Originally published at Orange County Catholic
AN INMATE SHAVES THE head of another detainee.
At a table, four others play cards.
BISHOP THANH THAI NGUYEN CELEBRATED A SPECIAL MASS AT THE SANTA ANA CITY JAIL ON DEC. 24. HE IS PICTURED WITH DEACON MODESTO CORDERO, OFFICER M. MONREAL, FRED LA PUZZA AND GARTH MEADE. PHOTOS BY KIERNAN COLIFLORES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE
A few inmates are on the phone – old style ones mounted on walls.
Five other detainees walk into a multi-purpose room in a general-population module at the Santa Ana City Jail and take a seat before a makeshift altar.
INMATES AT THE SANTA ANA CITY JAIL ATTENDED CHRISTMAS EVE MASS, WHICH WAS CELEBRATED BY BISHOP THANH THAI NGUYEN AND ATTENDED BY SEVERAL DIOCESAN REPRESENTATIVES.
It is early morning, and Auxiliary Bishop Thanh Thai Nguyen and a handful of other Diocese representatives are prepared to begin the Nativity of the Lord Christmas Vigil Mass for the inmates, all wearing tan jail smocks over bright orange T-shirts and who share sparse, two men cells.
Before Mass begins, Deacon Modesto Cordero, director of the office for worship for the Diocese, asks the five who among them plans to receive Communion.
One inmate tells Deacon Modesto he
