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About Us

Say goodbye to golden yesterdays, or your heart will never learn to love the present. —Anthony de Mello, S.J.

Our Church Building

In this section, we offer a variety of ways of looking at our church building. The following features are available:

Historic Photographs of St. Brendan. See how our church building has looked at different times in our history. Watch as we add more photos to this feature in our Parish Albums section. If you have old photos of the church building, parish events or school events, let us know so we can share them with the whole community!

The Los Angeles Churches of Emmett G. Martin. The younger brother of famed Los Angeles architect Albert C. Martin, Emmet was the architect of St. Brendan Church, built in 1927. Take a virtual tour of other churches in our area that he also designed around the same time during his career specializing in churches.

The War of the Worlds. St. Brendan Church plays a role in this 1953 science fiction classic. See terrorized crowds of Angelenos huddle in our church as Martians destroy the world! And see how the church looked in the 1950s.