BELLFLOWER
BEGAN as a DUTCH-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT,
w/
LOTS OF DAIRY FARMS OWNED BY
IMMIGRANTS from
the NETHERLANDS but you won't find any farms or windmills or large tulip patches here today



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Friday, June 5, 2015

BELLFLOWER PRIEST IS AFRICAN:"Catholic Church running out of priests, importing from Africa, Asia" | WashingtonExaminer.com

The priest at St Bernard in Bellflower is African,or at least seems like it.
"...Maybe worse, the priest population is down 17 percent
since 1980. "The most serious decline was Europe, which
had a net loss of 78,090 priests during this period,
representing a 32 percent decline in this population,"
said the report..."

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/catholic-church-running-out-of-priests-importing-from-africa-asia/article/2565511