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Patricia Marie Wilson
June 28, 1931 – November 6, 2022 Patricia Marie Hawkins Wilson, a 76-year resident of Downey, passed away on November 6. She was 91. Funeral Mass was celebrated on December 12, 2022, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Patricia was born at St. Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles on June 28, 1931. The family moved to Boulder City, Nevada in 1932 during the construction of the Hoover Dam where her father transferred with the U.S. Postal Service. The family returned to Southern California in 1944 and settled in South Gate where she completed the 8th grade at St. Helen School. She graduated from Downey High School in 1949. She raised…
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Beverly Jean Baumann
April 2, 1940 – December 4, 2022 Services for Beverly Baumann will be on : at 9:30 am on Monday, January 9, 2023, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Rosary will begin at 9:00 am followed by the Holy Mass. Beverly Bauman was a beloved member of the Catholic Women’s Guild of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church and served in the position of Spiritual Development on the board. Starting in 2002, Beverly and her husband gave their artistic talents and time to enhance the environment inside our beautiful church. Her sewing skills were evident in the banners she made for each of the liturgical seasons of the year.…
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Father Greg Boyle
Join the Catholic Women’s Guild & Our Lady of Perpetual Help Community in welcoming Fr. Greg Boyle on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 7:00 pm in the Church, 10727 S. Downey Ave, Downey, Ca 90241. From Homeboy Industries Website: Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers, Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir, returns with a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles. Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of our organization, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the…