Venezuelan Catholics in LA grieve, send support to victims
Venezuelan Catholics in LA grieve, send support to victims: ‘I wish I were there right now’
Two parishes in Los Angeles are among the several donation centers around Southern California being set up to help victims of the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.
Father Alexander Hernandez, CSsR, administrator of Our Lady of Victory and Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe parishes in East Los Angeles, is a native of Venezuela who served in a parish in Caracas for seven years before emigrating to the United States.
Hernandez has been in touch with relief agencies and local Venezuelans to collect clothes and supplies at Our Lady of Victory in the coming weeks.
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