ST. BERNARDINE

With no church building yet available, St. Bernardine's worship activity wandered about. The site of the first parish Mass on August 26, 1962 was the Chaminade High School Library. As the parish continued to grow, the library became too small to hold its community of worshippers, and Sunday Masses were moved to the Canoga Park High School auditorium. This necessarily nomadic period was greatly eased by the acquisition of a special two wheel trailer loaded with portable altar, linens, and other sacred accessories pertaining to the Eucharist, which could be pulled up alongside whatever structure was currently providing the parish with worship space. Father Murray and other members of the priesthood who came to help with the multiple Sunday Masses vested in the wings... In April 1968, the parish rectory was finished at 24410 Calvert Street, and Father Murray moved up the hill to the new dwelling. Also in 1968, the Sisters of Notre Dame succeeded the Immaculate Heart Sisters in the..

Primary location: Woodland Hills United States