Episcopal Enterprise, an organization of people interested in exploring new models of sustainability for congregations of the diocese, launched a series of Social Enterprise workshops at the Cathedral Center in Echo Park on May 9 with “Assessing Your Social Enterprise Options: Identifying Assets, Opportunities and Resistance Factors.” The group’s purpose is to help congregations find […]
Andrew Tomat, an accomplished corporate development executive with a 25-year track record of growing Fortune 500 companies, has accepted Bishop John Harvey Taylor’s appointment to serve as treasurer of the Diocese of Los Angeles. A member of Church of the Epiphany in Oak Park, Tomat brings considerable experience through his firm Four Pillars, named for […]
St. Edmund’s, San Marino will celebrate the last service with its longtime rector, the Rev. Canon George F. Woodward III on Sunday, April 29. All are invited to a luncheon reception after the 10 a.m. service to salute him and to celebrate his spiritual guidance as the parish’s preacher, pastor, teacher and friend. Woodward has […]
About 125 Southland Episcopalians gathered at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Laguna Hills on March 10, many to lend their support as the St. James the Great worshipping community requested official recognition as a mission station in the Diocese of Los Angeles. “We come before you this morning in a spirit of deep humility and […]
Camp Stevens, the diocese’s facility in Julian, California, hosted a dedication program Dec. 16 for its nearly-completed Bergstrom Lodge, the final stage of a rebuilding and upgrade project begun in the wake of the 2007 fires that destroyed 13 of the camp’s buildings. The lodge is named in honor of Peter Bergstrom, who retired in […]
The people and clergy of All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal Church returned to their church in time for services on Sunday, Feb. 4 after being forced out by deadly mudslides Jan. 9. Then, according to their rector, the Rev. Aimee Eyer-Delevett, they went right back out again to bring comfort and sacraments to volunteer crews from […]
Fear stalked the border and our schools in recent weeks. How do Episcopalians respond? With faith, hope, love, and the level heads our God in Christ gave us. First to St. Philip’s in Lemon Grove in the Diocese of San Diego. Before Holy Eucharist at our Called to the Wall service Feb. 17, worshipers had […]
If there is an upside to vandalism like the Jan. 13 break-in and torching of the sanctuary at the Church of the Angels in Pasadena, the Rev. Robert Gaestel says it must be the outpouring of love and support from the diocesan and surrounding community. Also in the reclaiming of sacred space, the determination and […]
As the recently appointed archdeacon of the Diocese of Los Angeles, the Venerable Canon Charleen Crean aims to raise awareness about what may be the church’s most misunderstood order. She also hopes to fundraise to help identify, raise up, educate and train additional vocational deacons, to add to the ranks of the 44 currently serving […]
The route was a little shorter, the symbolism a little altered, but some 200 members of the dioceses of Los Angeles and San Diego took part in the seventh annual Via Crucis pilgrimage in support of immigrants’ rights on Feb. 17. Participants prayed the stations of the cross at each stop — the Cathedral Center […]
