The following clergy and lay people were elected to offices by Diocesan Convention, which met Dec. 1 – 2 at the Ontario Convention Center. Canterbury Irvine Susan Brown Canterbury USC Canon Patsy Brierley Canterbury Westwood John Hirning Commission on Ministry The Rev. George Okusi Cameron Johnson Corporation of the Diocese The Rev. Nancy Frausto Canon […]
The Rev. Michele Racusin, an Episcopal priest widely skilled in accounting and ministry, has been named to serve the Diocese of Los Angeles as missioner for financial stewardship and chief financial officer following a nationwide search to fill the position, Bishop Coadjutor John Harvey Taylor announced Nov. 27. A certified public accountant for more than […]
The 122nd meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles’s annual convention Dec. 1 – 2 at the Ontario Convention Center will mark the transition from the sixth to the seventh bishop of the diocese as lay and clergy delegates consider the work of its congregations and institutions, vote on a budget for 2018, elect officers, […]
When a Jewish school choir asked to perform at the cultural center at St. Paul’s Church in Shefa’amr, Galilee, the rector, the Rev. Canon Fuad Dagher, seized the opportunity to build bridges. “I invited some parents of our local Arab community to come and to bring their children,” he said Oct. 11 during a visit […]
When colleagues and I visited St. James’ Church on Via Lido in Newport Beach this week, I spotted a wall calendar still showing the page for June 2015, a month that will long be remembered in the Diocese of Los Angeles. It signified the end of weekly worship at St. James and the beginning of […]
The recent Canyon 2 Fire in Orange County was 90 percent contained by Oct. 16, but for the Rev. Abel Lopez, its sudden, devastating eruption was a shocking reminder to put a disaster plan in place. “I’ve never been through anything like this before,” said Lopez, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in […]
From L.A. City Hall to a gala dinner and five regional receptions, expressions of thanks and love for Bishop J. Jon Bruno and Mary Bruno flowed from nearly 1,000 participants gathered in advance of his November retirement 18 years after being elected to lead the six-county Diocese of Los Angeles. “Love has always been the […]
Bishop J. Jon Bruno announced Nov. 8 that Corporation Sole has prevailed in two legal challenges concerning diocesan property in Newport Beach. SAVE St. James the Great, an entity of former members of St. James the Great Church in Newport Beach that had brought legal challenges against Corporation Sole has “offered to dismiss its appeal […]
Recent events remind us that disaster can happen anywhere, anytime. California may not be subject to hurricanes or major tornados, but fire, earthquake and flood — or active shooters — can wreak havoc on its communities. Churches can be resources for their neighbors in case of emergency, and can also be prepared to minimize damage […]
Leaders of the Diocese of Los Angeles and St. James the Great have determined a “way forward” for Episcopal Church ministry in Newport Beach, according to a statement released Nov. 9 by Bishop Coadjutor John Harvey Taylor; the Rev. Rachel Anne Nyback, president of the Standing Committee; and the Rev. Canon Cindy Evans Voorhees of […]
