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  This is an excellent Catholic community. Very welcoming it feels like a second home.

  Added May 18, 2017 by Justin Ordoveza
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  A very beautiful church, there was a chorus girl who sings like Angel

  Added April 21, 2017 by Leydi Ramírez
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  The city of Long Beach did a lot of growing in the post war era. Six new Catholic churches were added the city, one was Our Lady of Refuge which was founded on May 10th, 1948. Over the past 60 years it's been fairly consistent in size with roughly 1700 families who attend the church, this is by no means a small church. It has a private Catholic Elementary School on the grounds as well. Looking at the church for an araiel persepctive you can see that it's actually in the shape of a cross. The only thing a bit more unusual is the placement of the church between the streets of Stearns and East Los Coyotes. The two streets turn the lot the church sits on into a V. The normal thing to do is place the front of the church on one of the streets. Our Lady of Refuge front faces the bottom corner of the V making a strong visual impression. It's bold and ambitious and I just love it! There is also a third street close by (Clark Ave) where you could get a good view of the church as you drive by. What's neat about this church is that after driving by it the interesting placement of the church gets your attention.
  
  

  Added April 15, 2017 by Steve Schlesinger