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Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church members are signing up to pray 24 hours a day at a small Perpetual Adoration chapel where they believe Christ — or his physical representation — must never be left alone.
“I’m praying for a Wilmington with lower crime, less graffiti, no gangs, and I want a better Wilmington,” Anaya said.
So he’s signed up for Thursdays from 10 to 11 p.m. and has taken on an additional shift Thursday from 2 to 3 a.m.
“I really do believe that this will help. We all do,” Anaya said.
The church, celebrating its 138th anniversary, is one of the oldest in Los Angeles County.
The chapel was once a room used by the priests for storage, but it has been turned into a space with designs similar to the adjacent church. The host, or consecrated wafer of bread, is contained in a sparkling gold monstrance, encased in a glass cabinet with red velvet curtains.
The marble altar comes from a Wilmington shop. The three wooden pews and the walls were completed by craftsmen from Wilmington.
“It was a labor of love so that the chapel belongs to the people,” said the Rev. Peter Irving.
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