There are no nuns left at the Monastery of the Angels in Hollywood, but the property will continue to serve the spiritual needs of the community, its owners say. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) For ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — For nearly a century, the Monastery of the Angels in the Hollywood Hills served as home to a community of cloistered Dominican nuns who devoted their lives to study Scripture and ...

For nearly a century, the cloistered nuns of the Monastery of the Angels have lived quietly on a rambling four-acre property just beneath the “H” of Los Angeles’ famous Hollywood sign. From this ...

The Tidings, the newspaper of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, last week published a profile of Hollywood’s Dominican monastery. Few people were even aware that a cloistered community of nuns was ...

LOS ANGELES — Fearing the Monastery of the Angels could be sold for private use or redevelopment, Los Angeles preservationists and advocates are forming a nonprofit as they seek to acquire and take ...

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For 90 years the Monastery of the Angels was home to a cloistered community of Dominican nuns who lived, prayed and baked their famous pumpkin bread on the rambling four-acre property tucked into a ...

There are no nuns left at the Monastery of the Angels in Hollywood, but the property will continue to serve the spiritual needs of the community, its owners say. The monastery is seen Dec. 1, 2021, in ...

The Monastery of the Angels was founded in 1924 and was supported in its early days by some of L.A.’s wealthiest families, including the Dohenys, the Dockweilers, the Van de Kamps and the Hancocks. In ...