The landmark Church of the Epiphany in East Los Angeles has been called a monument to the Chicano Rights Movement, and if its stones could talk they would tell of ground-breaking political and social activism, of grape boycotts and visits by United Farm Workers organizer Cesar Chavez and other leaders; of mariachi masses and folklorico […]
Proclaimed by Pasadena city street banners, by a new logo and website and — most importantly — by those who’ve experienced it, Hillsides (www.hillsides.org) has for one hundred years created lasting change for children and their families in the foster care system. A century after its founding, the Pasadena-based agency has the same mission, but […]
(Updated 6-28-13) Marriage equality for all was reaffirmed today by the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, bishop of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, who commented after the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement of its rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Prop. 8. “Today we reaffirm that marriage equality does indeed […]
These days, the Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd prefers quiet revolutions to the public upheavals that have distinguished his life and times for decades. The Hollywood executive turned Episcopal priest, Freedom Rider, anti-war and gay rights activist, author, playwright, social critic and church revivalist will be 90 on June 8 and has been busy being filmed […]
(Santa Ana, Calif., May 6, 2013) – Orange County Superior Court Judge Kim G. Dunning today reaffirmed her May 1 final orders that property occupied by St. James Church, Newport Beach, is held in trust for the current and future ministry of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the wider Episcopal Church. “All the church […]
Billowing white and royal blue garments in African style filled St. Mark’s Church, Van Nuys, on March 24 as a group of women from Kampala, Uganda, helped launch a new chapter of the Mothers’ Union at the San Fernando Valley parish. Bishop Catharine Roskam, former bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Massachusetts and now resident […]
Beth Bojarski is talking about building relationships and reaching out as she reaches for blue-, brown- and white-shelled homegrown eggs in the commercial kitchen at the Camp Stevens dining hall. Eggs are just one of many wonders the camp’s new executive director is celebrating this particular day: “We’ve got about one hundred chickens now; they’re […]
For Tim Alderson, the new executive director of “Seeds of Hope,” coordinating efforts to feed the hungry and undernourished throughout the diocese is a pretty simple equation—lots of churches have available land, lots of people need food — so, he says, “Let’s get to work.” That “three million people, including a quarter of all the […]
A group of some 25 interfaith leaders from Los Angeles traveled to San Diego and crossed the border to Tijuana Feb. 26 and 27 to learn more about how U.S. immigration policies affect the poor of Mexico. And learn they did, with a punch that left them determined to find ways to encourage effective immigration […]
Comedy Central TV personality Stephen Colbert has bemoaned the loss of “the true meaning of Candlemas,” but a Feb. 2 service at the Cathedral Center Congregation of St. Athanasius merged traditions to help revive the time-honored celebration. The Rev. Frank Alton, St. Athanasius’ priest-in-charge, welcomed about 90 worshippers to the service, which blended celebrations of […]
