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2022 Missionary Childhood Association Mass

Hundreds of Catholic school students gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Oct. 19 for the annual Missionary Childhood Association Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop Gomez celebrated this year's MCA Mass. (Victor Alemán)

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Mission Office hosts the annual liturgy to celebrate the contributions by local youth to help underserved children of the world.(Victor Alemán)

(Victor Alemán)

(Victor Alemán)

During the Mass, all Catholic schools will be honored for their participation in efforts to help cover school tuition and provide meals to children in remote rural areas in Kenya, and to those who have fled to Poland, affected by the war in Ukraine. (Victor Alemán)

The 2021-2022 fundraising efforts, which involved Catholic schools and religious education students across the three-county Archdiocese, raised $30,106.27.(Victor Alemán)

Msgr. Terrance Fleming poses with LA Catholic school students honored at the annual Missionary Childhood Association (MCA) Mass Oct. 19. Third-grader Violet Hsu from All Souls World Language School in Alhambra (second from left) and sixth-grader Liliana Espinoza from St. Gregory the Great in Whittier (far right) were national finalists for this year’s MCA Christmas Artwork Contest. The other three students received $500 scholarships from the Lay Mission-Helpers Association as winners of an essay contest about the importance of mission. From left to right: Angelina Escudero (seventh grade, St. James, Torrance), Jason Cheung (sixth grade, Our Lady of the Assumption, Ventura) and Gavin Scarlett (eighth grade, Our Lady of the Assumption, Ventura). (Victor Alemán)

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