altadena’s Catholic churches start a slow comeback
After Eaton Fire, Altadena’s Catholic churches start a slow comeback
As Easter approaches, parishioners at Altadena’s two Catholic churches are praying for a modest kind of miracle: a return to normalcy.
“I think that’s what people really want,” said Father Gilbert Guzmán, pastor at Sacred Heart Church, about upcoming Easter celebrations. “They want familiarity.”
“I think if we can just kind of do the basics, it’ll be an accomplishment,” said Deacon Doug Cremer of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, also in Altadena. “There’s something powerful about the ritual of the liturgy and the Eucharist, that sometimes its predictability and maybe even if it’s boring, common elements are actually a relief in an era of constant chaos and turmoil and change.”