Next week a series of services will begin with a memorial Mass at St. John Vianney in Hacienda Heights leading to a funeral Mass Friday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Father Albert Avenido of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Covina leads a prayer service on Sunday in memory of LA Bishop David O’Connell, who was killed nearby on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 in Hacienda Heights.
This began with vigils at the memorial outside of his Hacienda Heights home and continued with memorial prayer services and nightly novenas — a nine-day period of prayer, typically done to honor, mourn, and pray for the dead. On Monday, the novenas migrated to St. John Vianney’s due to safety concerns over large groups gathering at the memorial. The Knights of Columbus will continue leading the novena with a bilingual rosary prayer for the soul of Bishop O’Connell every evening at 6 p.m. until Feb. 27.
On Thursday, a rain storm set the somber tone to an evening of grieving for many Catholics in the San Gabriel Valley area, as they prepared for night five of the novenas at St. John’s Vianney’s followed by a special remembrance mass.
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