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One way to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King is to do what he did: “to leverage the cross so everyone’s included,” Los Angeles Bishop Coadjutor-elect John Taylor told a gathering after the annual diocesan King Day celebration, held jointly this year with the Evangelical Lutheran Curch in America. Taylor joined Presiding Bishop Michael […]
The “life cube” assignment elicits lots of personal stories, irrepressible laughter, shared community and, for students who gathered on a very rainy recent Thursday at St. Paul’s Church in Tustin, the opportunity to practice their English conversational skills. From Yolanda, at 21, to Bob, at 83, the students attending weekly English as Second Language (ESL) […]
Hosting Rosa Robles for 461 days at the Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, in 2016 taught the Rev. Allison Harrington a lot about what faith and solidarity really mean. A major lesson: “You can’t do this work alone,” Harrington told about 200 people who gathered at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los […]
March 30, 1936 – February 17, 2017 Philip K. Roskam, Ph.D., of Van Nuys, husband of Bishop Catherine Roskam, died peacefully Feb. 17 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Roskam was born in Hampton, Iowa in 1936 to Betty and Carl Roskam. The family, along with older brother Claire, moved to Portland, Oregon in 1943. Phil […]
August 4, 1943 – December 16, 2016 Mother Albertine, former rector of Holy Communion Church, Gardena, was a passionate, gifted pastor and teacher with a strong dedication to lead others into a life centered in prayer. She exuded caring and was truly an instrument of God’s love as she generously shared herself with all people, […]
About 600 lay and clergy delegates, meeting in Ontario for the 121st annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, on Dec. 3 elected the Rev. Canon John Taylor as bishop coadjutor to help guide the diocese “Into the Future.” Taylor, vicar of St. John Chrysostom Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, narrowly surpassed the […]
If there’s one thing Kathleen Hannigan O’Connor is sure about, it is that her spouse, the Rev. Canon John Taylor — now bishop coadjutor-elect of the Diocese of Los Angeles — will work really hard for the church. “We’re just so thankful for this opportunity and really humbled by it,” O’Connor, better known as “Kathy,” […]
Los Angeles Bishop Coadjutor-elect John Taylor loves people, pastoring, playing the guitar, laughter, family, Jesus Christ, the church, the diocese and his hometown, Motown — although not necessarily in that order. For Taylor, a former chief of staff to President Richard Nixon (after his resignation) and executive director of the Nixon Library, assuming leadership of […]
The Rev. John Taylor was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Los Angeles on the eighth ballot Dec. 3 by delegates gathered for the 121st annual meeting of the diocese at the Ontario Convention Center. Taylor, 62, has served as vicar of St. John Chrysostom Church and School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, since […]
Sandy and Ned Bergert credit the diocesan-led Fresh Start program with helping the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia get a fresh start between rectors. In fact, the husband-and-wife lay leaders liked it so much they signed up for an extra semester. “It was wonderful; we learned a lot about church in general and […]
Deacon Jana Milhon-Martin of St. John’s Church, La Verne, her husband Victor, and their sons, Kasen, Samuel and Aiden, were eyewitnesses to a recent confrontation between what Jana called a ‘militarized” police force and “water protector” protesters at Standing Rock, North Dakota, where Native American groups and their allies are trying to stop construction of […]
by Jill McKenna Fewer than 10 miles from Disneyland, Angel Stadium, Honda Center and other monuments to prosperity, approximately 15% of the population lives below the federal poverty level. But one small Episcopal congregation is fighting hard to alleviate food insecurity in this densely populated area of Orange County. St. Anselm of Canterbury’s Sharing Abundance, […]
