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Kindness bridges distances. Just ask the Rev. Joseph Oloimooja. The nonprofit Kindness Mission he founded in 2009 has helped breathe new life and hope into a remote Kenyan village more than 8,000 miles from the Southland. The village of 2,000 people, Eluanata, sits near Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Tanzanian border in the Maasai region of […]
Raucous cheers, hearty applause and joyful tears greeted the first graduating Padres Unidos class as they marched into St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, San Juan Capistrano, to receive well-deserved diplomas. The graduates — preschoolers and parents alike — had completed school readiness programs and parenting skills classes, respectively, and the moment’s significance was palpable. Rosario Galeana […]
January 18, 1928 – July 9, 2016 The Rev. Edward Powell Allen, a former rector of St. Andrew & St. Charles Church, Granada Hills, died July 9 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was 88, and had been in ill health for about the past year. Survivors include his wife, Alice Jean Pierce Allen; their children, Arthur […]
Clergy and laity across the Diocese took active pastoral and advocacy roles today in the wake of the Orlando massacre. Pictured here, Grace R. Dyrness, vice president of Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace, addresses joint news conference co-sponsored by the Islamic Center of Southern California with Salam Al-Marayati, Jihad Turk, the Rev. Susan […]
September 27, 1930 – May 24, 2016 The Rev. Canon Barbara Mudge, a former vicar of St. Francis’ Church, Simi Valley (1986 – 1995), and most recently canonically resident in the Diocese of Oregon, died May 24 at age 86. A service will be held on Saturday, August 13 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s […]
October 3, 1941 – May 16, 2016 The Rev. Floyd “Butch” Naters Gamarra, former multicultural minister for the Diocese of Los Angeles, died in his sleep at his Pasadena home on May 16 after a recent period of illness. Survivors include his four daughters, Gugui, Lizzie, Linda, and Katalina, and his son, Jonathan. Bishop Suffragan […]
Concluding a 22-year tenure that included ministries ranging from parish growth to social justice outreach to LGBT rights, the Rev. Canon Mark Asman retired as rector of Trinity Church, Santa Barbara on May 1. Asman became rector of Trinity Church in 1994. Since that time, the congregation has grown from 150 to 750 members and […]
The street between All Saints Church, Pasadena, and Pasadena City Hall was filled with more than 2,000 people on May 1 for a service of Holy Eucharist marking rector Ed Bacon’s retirement after 21 years at the parish, said to be the largest Episcopal congregation in the western United States. During his tenure at All […]
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 […]
