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St. Isidore Plaza, located in Los Alamitos, California, is a former little Catholic church and adjacent hall with an inviting courtyard. This little Catholic church was built by the parishioners, Hispanic sugar cane field hands and Belgian dairy farmers, in 1922 and has served as a refuge to Mexican priests escaping persecution in their own country during the Twenties, withstood the great earthquake of the Thirties, provided momentary respite for thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen going off to war in the Forties, was to become another victim of progress where the land was supposedly worth more than the purpose of the structure.
Upon opening, the facility will be named St. Isidore Plaza and the church will be a nondenominational chapel open to all who seek spiritual solace or to find a quiet moment with their God. The Sunday morning Rosary being presently conducted in the church hall will be held in the chapel itself. The chapel, with its beautiful stained glass windows, will also be made available to family and friends of patients at the Los Alamitos Medical Center with jitney transportation provided by the hospital. Coincidentally, the hospital and several local physicians have already offered to provide free medical attention to the poor, especially to the elderly and to the children.
The patio will be restructured to provide shade trees, tables and some greenery to welcome local workers and visitors with a quiet location to enjoy their lunches and to rest their souls.
The Comite Del Amor, the Committee of Love, is a group of determined individuals, parishioners and sympathetic neighbors who’s goal it is to renovate the plaza for use by the community.
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