Cesar Chavez's family to attend Mass to celebrate his life

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Paul Chavez pays his respects at the grave of his father, labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, located at the National Chavez Center in Keene, Calif.

Cesar Chavez's family to attend Mass to celebrate his life
By Christine Mai-Duc
April 5, 2014, 12:12 p.m.

The family of Cesar Chavez will attend an annual Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sunday to celebrate the life and work of the late labor leader.

The Mass, now in its 14th year, will be celebrated beginning at 12:30 p.m. and led by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. Chavez’s son, Paul Chavez, and Arturo Rodriguez, the president of the United Farm Workers union founded by Chavez, are scheduled to speak at the close of the celebration.

“Cesar Chavez was a man of prayer and a man of peace,” Gomez said. “He fought for justice for his people – using the spiritual weapons of prayer, fasting, and self-sacrifice, and he always urged nonviolence.”

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Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Delano grape strike, which launched Chavez and the plight of farmworkers into the national spotlight.