712 North Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel. 213/628-2938
Fax. 213/628-1635
Rev. Mate Bižaca
Pastor
Rev. Vlatko Poljičak
Senior Priest
Msgr. Felix Diomartich
Pastor Emeritus
Masses:
Sunday. 8:30 a.m. (English);
10:30 a.m. (Croatian)
Weekdays: 7:30 a.m. (English);
7:30 p.m. (Friday only)
Confessions:
Saturday 4:00-5:00 p.m.;
Sunday 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Baptisms:
By appointment
Marriages:
By arrangement
(6 months before wedding date)
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WELCOME TO ST. ANTHONY'S CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Anthony Croatian Catholic Parish is a community of faith and love, graced with a revered ethnic heritage.
We share our Catholic faith with other parish communities that constitute the larger local Church of Los Angeles. With them we are devoted to a common Church mission, which is to witness the presence of God in our world and to advance the civilization of love.
At the same time, we are a distinct ethnic community. The Croatian Christian heritage is fourteen centuries old. We cherish such a legacy and are indebted to preserve our rich Croatian culture, traditions, customs, values and language for future generations.
In regard to this specific character of our parish community, our primary goal is to enhance efficient interaction of faith and culture. Therefore, we commit ourselves to promoting the cultural adaptation of liturgy. Also, in order to invigorate dynamics of evangelization we are committed to contextualize all pastoral, catechetical, social and cultural activities in the parish.
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St. Mary's Church
Escondido, California
Croatian Mass
Palm Sunday, April 5th
3:30PM Confessions
4:00PM Mass
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FIRST SUNDAY
OF THE MONTH
October - May 04:00 p.m.
June - September 06:00 p.m.
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HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER! |
Father Mate and Father Vlatko extend to each one of you the best Easter wishes. Easter teaches us to choose God’s commandments over human laws, life over death, light over darkness, love over hatred. May the risen Lord guide your conscience and strengthen your will!
Sincere gratitude for your loyalty and financial support to our Croatian parish.
April, 2009 - EASTER MESSAGE |
Dear parishioners:
In my 2008 Christmas message to you I made the point that in a jubilee “Year of St. Paul” we should get better knowledge of this great convert and apostle. Then, I emphasized that St. Paul was the most instrumental in having Christianity adapted by non-Jewish nations and cultures.
Now, as we enter into the Holy Week, we will be invited at the liturgical celebrations to reflect upon the two most brilliant texts from St. Paul’s letters.  READ MORE
Travanj, 2009 - EASTER MESSAGE |
Dragi župljani!
U prošlogodišnjoj Božićnoj poruci, a povodom proglašenja jubilarne godine sv. Pavla, poželio sam da se još bolje upoznamo s ovim velikim obraćenikom i apostolom. Naglasio sam, tada, da se ponajviše zaslugom sv. Pavla kršćanska poruka prilagodila nekršćanskim narodima i kulturama.
Sada, kada ulazimo u sveti tjedan, Crkva nam u velikotjednoj liturgiji pruža na razmatranje dva ponajbolja teksta iz poslanica svetoga Pavla. VIŠE
EASTER SCHEDULE
AT ST. ANTHONY’S CROATIAN MISSIONS |
SAN DIEGO (CALIFORNIA)
Palm Sunday, April 5th
3:30PM Confessions – 4:00PM Mass
PHOENIX (ARIZONA)
Palm Sunday, April 5th
9:30AM Confessions – 10:30AM Mass
Easter Sunday,
April 12th
9:30AM Confessions - 10:30AM Easter Mass
DENVER (COLORADO)
Holy Saturday, April 11th
3:00PM Confessions – 3:30PM Easter Vigil
Third Sunday of Easter, April 26th
12:00 Noon Mass
LAS VEGAS (NEVADA)
Second Sunday of Easter
April 19th 6:30PM Confessions - 7:15PM Mass
At the Parish Council meeting on October 21, 2008 it was decided that for the parish Centennial in 2010 the Directory of our parish be printed. The Directory will include the portraits of all parish families here in Los Angeles and in our local Croatian missions. First portrait session will take place
October 6-10, 2009 in the parish center.
HELLO FRIENDS!!!
St. Anthony's will be celebrating its 100th Centennial on December 4-5, 2010. We will have a two day celebration to mark this event, which will consist of a day of kolo and tamburica performers from Los Angeles and hopefully from other cities as well. The second day will be a banquet, dinner/dance, all details to follow in the near future.
To start preparing for this monumental event... we're calling out to all past kolo dancers, we even welcome newbies who are interested in participating, to form an adult kolo group that will perform in the centennial event. We are interested in all levels, all experiences, there will be multiple groups, and multiple age levels. No one is too young, or too old. For some, this may be a one time performance, for others, we're hoping to establish an adult group to preserve our love for our culture and to keep the
traditions of our ancestors alive.
The choreography will be taught by Zeljko Jergan who has graciously accepted the task of teaching and spreading his talent to further our culture.
