PROFESSOR DEVON CARBADO OF UCLA will again keynote the diocese’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, to be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18 at Holy Faith Church, Inglewood. Carbado, an associate vice chancellor at UCLA and a professor at the university’s school of law, addressed last year’s gathering, saying on that […]
A MEDIDA QUE COMIENZA la época de Adviento, saludos en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo al pueblo de Dios en la Diócesis Episcopal de Los Ángeles. Estas semanas ocupadas nos guían inevitable y gloriosamente hacia la Navidad. La fiesta de la Natividad ocurre en una fecha que la gente fiel eligió durante los tiempos […]
As the season of Advent begins, greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the people of God in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Advent is our season of maximum attentiveness. These busy weeks lead inevitably and gloriously to Christmas. The feast of the Nativity occurs on a date that faithful people […]
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A compilation of stories, photos and videos from the 2019 meeting of Diocesan Convention. Taylor tells convention he is ‘recklessly optimistic’ about the church, the future Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Nov. 15 welcomed the 124th annual diocesan convention back to Riverside, issuing a call for community activism and neighborly curiosity, and […]
DURING THE FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER on Nov. 15 at Diocesan Convention Bishop John Harvey Taylor named two lay leaders as canons of the diocese, chosen in consultation with Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce and Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy. First named was James Alexander, a longtime member of St. James in-the-City Church, Los Angeles […]
DELEGATES ATTENDING THE 124TH ANNUAL MEETING of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Nov. 16 rededicated themselves to dismantling racism, joined iconic civil rights activist Dolores Huerta in a rousing ‘si se puede’ chant and voted for budding church entrepreneurs in a ‘Fish Tank’ challenge. A summary of Huerta’s address and a link to […]
LEGENDARY LABOR ORGANIZER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DOLORES HUERTA galvanized some 800 delegates and others Nov. 16 at the 124th annual meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles, leading rousing chants: “We’ve got the power” and “Si se puede! Si se puede!” And she brought petitions to be signed. “As you leave the gathering here […]
Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Nov. 15 welcomed the 124th annual diocesan convention back to Riverside, issuing a call for community activism and neighborly curiosity, and inviting congregations “to have me over for dinner” or a Thursday evening potluck to share sustainability strategies. He also honored victims of a Santa Clarita school shooting […]
The following were elected at Diocesan Convention, meeting today at the Riverside Convention Center: Canterbury Irvine Susan Brown Canterbury USC The Rev. Catherine Wagar Canterbury Westwood (UCLA) Bisbee Goldfarb Commission on Ministry, clergy The Rev. Peter Huang Commission on Ministry, lay Linda Allport Corporation of the Diocese, clergy The Rev. Antonio Gallardo Corporation of the […]
