A century of serving the disenfranchised

This church has a long history of helping immigrants. Read this whole story and see how much these priests have done and are still doing. - - Donna Poisl

La Placita church in Los Angeles, served by priests of the Claretian Missionary order, has been especially active in immigrants rights.

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

For a century, the fates of Los Angeles, La Placita church and the priests of the Claretian Missionary order who serve there have been inextricably intertwined with provocative politics and courageous acts of faith.

In the 1920s, Father Medardo Brualla fearlessly entered a quarantined area near the church to minister last rites to those dying of the Black Plague and contracted the disease, dying a few days later.
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