Christifideles Laici was an apostolic exhortation written by John Paul II on the vocation of the Christian laity.
I used Laici to designate the people that are in this community (lay people_, along with LA to identify where all these lay people are living, namely, in and around Los Angeles.
The point of creating this community here on Locals.com is due to the fact that I have way too many separate group chats with so many different smaller communities of people in Los Angeles trying to advance the Gospel and start apostolates and lead bible studies and begin this college or start this conference and so on and so on.
I'm always recommending people: "Oh, you want to start a women's conference, well you should talk so and so, they had the same idea and they can help!" This happens to me all the time, since I'm often bouncing around from parish to parish, from school to school, from this even to that event, meeting people who have all kinds of ideas and passions for the greater glory of God.
I've met a lot of talented and dedicated Catholics. So I want them all to descend here at this location, instead of a massive chat on my phone or on Telegram or something.
This is a place that is available to all Catholic Angelenos. You can skim through the various posts and comments to see what's happening in Los Angeles and how to get involved. Maybe there is a project you feel passionate about! Post it and see what kind of feedback you will get—maybe someone will come allow and offer their gifts and services.
Who knows exactly what sort of things spin off from this, but I have a feeling that good things are yet to come.
Jesus and Mary, be with us on the way
Chris Plance
Hey everyone, sorry to whiplash you back to another platform, but I’m going to move over to Patreon. This platform has been tough and not as smooth as Patreon. I get it: Locals is more protective of free speech. But the fact is this. I’m not that controversial that I’m not worried about getting deplatformed by Patreon. What I’m looking for is simplicity. I’m not really looking to have a profile and then a community page and then navigate both. I’m looking to simply connect with you guys, give exclusive access to content for my monthly supporters, and make it as simple as possible to do both.
Link to Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/ChristopherPlance?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Here is my intro video! I hope you guys can make the switch, especially those that are already supporting me monthly. Please cancel your support here and consider transferring over to my Patreon.
Hello members and supporters, I really want to honor those who have been supporting me on this platform. Many of you are members, but several of you support me monthly. I’m so grateful for that, especially since I don’t do a lot of exclusive supporters-only content. But I want to do something special for you. Here it is:
I want to begin by doing a monthly class on the Gospel of John. This will by through Google Classroom and we will use Google Meet. This class will specifically look at St. John’s theology of the cross. Right now, this is my special interest, as I am writing a dissertation on John’s Atonement Theology. For a long time, scholars have been arguing that John has no real interest in the cross of Jesus, since his aim is to highlight Jesus descent and ascent. The cross, these scholars argue, is sort of in-the-way of John getting to his larger point about resurrection and ascension. I want to challenge all of this. We are going to break some new and fresh ground on the study ...
