WESTFIELD RESIDENCEINC
500 KELTON AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 www.westfieldresidence.org

---

Organizations Filed Purposes: To provide facilities as residence and cultural center for high school, college, and professional women through the conduct of intellectual and cultural seminars in helping the women exert a positive influence on in whatever environment they find themselves with peers at the university, colleagues at work and with family and friends. The program s of spiritual nature at the residence center is entrusted to Opus Dei, the personal Prelature of the Catholic Church.

Conduct seminars, retreats, college leadership and professional development programs and other outdoor activities for members.

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AS RESIDENCE AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL SEMINARS IN HELPING THE WOMEN EXERT A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT THEY FIND THEMSELVES WITH PEERS AT THE UNIVERSITY, COLLEAGUES AT WORK AND WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THE PROGRAMS OF SPIRITUAL NATURE AT THE RESIDENCE CENTER IS ENTRUSTED TO OPUS DEI, THE PERSONAL PRELATURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. FROM THE DIRECTOR - CARMINA RICAFORT2017 MARKED THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF WESTFIELD RESIDENCE, WHICH THANKS TO THE GRACE OF GOD, HARD WORK, AND GENEREOUS BENEFACTORS, IS POISED FOR FURTHER EXPANSION. SINCE ITS BEGINNINGS, WESTFIELD HAS CONSISTENTLY OFFERED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AND A FAMILY HOMELIKE ENVIRONMENT TO COLLEGE WOMEN, AIMING TO MAKE POSITIVE IMPACT ON LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND BY INSPIRING THEM TO THINK GLOBALLY, WORK WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, AND BRING A POSITIVE CHANGE TO THEIR OWN HOME, PROFESSION, AND COMMUNITY.THIS PAST 2018 HAS BEEN BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY FOR US HERE AT WESTFIELD. WE CONTINUE WITH ALL OUR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN OUR FUTURE WOMEN LEADERS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. AMONG FEW, THE COLLEGE WOMEN THAT COME TO WESTFIELD AHD BECOME COMMITTED TO REACH OUT TO LONELY ELDERLY EVERY MONTH AND TO START A SERVICE PROJECT IN LONG BEACH SIMMER 2019. A HIGHLIGHT OF 2018 WAS A TRIP TO ROME TO ATTEND THE UNIV CONGRESS. THE COLLEGE WOMEN MET OTHER GIRLS LIKE THEMSELVES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, ACCOMPANIED THE POPE IN THE CELEBRATION OF HOLY WEEK, AND EVEN PRESENTED AN ACADEMIC PAPER AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. WE THNAK THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE GIRLS. LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS AS USUAL. WE HAD TIM RECKART, DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIE "THE STAR" EXPLAIN HOW DIRECTING IS THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE BEST OUT OF EACH PERSON INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF A MOVIE. AT CBS TELEVISION, THE GIRLS ATTENDING GOT TO TRY THEIR HAND IN WRITING PROMOS. tOURING ISS, THE LARGEST PROP STUDIO IN HOLLYWOOD, THEY HAD A FRONT SEAT VIEW OF THE DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR EVEY SINGLE SHOT.OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS STARTED A STUDENT-RUN CLUB CALLED MONTEMARE, INSPIRED BY THEIR DRIVE TO HELP OTHER COLLEGE STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS. THEIR MISSION IS TO FILL IN THE GAPS LEFT BY THE ACADEMIC FOCUS OF COLLEGE AND FIND MOTIVATION TO GIVE MORE MEANING TO THEIR LIVES. THE NAME OF THE CLUB IS TAKEN FROM THE ITALIAN FOR "MOUNTAIN" AND "SEA" AS THEY STRIVE TO AIM HIGH AND GO DEEP. (HTTPS"//LAMONTEMARE.WIXSITE.COM/HOME). THE CLUB HAS BEEN A SUCCESS AND MANY YOUNG WOMEN HAVE BEEN ATTENDING. IN THE MOST RECENT ONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS WE BECAME CONVINCED THAT HOSTING DINNER PARTIES ACTUALLY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SAVING THE WORLD, AND IN JANUAURY, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF WORKINGWELL.THERETREATS HAVE HAD FAR REACHING EFFECTS. THANKS TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF THE RETREATS, OVER 60 HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE MADE A RETREAT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

---

---

Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (public 990 form dataset) from: https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202003239349300530_public.xml