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Several diocesan clergy were among those arrested during the Maundy Thursday Interfaith Day of Prophetic Action to protest the recent actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. About 300 demonstrators gathered at the La Plaza United Methodist Church at La Placita Olvera and marched along Los Angeles Street, waving signs and chanting, “Immigrants are […]
After moving from Iran with her family more than a decade ago, Zahra has settled into life in the greater Los Angeles area. She found meaningful work, serving as a refugee employment case manager at the Interfaith Refugee and Resettlement Service, or IRIS, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. There she daily […]
A funeral birthed new life for St. Mary’s Church in Lompoc. A yoga class launched an atrophying St. Peter’s Church into a vibrant Santa Maria downtown community center. Their respective transformations — aka Easter lives — happened when they shifted into “Holy Currencies” mode by deepening community ties, saying yes to new possibilities, and taking […]
The Rt. Rev. Frederick Houk Borsch – whose 1988-2002 tenure as bishop of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles was marked by his theme of “Adelante: Forward Together” – died in his sleep April 11, 2017 at his Philadelphia home. He was 81 and succumbed to complications of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a blood cancer, […]
December 18, 1928 – March 23, 2017 The Rev. Enrico Mario Gnasso, assistant at Grace Church, Moreno Valley, died March 23 after an extended illness. He was 88. Burial will be private. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Easter Monday, April 17 at Grace Church, 1349 Perris Blvd, Moreno Valley 92557 […]
October 12, 1943 – March 22, 2017 The Rev. Marilyn McCord Adams — priest, scholar of philosophy of religion, philosophical theology and medieval philosophy, and a beloved inspiration and mentor to many — died March 22 of cancer. She was 73. Services are pending. Survivors include her husband, Robert Merrihew Adams, to whom she was […]
The Rev. Jared “Jerry” Horton Tucker, deacon at Holy Trinity, Covina, died March 21 after a brief illness. He was 86. A service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, at Holy Trinity Church, 100 N Third Avenue, Covina, 91723. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn, to whom he was married in 1956, […]
November 1, 1935 – March 5, 2017 The Rev. Richard Charles “Dick” Hall, 81, former director of St. Barnabas Senior Center in Los Angeles, died at his home in Pasadena on March 5 after a brief illness. A private memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 2 at the Los Angeles […]
Episcopalians were among the pink-wearing, sign-carrying, chanting, joyous, positive and peaceful women, men, children, and families who rallied in Southland cities in solidarity with the historic Jan. 21 Women’s March in Washington D.C. From Orange to Ventura to Los Angeles counties, Episcopalians joined millions around the world in the “Sister Marches.” Crowd sizes exploded expectations […]
The Rev. Francisco Garcia is calling upon congregations across the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles to take an audit of their resources, to partner with their neighbors of all faiths, to consider how they might make a stand on behalf of undocumented persons who — already living in the shadows — are increasingly fearful in […]
In a sense, the story of Jesus’ resurection is a wives’ tale, the Rev. Rebecca Stevens told some 150 Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Los Angeles in her sermon at the Eucharist that concluded their annual conference. “Because the women are the ones who showed up.” That’s what women do — and specifically […]
Seeds of Hope, the food justice ministry of the Diocese of Los Angeles, will administer “Champions of Change — Healthy Communities Initiative, a program to reduce obesity in low-income residents, funded by an $880,000 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, with funding from the California Department of Public Health and the United […]
