Western Diocese Joins Welcome Home Initiative

Last month, the Most Rev. Bishop Jon Bruno and the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders (LACRL) welcomed Mayor Eric Garcetti and homeless policy officer Alisa Orduna to the Cathedral Center of St. Paul to focus on L.A. city interfaith partnerships for building housing and related social services. L.A. Council of Religious Leaders endorsed Prop HHH on November ballot to seek $1.2 billion in new funding to house the homeless.

Reflecting on the serious issue of homelessness in Los Angeles, the Diocesan Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian commended Mayor Eric Garcetti’s initiative of the Welcome Home project. “As religious institutions, it is our moral obligation to capitalize on this forum in order to continue the mission and educate the people about shared responsibilities. Every single person can and should give for the noble cause. Our Diocese and the community of Los Angeles will be committed to the initiative,” said Archbishop Derderian.

At invitation of Bishop J Jon Bruno, gathered were Abp Hovnan Derderian, Bishop Catherine Roskam, Joe Colletti, Daniel Tamm, Linda Lee Culbertson, Frank Alton, Rabbi Sarah Hronsky, Pastor John Cager, Morley T. Feinstein, Aziza Hasan, Sable Manson, Tahil Sharma, Janet Reinecke Kawamoto, Chris Tumilty and many more.