If you are interested in participating, please email me your name, and the best possible day for practice. We will try to accommodate the best day and time based on consensus. We are hoping to start practice in the next 2-3 weeks! We are very excited to revive this group, and I am personally thrilled to bring my opanke out of retirement!
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you soon!! Please forward this to anyone that might be interested.
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Nancy Brkic
St. Anthony Croatian Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Radio Program - The Voice of St. Anthony's
You can listen to our radio program 24 hours a day right here on our webpage  .
This program is the only such, and it has been on air for almost half the century (KTYM 1460 AM).
Our listeners can listen to Croatian music with commercial messages from our sponsors and our regular spiritual message from our Parish.
We thank and urge our dear sponsors and our parishioners to keep supporting this Voice of St. Anthony's and spread the word so it's message can be heard in every Croatian home in our Community.
For information how to place a radio ad or send out a message through our radio program, contact Nancy at 213/628-2938 or send us your online request.
St. Anthony's Croatian School's Bake Sale!
Don't worry and slave over baking your deserts this Holiday Season. Order freshly made, ready to bake apple strudels and have them on your desert plates in a snap. Your purchase supports St. Anthony's Croatian Children's School costume fund. Your support is greatly appreciated.
1 Apple Strudel for $20
Please send order form to Katica Ban at kban@socal.rr.com
or call 818-892-4145 for telephone orders.
Our Chilren's School Mission Statement is a coherent partnership between our priests, teachers, parents and students.
The objective is to ensure that each student develops a firm foundation of our Croatian heritage, nurtured through a distinctive base of knowledge.
Continuing the accomplishments from last year, we have added an exciting new study program about Croatia, our beautiful homeland, a new dance and music class where students can learn how to play Tamburica and sing in a children's choir.
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St. Pius X Church
Phoenix, Arizona
Croatian Mass
Palm Sunday, April 5th
9:30AM Confessions
10:30AM Mass
Easter Sunday, April 12th
9:30AM Confessions
10:30AM Easter Mass |
FIRST & SECOND SUNDAY
OF THE MONTH
10:30 A.M.
CHRISTMAS (BOŽIĆ)
& EASTER (USKRS) 10:30 a.m. |
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Our Lady of La Vang
Las Vegas, Nevada
Croatian Mass
Second Sunday of Easter
April 19th 6:30PM Confessions
7:15PM Mass
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THIRD SUNDAY
OF THE MONTH
07:15 p.m.
CHRISTMAS EVE (BADNJAK)
04:00 p.m. |
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St. Louis Catholic Parish
Englewood, Colorado
Croatian Mass
Holy Saturday, April 11th
3:00PM Confessions
3:30PM Easter Vigil
Third Sunday of Easter, April 26th
12:00 Noon Mass
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LAST SUNDAY
OF THE MONTH
12:00 Noon
EASTER VIGIL
(Uskrsno bdijenje)
07:00 p.m. |
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USKRSNA ZAHVALA ŽUPNIKA
Naša hrvatska katolička župa sv. Ante već 99 godina časno služi mnogim generacijama hrvatskih iseljenika nastanjenih na širem području Los Angelesa. Dolaskom novih iseljenika, pastoralno područje ove župe se uz Južnu Kaliforniju proteže i takoder na države Arizonu, Nevadu i Colorado, gdje su osnovane nove hrvatske misije.
Kao župnik osjećam veliku odgovornost. Tim više, što novo doseljene mlade obitelji u našim područnim misijama trebaju ekstra brigu pri njihovoj često puta bolnoj prilagodbi novim crkvenim i društvenim prilikama.
Očito, ja sam ne mogu odgovoriti svim pastoralnim potrebama na tako golemon području. Zato, velika hvala don Vlatku na razumijevanju i svećeničkoj revnosti. Hvala Ferdi Brkić i Nancy Brkić, marljivim pomoćnicima u administraciji župe.
Da bi se uspješno realizirali raznovrsni pastoralni, liturgijski, kulturni i socijalni programi ovdje i u misijama, desna su mi ruka mnogi pastoralni suradnici. To su Bogom nadahnuti entuzijasti koji velikodušno stavljaju svoje vrijeme i talente u službi čitave zajednice. Time su istinski svjedoci Uskrsa i navjestitelji uskrsne preobrazbe naših hrvatskih zajednica
Zato hvala i priznanje slijedećim osobama:
1. Hvala VJEROUČITELJICAMA: Aleksandri Duvnjak, Rosa Mariji Salazar, Ann Zanki, Susanne Čorić, Božidarki Krešić, i Mladenki Grgić.
2. Hvala UČITELJICAMA hrvatske škole i kolo grupe, Maji Bristow, Heidi Granić i Katici Ban.
3. Glavni razlog dolaženja k sv. Anti je skladna prilagodba CRKVENIH OBREDA hrvatskoj tradiciji i kulturi. Zato posebna hvala pjevačkom zboru, orguljašima (Tom Yeseta, Aleksandri Duvnjak, Verici Mihatov), tamburaškom orkestru, čitačima, ministrantima i poslužiteljima. više
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