Bishop John Harvey Taylor and Canon Kathy O’Connor invite members of the diocesan community to the second annual Bishop’s Concert, featuring Grammy Award-winning singer, actor and author Debby Boone, on Friday, October 11 at the episcopal residence, located at 3435 E. California Boulevard in Pasadena. Debby Boone is known for the 1977 hit “You Light […]
One thing all Christians insist on is that people are made in God’s image. We insist on it, and we’re also stuck with it. Because living into the truth of Gen. 1:27 is the work of a lifetime. Seeking the divine engram in another person requires empathy and curiosity. Attentiveness and mindfulness. Listening and learning. […]
Through a grant provided by the Roanridge Trust, the Diocese of Los Angeles will soon begin an 11-week training program for lay pastoral caregivers in rural congregations, modeled on the format of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), which is usually carried out in hospitals. “The central work of CPE is to become more keenly and constantly […]
Mt. Calvary, the Santa Barbara monastery and retreat center of the Order of the Holy Cross, will close in 2021, ending more than 70 years of ministry in the Diocese of Los Angeles, according to a July 11 letter from Prior Adam McCoy to OHC associates and supporters. The directive to close the monastery came […]
Clergy and lay members of Episcopal Sacred Resistance, the diocesan Sanctuary Task Force, were among participants in a July 1 migrant solidarity rally and procession for which Bishop John Harvey Taylor offered a closing prayer. “In the unity of our grief, we pray for all those who have died on the border or in […]
A new diocesan initiative will help Southland Episcopalians and diverse conversation partners bridge polarizing societal differences — a unique skill-set of “Anglican comprehensiveness,” Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced June 30 during the Rector’s Forum at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Known as “One in the Spirit: Finding Divinity Within Difference in the Diocese of Los Angeles,” […]
When word spread that presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was a practicing Episcopalian, adverse reaction from some evangelicals was swift. Some said he wasn’t actually a Christian — not because he’s a married gay man, mind you, but just because he’s a practicing Episcopalian. Most of us are used to it. Have you ever told a […]
Soon to enter its 25th year of service, the Diocese of Los Angeles’ Echo Park headquarters will begin a new chapter of ministry alongside the on-site St. Athanasius’ Church and downtown’s St. John’s Cathedral, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced May 2. Following more than a year of conversation and discernment, Taylor said, the Bishops’ Office, […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor on April 24 announced dates for two major events in Autumn 2019: the second annual Bishop’s Concert on Friday, Oct. 11, and the third annual Bishop’s Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Bishop’s Concert, Oct. 11 The concert, to be held at the episcopal residence in Pasadena, will feature Grammy Award-winning […]
All are welcome to join in the fifth annual Interdependence Day Walking Meditation around Echo Park Lake starting at 10 a.m. on July 4, hosted by the Interfaith Cooperative of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Again this year, the .9-mile walk will feature seven stations at which participants will stop and hear brief reflections […]
