A spokesman for Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Newport Beach confirmed to the Daily Mail that Kobe and Gigi Bryant attended a Catholic mass before the fatal helicopter accident. 

The NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter went to the 7 a.m. service at Our Lady Queen of Angels in Newport Beach where they both received Communion. 

Father Anthony Vu, a Vietnamese parochial vicar at the church, conducted the service.

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The pair soon boarded Kobe’s helicopter with pilot Ara Zoyban to fly to Thousand Oaks to Mamba Academy. 

Around 9:30 am the S-76 Sikorsky crashed in the hills near Calabasas, firefighters responded shortly after receiving a 911 call at 9:47 am. It was later confirmed that Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter, Gigi, 13, along with seven others did not survived the crash.

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Another to confirm his attendance of the Sunday was Father David Barnes, a Catholic priest in Boston. He tweeted hours after the tragic incident.

Orange County Diocese Bishop Timothy Freyer posted a heartfelt Facebook post asking for prayer and mourning.