Bishop Jon Bruno joined County Supervisors Hilda Solis and Mark Ridley-Thomas and City Councilmember Curran Price in dedicating a new community clinic located near L.A. Trade-Tech College and named in honor of the Rev. Canon Warner Traynham, the retired longtime rector of St. John’s Church. The clinic’s March 5 opening in the Lorenzo housing complex […]
Images of Aylan, a toddler who was drowned with his mother and brother as their family tried to escape violence in Syria, have brought the plight of refugees into painfully sharp focus in recent days. But Episcopal Relief & Development, an agency of the wider Episcopal Church, was already responding to the crisis by reaching […]
The 78th General Convention, held June 25 to July 3 in Salt Lake City, may seem a distant memory, but for the Very Rev. Michael Bamberger its effects are lasting. “The work has already begun,” he told The Episcopal News. He and another first-time L.A. deputy, the Very Rev. Melissa McCarthy, didn’t waste any time […]
The archbishops of the Anglican Church in Japan and Korea drew laughter when they described their initial mutual dislike for one another, for historical and personal reasons. Old hurts die hard, and it took faithfulness, forgiveness, dedication, patience and listening for the two — South Korean Archbishop Paul Keun Sang Kim and Nippon Sei Ko […]
Although a never-built freeway off-ramp presented a detour for further development of diocesan property in Rancho Cucamonga, all roads — happily — have led the mission congregation of St. Clare of Assisi home to its original sponsoring parish, St. Mark’s, Upland. The two congregations celebrated this homecoming with Sunday Eucharist on Aug. 16, with Bishop […]
The Bishop Diocesan and Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on July 8 respectively released statements on the sale of Newport Beach property owned by the Bishop as Corporation Sole. Those texts, including a link to the Standing Committee’s June 11, 2015 letter to Diocesan Council, appear below. Further comment is circumscribed […]
Meeting at General Convention in Salt Lake City, the House of Bishops made history twice June 27 when they elected the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, bishop of North Carolina, as the 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. Curry is the first African American and first person of color to be elected to the post. […]
Clergy of the Diocese of Los Angeles met May 3-5 to discuss the evolving nature of marriage, in anticipation of the 78th General Convention, which is poised to address marriage equality. Keynote speaker Rosemary Radford Ruether, a feminist theologian, professor and author, reminded both clergy and General Convention deputies at the annual conference that current […]
The acclaimed Walt Disney Concert Hall organ roared, purred, wept and rejoiced on June 12 under the hands of six highly accomplished organists who also serve congregations of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A brass ensemble and a 200-voice choir joined them for several numbers — and at one point the entire audience rose […]
The Congregation of St. Athanasius at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul celebrated its patronal festival and 150th anniversary on May 2 with a 5k walk-run; dedication of its new parish garden, part of which takes the form of a living labyrinth; and a special service that incorporated music from the Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice […]
