Clergy and lay members of the Diocese of Los Angeles were among religious leaders taking part in a March 23 demonstration at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles to protest the detention and deportation of immigrants, especially recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting Central American refugee mothers and children who have come […]
Life settles into a familiar rhythm for pilgrims from the Diocese of Los Angeles to the Anglican Diocese of Cuernavaca in the heart of Mexico. There are Spanish grammar and conversational classes, educational presentations and cultural excursions and homework, interspersed with prayer, singing, guitars and delicious traditional meals. Sundays during the two-week immersion experience are […]
Layevska Jimenez considers herself “a lifesaver for plants” after recently assisting in weeding, watering, and planting tomatoes, peppers, basil, eggplant, thyme and more at Edendale Grove, next to the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Echo Park. Already the 12-year-old Gabriella Charter School student realizes she can make a difference, not only in her neighborhood, […]
Although Christian minorities face daily persecution in Pakistan, “a lot of good things are happening there. There is great faith and hope” and it is very important to think about, pray for, visit them and bear witness to their lives, according to the Rev. Khushnud Azariah. Azariah, vicar of St. George’s Church in Riverside and […]
Canon Ruth Nicastro, longtime diocesan missioner for communication and editor emerita of the Episcopal News, died March 28 while hospitalized in Thousand Oaks. She was 90 and had been suffering the effects of two strokes in recent years. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17 at St. Bede’s Episcopal […]
Stillpoint: The Center for Christian Spirituality began 30 years ago with a simple conversation among friends. And contemplative conversation has remained at the heart of its mission as the organization has grown into a nationally recognized spiritual formation program, a sacred place to talk about the presence of God and, as of December 2015, an […]
The names and faces in the struggle for racial justice may have changed in a half-century; the issues, not so much, Missouri Bishop Wayne Smith said at the Jan. 16 diocesan celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy. Bishop Suffragan Diane Bruce presided and the Episcopal Chorale performed at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul […]
Ten-year-old Simone “was thinking of something fluffy” and so, with sensors, circuit boards, light bulbs, and an ordinary cardboard box, she created ‘Robo-bunny’ during afterschool sessions at the Neighborhood Youth Association’s newest learning center, in Watts. “For the eyes … I put in blue light bulbs and the body is a box that I painted […]
Changes are unfolding in Episcopal Church ministry along the north Orange County - L.A. County border in the neighboring communities of East Whittier, La Habra, and Buena Park. In recent years, St. Joseph’s, Buena Park, and St. Stephen’s, Whittier, have participated in a shared ministry with the Rev. Mary Trainor as priest for both churches. Recently, after […]
It’s been in business since 1993, but most Episcopalians of the Diocese of Los Angeles don’t realize that the Echo Park-based Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union exists — or that they are eligible to use its wide range of services. “We’re not just in Echo Park,” says Urla Gomes, who served the credit union for […]
