If there’s one thing Kathleen Hannigan O’Connor is sure about, it is that her spouse, the Rev. Canon John Taylor — now bishop coadjutor-elect of the Diocese of Los Angeles — will work really hard for the church. “We’re just so thankful for this opportunity and really humbled by it,” O’Connor, better known as “Kathy,” […]
Los Angeles Bishop Coadjutor-elect John Taylor loves people, pastoring, playing the guitar, laughter, family, Jesus Christ, the church, the diocese and his hometown, Motown — although not necessarily in that order. For Taylor, a former chief of staff to President Richard Nixon (after his resignation) and executive director of the Nixon Library, assuming leadership of […]
The Rev. John Taylor was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Los Angeles on the eighth ballot Dec. 3 by delegates gathered for the 121st annual meeting of the diocese at the Ontario Convention Center. Taylor, 62, has served as vicar of St. John Chrysostom Church and School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, since […]
Sandy and Ned Bergert credit the diocesan-led Fresh Start program with helping the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia get a fresh start between rectors. In fact, the husband-and-wife lay leaders liked it so much they signed up for an extra semester. “It was wonderful; we learned a lot about church in general and […]
Deacon Jana Milhon-Martin of St. John’s Church, La Verne, her husband Victor, and their sons, Kasen, Samuel and Aiden, were eyewitnesses to a recent confrontation between what Jana called a ‘militarized” police force and “water protector” protesters at Standing Rock, North Dakota, where Native American groups and their allies are trying to stop construction of […]
by Jill McKenna Fewer than 10 miles from Disneyland, Angel Stadium, Honda Center and other monuments to prosperity, approximately 15% of the population lives below the federal poverty level. But one small Episcopal congregation is fighting hard to alleviate food insecurity in this densely populated area of Orange County. St. Anselm of Canterbury’s Sharing Abundance, […]
Until recently, Nate Alday of Ventura County believed abolitionists were a thing of the past. Then he became one. “Like a lot of Americans, I thought slavery was abolished back at the end of the Civil War,” Alday told The Episcopal News recently. But a youth pilgrimage from St. Paul’s Church, Ventura, to Ghana in […]
St. John’s Church, San Bernardino, and The Abundant Table Farm, a project of the Episcopal campus ministry at California State University Channel Islands, were two of 34 churches and organizations around the Episcopal Church that will receive funding through the Church Planting and Mission Enterprise Zones Grants, as approved by Executive Council at its October […]
by Elizabeth Rechter Recently I was in a diocesan meeting, and in the midst of a discussion. Suddenly, the room began to fill with the sounds of chimes, bells, and beeps. It was 4 p.m., the time suggested for prayers for our church to which all in our diocese had been invited. It was a […]
The Rev. Canon John Taylor, vicar of St. John Chrysostom Church and School in Rancho Santa Margarita, has been nominated by petition as a candidate for bishop coadjutor in the Diocese of Los Angeles. Taylor’s nomination was approved by the diocesan Standing Committee in keeping with procedures set by the Bishop Coadjutor Search Committee. Taylor […]
