Entry of the church is separated from the body of the church by glass and has ample seating for families with small children.[/caption]
Name of Church St. Peter Chanel
Address 12001 E. 214th Street, Hawaiian Gardens CA 90716
Phone number (562) 924-7591
Website www.spcomv.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spcomv
Mass times Saturday vigil, 6 pm; Sunday, 8 am, 10 am (Spanish), noon, 2 pm (Spanish), 5 pm. Weekdays, 6 am, 8 am, noon, 6 pm. (two Masses, one in Spanish in the large church, a second in English in the small church). Saturday, 6 am, 8 am.
Confessions Following the practice of the community’s founder, Venerable Bruno Lanteri (1759-1830), the Oblates have the desire to make the mercy of God available through the Sacrament of Confession. Hence, you will often find the Oblates readily available for confession and long confession lines at the parish. Monday through Wednesday, Friday, 10:15 am – 1 pm, 4 – 6 pm. Thursday, 11 am – 1 pm, 4 – 6 pm. Saturday, 10:15 am – noon, 4 – 6 pm.
Names of priests Father Lino Estadilla, pastor. Father Edward Broom, Father David Yankauskas, Father Jay-Ar San Juan, Father Gerald Wright, associate pastors. Father Larry Darnell and Father John Luong, priests in residence. All priests are Oblates of the Virgin Mary (www.omvusa.org), a community founded by Bruno Lanteri in Italy in 1826. The Oblates are engaged in such apostolates as teaching, offering parish missions and retreats and spiritual support of diocesan clergy. The Oblates, including those at St. Peter Chanel, are known for their orthodoxy and fidelity to the Holy Father and teaching authority of the Church. They wear the cassock. Listen to presentations on the Faith by Father Ed Broom: Father Ed Broom, OMV – YouTube and https://www.facebook.com/frbroom.
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Special parish groups and activities Youth Group, Young Adults Group, Fidelis Fellowship (for ages 30-45), Jovenes para Christo, daily adoration (see the website for schedule) and First & Third Friday’s All Night Adoration, rosary and chaplet after the noon Mass Monday through Friday, Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, food program, Purgatorial Society.
Fellow parishioners The Oblates have staffed the parish since the 1980s; many who attend are Hispanics and Filipinos, as well as those who drive in from outside the parish boundaries due to its orthodoxy.
Parking There is a large lot behind the church and street parking.
Cry room Yes, the entry of the church is separated from the body of the church by glass and has ample seating for families with small children.
Additional observations St. Peter Chanel Church is a parish of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It is named for a French martyr who was killed in the New Hebrides islands near New Zealand in 1841. It is an outstanding parish in many ways, and is a haven in the area for faithful Catholics. The priests emphasize spirituality, confession and obedience to the Commandments and the Church. They’ll regularly urge you to work harder to grow in your spiritual life.
Finally! A church within walking distance of my home. I have walked to this church many, many times for Mass and confession. Excellent priests and homilies. Music is mediocre.
Masses are crowded. Packed with people. I almost guarantee you that you won’t see any Biden or Newsom bumper stickers on cars in the parking lot, unless it’s an out-of-town visitor who doesn’t know what this parish is about. The community here is solidly Catholic.
I’m disappointed to see the print of the effeminate “Divine Mercy” Jesus at the left of the altar.
Effeminate? It is just the Merciful Christ.
“I’m disappointed to see..” Given the historical setting of this painting, I would be cautious in labeling this rendition of Jesus as effeminate. This Jesus in Sr. Faustina’s diary is no weak-kneed, slack-jawed wimp.
The commenter means there are two versions of the Divine Mercy image: one that faithfully represents the image described by St. Faustina, in which Jesus is masculine, and a knock-off painting, in which Jesus is definitely less masculine in appearance.
Compare here:
https://www.divinemercyimage.ca/divine_mercy_images.htm
Most people have only seen the effeminate Jesus version.
https://aleteia.org/2017/09/06/is-there-a-certain-divine-mercy-image-that-is-best/
So how exactly is it effeminate ?
Use your gaydar. Which man would you want near your young son?
There is nothing gay or effeminate about the Merciful Christ.
It’s you.
The second/effeminate image is not Christ. It’s a painting. And it can be criticized for being an effeminate portrayal of a man, which it is.
Christ isn’t effeminate, but the second painting is. To criticize the painting for a lack of masculinity in its presentation is not to criticize Christ nor Divine Mercy.
Why do people have such difficulty being logical?
Because it does not look effeminate in any way.
If it looks effeminate to you, I don’t know what to say.
Eye of the beholder.
The best parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles! I would love to see a Tridentine Latin Mass offered there on a regular basis, a communion rail, and no extraordinary Eucharistic ministers.
Fr. Broom is a good priest here.
The priest there, as well as the rest of the staff there embody the true Ethos of Vatican II, and not a false spirit of Vatican II. I highly recommend their Spiritual Exercises program, which is free and can now be done remotely https://spcomv.com/spiritual-exercises
Thank you, sister.