Name of Church St. John Chrysostom
Address 546 East Florence Avenue, Inglewood, CA 90301
Phone number 310-677-2736
Website www.stjohnchrysostomparish.org
Mass times English: Saturday vigil, 5 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 & 11:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Weekdays, Monday-Friday, 6:30 & 8 a.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. with Mother of Perpetual Help devotion. Spanish: 7 & 10 a.m., 1, 2:30. Weekdays, Monday-Friday, 6:15 p.m. Tridentine Mass, 1st Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Confessions Saturdays, 4 & 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 7:10 p.m. (during the Holy Hour). First Fridays, 7:15 a.m.
Names of priests Father Marcos Gonzalez, pastor. Fathers Javier Altuna, SJ & Carlos Blanco, associates. Msgr. Sal Pilato, in residence. Father Gonzalez is a model pastor in many ways, working hard to bring God to his people and lead them in holiness. He is traditional, and maintains an orthodox environment in the parish. Father has served the parish eight years, and was recently renewed for another term at the parish by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez.
School Grades TK – 8
Special parish groups Legion of Mary, Knights of Columbus, Pro-Life Committee, Natural Family Planning, Holy Family Living Faith Prayer Group, Nocturnal Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, White Army, Walking with Jesus, Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
Music An organist plays at the English Masses; the music includes Latin chants and traditional hymns. There are choirs at the Spanish Masses.
Fellow parishioners This is a predominantly Latino parish.
Parking Plenty.
Acoustics Fine.
Cry room Yes, in the back of the church.
Additional observations St. John Chrysostom was established as a parish in 1923; the current church was built in 1961. It has a traditional interior, including a tabernacle in the center of the church and altar rails. The sanctuary incorporates a lot of white marble. New artwork includes a large image of the Blessed Mother over the sanctuary created by Heritage Liturgical at the instigation of the pastor.
This Good Friday St John Crystosom hosted the Latin Mass. It was the only mass of the Extraordinary Form and a beautiful Solemn mass led by Fr. Robert Bishop, seconded br Fr. James Fryar and Fr. Michael Carcerano. There were three Cantors and many altar servers. It drew a large attendance but even so this huge Church was not filled. It has great parking, easy access from the freeway, school, the works. Truly the Archdiocese of Los Angeles had great vision in the 50s to build such large parishes. We enjoy them today.
Mass?
On Good Friday?!?
You’ve got to be kidding: no where on the PLANET is the celebration of Mass allowed on Good Friday!!!
It wasn’t a Mass. It was the Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday.
We are a Westchester family and St. John Chrysostom, although a further drive than our home parish, is definitely worth the drive. I highly recommend attending Mass here, especially if you are looking for devout worship and nourishing homilies. Thank be to God for the holy priests at St. John Chrysostom!
For additional EF (aka Extraordinary Form, Latin, TLM, Tridentine) Masses here is a link to FSSP Masses in the USA and Canada.
https://fssp.com/press/locations/
or you can contact your own Diocese Office for the EF Mass closest to your home.
For those interested in the EF Mass but you do not know Latin or your Latin is rusty – the FSSP has “Latin-English Booklet Missal” and “Latin-Spanish Booklet Missals” for approx. $6.50 each. https://www.fraternitypublications.com/labomi.html
Short video on the differences between the EF Mass and the OF Mass –
I have found this brief guide to the differences between the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form Masses to be helpful for “beginners” attending the EF.
https://www.knoxlatinmass.net/OldNewMass.htm
It’s a help if you are starting out with the booklet missals.
Your photo does not do justice to the beautiful sanctuary we now enjoy, thanks to Father Gonzalez. And, although you mention the various Extraordinary Form Masses and Holy Week services, led by Frs Bishop, Carcerano and Fryar, credit should also go to Fr. Gonzalez for his graciousness in always trying to accommodate traditional visitors to the parish.
I love the Tridentine Mass. I have a question, where’s the crucifix on the altar ?
Huh? What? One TLM a month? Is that all there is? You need more than a bit of Latin and a chant or two to create a true Traditional Catholic Church.
It is astonishing how so little is seen worthy of celebration. What is the number of Spanish Masses? It looks like 4, versus Zero for Sunday TLMs.
How about a Vietnamese Mass, or Wu, or Telugu, or Hausa, or . . . well, you get the picture. This is a Latin Language Church; toleration of a single monthly TLM on Saturday, is insulting, and offensive.
St. Christopher, the “official” language of the Church may be Latin, but that is not the language of the People of God spread throughout the world. Keep in mind that Spanish is the majority language in many parts of the U.S., the language spoken in the home. While a Diocese may say Mass in twenty languages on a weekend, Latin is usually not one of them. It should, however, be an option for those who want the TLM, if there are enough people to make it practical to have. How many people in your parish demand a TLM? How many know what it is? Even the Popes don’t use Latin anymore, they use the language of the people when they can.
A beginning yes, but there should be a TLM EVERY Sunday, and weekdays!!