The principal bishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Southwest California Synod, on April 9 issued a letter calling for common cause, especially during the current COVID-19 crisis. The text of the letter follows. A PDF of the text is […]
The Riverside City Council, at a historic March 31, 2020 virtual meeting, overwhelmingly approved a $17 million project to build 50 housing units for homeless and low-income people at St. Michael’s Episcopal Ministry Center. “It is 49 apartments for people who are not housed now and one for a caretaker, who will live on the […]
The 1918 global influenza pandemic hit Los Angeles at a time when the Sunday school of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church was growing so rapidly that the young vicar, the Rev. Dr. John Misao Yamazaki, had replaced a borrowed horse and wagon with a Dodge bus to transport the young students to the church buildings on […]
Palm Sunday usually jumpstarts Holy Week, with Episcopalians celebrating outside churches, waving palm branches that have been blessed, marching in procession, proclaiming “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest” and singing All Glory, Laud and Honor. However, this Palm Sunday, April 5 — in the age […]
California’s March 19 shelter-in-place COVID-19 protection order has left students like Eric Filson, 13, of Upland, feeling “homesick for school.” The forced vacation “feels like house arrest” but daily morning Zoom chapels have helped to ease his feelings of isolation, says Filson, an eighth grader at St. Mark’s Episcopal School. “It [virtual chapel] is just […]
Despite the current challenges our country is facing surrounding COVID-19, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service (IRIS) remains dedicated to providing services to refugees, immigrants, and asylees. Since the middle of March, our staff has practiced social distancing measures by assisting clients remotely via telephone and video. While our office is closed to the public until […]
For in the one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body. — 1 Cor. 12:13a Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. The global health crisis has affected the life of each member of our diocesan family – each of us, and all our neighbors. You are all in my prayers daily as you […]
As the Southland hunkers down to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus, Seeds of Hope, food justice ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, is stepping up its efforts to ensure access to healthy, nutritious food by providing fresh fruits and vegetables to families struggling with food insecurity – especially during this crisis, which has […]
As the coronavirus crisis continues, hospitals and medical providers are rapidly running out of face masks for their own use and that of their patients, and sewing hobbyists are breaking out their machines and fabric stashes to help. The Rev. Canon Jaime Edwards-Acton, rector of St. Stephen’s Church, Hollywood, and pastor of St. Be’s (St. […]
A message from Bishop Diocesan John Harvey Taylor The gist of this week’s orders from federal, state, and local authorities is that we are safer at home and that reducing our contact with other people makes them safer. Healthy people are told to leave our homes only for essential work, grocery shopping, prescriptions, medical care, […]
