MAHONY TO LEAD EASTER SERVICE AT ST. VIBIANA'S.Byline: Daily News 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 Easter Mass at St. Vibiana's Cathedral downtown this morning, a day after leading an annual Eastertime animal blessing ritual. The church is at 114 E. Second St. It and other sunrise celebrations are scheduled for 6 a.m. The First United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church is a common name for the first United Methodist church established in a particular locality. Many First United Methodist Churches exist around the world. of Hollywood, at 6817 Franklin Ave., will host the service normally held at the Hollywood Bowl because of construction at the Bowl. Scheduled to participate in the multidenominational service are the Rev. Ignacio Castuera, pastor of the host church, the Rev. James Boline of the Hollywood Lutheran Church, the Rev. Mary Minor Reed of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist denomination (see Methodism). It was established in 1816 in Philadelphia with Richard Allen as its first bishop. In 1991 there were about 3.5 million members in the United States. of Los Angeles, and the Rev. Alfred S. Burnham of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Culver City. At Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, in Hollywood Hills, 1,500 worshipers are expected for the 20th annual service. Scheduled to participate in the multidenominational service are the Rev. Kim Strutt of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Burbank, the Rev. Zane Hahn of the First Assembly of God in Burbank and the Rev. William Craig of the First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. in Burbank. Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive. Eastertime celebrations began Saturday with fun-filled Easter egg hunts sponsored by local organizations. At Recreation Park in San Fernando on Saturday morning, children grasping colorful wicker baskets scattered across the grass, competing with some adults. In another Eastertime activity Saturday, hundreds of people - accompanied by their four-legged, waddling, finned finned adj. Having a fin, fins, or finlike parts. Often used in combination: single-finned; multifinned. and sometimes slithering slith·er v. slith·ered, slith·er·ing, slith·ers v.intr. 1. To glide or slide like a reptile. See Synonyms at slide. 2. To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait. 3. pets - flocked to Olvera Street for the Blessing of the Animals. Pooches on colorful leashes, adorned in visors, sombreros and bows, drank from pails to stay hydrated hy·drat·ed adj. Chemically combined with water, especially existing in the form of a hydrate. Adj. 1. hydrated - containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) hydrous in the summery heat. ``My wife wanted to bring Vivi so that she could be blessed by the cardinal,'' said Mario Godinez of Montebello about his 1 -1/2-year-old bulldog. ``We hope that by (Vivi) being blessed, she will better protect us and continue to stay healthy.'' Mahony began the ceremony asking that God ``protect these animals, bless them so that they may rejoice in your presence.'' A cow draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. in gardenias and a variety of colorful blossoms began the procession as in past years, leading the menagerie by Mahony. This year's leader was a caramel-colored Jersey cow named Debra from Canoga Park High School's Environmental and Agricultural Science Magnet school. Floppy-eared bunnies, colorful parakeets parakeets one of the bird groups known as typical parrots in the family Psittacidae. Small parrots with long tails and include the budgerigar. , hundreds of dogs and even a pot-belly pig named Holly paraded, curiously returning looks from animal enthusiasts, photographers and children. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) David McConnell leads Debra the cow during th e annual Blessing of the Animals event in Los Angeles on Saturday. Evan Yee/Daily News (2) Kirstie Bibeau, 5, of Quartz Hill gets a jump on the competition at an Easter egg hunt at Lane Park on Saturday. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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