JULY 13, 2020: In response to the growing number of COVID cases and hospitalizations across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered that indoor operations must again close statewide for a number of industries, including houses of worship for the county of Los Angeles. In following this newly-issued state order, the Parish and office will be closed to the public effective today until further notice. Our Sunday Masses and Thursday Holy Hour will continue to be available via live-stream only. If you need assistance please call the rectory at (323) 225-8119. Confession schedule will remain the same. Saturday from 5 pm -6 pm at the rectory or by appointment. Given the fluidity and uncertainty of the current crisis, we cannot determine the duration of the closure at this time. We will update this page as we have more information.
Mass will resume in stages:
Sunday 11:00 a.m. Trilingual
- Italian at the altar.
Sunday 6:00 p.m. Trilingual
- English at the altar.
We are restricted to 25% of our capacity or 100 people whichever is smaller. To celebrate with the maximum allowed we will
celebrate Mass in Casa Italiana
Check your temperature:
Please do not come to mass if you have a temperature or if you feel ill.
Make sure you have your face mask or covering before you leave home.
You will be greeted by a volunteer.
Please Enter only through the designated door with a greeter. Sanitize your hands as directed by the greeter.
Fill in and keep contact card so you can notify us if you test positive for covid-19.
Observe physical distancing while the usher directs you to your seat
No physical sign of peace will be exchanged during Mass.
There will be no passing of offering baskets. Please leave your offering in the boxes provided as you exit.
Communion in the hand only will take place at the end of mass.
To view our full plan for reopening and other resources please go to the more dropdown at the top of the page and select "resources" tab.
To Mail Donations
Please make your check or money order
payable to: St. Peter's Italian Church
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Mailing Address: 1039 No. Broadway, Los Angeles, 90012
E-mail:
stpeterit@yahoo.com
For General Inquiry email: info@stpeteritalianchurchla.org
Dear Friends and Parishioners,
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed us to an unprecedented calamity of suffering, death and involuntary distancing from family and friends. We are also experiencing the painful disruption of our Sacramental life, having been cut off from weekly Mass and the reception of Communion, but also from the physical fellowship that has been so central at St. Peter’s, thanks to activities organized by the church’s societies. I miss you all and pray that you and your families are in good health and safe during this Coronavirus pandemic.
We assume that, when the pandemic is finally contained, our liturgical and community life will quickly return to normal. But there is another challenge to our Parish deriving from the past three months of “inactivity” and mandatory “slow start”: a shortage of money.
As you know, St. Peter’s receives no outside support and has no endowment; it is dependent upon Mass collections, Feast’s donations, Societies’ contributions, and events revenues at Casa Italiana to finance its operations. Now even the doors of Casa Italiana are locked to all events except Mass. We have made deep cuts to the budget but there is a significant gap that the Parish must subsidize to meet the current, inevitable, overhead expenses.
Our Parish has always relied on generous contributions on major holidays like Easter for a financial boost, but this year we had to lock our doors instead, and celebrate Mass facing empty pews. I encourage you who judge it wise not to come to the church yet, to join the Facebook, live-streaming of Mass and Adoration from St. Peter every week. We will continue to live-stream until our Sunday presence returns to “normal”. You can find us on Facebook at “St. Peter’s Italian Church Los Angeles”.
They predict that, even when the coronavirus is contained, social-distancing norms will restrict Mass attendance to a fraction of its pre-pandemic size, perhaps for up to 18 months. We need to re-invent our way of contributing to the well-being of the ministry of our Parish. For instance: can we find volunteers to work in the office for one or two days a week or help with the food pantry? Please, let me know if you are considering it. How else can you help? Some have been making a contribution online by going to: https://stpeteritalianchurchla.org/, or mailing in their weekly or monthly contribution and others have made a special donation, knowing that many cannot afford it in these special circumstances.
It goes without saying that our primary focus is on helping the victims of the coronavirus pandemic and cooperating to eradicate or contain it as soon as possible. At the same time, it is worth remembering that the church structure that our parents and grandparents helped build with their nickels and dimes contributions, is desperately in need of your generosity and cannot remain open without your contribution.
If, emerging from this calamity, we desire to find our church doors open and traditional pastoral care restored, our church needs your continued involvement and financial generosity now. Please use the self-addressed envelope that is included.
God Bless you and I thank you very much.
Fr. Louis Piran, c.s.
The Parish of St. Peter was founded in the year 1904 to care for the spiritual and social needs of Italian immigrants who came to America in search of religious, social, and economic freedom.
Today, through liturgical, educational and social programs, St. Peter’s Italian Church in Los Angeles continues the mandate given to the Missionaries of St. Charles by their founder Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini to care for all migrants as they journey toward the Kingdom of God. Find out more information on our history: