O’Connell, the Archdiocese’s top priest in the San Gabriel Valley, was adored as a “peacemaker.” Three services back to back will honor him, even as the motive for his murde…
The first of three back-to-back funeral services for Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell begins tonight, the culmination of several days of mourning since the Archdiocese’s top priest in the San Gabriel ValleyL.A. Archbishop José Gomez will lead tonight’s 7 p.m. memorial Mass at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, the home parish for the beloved O’Connell. Services will continue on Thursday with a public viewing at Our Lady Cathedral of the Angels from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
For many across L.A. County’s Roman Catholic community, beloved is perhaps too weak a word to describe the late priest and his impact in the region.by the school children he read to, the hungry he fed, the young immigrants he helped find a foothold, the residents living in gang-ravaged areas where he fought for peace, and above all the parishioners he blessed at dozens of congregations across the region.
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