The Monday through Friday 8:00 AM Mass is offered at the school hall (2500 Pacific Avenue). On school holidays this Mass is offered in the parish church
The Monday through Friday Traditional Latin Mass is offered at 7:00 PM in the parish church (425 East 20th Street).
For the complete Mass and Confession schedule, see below.
SUNDAY BULLETIN
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
SATURDAY MASSES
8:00 AM (Latin/English)
5:00 PM (English) Vigil Mass
SUNDAY MASSES
7:00 AM (Spanish)
9:00 AM (Latin/English)
11:00 AM (English)
1:00 PM (Spanish)
WEEKDAY MASSES
8:00 AM (English)
7:00 PM (Latin/Español)
CONFESSIONS
Friday: 6:15 PM
Saturday: 4:15 PM
During the Sunday 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM Masses
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
First Friday Solemn Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 7:00 PM Latin Mass, followed by All Night Adoration.
Saturday Morning: Solemn Benediction before the 8:00 AM Latin Mass.
Welcome to the Church of the Holy Innocents in Long Beach, California, a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Our historic church is located in the neighborhood made famous by "Snoop Dogg." Standing on the corner of 20th Street and Pasadena Avenue, our little mission style church was erected nearly a century ago but she is as beautiful as ever! Our doors are open for you! --Father G. Peter Irving III
Telephone: 562-591-6924
Email: [email protected]
RECTORY OFFICE
425 East 20th Street
Long Beach, CA 90806
PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER LUISITA
O Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, King and center of all hearts! Look with merciful love on the petitions we present to You through the intercession of Your servant, Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
(Pause and request your petition)
We humbly beseech You to glorify her who was always such a fervent lover of Your Sacred Heart by granting us these favors if they are for Your greater honor and glory. Amen.
EXPECTANT MOTHERS OUTREACH
A total of 1,682 BABIES SAVED since we began this outreach to abortion bound women in 2008.
SEVENTY-THREE babies saved in 2024. FIFTY-THREE babies born in 2024.
SEVENTY babies saved in 2023. SIXTY-TWO babies born in 2023.
The former Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, Robert Sarah, has encouraged priests to offer the Mass ad orientem. Read about it HERE.
If one carefully examines the rubrics of the Roman Missal, one discovers that the presupposition is that the priest is offering the Mass ad Deum, that is to say, facing God along with the worshipers in the pews.
Here are some useful links on the topic of ad orientem worship.
Holy Innocents Parish has offered the Mass ad orientem in its historic church since 2011.
BISHOP OF GALLUP, NM, ENCOURAGES AD ORIENTEM WORSHIP
The bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, His Excellency James S. Wall, issued a letter in July of 2019, encouraging ad orientem worship in his diocese. Bishop Wall is a graduate of the Los Angeles Archdiocesan seminary in Carmarillo, St. John's Seminary. Read the letter HERE.