CAROLERS RAISE VOICES, SPIRITS AT CATHEDRAL.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Children's choirs sang Christmas carols A Christmas carol is a carol whose lyrics center on the theme of Christmas or that has become associated with the Christmas season even though its lyrics may not specifically refer to Christmas. Both types of Christmas carols are included in this list. Monday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is a cathedral church of the United States in the City of Los Angeles in California. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles[1] and seat of its archbishop, Roger Cardinal Mahony. as part of a series of events this week, marking the first Christmas celebration at the new downtown cathedral. Masses at the massive edifice will be celebrated today and Wednesday, and Cardinal Roger Mahony His Eminence Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. will celebrate the cathedral's first midnight Mass as today ends. ``We've had a lot of firsts this year,'' Cardinal Roger Mahony said. ``It's a way to bring the Christmas spirit to the plaza as well as to involve young people in their cathedral. ``We try to have a lot of special things during these days. On Sunday, we actually had live animals out here. We had a baby camel, donkeys, sheep and goats. (Today) we'll have Christmas Eve Masses that will be really magnificent.'' About 25 children from St. Bruno's parish school in Whittier sang in the 2 1/2-acre plaza under the giant cross as their proud parents and other cathedral visitors enjoyed the uplifting songs. ``We're overjoyed o·ver·joy tr.v. o·ver·joyed, o·ver·joy·ing, o·ver·joys To fill with joy; delight. o to have them here during this wonderful Christmas season,'' said Margie Whyte, a nurse at the school and mother of Riley Whyte, 11, the claves Claves(pronounces Clar-vays) is a percussion instrument (idiophone), consisting of a pair of short (about 20-30 cm), thick dowels. Traditionally they were made of wood, but nowadays they are also made of fibreglass or plastics due to the longer durability of these materials. player. ``It's the perfect way to spend the holiday season in just the right frame of mind. He's doing fantastic. How else would he do?'' The events are part of the first Christmas season at the newly opened cathedral, which was dedicated Sept. 2. Christmas Eve Masses are planned today in English at 4 and 9 p.m. and in Spanish at 6 p.m. ``We are going to do everything we can to get everyone inside,'' Mahony said. ``We are set up to do an extra Mass outside on the plaza if we get more than 3,500 people.'' Christmas Day Masses are scheduled for 8 and 10 a.m. in English and at noon in Spanish. The $190 million cathedral occupies a 5 1/2-acre complex at Temple and Grand streets. Intentionally built a foot longer than St. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , it is the first major cathedral built in America in 30 years. ``It's really something,'' said Doug Buchan, 47, of Boise, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. , who was visiting the cathedral with his family Monday. ``It has a fresher feeling than some of the more ancient cathedrals. It's really uplifting.'' The edifice was designed by Spanish modernist architect Jose Rafael Moneo as a replacement for St. Vibiana's Cathedral, which had been condemned and deemed too costly to repair after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Fifth-graders from St. Bruno's parish school in Whittier join hands Monday at the plaza of Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Children's choirs came to sing Christmas carols, one of this week's series of events for the first celebration of Christmas at the new cathedral. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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