The Very Rev. Frank Alton and other members of Episcopal Sacred Resistance, the diocesan sanctuary task force, are determining next steps after a December trip to El Barretal, a former entertainment venue turned refugee camp for 2,500 asylum-seekers in Tijuana, Mexico. “If you know, you love,” Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor said in an […]
International soccer fans won’t want to miss the March 7 Football Round Up set to feature veteran players and commentators Stuart Holden of Fox Sports and Robbie Earle of NBC, an evening in Century City benefiting the Neighborhood Youth Association, a diocesan institution specializing in college placement for low-income students. “As the European football season […]
Music from immigration activist and singer Sandra Montes and a series of imaginative monologues based on the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus — from the Annunciation to old age on Patmos — will be featured in “Through the Eyes of Mary,” a special liturgy on March 3 celebrating the “Our Sister’s Keeper” exhibit […]
The Gathering: A Space for Asian-American Spirituality will meet on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2 – 4 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum for “Behind Barbed Wire: Keeping Children Safe and Families Together.” The Gathering is among the sponsoring organizations of the event, which marks the Day of Remembrance, the 77th anniversary of Executive Order […]
A celebration in honor of Absalom Jones (1746 – 1818), first African-American priest in the Episcopal Church, will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24, 3 – 5 p.m. at St. Philip’s Church, 2800 Stanford Avenue, Los Angeles 90011. The H. Belfield Hannibal Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians and the Diocese of Los Angeles […]
In a pastoral letter to the Diocese of Los Angeles issued on Jan. 24, Bishop John Harvey Taylor speaks to a resolution from the July 2018 General Convention that suspends the statute of limitations on reporting acts of sexual misconduct by bishops, deacons, and priests against adult victims. “This means that if you were the […]
The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Los Angeles (ECW-LA) will host its annual retreat and business meeting, themed “Time for a Refill: A Day of Refreshment and Self Care,” on Saturday, Feb. 23, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles. Evita Krislock, Province 8 ECW […]
The Rev. David J. Lose, author and senior pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, will be the featured speaker at the 2019 Stern Lecture to be held at St. Matthew’s Church, Pacific Palisades, Feb. 8 and 9. Lose will also serve as guest preacher at the 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. services at St. […]
See Me: Portraits of Foster Youth, an exhibit of black and white photographs from the Foster Youth Museum in Oakland, California, is being hosted at St. John’s Cathedral from Jan. 11 to March 5. The exhibit, conceived by current and former foster youth, includes photos that reveal stories of an invisible community. The Foster Youth […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced Jan. 19 that Kathy Wilder has been named executive director of Camp Stevens. The camp, located in Julian, California, serves the dioceses of Los Angeles and San Diego. Wilder has served as interim director of the camp since the departure early in 2018 of prior director Beth Bojarski, who moved […]
