We're on Consecration Countdown here in the Diocese of Los Angeles ... and as I'm getting lots of questions from around and about the church about details, I figured I'd answer some of the FAQs here:
- Seating for nearly 7,000 will be available at the Long Beach Arena, where doors will open at 12 noon. (Nobody's talking about needing tickets.)
- A celebration gathering featuring music and dance will begin at 12:30 p.m.
- The liturgy itself is set to begin at 1:30 p.m.
- Ample parking, priced at $10 per car, is available at the adjacent Long Beach Convention Center.
- The official host hotel is the Westin Long Beach, where special rates have been negotiated. (Yes, the Long Beach Airport is the closest, but LAX is an easy shuttle away.)
- Clergy wishing to vest and process will want to know that the vestments du jour will be red stole/cassock & surplice
- The diocesan website has more details ... and is threatening to post up a Fact Sheet, Media Credentialling info and Biographies of the bishops-elect any day now
- Finally -- just to make sure everybody is in the loop -- you should know that May 15-16 is Gay Pride Weekend in Long Beach. (And no, I couldn't make that up.)
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Ok, so you need to know that BP is REALLY ANNOYED that we made our travel plans to be flying on that day on a combo-work-family trip. Or else we would go up to Long Beach for this.
BP tp IT: We should totally go!
IT to BP: We already made our flight res!
Somehow I think BP thinks I shoulda known....
You need to remember we want to be there!
Wow. I've been to Long Beach twice in my life - on either end of a Mexican cruise - and my wife and I stayed at the Westin Long Beach. (Neither of us could figure out why the Californians were wearing coats.) We worshipped both Sundays at St. Luke's(?) a few blocks from the hotel.
Well, it certainly seems like the right, and good, and joyfoul thing that LGBT Pride in Long Beach is THAT weekend! :) Congratulations again to both women!
Loving that Gay Pride is being celebrated with the consecration!
Yep .. and it's a TOTAL coincidence.
Date was what worked with the PB's calendar and venue was what was [a] big enough and [b] within the budget on [c] the date that worked with the PB's calendar.
So Long Beach will TOTALLY be the place to be ... it's going to be a heckuva celebration!
If you're going to the ordinations, instead of driving and parking, consider taking the Blue Line, which has a stop a block away (1st St. and Long Beach Blvd.).
Easier and more convenient than parking. Cheaper -- $1.25 each way or $5.00 system-wide all-day pass.
And you can have a celebratory cocktail or two afterwards without having to worry about driving!
Okay, I may have to stay in LB on Sunday instead of going to Pasadena to help hand out some Jesus.
Thanks for these facts. I had heard that there were to be tickets. Good call to get a place large enough so that isn't necessary.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if "Gay Pride" could dispense with g-strings studded collars and leather for this one very important occasion.
I hope and pray.
Oh look, snark. And I always thought God loved EVERYONE.
The "wedding garments" of God's Banquet will look a LOT more like "g-strings studded collars and leather" than they will the Sunday-Go-To-Church attire of the self-righteous. BELIEVE IT, John.
I will be in the final throes of "The Dreaded MOVE" come May 15. Spare a prayer for me, amidst Consecrative Joy?
Re Elizabeth Kaeton's note: what does "hand out some Jesus mean?"
Marcia - It's irreverent clergy talk for being a Eucharistic Minister.
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