[Los Angeles, Sept. 4, 2016] — The Bishop Coadjutor Search Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has named five candidates for nomination preceding election by Diocesan Convention meeting Dec. 2-3 in Ontario, Calif. The candidates are the Rev. Paul Fromberg, rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco; the Rev. Rachel Nyback, rector […]
Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the disaster response efforts of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, where crews have recently contained the Blue Cut fire in the hills north of San Bernardino. The blaze, which started Aug. 16, burned nearly 57 square miles of land and destroyed more than 100 homes. More than 82,000 […]
October 1, 1928 – July 18, 2016 The Rev. Richard Dwight Thomson, a former rector of Holy Trinity, Covina, and St. Paul’s, Tustin, died July 18 in South Carolina, where he had resided in recent years. He was 87. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, MaryLou; six children – Richard Thomson (Kathy), Michael Thomson […]
Troy Elder was deflated but not defeated; the Supreme Court had deadlocked, 4 – 4, over an Obama Administration initiative that would have provided deportation relief and work permits for an estimated five million people without legal documents who are currently living in the United States. “It (the deadlock) means that hundreds of thousands of kids and […]
In the shadows of Los Angeles, often called the homeless capital of the United States, thousands of youth like Marlon, Josue, Cherrick, and David find shelter any given night beside freeways, in hidden spaces, feeling vulnerable, isolated, invisible. “I ran away at 15 and slept on stairs,” says Marlon. “I don’t know if people were […]
Kindness bridges distances. Just ask the Rev. Joseph Oloimooja. The nonprofit Kindness Mission he founded in 2009 has helped breathe new life and hope into a remote Kenyan village more than 8,000 miles from the Southland. The village of 2,000 people, Eluanata, sits near Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Tanzanian border in the Maasai region of […]
Raucous cheers, hearty applause and joyful tears greeted the first graduating Padres Unidos class as they marched into St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, San Juan Capistrano, to receive well-deserved diplomas. The graduates — preschoolers and parents alike — had completed school readiness programs and parenting skills classes, respectively, and the moment’s significance was palpable. Rosario Galeana […]
Clergy and laity across the Diocese took active pastoral and advocacy roles today in the wake of the Orlando massacre. Pictured here, Grace R. Dyrness, vice president of Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace, addresses joint news conference co-sponsored by the Islamic Center of Southern California with Salam Al-Marayati, Jihad Turk, the Rev. Susan […]
Concluding a 22-year tenure that included ministries ranging from parish growth to social justice outreach to LGBT rights, the Rev. Canon Mark Asman retired as rector of Trinity Church, Santa Barbara on May 1. Asman became rector of Trinity Church in 1994. Since that time, the congregation has grown from 150 to 750 members and […]
The street between All Saints Church, Pasadena, and Pasadena City Hall was filled with more than 2,000 people on May 1 for a service of Holy Eucharist marking rector Ed Bacon’s retirement after 21 years at the parish, said to be the largest Episcopal congregation in the western United States. During his tenure at All […]
