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The sky is the most amazing cerulean blue. Families lounge on blankets listening to the lyrical passions of the Mariachi music. There is the flash of color and brilliant white of the Ballet Folklorico dancers. Away from the stage, children create chalk designs on the sidewalk leading to the mansion, a place steeped in the history of El Pueblo de Los Angeles . There is the smell of tacos in the air, a gustatory salute to the street cuisine of the city. Through a shaded door into a quiet room, pilgrims make their way in reflective splendor around a labyrinth drawn on a cloth and laid out on the floor. Back out in the sunlight, there are voices and languages under a canopy of trees. In the distance is the dome of St. Vincent de Paul’s Church , a Los Angeles cultural monument and the second Roman Catholic house of worship to be consecrated in the city. On this perfect spring day, every act is a prayer, every word contains a universe o...