Holy Family Catholic Church (Glendale, California)

Initially, the parish celebrated Mass on the second floor of the Tropico Mercantile Building on San Fernando Road.The parish's 65 members had previously travelled to Mass either at the Plaza Church in Los Angeles or the San Gabriel Mission.Above the main entrance, there is a sandstone carving of the head of Christ crowned with thorns created by the noted Italian sculptor, Joseph Conradi.As Glendale's population grew from 2,742 in 1910 to 67,736 in 1930, parishioners were forced to line up on the sidewalk for Sunday Mass due to the limited seating capacity.In 1991, vandals broke into the church, breaking stained-glass windows to gain entry, and smashing the heads of three treasured religious statues.Holy Family Grade School opened in 1925 under the direction of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Altar at Holy Family

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